First Frisian Draughts World Championships - 3 to 10 August 2018

Frisian Draughts has been played for over 400 years. (Picture courtesy of World Championship Frisian Draughts)

The Board of the World Championship Frisian Draughts (WFD) has decided that the first World Championships will go ahead, as planned, and will be held in the City Hall of the Dutch town of Leeuwarden (3rd through to 10th of August 2018).

Parallel to the final of the World Championships, three open tournements are planned on 8, 9 and 10th of August. On these three days, one can register to play a tournement according to Italian, Czech and Frysk rules. Anyone who can register to participate in one of more of these events, individually or as part of a team. A brief explanation of the applicable rules will be given in advance.

The tournament will be broadcasted live on the internet () and visitors will be very welcome at the site.

Further information:

Marten Walinga, +31 6 3456 1133

Liuwe Westra, +31 6 3083 7586

Herbert Tulleken, +31 6 3191 6560

Participants:

1. Alexander Georgiev, Saint Petersburg (Russia)

2. Folkert Groenveld, Jutrijp (Netherlands)

3. Václav Křišta, Prague (Czech Republic)

4. Davide Zhou, Aosta (Italy)

5. Jelle Wiersma, Wommels (Netherlands)

6. Foeke Tiemensma, Franeker (Netherlands)

7. Taeke Kooistra, Hartwerd (Netherlands)

8. Tsjerk Wijbenga, Arum (Netherlands)

9. Fedde Wiersma, Easterein (Netherlands)

10. Hans Jansen, Amsterdam (Netherlands)

11. Vasyl Ivanchuk, Lviv (Ukraine)

12. Jean Marc Ndjofang, *** (Cameroon)

13. Renaud Braye, Liege (Belgium)

14. Marten Walinga, Waaksens (the Netherlands)

15. Hein de Vries, Leeuwarden (the Netherlands)

16. Kees Tijssen, Reduzum (the Netherlands)

Notice of Draughts Championships

I would like to draw your attention to the following two draughts tournaments.

Please feel free to forward this message to any draughts players you think might also be interested.

1) 15-19 March, the second Fryslân Open Draughts Tournament will be held in the town of Franker in the Dutch province of Frisia / Fryslân / Friesland.

Games will be played according to the Frisian rules of draughts, which allow not only diagonal but also straight (horizontal and vertical) captures.

For details, both of the rules and of the tournament, please go to the website www.frisiandraughts.com.

These rules have the effect that only very few games end in a draw.

An advantage of only one piece is often sufficient to win the game. An endgame with two kings against one is theoretically winable.

International draughts world champion Alexander Georgiev, international chess grandmaster Vasil Ivanchuk, and checkers world champion Michele Borghetti will all participate in the Fryslân Open 2016.

There are currently still two places available for international players.

Players can apply before 1 March by sending an e-mail to martenwalinga@hotmail.com or liuwe.westra@mensa.nl.

ps. During the tournaments, the games and playingrooms are livestreamed on our website.

2) On Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 March there will be tournament for a special variant of Frisian draughts, in which both players start with only five pieces each.

This variant has officially been baptised FRYSK! The first World Championships for this new draughts variant will be played this year.

For all details and for learning material, go to www.frisiandraughts.com  and www.frysk.info 

There are 50 places available for the tournament on Saturday 19 March. The best players in this tournament, together with two national champions and the top 8 players from the Fryslân Open, will play the First Official FRYSK! World Championships. 

Best regards, 

Marten Walinga, martenwalinga@hotmail.com

Liuwe Westra, liuwe.westra@mensa.nl

ww.frisiandraughts.comwww.frysk.info

Playerslist so far for Fryslân Open 2016:

1.Michele Borghetti
2.Alexander Georgiev
3.Aleksej Domchev
4.Macodou Ndijaye
5.Petra Duskova
6.Vaclav Krista
7.Patrick Casaril
8.Renaud Braye
9.Hans Jansen
10.Auke Zijlstra

1.Jelle Wiersma
2.Foeke Tiemensma
3.Fedde Wiersma
4.Sjoerd Couperus
5.Hein de Vries
6.Piet Sikma
7.Taeke Kooistra
8.Bauke Dykstra
9.Tsjerk Wijbenga
10.Kees Tijssen
11.Rein Jan Walinga
12.Cor Kooistra