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World Tafl Federation Champions.

World Tafl Federation Hnefatafl Championship tournament 2025.
Congratulations to World Tafl Federation Champion 2025:
Mario Aluizo ("casshern"), Los Angeles, USA!

Year World Champion Rules Place, Organizer, Participants
2008 World Champion Wendy Sutherland, Yorkshire, UK Quickplay Fetlar Hnefatafl 11x11 Fetlar island, UK
Fetlar Hnefatafl Panel
20 adults & juniors
2009 World Champion Tim Millar ("Crust"), Somerset, UK
Junior: Sam Clark, UK 		Quickplay Fetlar Hnefatafl 11x11 Fetlar island, UK
Fetlar Hnefatafl Panel
15 adults & juniors
2010 World Champion Tim Millar ("Crust"), Somerset, UK
Junior: Dean Thomason, UK 		Quickplay Fetlar Hnefatafl 11x11 Fetlar island, UK
Fetlar Hnefatafl Panel
2011 World Champion Tim Millar ("Crust"), Somerset, UK Fetlar Hnefatafl 11x11 aagenielsen.dk
World Tafl Federation
8 adults
2012 World Champion Tim Millar ("Crust"), Somerset, UK Fetlar Hnefatafl 11x11 aagenielsen.dk
World Tafl Federation
13 adults
2013 World Champion Amanda Caukwell, Fetlar, Shetland, UK
Junior: Ramsay Beattie and Duncan Burgess, UK 		Quickplay Fetlar Hnefatafl 11x11 Fetlar island, UK
Fetlar Hnefatafl Panel
4 adults and 10 juniors
(Arne Roland ("Nath"), Berlin, Germany) Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11 aagenielsen.dk
World Tafl Federation
13 adults
2014 World Champion John Doe ("Schachus" unknown name), Berlin, Germany Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11 aagenielsen.dk
World Tafl Federation
23 adults
2015 World Champion Adam Bartley ("Adam"), Tønsberg, Norway Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11 aagenielsen.dk
World Tafl Federation
19 adults
2016 World Champion Leo Kolassa ("Herjan"), Formby, UK Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11 aagenielsen.dk
World Tafl Federation
29 adults
2017 World Champion Alexandre Bour ("Plantagenet"), Châlons-en-Champagne, FR. Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11 aagenielsen.dk
World Tafl Federation
29 adults
2018 World Champion Mario Aluizo ("casshern"), Los Angeles, USA Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11 aagenielsen.dk
World Tafl Federation
26 adults
2019 World Champion Mario Aluizo ("casshern"), Los Angeles, USA Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11 aagenielsen.dk
World Tafl Federation
25 adults
2020 World Champion Mario Aluizo ("casshern"), Los Angeles, USA
Hist.Hnef.: Ditto 		Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11
Historical Hnefatafl 9x9 (Saami Tablut) 		aagenielsen.dk
World Tafl Federation
34 adults
2021 World Champion Plamen Draganov ("Draganov"), Sofia, Bulgaria
Hist.Hnef.: Ditto
Sáhkku: Bogdan Varbanov ("Bogd Khan"), Plovdiv, Bulgaria 		Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11
