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[[File:International draughts.jpg|200px|right]]
The '''2021 [[Draughts World Championship|World Draughts Championship]]''' at the [[international draughts]] took place from June 28 to July 14, 2021 in [[Tallinn]], [[Estonia]]<ref>[https://www.fmjd.org/?p=calend World Draughts Federation. Calendar]</ref><ref>[https://news.err.ee/1061611/world-checkers-championship-returning-to-tallinn-in-2021 World Checkers Championship returning to Tallinn in 2021]</ref> under the auspices [[International Draughts Federation]] ([[FMJD]]). Forty players competed in the tournament,<ref>[https://www.fmjd.org/downloads/news/1266/WC2021O.pdf List of players]</ref> which was played in a COVID bubble at Hotel Viru.<ref>[https://www.fmjd.org/downloads/news/1266/RR-WC2021O.pdf World Championship 2021. Rules and Regulations]</ref> In the semi-final all players were divided into four groups. The best three players from each semi-final group went to the final. The championship was played in a [[round-robin tournament|round-robin]] system. The main referee was IR Frank Teer ([[Netherlands]]). The winning prize for the tournament was 20,000 [[Euro|euros]].

At the same hotel, the [[2021 Women's World Draughts Championship]] took place simultaneously.

[[Alexander Schwarzman]] from Russia won his fifth title.

==Rules and regulations==
The games were played in the official FMJD time rate of the Fischer system, with 1 hour and 20 minutes for the game plus 1 minute per move. Conforming to the FMJD regulations, players were not allowed to agree on a draw before they both made 40 moves. If they did so nevertheless, the referee is obliged to decide on a 0-point for each player.

The final classification was based on the total points obtained. If two or more players had same total points to define the places, the following factors were used to define the places:
# largest number of victories
# best results between these players in direct confrontation
# best results obtained in order of the classification.

For the places 1 – 3, tie-breaks using the Lehmann-Georgiev system (15 minutes and 2 seconds added per move for an unlimited number of games) would be played if necessary; other places were shared.

==Schedule==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Round!!Date!!Time
|-
|1||29 June||15-00
|-
|2||30 June||9-00
|-
|3||30 June||15-00
|-
|4||1 July||15-00
|-
|5||2 July||9-00
|-
|6||2 July||15-00
|-
|7||3 July||15-00
|-
|8||4 July||9-00
|-
|9||4 July||
|-
|Final 1||6 July||13-30
|-
|Final 2||7 July||13-30
|-
|Final 3||8 July||13-30
|-
|Final 4||9 July||13-30
|-
|Final 5||9 July||
|-
|Final 6||11 July||13-30
|-
|Final 7||12 July||13-30
|-
|Final 8||13 July||13-30
|-
|Final 9||14 July||9-30
|}

