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[Ingo_Zachos]

WCDF QT & World Championships 2017

Standings after round 6:
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1. GM Kondlo, Lubabalo (South Africa) 16 pts., 213 S/B
2. Nonyukela, Melika (South Africa) 16 pts., 156 S/B
3. GM King, Ron (Barbados) 15 pts., 194 S/B
4. Luntonti, Maxwell (South Africa) 15 pts., 184 S/B
5. GM Bernini, Matteo (Italy) 14 pts., 181 S/B
6. GM Moiseyev, Alex (USA) 13 pts., 178 S/B
7. IM Price, Colin (Barbados) 13 pts., 117 S/B
8. Wray, Laverne (USA) 12 pts., 94 S/B
9. IM Webster, John (USA) 12 pts., 93 S/B
10. Lapin, Vadim (Ukraine) 12 pts., 87 S/B
11. GM Scarpetta, Sergio (Italy) 11 pts., 143 S/B
12. IM Sokolovsky, Mark (USA) 11 pts., 121 S/B
13. Cantatore, Elia (Italy) 7 pts., 39 S/B
14. Katamba, Nicholas (Uganda) 1 pts., 12 S/B


WC Women after Round five:
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1. Zaitseva, Tanya (Ukraine)13 pts.,
2. WGM Chyzhevska, Nadiya (Ukraine) 12 pts.,
3. Neverson, Wynelle (Barbados) 8 pts.
4. Willis, Kim (USA) 7 pts.

[George Hay]

Still a long way to go....Go Mr. Alex! Go Kim Willis! USA USA USA

--George Hay

[Ingo_Zachos]

WCDF QT & World Championships 2017

Going into the final day, the thee South African Musketeers GM Lubabalo Kondlo, Melika Nonyukela - both on 16 points - and Maxwell Luntonti fight with the old legend Ronal "Suki" King (Barbados) - both on 15 points- for the right to challenge World Champion Michele Borghetti (Italy), with young gun GM Matteo Bernini (Italy) on 14 points still in striking distance.

The World Championship for Women is as close as can be as well.


This time it will be another victory for the famous ukrainian women draughts school that has already secured many World Championships, Gold Medals and titles in all kinds of draughts. The question is: who will carry the laurel of fame back home ?

Tanya Zaitseva (Kiew) in her very first Checkers tourament abroad is ahead by one point of former World Champion Nadiya Chyzhevska (now Kiev, former Donetsk).

Every mistake, every miscalculation can now be very costly with only one round to go!


Pairings Round 7 (last but one round):
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GM King, Ron (Barbados) - GM Kondlo, Lubabalo (South Africa)
Nonyukela, Melika (South Africa) - GM Bernini, Matteo (Italy)
IM Price, Colin (Barbados) - Luntonti, Maxwell (South Africa)
Wray, Laverne (USA) - GM Moiseyev, Alex (USA)
Lapin, Vadim (Ukraine) - IM Webster, John (USA)
Cantatore, Elia (Italy) - GM Scarpetta, Sergio (Italy)
IM Sokolovsky, Mark (USA) - Katamba, Nicholas (Uganda)


WC Women, Round six (final round):
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Zaitzeva, Tanya (Ukraine) - Neverson, Wynelle (Barbados)
Chyzhevska, Nadiya (Ukraine) - Willis, Kim (USA)

[Ingo_Zachos]

WCDF QT & World Championships 2017


Results Round 7 (last but one round):
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GM King, Ron (Barbados) - GM Kondlo, Lubabalo (South Africa) 2-2
Nonyukela, Melika (South Africa) - GM Bernini, Matteo (Italy) 2-2
IM Price, Colin (Barbados) - Luntonti, Maxwell (South Africa) 2-2
Wray, Laverne (USA) - GM Moiseyev, Alex (USA) 1-3
Lapin, Vadim (Ukraine) - IM Webster, John (USA) 2-2
Cantatore, Elia (Italy) - GM Scarpetta, Sergio (Italy) 0-4
IM Sokolovsky, Mark (USA) - Katamba, Nicholas (Uganda) 4-0


