# 2017 World Russian Draughts Championship

The 2017 World Draughts-64 Championship held in Saint Peterburg, Russia. 64 players from Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, and South America competed in the tournament, which started on October 20, 2017, and ended on October 28, 2017. The tournament was played in hotel «Moscow». The winning prize for the tournament was about three million rubles (about US$52,000). At the same time, the Women's World Draughts Championship was held. Championship played in classic (at the Russian draughts), rapid (at the Brazilian draughts) and blitz (at the Russian draughts) formats.

## Classic program
### Rules and regulations

In the first stage participants played Swiss-system tournament with 8 rounds. To define the places with equal points used of Buchholz system. The first 16 participated in the final. The final was in the play-off form. Two points were given for each win, one point for each draw, no points for each loss. Players from 17 to 64 played additionally Swiss-system tournament with 2 rounds.
The final classification is based on the total points obtained. If two or more players have the same total points to define the places:
* Number of points scored by all competitors (Buchholz coefficient)
* Number of points scored by opponents, excluding the lowest result (reduced Solkof coefficient)
* Match up to the first victory with a shorter time controls: a classic game — 5’+3” till the end of the game for each participant.

### Preliminary stage

GMI — international grandmaster
MI — international master
MF — master FMJD
| Place | Name | Country | Title | Rating | Points | Buchholz coeff. | Reduced Solkof coeff. |
| 1. | Vladimir Egorov [ru] | Russia | GMI | 2496 | 11 | 80 |
| 2. | Damir Rysaev | Russia | MI | 2335 | 11 | 79 | 72(-1) |
| 3. | Andrus Kibartas | Lithuania | GMI | 2419 | 11 | 79 | 71(-1) |
| 4. | Arunas Norvaisas | Lithuania | GMI | 2416 | 11 | 76 | 70(-1) |
| 5. | Domantas Norkus | Lithuania | MI | 2341 | 11 | 76 | 69(-1) |
| 6. | Mirat Zhekeev | Kazakhstan | GMI | 2375 | 11 | 73 |
| 7. | Igor Mikhalchenko | Belarus | GMI | 2458 | 11 | 72 |
| 8. | Gavril Kolesov | Russia | GMI | 2481 | 11 | 69 |
| 9. | Sergey Belosheev | Russia | GMI | 2500 | 11 | 67 |
| 10. | Nikolai Guliaev | Russia | MF | 2359 | 11 | 66 |
| 11. | Oleg Dashkov | Russia | GMI | 2476 | 10 | 77 |
| 12. | Ion Dosca | Moldova | GMI | 2433 | 10 | 74 |
| 13. | Dmitriy Tsinman | Russia | GMI | 2475 | 10 | 70 |
| 14. | Vladyslav Mazur | Ukraine | GMI | 2383 | 10 | 69 |
| 15. | Michael Semyaniuk | Belarus | MI | 2368 | 10 | 67 |
| 16. | Vladyslav Antonovich | Ukraine | MI | 2261 | 10 | 66 |
| 17. | Andrei Valyuk | Belarus | GMI | 2495 | 9 | 78 |
| 18. | Arno Uutma | Estonia | GMI | 2301 | 9 | 76 |
| 19. | Vladimir Skrabov | Russia | GMI | 2495 | 9 | 75 |
| 20. | Nicolay Struchkov | Russia | GMI | 2447 | 9 | 74 | 66(-1) 58(-2) 50(-3) 42(-4) |
| 21. | Aliaksei Kunitsa | Belarus | MI | 2241 | 9 | 74 | 66(-1) 58(-2) 50(-3) 41(-4) |
| 22. | Genadij Shapiro | Germany | GMI | 2369 | 9 | 71 |
| 23. | Denis Shkatula | Ukraine | MI | 2379 | 9 | 70 |
| 24. | Vilius Aleknavicius | Lithuania | MI | 2306 | 9 | 67 | 63(-1) |
| 25. | Andrei Gnelitskii | Russia | MI | 2331 | 9 | 67 | 62(-1) |
