Frisian Draughts World Championships 2024
Locations: Fryslân - Harlingen - Town Hall and Barentszwerf
Date: 16 - 24 August 2024
Organiser: WFD Foundation
Programme: Tournament book
Tournament schedule and games: Toernooibase
Games on: Lidraughts
Live stream with comments on the games: Youtube
Tournament system:
1. After seven rounds of the Swiss system, the four highest ranked participants will play a final round-robin grandmaster tournament, 2 games between them each round.
2. Time control: Fischer, 90 minutes + 30 seconds per move
3. Pairing: First seven rounds, according to Swiss Perfect
Finals: R1(1-3, 2-4) R2(3-1 4-2), R3(3-2, 4-1). R4 2-3, 1-4), R5(1-2, 3-4), R6(2-1, 4-3)
Prize fund: € 10,000
World champion € 3,200
Runner up € 2,400
3rd place € 1,600
4th place € 800
5th place € 700
6th place € 600
7th place € 400
8th place € 300
In the event of a tie (except for first place), the prize money will be divided equally.
For example, if numbers 2, 3 and 4 are tied, they will each receive €1,600
Participants:
1. Aleksej Domčev (Vilnius, Lithuania)
2. Auke Zijlstra (Utrecht)
3. Dicky van der Meer (Terherne)
4. Marten Walinga (Waaksens)
5. Łukasz Kosobudzki (Mińsk Mazowiecki, Poland)
6. Fedde Kramer (Nieuwolda)
7. Hein de Vries (Leeuwarden)
8. Siward Walinga (Groningen)
9. Jelle Wiersma (Wommels)
10. Taeke Kooistra (Hartwert)
11. Ties Slagter (’s-Hertogenbosch)
12. Petra Dušková (Prague, Czech Republic)
13. Porter Richardson (Monster)
14. Malte Schulz (Hamburg, Germany)
15. Folkert Groenveld (De Jutryp)
16. Willem Schaap (Jirnsum)
Friday 16 August - Monday 19 August: 7 rounds Swiss system
Tuesday 20 August: Play-offs if necessary
Wednesday 21 August: Final with four finalist, double round-robin system
10 a.m. - 2.00 p.m. round 1A and at 2.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. round 1B
Friday 23 August
10 a.m. - 2.00 p.m. round 2A and at 2.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. round 2B
Saturday 24 August
9 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. round 3A and at 1.30 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. round 3B
Play-offs if necessary
Award ceremony
Extra activities at the Barentszwerf:
Free participation but with a maximum of 32 players per tournament.
Total prize money is € 2,000, € 500 per tournament.
1st prize: € 100, 2nd prize € 80, 3rd prize € 60, 4th prize € 40, 5th prize € 20
additional prizes for TEAMs are 1st prize € 120, 2nd prize € 80
Players who sign up individually will be divided into TEAMs and thus compete for the
additional TEAM prizes. Players can also sign up as a TEAM (ideally 4 players).
Registration with Liuwe Westra, dokterom@gmail.com or +31- (0)6 3083 7586.
Wednesday, August 21:Tournament FRYSK!
Friday 23 August: Tournament Italian draughts and tournament Diagonal draughts
Saturday 24 August: Tournament Malay draughts
Rules of Italian Draughts:
The Italian Draughts game, or Dama Italiana, is very old. The first sources that mention it date back to at least 1500.
It has been played for centuries in Italy, and in 1924 the Italian Draughts Federation was founded in Milan.
This Federation is the umbrella organization for 93 draughts clubs with over 60,000 members.
Italian draughts is played on a 64-square board and has the peculiarity that a normal piece cannot capture a king.
This gives the Italian draughts endgame a unique charm all of its own.
* The first move is made by white.
* Pieces may only move and capture forwards and cannot capture kings.
* Kings may move and capture backwards as well as forwards, but only one square at a time. Kings may only capture pieces on adjacent fields.
* The rules of capture are more or less the same as those for Frisian draughts: it is mandatory to capture the maximum number of pieces; if the number of pieces to be captured is equal in two or more options, capturing the king (or the greatest number of kings) is mandatory; if both the number and the nature of the pieces to be captured is equal, capture by a king is mandatory.
* In the endgame, when both players have at least one king, a decision must be reached in 40 moves otherwise the game will end in a draw.
Italian Draughts can be played on the Checkers or Checkers 3D Pro apps (Android only).
Rules of Malay Draughts:
We do not know when the Malay Draughts originated, but we do know that it is know that it is derived from Frisian draughts and that it has been described with examples by by the Rotterdam mathematician Pieter Curten in an 18th century manuscript.
The setup is the same as for Frisian Draughts and the rules are are basically the same, with the following differences:
- Capture with one piece: Only only possible if there is an empty square between your piece and the opponent's piece.
- Capture with a king: Only if there is at least one empty square between your king and the opponent's piece.
Move with the king: Also possible vertically and horizontally.
AN EXTRA RULE
At the draughts club De Rûge Wolf', we regularly play this special game of draughts and this has led us to add an extra rule of the game:
Whoever gets stuck with the pieces and and cannot capture or make a move has won. This rule is the opposite of the normal rule and adds an extra dimension so that the game offers opportunities for both players until the very end.
