The 2013 World Draughts Championship match in international draughts was held from 12–18 May 2013 in Tallinn, Estonia. Under the auspices of the International Draughts Federation (FMJD), the match was played between World Champion Alexander Georgiev (Russia) and the challenger Alexander Schwarzman (Russia). Alexander Georgiev won and became the World Champion for the seventh time.

Rules and regulations

The match consisted of seven micro-matches. Each micro-match was played until the first victory. The first game of each micro-match was a standard game, 80 minutes plus a 1-minute increment per move. If the standard game was drawn, a rapid game was played, 20 minutes plus a 5-second increment per move. If the rapid game was drawn, a blitz game was played, 5 minutes plus a 3-second increment per move.

If the blitz game was drawn, Superblitz (limited time for an unlimited number of games until the first victory) was played, with 5 minutes plus a 2-second increment per move.

The final result of each micro-match was determined by the result of the first decisive game. The player who won the most standard games won the match. In case of a tie, the following tie-breaks were used:

  1. Rapid score.
  2. Blitz score.
  3. Superblitz score.

Results

CountryNameTime control1234567Points
RussiaAlexander GeorgievClassic11021117
RussiaAlexander SchwarzmanClassic11201117
RussiaAlexander GeorgievRapid111216
RussiaAlexander SchwarzmanRapid111014
RussiaAlexander GeorgievBlitz01124
RussiaAlexander SchwarzmanBlitz21104
RussiaAlexander GeorgievSuperblitz202
RussiaAlexander SchwarzmanSuperblitz022
RussiaAlexander GeorgievTotal1-1-02-2-1-22-2-1-24-2-1-25-3-2-26-5-2-27-6-4-27-6-4-2
RussiaAlexander SchwarzmanTotal1-1-22-2-3-04-2-3-04-2-3-05-3-4-26-3-4-27-4-4-27-4-4-2
Leading:SchwarzmanSchwarzmanSchwarzmanSchwarzmanSchwarzmanGeorgievGeorgievGeorgiev

See also

External links

  • (Archived 9 June 2013)