| 26. | Madalitso Thomu Juma | Malawi | | 2100 | 9 | 67 | 60(-1) |
| 27. | Aleksandr Burov | Russia | GMI | 2404 | 9 | 64 |
| 28. | Denis Dudco | Moldova | MI | 2425 | 9 | 62 |
| 29. | Eugeny Kondrachenko | Belarus | GMI | 2398 | 8 | 74 |
| 30. | Alisher Artikov | Uzbekistan | GMI | 2245 | 8 | 73 |
| 31. | Samandar Kalanov | Uzbekistan | GMI | 2311 | 8 | 71 | 65(-1) |
| 32. | Martins Junkurens | Latvia | MF | 2243 | 8 | 71 | 64(-1) |
| 33. | Dmitrii Lond | Russia | | 2243 | 8 | 68 | 64(-1) |
| 34. | Dmitrii Melnikov | Russia | MI | 2313 | 8 | 68 | 62(-1) |
| 35. | Marcelo Francisco | Brazil | MI | 2154 | 8 | 65 |
| 36. | Farhad Arslanov | Turkmenistan | MF | 2138 | 8 | 64 | 60(-1) |
| 37. | Ruslan Pescherov | Russia | MI | 2327 | 8 | 64 | 59(-1) |
| 38. | Choisuren Burmaa | Mongolia | | 2100 | 8 | 61 |
| 39. | Lukanga Mambwe | Zambia | | 2130 | 8 | 60 |
| 40. | Alexander Bleicher | Germany | MF | 2214 | 8 | 59 |
| 41. | Diogenes Chong | Jamaica | | 2100 | 8 | 51 |
| 42. | Anton Van Berkel | Netherlands | | 2117 | 7 | 63 | 57(-1) 51(-2) |
| 43. | Mwamba Richard Muganza | Democratic Republic of the Congo | GMI | 2167 | 7 | 63 | 57(-1) 50(-2) |
| 44. | Ed Pergament | United States | | 2100 | 7 | 58 |
| 45. | Aslan Aslanli | Azerbaijan | MI | 2283 | 7 | 56 |
| 46. | Patrick Umala | Uganda | | 2100 | 7 | 55 |
| 47. | Sudian Suckram | Jamaica | | 1900 | 7 | 54 | 51(-1) |
| 48. | Wayne Alphonso Reid | Jamaica | | 2100 | 7 | 54 | 50(-1) |
| 49. | Stepan Kovalenko | Kazakhstan | | 2082 | 7 | 52 |
| 50. | Clifford Tsamba | Zimbabwe | | 2125 | 6 | 62 | 58(-1) |
| 51. | Krzysztof Juszczak | Poland | | 2137 | 6 | 62 | 56(-1) |
| 52. | Dan Isabirye | Uganda | MF | 2171 | 6 | 58 |
| 53. | Jerve Muangu | Republic of the Congo | MF | 2085 | 6 | 52 |
| 54. | David Khabuliani | Georgia | | 2100 | 6 | 51 |
| 55. | Frank Laurent | France | MF | 2134 | 6 | 47 | 47(-1) 43(-2) 37(-3) 31(-4) 24(-5) 17(-6) |
| 56. | Ephrame Demissie Woldegeorgis | Ethiopia | | 2100 | 6 | 47 | 47(-1) 43(-2) 37(-3) 31(-4) 24(-5) 16(-6) |
| 57. | Bogdan Yanev | Bulgaria | MF | 2071 | 6 | 42 | 42(-1) 39(-2) |
| 58. | Bekele Getachew Temtime | Ethiopia | | 2100 | 6 | 42 | 42(-1) 38(-2) |
| 59. | Edijs Novickis | Malta | MF | 2179 | 5 | 52 |
| 60. | Celso Cipriano | Mozambique | | 2100 | 4 | 59 |
| 61. | Nshan Alaverdyan | Armenia | | 2100 | 4 | 57 |
| 62. | Yuri Goldshtein | Israel | | 2085 | 4 | 52 |
| 63. | Horacio Lourenco | Mozambique | | 2100 | 3 | 43 |
| 64. | Timofey Fagbemiro | Nigeria | | 2004 | 0 | 51 |

### Quarterfinals
#### 1-8 places

| Place | Name | Classic | Rapid | Blitz |
| 1 | Vladimir Egorov | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Gavril Kolesov | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Place | Name | Classic | Rapid | Blitz |
| 2 | Igor Mikhalchenko | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Damir Rysaev | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Place | Name | Classic | Rapid | Blitz |
| 3 | Andrus Kibartas | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Mirat Zhekeev | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Place | Name | Classic | Rapid | Blitz |
| 4 | Arunas Norvaisas | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | Domantas Norkus | 1 | 0 | |

