2017 WCDF World GAYP Qualifier & Women/Youth World
Championship
held at The International Checkers Hall
of Fame (ICHF) in Petal, Mississippi (map)
from
July 31st to
August 4th
1. GM Kondlo, Lubabalo (South Africa) 20 pts., 363 S/B
(winning the Gold Medal)
2. GM Moiseyev, Alex (USA) 20 pts., 297 S/B (winning the Silver Medal)
3. Nonyukela, Melikaya (South Africa) 20 pts., 294 /SB (winning the
Bronze Medal)
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, Vadym (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
2017 US GAYP Nationals in Labanon, TN last week and then again this week
winning the 2017 WCDF Qualifier in Petal, MS and good luck for your match
against Michele Borghetti in 2018! 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. (notes by Ingo Zachos)
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The tiebreakers are as follows:
1. direct comparison, and, if complete, a minileague in case of more then 2
players are equal on points.
2. Sonneborn/Berger.
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Women's World Championship, Final standings: (after 6 rounds)
2017 WCDF Women's World
Championship Crosstable Score-Sheet & Prize Fund
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1. WGM Nadiya Chyzevska (Ukraine) 16 points, (winning the Gold Medal)
2. Tanya Zaitseva (Ukraine) 14 points, (winning the Silver Medal)
3. Wynelle Neverson (Barbados) 11 points, (winning the Bronze Medal)
4. Kim Willis (USA) 7 points.
-Congratulatuions to the New World Champion (GAYP) Nadiya Chyzevska 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. (notes by Ingo Zachos)
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2017 World Youth Championship Match Results:
Tayna wins 5-1-2 | Finished 8/4/17 (10 games of rapid play) between Tanya Zaitseva (UKR) and Elia Cantatore (ITA) — (ICHF) Petal, Mississippi. | Referee: GM Alex Moiseyev | 2017 Youth games:
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