Historical Hnefatafl 11x11 (Welsh Tawlbwrdd)
Saami Sáhkku 3x15 (Kåfjord) 		aagenielsen.dk
World Tafl Federation
30 adults
2022 World Champion Mario Aluizo ("casshern"), Los Angeles, USA
Hist.Hnef.: Ditto
Sea Battle: Ditto
Race Games: Plamen Draganov ("Draganov"), Sofia, Bulgaria.
Race Games performance rating #1: Steve Lonsdale ("xerxes"), Peterborough, UK. 		Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11
Tablut 9x9 & Tawlbwrdd 11x11
Sea Battle 9x9 & 11x11
Daldos 12 & Sáhkku 		aagenielsen.dk
World Tafl Federation
33 adults
2023 World Champion Plamen Draganov ("Draganov"), Sofia, Bulgaria.
Hist.Hnef.: Mario Aluizo ("casshern"), Los Angeles, USA.
Sea Battle: Plamen Draganov ("Draganov"), Sofia, Bulgaria.
Race Games: Mike Coveny ("holidayinnes"), Ottawa, Canada. 		Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11
Hist.Hnef. 9x9 & 11x11
Sea Battle 9x9 & 11x11
Daldos 14 & Sáhkku 		aagenielsen.dk
World Tafl Federation
36 adults
2024 World Champion Mario Aluizo ("casshern"), Los Angeles, USA.
Hist.Hnef.: Alexandr Ponomaryev ("Alex Hnefatafl"), Samara, Russia.
Sea Battle: Alexandr Ponomaryev ("Alex Hnefatafl"), Samara, Russia.
Race Games: Plamen Draganov ("Draganov"), Sofia, Bulgaria. 		Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11
Hist.Hnef. 9x9 & 11x11 & 13x13
Sea Battle 11x11 & 13x13
Daldos 14 & Sáhkku 		aagenielsen.dk
World Tafl Federation
31 adults
2025 World Champion Mario Aluizo ("casshern"), Los Angeles, USA.
Hist.Hnef.: Mario Aluizo ("casshern"), Los Angeles, USA.
Race Games: Aage Nielsen ("Hagbard"), Copenhagen, Denmark. 		Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11
Hist.Hnef. 9x9 & 11x11 & 13x13
Daldos 14 & Sáhkku 		aagenielsen.dk
World Tafl Federation
34 adults
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Artist Theresa New from New Scatness Carvings, Scatness, Shetland Isles, created these boards for winners of the Fetlar tournament.
Fetlar 2008, first event.
Peter Kelly, Wendy Sutherland, Amanda Caukwell, Tim Millar ("crust") and Dean Thomason on the island Fetlar.
Tim and Adam Bartley ("Adam"), Arne Roland ("Nath"), Leo Kolassa ("Herjan"), Mario Aluizo ("casshern"), Plamen Draganov ("Draganov").
(Aluizo writes: photo of me with a Tablut board made by Steiger.)
(Draganov writes: two photos of me, my son and OdinHimself (Lucho Panchev) who gave me the Hnefatafl set as a gift after winning the world championship in 2021.)
WTF Champ. Tourn. 2011.     WTF Champ. Tourn. 2012.     WTF Champ. Tourn. 2013.     WTF Champ. Tourn. 2014.     WTF Champ. Tourn. 2015.     WTF Champ. Tourn. 2016.     WTF Champ. Tourn. 2017.     WTF Champ. Tourn. 2018.     WTF Champ. Tourn. 2019.     WTF Champ. Tourn. 2020.     WTF Champ. Tourn. 2021.     WTF Champ. Tourn. 2022.     WTF Champ. Tourn. 2023.     WTF Champ. Tourn. 2024.     WTF Champ. Tourn. 2025.    