#### 9-16 places

| Place | Name | Classic | Rapid | Blitz |
| 9 | Sergey Belosheev | 1 | 2 | |
| 16 | Vladyslav Antonovich | 1 | 0 | |
| Place | Name | Classic | Rapid | Blitz |
| 10 | Nikolai Guliaev | 1 | 0 | |
| 15 | Michael Semyaniuk | 1 | 2 | |
| Place | Name | Classic | Rapid | Blitz |
| 11 | Oleg Dashkov | 1 | 2 | |
| 14 | Vladyslav Mazur | 1 | 0 | |
| Place | Name | Classic | Rapid | Blitz |
| 12 | Ion Dosca | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Dmitriy Tsinman | 1 | 1 | 2 |

### Semifinal
#### For 1-4 places

| Name | Classic | Rapid | Blitz |
| Vladimir Egorov | 1 | 0 | |
| Igor Mikhalchenko | 1 | 2 | |
| Name | Classic | Rapid | Blitz |
| Andrus Kibartas | 1 | 2 | |
| Arunas Norvaisas | 1 | 0 | |

#### For 5-8 places

| Name | Classic | Rapid | Blitz |
| Damir Rysaev | 1 | 0 | |
| Gavril Kolesov | 1 | 2 | |
| Name | Classic | Rapid | Blitz |
| Domantas Norkus | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mirat Zhekeev | 1 | 1 | 2 |

#### For 9-12 places

| Name | Classic | Rapid | Blitz |
| Sergey Belosheev | 1 | 2 | |
| Michael Semyaniuk | 1 | 0 | |
| Name | Classic | Rapid | Blitz |
| Oleg Dashkov | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dmitriy Tsinman | 1 | 1 | 2 |

#### For 13-16 places

| Name | Classic | Rapid | Blitz |
| Nikolai Guliaev | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Vladyslav Antonovich | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Name | Classic | Rapid | Blitz |
| Ion Dosca | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Vladyslav Mazur | 1 | 1 | 0 |

## Final
### Match for 1 place

| Name | Classic | Rapid | Blitz |
| Andrus Kibartas | 1 | 0 | |
| Igor Mikhalchenko | 1 | 2 | |

### Match for 3 place

| Name | Classic | Rapid | Blitz |
| Vladimir Egorov | 2 | | |
| Arunas Norvaisas | 0 | | |

### Match for 5 place

| Name | Classic | Rapid | Blitz |
| Mirat Zhekeev | 0 | | |
| Gavril Kolesov | 2 | | |

### Match for 7 place

| Name | Classic | Rapid | Blitz |
| Damir Rysaev | 1 | 0 | |
| Domantas Norkus | 1 | 2 | |

### Match for 9 place

| Name | Classic | Rapid | Blitz |
| Sergey Belosheev | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dmitriy Tsinman | 1 | 1 | 2 |

### Match for 11 place

| Name | Classic | Rapid | Blitz |
| Oleg Dashkov | 2 | | |
| Michael Semyaniuk | 0 | | |

### Match for 13 place

| Name | Classic | Rapid | Blitz |
| Nikolai Guliaev | 1 | 0 | |
| Ion Dosca | 1 | 2 | |

### Match for 15 place

| Name | Classic | Rapid | Blitz |
| Vladyslav Mazur | 1 | 2 | |
| Vladyslav Antonovich | 1 | 0 | |

