10x10 Draughts

After a nerve wrecking last round in the preliminaries, 12 players have qualified for the final of the World Championship 2013. Several prominent players like Baliakin, Valneris, Meurs and Amrillaew didn't make it, while the newcomers Ano, Atse and Ivanov qualified convincingly. Alexander Georgiev won the tournament with 15 points, followed by Jean-Marc Ndjofang with 14 and Roel Boomstra, also with 14. Due to the number of victories Ndjofang earned the right to challenge Georgiev in a match for the world title in 2014. Below some comments to the games can be found.

The World Championship 2013 is played in Ufa. The preliminary round consists of four groups of ten, of which the first three will qualify for the finals. Below some comments to the games can be found.

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The long awaited World Championship Match was played in Tallinn, Estonia. Title defender Alexander Georgiev and challenger Alexander Schwarzman played seven mini matches consisting of a game with normal time controls, if needed followed by a rapid game and one or more blitz games. After 3 days Schwarzman had a comfortable lead, but Georgiev made a come back on days 4 and 6. With a 7-7 score in the normal games and a 6-4 win in the rapid games, Alexander Georgiev retained his title.

The Course in Draughts series made by the Dutch master Tjalling Goedemoed is now available from http://fmjd.org/promo/cid.php. All books can be downloaded freee of charge. Recently an exercise book has been added for the 3rd series. Highly recommended!
The complete PC Blues series written by Christiaan Piens can be found here: http://www.damsport.be/WDC/Piens.htm