Dróttnar (GM Grandmasters).

GM Max. rating
Mario Aluizo ("casshern"), Los Angeles, USA (World) 2320
Plamen Draganov ("Draganov"), Sofia, Bulgaria (W) 2133
(the Fetlar Hnefatafl Panel 2008 used to define all world champions as grandmasters.)
(drótt = king)

Jarlar (IM International Masters).

IM Max. rating
Alexandr Ponomaryev ("Alex Hnefatafl"), Samara, Russia 2130
Alexandre Bour ("Plantagenet"), Châlons-en-Champagne, FR (W) 2075
Neil Austin ("Irish Raven"), Bilbao, Spain 2048
Lucho Panchev ("OdinHimself"), Kyustendil, Bulgaria 2042
"Black Raven", Vermont, United States 2030
Jilles Tjoelker ("jilles"), Netherlands 2028
John Doe ("Schachus" unknown name), Berlin, Germany (W) 2007
Leo Kolassa ("Herjan"), Formby, UK (W) 1970
Tim Millar ("crust"), Somerset, UK (W) 1968
Arne Roland ("Nath"), Berlin, Germany (W) 1954
Adam Bartley ("Adam"), Tønsberg, Norway (W) 1934
(jarl = earl)

Hersar (FM Federation Masters).

FM Max. rating
"cacreal", Ottawa, Canada 1987
"Ytreza", France 1961
Daniel Kress ("Colophonius"), Frankfurt, Germany 1908
Dmitrij Tsvilenev ("Dimetr"), Moskva, Gardariki 1898
"Waclaw", Omsk, Russia 1882
Gustaf Løvenlund ("gulo"), Copenhagen, Denmark 1879
Hamish Lawson ("ChaolAibhne"), St Andrews, Scotland 1879
Konstantin Jaehne ("sqAree"), Berlin, Germany 1873
"Luizz", Munich, Germany 1852
"Potapych", Soroki, Moldova 1827
Mike Coveny ("holidayinnes"), Ottawa, Canada 1825
Historical entries: Ded Fomich 1986, garun19 1983, Mmagari 1969, Bogd Khan 1957, Khan Asparukh 1900, Sigurd 1956, Altti 1909, sebastianmucke 1889, Arne64 1836, Boucher228 1841, bingoboy 1829, jarcin 1828, Hnefihunter 1812
(hersir = army commander)

Víkingar (CM Candidate Masters).

CM Max. rating
Paul A. Anokhin ("paul7"), Belgrade, Serbia 1793
Alexander Steiger Dis ("Steiger"), Gorlovka, Donbass 1755
Aage Nielsen ("Hagbard"), Copenhagen, Danmark 1749
"floki", Marseille, France 1748
Delray Curtis, ("Jrton80"), Kearneysville, WV, USA 1691
"Zubin", Schenectady, United States 1682
Mikkel Berg-Nordlie ("mihkkal"), Sápmi / Norway 1679
Steve Lonsdale ("xerxes"), Peterborough, UK 1651
Tony Higginson ("tonythebook"), Formby, Merseyside, UK 1646
"Skye", Netherlands 1643
"Ailill", London, United Kingdom 1643
Historical entries: Duhawk93 1751, L716 1799, Animals 1781, Agmundr 1755, Jurgenson 1745, docbullen 1739, Pavel Dusenko 1775, Abbas Agraphicus 1733, Rollo 1756, jules 1682, Rook 1693, Oddur 1678, Tuireann 1690, Weatherwax 1657, pc.a59xy 1653, mccluskeyp 1706, Conanlib 1642, Epoc 1655, Pedro 1641, unhandyandy 1631, Bigwurm91 1638, Branan 1631, Thanir 1611
(víkingr = elite warrior)

Karlar (AM Arena Masters).

AM Max. rating
Marian Luck ("themightyglider"), Thuringia, Germany 1557
"brave-frog", Kharkiv, Ukraine 1514
Luk Martens ("Masterluke"), Sint-Niklaas, Belgium 1511
"rosk", R-n-D, Russia 1510
Fabrice Barbier ("Fraech"), Bruxelles, Belgium 1453
Nikolai Hristov ("Nikolai Hristov"), Sofia, Bulgaria 1440
"DLC", South Portland, United States 1401
Historical entries: Trygve 1563, Unterwichtel 1569, Red-ron 1587, Helfrich 1574, chuck ward 1552, CoreyH 1532, Arevidar 1552, Harry64 1541, thebigfoot 1505, Gungnir 1523, Cyningstan 1558, Teondrae 1469, Sybil 1459, Wesley Alves 1409
(karl = fierce fighter)

Honorary Hnefatafl Masters.

Peter Kelly, Shetland island Fetlar, UK. (1939-2014).
Founder of the Fetlar Hnefatafl Panel.
Organiser of the first Hnefatafl World Championships 2008-2010 on Fetlar.
Radio interview with Peter Kelly, The World Aug. 18th 2008.

Tim Millar ("Crust"), Somerset, UK.
Organised the World Tafl Federation.
Key person on many real world Hnefatafl events at markets etc. in UK.
From the start a diligent co-tester of all imaginable kinds of rules combinations.
Contributor to the creating of the "Copenhagen" variant.
(Millar won the Fetlar tournaments 2009-10. Fetlar is a small island, and the guests had to bring tents and stay on a camping site. The night before the tournament was strong wind, and Millar reported that all night sounded as a flock of pidgins flapping around in the tent. - Yet still, next day Millar went to win the tournament - ).