### Final standing

| Place | Name | Country |
| 1. | Igor Mikhalchenko | Belarus |
| 2. | Andrus Kibartas | Lithuania |
| 3. | Vladimir Egorov [ru] | Russia |
| 4. | Arunas Norvaisas | Lithuania |
| 5. | Gavril Kolesov | Russia |
| 6. | Mirat Zhekeev | Kazakhstan |
| 7. | Domantas Norkus | Lithuania |
| 8. | Damir Rysaev | Russia |
| 9. | Dmitriy Tsinman | Russia |
| 10. | Sergey Belosheev | Russia |
| 11. | Oleg Dashkov | Russia |
| 12. | Michael Semyaniuk | Belarus |
| 13. | Ion Dosca | Moldova |
| 14. | Nikolai Guliaev | Russia |
| 15. | Vladyslav Mazur | Ukraine |
| 16. | Vladyslav Antonovich | Ukraine |
| 17. | Andrei Valyuk | Belarus |
| 18. | Vladimir Skrabov | Russia |
| 19. | Aliaksei Kunitsa | Belarus |
| 20. | Denis Dudco | Moldova |
| 21. | Samandar Kalanov | Uzbekistan |
| 22. | Nicolay Struchkov | Russia |
| 23. | Denis Shkatula | Ukraine |
| 24. | Vilius Aleknavicius | Lithuania |
| 25. | Andrei Gnelitskii | Russia |
| 26. | Aleksandr Burov | Russia |
| 27. | Eugeny Kondrachenko | Belarus |
| 28. | Alisher Artikov | Uzbekistan |
| 29. | Martins Junkurens | Latvia |
| 30. | Marcelo Francisco | Brazil |
| 31. | Arno Uutma | Estonia |
| 32. | Genadij Shapiro | Germany |
| 33. | Madalitso Thomu Juma | Malawi |
| 34. | Dmitrii Lond | Russia |
| 35. | Dmitrii Melnikov | Russia |
| 36. | Farhad Arslanov | Turkmenistan |
| 37. | Ruslan Pescherov | Russia |
| 38. | Lukanga Mambwe | Zambia |
| 39. | Alexander Bleicher | Germany |
| 40. | Mwamba Richard Muganza | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| 41. | Patrick Umala | Uganda |
| 42. | Dan Isabirye | Uganda |
| 43. | Anton Van Berkel | Netherlands |
| 44. | Aslan Aslanli | Azerbaijan |
| 45. | Wayne Alphonso Reid | Jamaica |
| 46. | Clifford Tsamba | Zimbabwe |
| 47. | Choisuren Burmaa | Mongolia |
| 48. | Diogenes Chong | Jamaica |
| 49. | Ed Pergament | United States |
| 50. | Sudian Suckram | Jamaica |
| 51. | Krzysztof Juszczak | Poland |
| 52. | Jerve Muangu | Republic of the Congo |
| 53. | David Khabuliani | Georgia |
| 54. | Frank Laurent | France |
| 55. | Bogdan Yanev | Bulgaria |
| 56. | Bekele Getachew Temtime | Ethiopia |
| 57. | Stepan Kovalenko | Kazakhstan |
| 58. | Ephrame Demissie Woldegeorgis | Ethiopia |
| 59. | Edijs Novickis | Malta |
| 60. | Nshan Alaverdyan | Armenia |
| 61. | Celso Cipriano | Mozambique |
| 62. | Yuri Goldshtein | Israel |
| 63. | Horacio Lourenco | Mozambique |
| 64. | Timofey Fagbemiro | Nigeria |

## Rapid program

In the first stage participants played Swiss-system tournament with 9 rounds at Brazilian draughts. The first 4 participated in the semifinal and final.
The classification is based on the total points obtained. If two or more players had the same total points, the following was used to decide the placings:
1. Number of points scored by opponents, excluding the lowest result (reduced Solkof coefficient)
2. Number of points scored by all competitors (Buchholz coefficient)
There were 72 participants from 43 countries.
Time control: 7’+5” till the end of the game for each participant.

### Results

| Place | Name | Country |
| 1. | Igor Mikhalchenko | Belarus |
| 2. | Gavril Kolesov | Russia |
| 3. | Sergey Belosheev | Russia |

## Blitz program

In the first stage participants played Swiss-system tournament with 9 rounds at Russian version draughts. The first 4 participated in the semifinal and final.
The classification is based on the total points obtained. If two or more players will have same total points to define the places:
1. Number of points scored by all competitors (Buchholz coefficient)
2. Number of points scored by opponents, excluding the lowest result (reduced Solkof coefficient)
There were 74 participants from 43 countries.
Time control: 3’+2” till the end of the game for each participant.

### Results

| Place | Name | Country |
| 1. | Gavril Kolesov | Russia |
| 2. | Igor Mikhalchenko | Belarus |
| 3. | Oleg Dashkov | Russia |