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2015 World Draughts Championship match

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The 2015 World Draughts Championship match at the international draughts was held October 25–31, 2015 in Izmir, Turkey International Draughts Federation FMJD between the actual World Champion Alexander Georgiev (Russia) and the challenger Jean Marc Ndjofang (Cameroon). Alexander Georgiev won 7-7-6-6 against 7-5-4-12 and became eight times world champion.

Rules and Regulations

The match consists of seven micro-matches. Each micro-matche is played till the first victory. First game of micro-match — standard game 1 hour 20 min + 1 min per move, if draw at 1st game — rapid game 20 min + 5 sec per move. If draw at rapid game — blitz game 5 min + 3 sec per move.

If draw at blitz game — Lehmann-Georgiev tie break 5 min + 2 sec per move for all games till the first victory.

The final result of the match was determined by the result games with normal time control, if draw was determined by the result rapid games, if draw was determined by the result blitz games.

References

2015 World Draughts Championship match Wikipedia