==Participants==
; The list is preliminary. Alexander Georgiev, Landry Nga, Alain Bukasa, Baatarsukh Munkhjin, Bedia Guy Serges Olivier did not take part in the tournament. 
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: left;"
|-
!Number!!Name!!Country!!Title!!
|-
|1 || [[Alexander Georgiev]] || {{RUS}} || GMI || WC 2019
|-
|2 || [[Roel Boomstra]]|| {{NED}} || GMI || WC 2018/2019
|-
|3 || [[Guntis Valneris]] ||{{LAT}} || GMI ||WC 2019 3 place
|-
|4 || [[Groenendijk, Jan (draughts)|Jan Groenendijk]] || {{NED}} || GMI || WC 2019 4 place
|-
|5 || Priit Lokotar || {{EST}} ||  || Organization place
|-
|6 || Kris Taimre || {{EST}} ||  || Sponsor  place
|-
|7 || [[N'Diaga Samb]]|| {{SEN}} || GMI || Africa 
|-
|8 || Landry Nga|| {{CMR}} || GMI || Africa 
|-
|9 || Joel Atse || {{CIV}}|| GMI || Africa 
|-
|10 || Alain Dingombe Bukasa || {{DRC}} || GMI || Africa 
|-
|11 || [[Jean Marc Ndjofang]]|| {{ CMR}} || GMI || Africa 
|-
|12 || Kassim Souare || align="left" |{{ MLI}} || MI || Africa 
|-
|13 || Saint-Juste Makendy || {{HAI}}|| || America 
|-
|14 || Souleymane Keita || {{USA}}|| MI || America 
|-
|15 || Derby Martes ||{{DOM}} || || America
|-
|16 || Yevgeniy Sklyarov || {{USA}}|| MI || America 
|-
|17 || Baatarsukh Munkhjin || {{MNG}}|| GMI || Asia
|-
|18 || Tsogtbaatar Sukhbat || {{MNG}}|| MF || Asia
|-
|19 || Martijn van IJzendoorn || {{NED}} || GMI || Europe
|-
|20 || [[Alexander Schwarzman]] ||align="left" | {{RUS}} || GMI || Europe
|-
|21 || [[Artem Ivanov (draughts player)|Artem Ivanov]] || {{UKR}}||GMI || Europe
|-
|22 || [[Alexander Getmanski]]|| {{RUS}} || GMI || Europe
|-
|23 || Jitse Slump || {{NED}}|| MI || Europe
|-
|24 || [[Yuri Anikeev]] ||{{UKR}} || GMI || Europe
|-
|25 || Kevin Machtelinck || align="left" | {{FRA}}|| MI || Europe
|-
|26 || Aleksej Domchev || {{LIT}}|| GMI || Europe
|-
|27 || Raimonds Vipulis || {{LAT}}|| GMI || Europe
|-
|28 || Oscar Lognon || {{FRA}}|| MI || Europe
|-
|29 || Valery Kudriavcev || {{LIT}}|| MF || Europe
|-
|30 || Aleksei Kunitsa || {{BLR}}|| MI || Europe
|-
|31 || Igor Chartoriyski || {{GER}}|| MF || Europe
|-
|32 || Filip Kuczewski || {{POL}}|| MF || Europe
|-
|33 || Ainur Shaibakov || {{RUS}} ||GMI ||World Cup 2020
|-
|34 || Ivan Trofimov || {{RUS}}|| GMI ||World Cup 2020
|-
|35 || Aman Ehiere Eugene || {{CIV}}|| MI ||World Cup 2020
|-
|36 || Aka Kpangni Jacques || {{CIV}}|| MF ||World Cup 2020
|-
|37<ref>[https://draughts2021.com/players-men/ Participants 17.06.2021]</ref> || Bedia Guy Serges Olivier || {{CIV}} || || Global reserve list
|-
|38 || Mariko Mamoutou || {{MLI}} || MI || Global reserve list
|-
|39 || Mbongo Thomy lucien || {{CMR}} || MI || Global reserve list
|-
|40 || Andrej Kalmakov || {{RUS}} || GMI || Global reserve list
|}

{{smalldiv|GMI — international grandmaster

MI — international master

MF — master [[World Draughts Federation|FMJD]]}}

==Results==
===Semifinal===

{{legend2|#ccffcc;|Go to the final |border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}