WC Women, Round six (final round):
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Zaitzeva, Tanya (Ukraine) - Neverson, Wynelle (Barbados) 1-3
Chyzhevska, Nadiya (Ukraine) - Willis, Kim (USA) 4-0

[jimloy]

Men Final Standings

1. GM Kondlo, Lubabalo (South Africa) 20 pts.
1. GM Moiseyev, Alex (USA) 20 pts.
1. Nonyukela, Melikaya (South Africa) 20 pts.
4. GM King, Ron (Barbados) 19 pts.
4. Luntonti, Maxwell (South Africa) 19 pts.
4. IM Price, Colin (Barbados) 19 pts.
4. GM Scarpetta, Sergio (Italy) 19 pts.
8. GM Bernini, Matteo (Italy) 18 pts.
9. IM Sokolovsky, Mark (USA) 17 pts.
10. IM Webster, John (USA) 16 pts.
11. Wray, Laverne (USA) 15 pts.
12. Lapin, Vadim (Ukraine) 14 pts.
13. Cantatore, Elia (Italy) 7 pts.
14. Katamba, Nicholas (Uganda) 1 pts.

I hope someone will report the tiebreak, and the women.

[Ingo_Zachos]

WCDF QT & WC 2017

Women's World Championship, Final standings after 6 rounds:
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1. WGM Nadiya Chyzhevska (Ukraine) 16 points,
2. Tanya Zaitseva (Ukraine) 14 points,
3. Wynelle Neverson (Barbados) 11 points,
4. Kim Willis (USA) 7 points.


Congratulatuions to the New World Champion (GAYP)

Nadiya Chyzhevska of Kiev, formerly Donetsk, Ukraine

Congratulations to Tanya Zaitseva (Ukraine) for her debut on international level, almost winning the World Championships at the first attempt.

Congratulations to Wynelle Neverson (Barbados), who without her bad start could have won and who proved in the second half of the tournament that she can beat ayone in GAYP.

Congratulations to Kim Willis, who was elected to the WCDF executive board while attending a World Championship.

[Ingo_Zachos]

WCDF QT & WC 2017
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QT (Men), standings after 7 Rounds:
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1. GM Kondlo, Lubabalo (South Africa) 18 pts., 283 S/B
2. Nonyukela, Melikaya (South Africa) 18 pts., 222 S/B
3. GM King, Ron (Barbados) 17 pts., 265 S/B
4. Luntonti, Maxwell (South Africa) 17 pts., 238 S/B
5. GM Bernini, Matteo (Italy) 16 pts., 253 S/B
6. GM Moiseyev, Alex (USA) 16 pts., 243 S/B
7. GM Scarpetta, Sergio (Italy) 15 pts., 199 S/B
8. IM Price, Colin (Barbados) 15 pts., 174 S/B
9. IM Sokolovsky, Mark (USA) 15 pts., 141 S/B
10. IM Webster, John (USA) 14 pts., 135 S/B
11. Lapin, Vadim (Ukraine) 14 pts., 126 S/B
12. Wray, Laverne (USA) 13 pts., 126 S/B
13. Elia Cantatore (ITA) 7 pts., 45 S/B
14. Nicholas Katamba (UGD) 1 pt., 14 S/B

[Ingo_Zachos]

WCDF QT & World Championships 2017


Results Round 8 (final round):
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Nonyukela, Melika (South Africa) - GM King, Ron (Barbados) 2-2
GM Kondlo, Lubabalo (South Africa) - IM Sokolovsky, Mark (USA) 2-2
Luntonti, Maxwell (South Africa) - GM Bernini, Matteo (Italy) 2-2
GM Moiseyev, Alex (USA) - Cantatore, Elia (Italy) 4-0
Lapin, Vadim (Ukraine) - IM Price, Colin (Barbados) 0-4
GM Scarpetta, Sergio (Italy) - Katamba, Nicholas (Uganda) 4-0
IM Webster, John (USA) - Wray, Laverne (USA) 2-2

