2022 World Draughts Championship match

The 2022 World Draughts Championship match was held from January 5 to January 20, 2022, at High Tech Campus Eindhoven, in the Netherlands.[1] It was held under the auspices of the International Draughts Federation (FMJD) and played between the reigning 2021 world champion Alexander Schwartzman and 2018 world champion Roel Boomstra.[1]

Boomstra won the match to capture his third world championship title.[2]

Rules and regulations

The event was played over 12 games with a time control of 80 minutes plus 1 minute per move. The player who had the highest score won the world title if he won at least three games. If not, the match continued until one of the players reached a third victory in total, with 3 rapid games 20 minutes plus 10 seconds Fischer system, 3 blitz games with a time schedule of 10 minutes and 5 seconds Fischer system, and a Superblitz (limited time for unlimited number of games till 1st victory) tie breaks with a time schedule of 10 minutes and 2 seconds per move Fischer system.

Per regulations, a preliminary tie-breaking games were to be played if the first six games ended in a draw.[3]

Schedule

DateLocal timeEvent
5 January 202211:00Opening Day & Round 1
6 January 202211:00Round 2
7 January 202211:00Round 3
8 January 2022N/ARest-day
9 January 202211:00Round 4
10 January 202211:00Round 5
11 January 202211:00Round 6
12 January 202211:00Tie-break
13 January 202211:00Round 7
14 January 202211:00Round 8
15 January 202211:00Round 9
16 January 2022N/ARest-day (tie-break was not played)
17 January 202211:00Round 10
18 January 202211:00Round 11
19 January 202211:00Round 12
20 January 2022TBCPossible tie-break & Award ceremony

Results

Regular games

Player Rating 123456TB1789101112TB2PointsVictories
Netherlands Roel Boomstra241911111121211112173
Russia Alexander Schwartzman240011111101011110110

First tie-break

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
Points Victories
Netherlands Roel Boomstra2443111111281
Russia Alexander Schwartzman2453111111060

Second tie-break

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
Points Victories
Netherlands Roel Boomstra244311241
Russia Alexander Schwartzman245311020

See also

References

  1. "World Championship Draughts about to start". worldtitlematchdraughts.com. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  2. "Roel Boomstra captures third world title".
  3. "WORLD TITLE MATCH 2022 : Rules and Regulations" (PDF). worldtitlematchdraughts.com. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
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