===Group A===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Place
!Name
!Country
!Title
!Rating
!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!9!!10
!Points
!win
!draw
!loss
|-style="background:#ccffcc;"
| 1.
| align="left" |[[Roel Boomstra]]|| align="left" |{{NED}} || GMI
| 2408||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||2 ||2 ||2 ||2 ||2
||14||5||4||0
|-style="background:#ccffcc;"
| 2.
| align="left" |Raimonds Vipulis || align="left" |{{LAT}}|| GMI
| 2275||1 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||1 ||1 ||1 ||2 ||1 ||1 ||2 ||2
||12||3||6||0
|-style="background:#ccffcc;"
| 3.
| align="left" |[[Alexander Getmanski]]|| align="left" |{{RUS}} || GMI
| 2355||1 ||1 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||1 ||1 ||1 ||2 ||2 ||1 ||2
||12||3||6||0
|-
| 4.
| align="left" |Aleksei Kunitsa || align="left" |{{BLR}}|| MI
| 2220||1 ||1 ||1 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||1 ||1 ||1 ||2 ||2 ||2
||12||3||6||0
|-
| 5.
| align="left" |Ainur Shaibakov|| align="left" |{{RUS}} ||GMI
| 2348||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||2
||10||1||8||0
|-
| 6.
| align="left" |Kevin Machtelinck || align="left" | {{FRA}}|| MI
| 2321||0 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||1 ||1 ||1 ||2
||8||1||6||2
|-
| 7.
| align="left" |Valery Kudriavcev || align="left" |{{LIT}}|| MF
| 2226||0 ||1 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||1 ||1 ||1
||7||0||7||2
|-
| 8.
| align="left" |Aleksej Domchev || align="left" |{{LIT}}|| GMI
| 2319||0 ||1 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||1 ||1
||6||0||6||3
|-
| 9.
| align="left" |Edmond Antoineв Beugre|| align="left" | {{CIV}}|| MF
| 2283||0 ||0 ||1 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] || -
||5||0||5||4
|-
| 10.
| align="left" |Kris Taimre || align="left" |{{EST}} ||
| 1899||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||+2 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]]
||4||1||2||6
|}

===Group B===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Place
!Name
!Country
!Title
!Rating
!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!9!!10
!Points
!win
!draw
!loss
|-style="background:#ccffcc;"
| 1.
| align="left" |N'cho Joel Atse || align="left" |{{CIV}}|| GMI
| 2366||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||2 ||2 ||1 || -||2
||11||3||5||1
|-style="background:#ccffcc;"
| 2.
| align="left" |Nicolay Germogenov || align="left" |{{RUS}}|| MI
| 2300||1 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||1 ||2 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||2
||11||2||7||0
|-style="background:#ccffcc;"
| 3.
| align="left" |Jitse Slump || align="left" |{{NED}}|| MI
| 2346||1 ||1 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||1 ||1 ||1 ||2 ||1 ||1 ||2
||11||2||7||0
|-
| 4.
| align="left" |Mariko Mamoutou || align="left" |{{MLI}} || MI
| 2188||1 ||0 ||1 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||1 ||2 ||2 ||1 ||1 ||1
||10||2||6||1
|-
| 5.
| align="left" |[[Guntis Valneris]] ||align="left" |{{LAT}} || GMI
| 2406||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||1 ||1 ||2 ||1 ||1
||10||1||8||0
|-
| 6.
| align="left" |Kees Thijssen || align="left" |{{NED}}|| GMI
| 2329||0 ||1 ||1 ||0 ||1 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||1 ||1 ||2 ||2
||9||2||5||2
|-
| 7.
| align="left" |Ivan Trofimov || align="left" |{{RUS}}|| GMI
| 2282||0 ||1 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||1 ||2 ||2
||8||2||4||3
|-
| 8.
| align="left" |Oscar Lognon || align="left" |{{FRA}}|| MI
| 2241||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||1 ||1
||8||0||8||1
|-
| 9.
| align="left" |Igor Kirzner || align="left" |{{UKR}}||GMI
| 2268||+2 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||0
||7||1||5||3
|-
| 10.
| align="left" |Filip Kuczewski || align="left" |{{POL}}|| MF
| 2199||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||2 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]]
||5||1||3||5
|}

