2018 World Draughts Championship match

2018 World Draughts Championship match
2018 World Draughts Champion Roel Boomstra
Tournament information
LocationThe Netherlands
Dates28 December 2018–13 January 2019
AdministratorFMJD
Tournament
format
Match
Final positions
ChampionRoel Boomstra

The 2018 World Draughts Championship match in international draughts was held from 28 December, 2018, to 13 January, 2019, in the Netherlands. It was held under the auspices of the International Draughts Federation (FMJD) and played between the 2017 world champion, Alexander Schwartzman, and the 2016 world champion, Roel Boomstra.[1] Roel Boomstra won the match and became World Draughts Champion.[2]

Rules and regulations

The match consisted of 12 games, played with a time control of 80 minutes plus a 1-minute increment per move. The player with the highest score won the world title if he won at least three games. If not, tie-break games were played until one player achieved a third overall win.

The first tie-break was 3 rapid games, 20 minutes plus a 10-second increment per move. The second tie-break was 3 blitz games, 10 minutes plus a 5-second increment per move. The third tie-break was Superblitz (limited time for an unlimited number of games until the first victory), 10 minutes plus a 2-second increment per move.

Preliminary tie-breaking games were to be played if the first six games ended in a draw. These tie-break games were played until the first victory.[3]

Schedule

[1]

Date Local time Event Venue Host city
28 December 2018 11:00 Opening Paleis het Stadhouderlijk Hof Leeuwarden
28 December 2018 13:00 Game 1 Paleis het Stadhouderlijk Hof Leeuwarden
29 December 2018 12:00 Game 2 Tresoar Leeuwarden
2 January 2019 13:00 Game 3 Paleis het Stadhouderlijk Hof Leeuwarden
3 January 2019 12:00 Game 4 Paleis het Stadhouderlijk Hof Leeuwarden
4 January 2019 12:00 Game 5 Van Swinderen Huys Groningen
5 January 2019 12:00 Game 6 Van Swinderen Huys Groningen
6 January 2019 10:00 Tie-break (not played) Van Swinderen Huys Groningen
7 January 2019 12:00 Game 7 Van Swinderen Huys Groningen
8 January 2019 12:00 Game 8 Van Swinderen Huys Groningen
9 January 2019 12:00 Game 9 Drents Museum Assen
10 January 2019 12:00 Game 10 Drents Museum Assen
11 January 2019 12:00 Game 11 Drents Museum Assen
12 January 2019 12:00 Game 12 RTV Drenthe Assen
13 January 2019 10:00 Tie-break RTV Drenthe Assen

Results

Regular games

[4]

Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Points Victories
Roel Boomstra 2408 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 13 1
Alexander Schwartzman 2393 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 0

Tie-break games

[5][6][7]

Player Rating
rapid/blitz
Rapid
game 1
Rapid
game 2
Rapid
game 3
Blitz
game 1
Blitz
game 2
Blitz
game 3
Superblitz
game 1
Superblitz
game 2
Points Victories
Roel Boomstra 2432 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 23 2
Alexander Schwartzman 2486 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 17 0

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Informatie – Wereldtitel Dammen 2018". Wereldtiteldammen.nl. Archived from the original on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  2. ^ "UG student Boomstra world champion in draughts". University of Groningen. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  3. ^ "WORLD TITLE MATCH : 28th of December – 12th of January : Rules and Regulations" (PDF). Wereldtiteldammen.nl. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  4. ^ "WC-match Boomstra - Shvartsman KNDB 2019". Toernooibase. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  5. ^ "Rapid Boomstra - Shvartsman KNDB 2019 (Rapid)". Toernooibase. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  6. ^ "Blitz Boomstra - Shvartsman KNDB 2019 (Blitz)". Toernooibase. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  7. ^ "Superblitz Boomstra - Shvartsman KNDB 2019 (Blitz)". Toernooibase. Retrieved 29 November 2025.