[Ingo_Zachos]

WCDF QT & World Championships 2017


QT (Men), Final Standings after round 8:
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1. GM Kondlo, Lubabalo (South Africa) 20 pts., 363 S/B
2. GM Moiseyev, Alex (USA) 20 pts., 297 S/B
3. Nonyukela, Melikaya (South Africa) 20 pts., 294 /SB
4. GM King, Ron (Barbados) 19 pts., 355 S/B
5. Luntonti, Maxwell (South Africa) 19 pts., 302 S/B
6. IM Price, Colin (Barbados) 19 pts., 252 S/B
7. GM Scarpetta, Sergio (Italy) 19 pts., 219 S/B
8. GM Bernini, Matteo (Italy) 18 pts., 333 S/B
9. IM Sokolovsky, Mark (USA) 17 pts., 201 S/B
10. IM Webster, John (USA) 16 pts., 179 S/B
11. Wray, Laverne (USA) 15 pts., 180 S/B
12. Lapin, Vadim (Ukraine) 14 pts., 142 S/B
13. Cantatore, Elia (Italy) 7 pts., 51 S/B
14. Katamba, Nicholas (Uganda) 1 pt., 16 S/B



Congratulations to GM Lubabalo Kondlo (South Africa), who first won the US Nationals 2017 and then also the WCDF Qualifier 2017.
With this fine victory he won the right to challenge World Champion Michele Borghetti (ITA) in 2018. Overall he showed the most consistent performance with the highest tiebreaker and no ups and downs and surely deserved his triumph.

Maybe his lifelong dream of becoming World Champion could come true and a new final chapter to "King Me" should be filmed...?

Congratulations to Alex Moiseyev (USA), who at last miraculously managed to tie for 1st place, but
his tournament was a story of ups and downs, not quite consistent enough to prevail.

Congratulations to Melikaya Nonyukela (South Africa) who also tied for 1st place, but lost to Lubablo in Round one. One bad move may have made the difference, but maybe not next time!

Very strong performances were also made by Ron King (Barbados), Maxwell Luntonti (South Africa) and Matteo Bernini (Italy), who managed to stay undefeated, but were a bit unlucky with the pairings and surely should have made higher places.

[Woodypusher]

Please check the points totals for Lapin and Cantatore. I have Lapin on 10 points not 14 and I have Cantatore on 11 and not 7

[Woodypusher]

the points totals shown for lapin and Cantatore after 5 5 seem to be incorrect . After r4 Lapin was on 7 points and Cantatore was on 5 points. They met on r 5 and according to the results shown Lapin lost twice to Cantatore . This would put Lapin on 7 points and Cantatore on 9 points but the standings after round 5 shows Lapin on 11 points and Cantatore on 5

[Ingo_Zachos]

the points totals shown for lapin and Cantatore after 5 5 seem to be incorrect . After r4 Lapin was on 7 points and Cantatore was on 5 points. They met on r 5 and according to the results shown Lapin lost twice to Cantatore . This would put Lapin on 7 points and Cantatore on 9 points but the standings after round 5 shows Lapin on 11 points and Cantatore on 5

Thanks for pointing that out, but the mistake was just the other way round. The result of the encounter Lapin - Cantatore was not 0-4 but 4-0 in favor of Lapin. So the final standings are correct, but I made a mistake in reporting the results of round five.


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[Woodypusher]

Ok thanks.

[Ingo_Zachos]

World Youth Championship match under way.
10 games of rapid play.

between Tanya Zaitseva (UKR) and Elia Cantatore (ITA).

Referee: GM Alex Moiseyev!

[Alex_Moiseyev]

With 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss Tanya won an official WCDF title of Youth World Champion 2017 + 60% of money prize $240
Hot congratulations to Tanya!