===Group C===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Place
!Name
!Country
!Title
!Rating
!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!9!!10
!Points
!win
!draw
!loss
|-style="background:#ccffcc;"
| 1.
| align="left" |[[Groenendijk, Jan (draughts)|Jan Groenendijk]] || align="left" |{{NED}} || GMI
| 2392||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||1 ||1 ||2 ||1 ||2 ||1 ||2 ||2 ||2
||14||5||4||0
|-style="background:#ccffcc;"
| 2.
| align="left" |Wouter Sipma || align="left" |{{NED}} || GMI
| 2333||1 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||2 ||2 ||1 ||2
||12||3||6||0
|-style="background:#ccffcc;"
| 3.
| align="left" |[[Artem Ivanov (draughts player)|Artem Ivanov]] || align="left" |{{UKR}}||GMI
| 2369||1 ||1 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||1 ||1 ||2 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||2
||11||2||7||0
|-
| 4.
| align="left" |Kassim Souare || align="left" |{{MLI}} || MI
| 2252||0 ||1 ||1 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||1 ||1 ||2 ||1 ||1 ||2
||10||2||6||1
|-
| 5.
| align="left" |Andrej Kalmakov || align="left" |{{RUS}} || GMI
| 2347||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||2
||10||1||8||0
|-
| 6.
| align="left" |Aman Ehiere Eugene || align="left" |{{CIV}}|| MI
| 2287||0 ||1 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||1 ||- ||2 ||2
||8||2||4||3
|-
| 7. 
| align="left" |Thomy Lucien Mbongo || align="left" |{{CMR}} || MI
| 2270||1 ||0 ||1 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||1 ||2 ||1
||8||1||6||2
|-
| 8.
| align="left" |Yevgeniy Sklyarov || align="left" |{{USA}}|| MI
| 2297||0 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||+2 ||1 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||1 ||1
||8||1||6||2
|-
| 9.
| align="left" |Igor Chartoriyski || align="left" |{{GER}}|| MF
| 2199||0 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||1
||6||0||6||3
|-
| 10.
| align="left" |Priit Lokotar || align="left" |{{EST}} ||
| 1947||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]]
||3||0||3||6
|}

===Group D===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Place
!Name
!Country
!Title
!Rating
!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!9!!10
!Points
!win
!draw
!loss
|-style="background:#ccffcc;"
| 1. 
| align="left" |Martijn van IJzendoorn|| align="left" |{{NED}} || GMI
| 2391||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||2 ||2 ||2 ||2 ||2
||14||5||4||0
|-style="background:#ccffcc;"
| 2.
| align="left" |[[Alexander Schwarzman]] ||align="left" | {{RUS}} || GMI
| 2379||1 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||1 ||1 ||1 ||2 ||1 ||2 ||2 ||1
||12||3||6||0
|-style="background:#ccffcc;"
| 3.
| align="left" |Christian Niami || align="left" |{{CMR}} || MI
| 2265||1 ||1 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||0 ||1 ||1 ||2 ||1 ||2 ||2
||11||3||5||1
|-
| 4.
| align="left" |Tsogtbaatar Sukhbat || align="left" |{{MNG}}|| MF
| 2189||1 ||1 ||2 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||1 ||2 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1
||11||2||7||0
|-
| 5.
| align="left" |[[Yuri Anikeev]] ||align="left" |{{UKR}} || GMI
| 2336||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1
||9||0||9||0
|-
| 6.
| align="left" |Saint-Juste Makendy || align="left" |{{HAI}}|| CMF
| 2338||0 ||0 ||1 ||0 ||1 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||1 ||1 ||2 ||2
||8||2||4||3
|-
| 7.
| align="left" |[[N'Diaga Samb]]|| align="left" |{{SEN}} || GMI
| 2296||0 ||1 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||2 ||1 ||1
||8||1||6||2
|-
| 8.
| align="left" |Souleymane Keita || align="left" |{{USA}}|| MI
| 2291
||0 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||0 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||2 ||1
||7||1||5||3
|-
| 9.
| align="left" |Derby Martes ||align="left" |{{DOM}}|| CMF
| 2272
||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||0 ||1 ||0 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]] ||2
||5||1||3||5
|-
| 10.
| align="left" |Aka Kpangni Jacques || align="left" |{{CIV}}|| MF
| 2216||0 ||1 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||0 ||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]]
||5||0||5||4
|}

