2015 World Draughts Championship
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The 2015 World Draughts Championship in international draughts was held from 8–24 November, 2015 at the Hotel ten Cate in Emmen, Netherlands. The championship was played under the auspices of the International Draughts Federation (FMJD) as a round-robin tournament with 20 players (19 rounds). The total prize money for the tournament was 25,000 euros.
Alexander Georgiev became World Draughts Champion for the ninth time.
Participants
| Number | Title | Name | Country | Qualification path |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GMI | Alexander Georgiev | Russia | World Champion |
| 2 | GMI | Jean Marc Ndjofang | Cameroon | 2nd place in World Championship 2013 |
| 3 | GMI | Roel Boomstra | Netherlands | 3rd place in World Championship 2013 |
| 4 | GMI | Alexander Baljakin | Netherlands | Organisation place |
| 5 | MI | Wouter Sipma | Netherlands | Sponsor place |
| 6 | GMI | Freddy Loko | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Africa #1 |
| 7 | GMI | N'Diaga Samb | Senegal | Africa #2 |
| 8 | GMI | Joel N'cho Atse | Ivory Coast | Africa #3 |
| 9 | GMI | Leopold Kouogueu Kouomou | Cameroon | Africa #4 |
| 10 | GMI | Dul Erdenebileg | Mongolia | Asian #1 |
| 11 | GMI | Ganjargal Ganbaatar | Mongolia | Asian #2 |
| 12 | GMI | Allan Igor Moreno Silva | Brazil | America #1 |
| 13 | MI | Frants Forbin | France | America #2 |
| 14 | GMI | Ainur Shaibakov | Russia | Europe #1 |
| 15 | GMI | Arnaud Cordier | France | Europe #2 |
| 16 | GMI | Alexei Chizhov | Russia | Europe #3 |
| 17 | GMI | Ron Heusdens | Netherlands | Europe #4 |
| 18 | MI | Jan Groenendijk | Netherlands | Europe #5 |
| 19 | GMI | Raimonds Vipulis | Latvia | Europe #6 |
| 20 | GMI | Artem Ivanov | Ukraine | Europe #7 |
Rules and regulations
The games were played with the official FMJD classical time control: 80 minutes plus a 1-minute increment per move. FMJD regulations prohibited players from agreeing to a draw before each had completed 40 moves; doing so required the referee to award both players 0 points.
The final rankings were determined by total points. If two or more players finished with the same score, the following tiebreaks were applied:
- Number of wins.
- Results in the direct encounters between the tied players.
- Results obtained against opponents in order of their final ranking.
Results
| Place | Name | Country | Title | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Points | Wins | Draws | Losses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander Georgiev | Russia | GMI | 2419 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 6 | 13 | 0 |
| 2 | Jan Groenendijk | Netherlands | MI | 2343 | 1 | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 6 | 12 | 1 |
| 3 | Roel Boomstra | Netherlands | GMI | 2411 | 1 | 2 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 5 | 14 | 0 |
| 4 | Artem Ivanov | Ukraine | GMI | 2371 | 1 | 1 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 15 | 0 |
| 5 | Alexei Chizhov | Russia | GMI | 2388 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 16 | 0 |
| 6 | Alexander Baljakin | Netherlands | GMI | 2390 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 16 | 0 |
| 7 | Joel N'cho Atse | Ivory Coast | GMI | 2329 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 15 | 1 |
| 8 | Wouter Sipma | Netherlands | MI | 2359 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 17 | 0 |
| 9 | Jean Marc Ndjofang | Cameroon | GMI | 2370 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 16 | 1 |
| 10 | Allan Silva | Brazil | GMI | 2288 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 18 | 0 |
| 11 | N'Diaga Samb | Senegal | GMI | 2302 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | * | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 13 | 3 |
| 12 | Arnaud Cordier | France | GMI | 2369 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 2 |
| 13 | Freddy Loko | Democratic Republic of the Congo | GMI | 2336 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 4 |
| 14 | Ainur Shaibakov | Russia | GMI | 2351 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 3 |
| 15 | Raimonds Vipulis | Latvia | GMI | 2284 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 5 |
| 16 | Ron Heusdens | Netherlands | GMI | 2334 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 5 |
| 17 | Dul Erdenebileg | Mongolia | GMI | 2269 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | * | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 14 | 4 |
| 18 | Ganjargal Ganbaatar | Mongolia | GMI | 2265 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 4 |
| 19 | Leopold Kouogueu | Cameroon | GMI | 2301 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | * | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 4 |
| 20 | Frants Forbin | France | MI | 2282 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | * | 8 | 0 | 8 | 11 |