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

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

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.

Schedule

Date Local time Event 5 January 11:00 Opening day & Round 1 6 January 11:00 Round 27 January 11:00 Round 38 January N/A Rest day9 January 11:00 Round 410 January 11:00 Round 511 January 11:00 Round 612 January 11:00 Tie-break13 January 11:00 Round 714 January 11:00 Round 815 January 11:00 Round 916 January N/A Rest day (tie-break was not played)17 January 11:00 Round 1018 January 11:00 Round 1119 January 11:00 Round 1220 January 11:00 Tie-break & Award ceremony

Results Regular games

PlayerRating 123456TB1789101112TB2 Points Victories Roel Boomstra 2419 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 17 3 Alexander Schwartzman 2400 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 11 0

First tie-break

PlayerRatingrapid/blitzRapidRapidRapidBlitzBlitzBlitzSuperblitzPointsVictories Roel Boomstra 2443 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 8 1 Alexander Schwartzman 2453 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 6 0 Second tie-break

PlayerRatingrapid/blitzRapidRapidRapidBlitzBlitzBlitzSuperblitzPointsVictories Roel Boomstra 2443 1 1 2 – – – – 4 1 Alexander Schwartzman 2453 1 1 0 – – – – 2 0

See also Draughts World Championship

References

External links Official website (archived 24 January 2022)