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De Telegraaf, 28 juli 2005

Rentree Harm Wiersma


RHEDEN, donderdag
Onze dammedewerker Harm Wiersma (52) maakt tijdens het WK voor landenteams, dat van 17 tot en met 25 september in Italië wordt gehouden, zijn rentree in de Nederlandse ploeg. Het is negen jaar geleden dat de achtvoudig nationaal kampioen zijn land vertegenwoordigde.
Naast Wiersma komen ook Rob Clerc, Alexander Baljakin en Kees Thijssen in actie. Het Nederlands team gaat in Italië voor goud, al zal de ploeg veel te duchten hebben van Rusland.

Joker wrote:Where is it any information about this Championship?

Hanco Elenbaas wrote:World Team Championship (NON VALIDO ELO RUBELE)
dal 19/09/2005 al 25/09/2005

GuidoB wrote:

Hanco Elenbaas wrote:World Team Championship (NON VALIDO ELO RUBELE)
dal 19/09/2005 al 25/09/2005

Hanco, where does this information come from? Everybody thinks that the tournament will start at Sunday 18 September. Has the FMJD changed her plans again?

Nescio wrote:The Calender on the site of the FMJD still shows that it will be held from 17/9-26-09. I can't imagine why it should be a number of days shorter al this information indicates?

Hanco Elenbaas wrote:

Nescio wrote:The Calender on the site of the FMJD still shows that it will be held from 17/9-26-09. I can't imagine why it should be a number of days shorter al this information indicates?

Indeed it's rather strange that the organizing Italian Federation doesn't know as well as the FMJD calendar at what day the championship starts.

GuidoB wrote:

Hanco Elenbaas wrote:

Nescio wrote:The Calender on the site of the FMJD still shows that it will be held from 17/9-26-09. I can't imagine why it should be a number of days shorter al this information indicates?

Indeed it's rather strange that the organizing Italian Federation doesn't know as well as the FMJD calendar at what day the championship starts.

I heard that the Dutch team has booked a flight at Saturday 17 September at 14:10h. They expect the tournament to start at Sunday.

Dieter wrote:En daarvoor moeten hier dan in de competitie een groot aantal wedstrijden verplaatst worden.... Op maandag starten van het toernooi en de eerste competitie ronde kan gewoon doorgaan op de 17e, missen maar een aantal spelers de opening.

Hanco Elenbaas wrote:

Dieter wrote:En daarvoor moeten hier dan in de competitie een groot aantal wedstrijden verplaatst worden.... Op maandag starten van het toernooi en de eerste competitie ronde kan gewoon doorgaan op de 17e, missen maar een aantal spelers de opening.

Moet je zien wat jij doet Dieter, als je samen met Wirni, Schalley en Sekongo 5 km achter zo'n mooie Italiaanse meid met een Nederlandse vlag mag lopen. Ik ben er zeker van dat je dan ook over teambuilding gaat praten.

A.Presman wrote:
RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE WORLD TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP 2005

General organization

1. The organization of the World Teams Championship 2005 has been allotted by the FMJD to the Italian Draughts Federation (F.I.D.) and will take place from September 17 up to and including September 25, 2005 in Riviera del Beigua (Italy) and precisely in the Municipalities of Albisola Marina, Albissola Superiore, Arenzano, Celle Ligure, Cogoleto, Varazze

2. The tournament will take place in the Coast Riviera del Beigua (Italy) and precisely in the Municipalities of Albisola Marina, Albissola Superiore, Arenzano, Celle Ligure, Cogoleto, Varazze

3. The Opening Ceremony will be held in Varazze, Sport Palace, on 17.09.2005 at hour 17.00. The Closing Ceremony will be held 25.09.2005, the hour will be communicated by the Organization.

4. The WTC could be follow on the website: www.wdtc2005.org. If possible digital board will be used in some games for some players.

5. The tournament will be supervised by main referee Henk Fokkink (Netherlands). He will be assisted by the referees Ndongo Fall (Senegal), Henri Macaux (France), Rima Danilevchina (Lituania) and Gianfranco Borghetti (Italy). They will be guided by strict maintenance of the FMJD rules and regulations

6. All travel expenses for the traveling of players and visa costs for players are on charge of their national federations. Costs for travel and visa expenses as well as traveling, food and lodging and visa expenses for accompanying persons have to be paid by their national federations or by themselves. Costs for lodging and food of the team of 4 players are on charge of the organization. The players will be the guests of the organization from September 16 till September 26.

7. The national federations presenting players have to pay the registration fee of their players to the representative of the FMJD, according to the regulation of the General Assembly of 2001. A player for whom the registration fee is not paid before the first round, is not allowed to participate in the tournament.