Adam Bartley ("Adam"), Tønsberg, Norway.
Key person on many real world Hnefatafl events at markets in Norway.
From the start a diligent initiator of philosophical discussions about the nature of the Hnefatafl game.
Contributor to the creating of the "Copenhagen" variant.
Created the Sea Battle Tafl.
Hnefatafl lecture at the University of South-Eastern Norway.

Aage Nielsen ("Hagbard"), Copenhagen, Denmark.
Building and running the Play Hnefatafl Online website since 1998.
Organiser of the Hnefatafl World Championships since 2011 on the internet.
Contributor to the creating of the "Copenhagen" variant.
Identified the Historical Hnefatafl variant.
Created the Berserk Hnefatafl.
Brought Hnefatafl to a number of real world board game days and markets in Denmark.
Invented the Diagonal Tournament Format.

Luk Martens ("Masterluke"), Sint-Niklaas, Belgium.
Created and drew the many wonderful game pieces sets, which do wonders for the game experience on the internet.
Created the Odin and Tyr Tafls.

Most Tournaments Won latest year.

Race Games:
Steve Lonsdale ("xerxes"), Peterborough, UK.
#2 rosk, #3 Tonythebook

Tafl Games:
Alexandr Ponomaryev ("Alex Hnefatafl"), Russia.
#2 Gulo, #3 Jrton80

Most Active Player latest year.

Tony Higginson ("tonythebook"), Formby, Merseyside, UK.
#2 Black raven, #3 Jrton80

Player of the year.

2023 "brave-frog", Kharkiv, Ukraine.
2026 Konstantin Jaehne ("sqAree"), Berlin, Germany.

Longest time players on this site:

Since
2011 Adam, Crust
2012 Fraech
2014 Xerxes, Tonythebook, Herjan, sqAree
2015 OdinHimself, Steiger
2017 Casshern, Jrton80, Plantagenet

Thousanders (1000 tafl games).

Thousander No. of games
Delray Curtis ("jrton80"), Kearneysville, WV 7490
Tony Higginson ("tonythebook"), Formby, Merseyside, UK 5889
Mike Coveny ("holidayinnes"), Ottawa, Canada 5109
Plamen Draganov ("Draganov"), Sofia, Bulgaria 4832
Aage Nielsen ("Hagbard"), Copenhagen, Danmark 4515
Steve Lonsdale ("xerxes"), Peterborough, UK 4436
"rosk", R-n-D, Russia 4150
"brave-frog", Kharkiv, Ukraine 3664
Luk Martens ("Masterluke"), Sint-Niklaas, Belgium 3384
Tim Millar ("Crust"), Somerset, UK 3127
Daniel Kress ("Colophonius"), Frankfurt, Germany 3062
Alexandr Ponomaryev ("Alex Hnefatafl"), Samara, Russia 2942
"Potapych", Soroki, Moldova 2603
"cacreal", Ottawa, Canada 2468
Hamish Lawson ("ChaolAibhne"), St Andrews, Scotland 2092
Jilles Tjoelker ("jilles"), Netherlands 1952
Fabrice Barbier ("Fraech"), Bruxelles, Belgium 1795
"floki", Marseille, France 1745
Mario Aluizo ("casshern"), Los Angeles, USA 1711
Adam Bartley ("Adam"), Tønsberg, Norway. 1582
Paul A. Anokhin ("paul7"), Belgrade, Serbia 1282
Leo Kolassa ("Herjan"), Formby, UK 1119
Alexander Steiger Dis ("Steiger"), Gorlovka, Donbass 1060
"Black Raven", Vermont, United States 1052
Dmitrij Tsvilenev ("Dimetr"), Moskva, Russia 1031
Marian Luck ("themightyglider"), Thuringia, Germany 1011
Historical entries: mmagari 1618, Agmundr 1502, L716 1313, docbullen 1311, Altti 1209, Bogd Khan 1106, Fairland 1034

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