==Final==
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Place
!Name
!Country
!Title
!Rating
!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!9!!10!!11!!12
!Points
!win
!draw
!loss
|-align="center" bgcolor="gold"
| 1.
| align="left" |[[Alexander Schwarzman]] ||align="left" | {{RUS}} || GMI
| 2380
||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]]||1||1||1||1||1||1||1||2||1||2||2
||'''14'''||3||8||0
|-align="center" bgcolor="silver"
| 2.
| align="left" |[[Alexander Getmanski]]|| align="left" |{{RUS}} || GMI
| 2360
||1||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]]||1||2||1||1||1||2||1||1||1||1
||'''13'''||2||9||0
|-align="center" bgcolor="lightsalmon"
| 3.
| align="left" |[[Roel Boomstra]]|| align="left" |{{NED}} || GMI
| 2410
||1||1||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]]||1||1||1||1||2||1||2||1||1
||'''13'''||2||9||0
|-
| 4.
| align="left" |[[Groenendijk, Jan (draughts)|Jan Groenendijk]] || align="left" |{{NED}} || GMI
| 2407
||1||0||1||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]]||1||1||1||2||1||1||2||1
||'''12'''||2||8||1
|-
| 5.
| align="left" |Martijn van IJzendoorn|| align="left" |{{NED}} || GMI
| 2386
||1||1||1||1||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]]||1||1||1||1||1||1||2
||'''12'''||1||10||0
|-
| 6.
| align="left" |Wouter Sipma || align="left" |{{NED}} || GMI
| 2349
||1||1||1||1||1||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]]||1||0||1||1||1||2
||'''11'''||1||9||1
|-
| 7.
| align="left" |[[Artem Ivanov (draughts player)|Artem Ivanov]] || align="left" |{{UKR}}||GMI
| 2369
||1||1||1||1||1||1||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]]||1||1||1||1||1
||'''11'''||0||11||0
|-
| 8.
| align="left" |Christian Niami || align="left" |{{CMR}} || MI
| 2265
||1||0||0||0||1||2||1||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]]||1||2||1||1
||'''10'''||2||6||3
|-
| 9.
| align="left" |Jitse Slump || align="left" |{{NED}}|| MI
| 2355
||0||1||1||1||1||1||1||1||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]]||1||1||1
||'''10'''||0||10||1
|-
| 10.
| align="left" |Nicolay Germogenov || align="left" |{{RUS}}|| MI
| 2297
||1||1||0||1||1||1||1||0||1||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]]||1||1
||'''9'''||0||9||2
|-
| 11.
| align="left" |Raimonds Vipulis || align="left" |{{LAT}}|| GMI
| 2275
||0||1||1||0||1||1||1||1||1||1||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]]||1
||'''9'''||0||9||2
|-
| 12.
| align="left" |N'cho Joel Atse || align="left" |{{CIV}}|| GMI
| 2366
||0||1||1||1||0||0||1||1||1||1||1||[[File:Chess j0l44.png|20px]]
||'''8'''||0||8||3
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://draughts2021.com Offiсial site]
*[https://www.fmjd.org/downloads/news/1268/Open%20GRL%202021-06-01.pdf Final Global Reserve lists]
*[https://results.fmjd.org/tournaments/2021/f_598/index.html Results grope A]
*[https://results.fmjd.org/tournaments/2021/f_602/index.html Results grope B]
*[https://results.fmjd.org/tournaments/2021/f_604/index.html Results grope C]
*[https://results.fmjd.org/tournaments/2021/f_605/index.html Results grope D]
*[https://results.fmjd.org/tournaments/2021/f_690/cross_table_acc_places&12.html World Championship 2021 all categories finals]
*[https://toernooibase.kndb.nl/opvraag/standenke.php?Id=10951&jr=22&taal=1 Worldchampionship Tallinn 2021], [[KNDB]]
*[https://toernooibase.kndb.nl/opvraag/standen.php?taal=1&kl=17&Id=10951&jr=22 Results grope A] [[KNDB]]
*[https://toernooibase.kndb.nl/opvraag/standen.php?taal=1&kl=18&Id=10951&jr=22&afko=&r= Results grope B] [[KNDB]]
*[https://toernooibase.kndb.nl/opvraag/standen.php?taal=1&kl=19&Id=10951&jr=22&afko=&r= Results grope C] [[KNDB]]
*[https://toernooibase.kndb.nl/opvraag/standen.php?taal=1&kl=20&Id=10951&jr=22&afko=&r= Results grope D] [[KNDB]]
*[https://toernooibase.kndb.nl/opvraag/standen.php?taal=1&kl=46&Id=10951&jr=22 Final] KNDB

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