8. All teams have to be present at the Opening- and Closing ceremony on the sanction of a fine.

Format of the tournament

A. The tournament will be played as follow:

20 TEAMS

1. 4 groups from 5 teams everyone, composed based on the cumulative FMJD rating of each team;

2. the first two classified of every group meet each other for the competition for the first 8 places; in ¼ final, semifinal, final , barrages will be played if needed

3. third and fourth compete for the places from the 9° to the 16°;

4. fifth classified compete for the places from the 17° to the 20°.

5. In all groups in a ¼ final, a semifinal, a final will be played, with barrages if needed

B. The composition of the groups will happen in this way:
1. FMJD rating score of the teams is ordered in decreasing way from
FMJD rating_01 to FMJD rating_20, the four groups could in this way be composed:

GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C GROUP D

FMJD rating_01 FMJD rating_02 FMJD rating_03 FMJD rating_04
FMJD rating_08 FMJD rating_07 FMJD rating_06 FMJD rating_05
FMJD rating_12 FMJD rating_11 FMJD rating_10 FMJD rating_09
FMJD rating_13 FMJD rating_14 FMJD rating_15 FMJD rating_16
FMJD rating_17 FMJD rating_18 FMJD rating_19 FMJD rating_20

2. It is proposed not to insert two teams of the same nation (Italy) in the same group.
However, if it does happen, the team with the inferior score will get a place towards the bottom.
The composition of the groups would be, in such case, fixed and the chance is given only from the
FMJD rating points of the teams.

3. It will be possible to change the players of the team with a reserve and also change the number of board.
In the case of a team that has more than 4 players, the mean number of the FMJD rating will be calculated .

4. It will not be possible to change the players and the number of the board during the barrage

5. Drawing of lots
Drawing of lots for the groups of FMJD rating_01, FMJD rating_02, FMJD rating_03 and the last one is attributed to FMJD rating_04;
Drawing of lots for the groups of FMJD rating_05, FMJD rating_06, FMJD rating_07 and the last one is attributed to FMJD rating_08;
and so on.

6. When the composition of the groups has been established, within each group lots must be drawn for the position (number in the schedule) for the pairing.
The planning of the connections would have to be ready one week before the beginning of the WTC, in order to diffuse the calendar of the encounter through the newspapers

7.In the teams the players on board 1 and 3 play with the same color. Also on board 2 and 4.

8. The official rules of the FMJD will be used. Use of clocks and recording games is mandatory. The games will be played at the official time rate in the Fischer counting of 1.20 plus 1 minute for each move (for each player). Conform the FMJD regulations players are not allowed to agree on a draw before they both made 40 moves. If they do so nevertheless, the referee is obliged to decide on a 0-0 result.

9. The final classification in both rounds will be based on the total number of matchpoints obtained. The first place at the end of all rounds of the competition gives right to the title of ‘World Team Champion 2005’.

10. If in the first round two or more teams (players) share the same place a barrage will be used to define places occupied: 20' + 10" , if yet remise 5' + 3". If no decision is obtained the result of the first board counts, when necessary of board two or three. If all is equal continue the barrages.

11. The teams (players) finishing in the final in the first three places will receive a medal and an official diploma.

12. According to the rule adopted in the General Assembly of Abidjan 1996, it is forbidden to smoke in the playing hall.

13. A Jury d'Appel (appeal board) will be (come) composed to which participants can appeal for any referee decision.

14. In the case that something is not clear in the FMJD regulations or in this rules and regulations, or in unforeseen circumstances, the decision will be made by the main referee in consultation with the organization and the FMJD.


Calendar of tournament

Opening Ceremony 17.09.2005 h. 17.00
18.09.2001 - 1° - 2° rounds
19.09.2005 - 3° round
20.09.2005 - 4° - 5° round
21.09.2005 - barrage - rest
22.09.2005 - quarters of final
23.09.2005 - semifinals
24.09.2005 - final
25.09.2005 - Closing Ceremony - h. 9.00

FMJD-Tournament-director ‘100’ seniors,
Eleonora Bubbi



Schedule for the first phase of the WCT 2005: (for all 4 groups)
Round 1: 2-5 3-4
Round 2: 5-3 1-2
Round 3: 3-1 4-5
Round 4: 1-4 2-3
Round 5: 4-2 5-1

Hanco Elenbaas wrote:

De Telegraaf, 28 juli 2005

Rentree Harm Wiersma


RHEDEN, donderdag
Onze dammedewerker Harm Wiersma (52) maakt tijdens het WK voor landenteams, dat van 17 tot en met 25 september in Italië wordt gehouden, zijn rentree in de Nederlandse ploeg. Het is negen jaar geleden dat de achtvoudig nationaal kampioen zijn land vertegenwoordigde.
Naast Wiersma komen ook Rob Clerc, Alexander Baljakin en Kees Thijssen in actie. Het Nederlands team gaat in Italië voor goud, al zal de ploeg veel te duchten hebben van Rusland.