Logo: Adam Bartley.

Tafl wall of fame.

Newest results.

	#1	#2	#3
World Champion 2019 Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11	Mario Aluizo ("casshern"), Los Angeles, USA	Bogdan Varbanov ("Bogd Khan"), Plovdiv, Bulgaria	"death", tampa, florida
Fetlar Hnef. 11x11 2020-03-23	Bogdan Varbanov ("Bogd Khan"), Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Delray Curtis ("jrton80"), Kearneysville, WV, USA	Alex Kocherin ("Hnefihunter"), Saint Petersburg, Russia
Old Hnef. 11x11 2020-04-08	"cacreal", Ottawa, Canada	Bogdan Varbanov ("Bogd Khan"), Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Delray Curtis ("jrton80"), Kearneysville, WV, USA
Saami Tablut 9x9 2019-10-31	Mario Aluizo ("casshern"), Los Angeles, USA	Alexander V. Fomichëv ("Ded Fomich"), Moscow, Russia	Alex Kocherin ("Hnefihunter"), Saint Petersburg, Russia
Historical Hnefatafl 13x13 2020-05-30	Alexander V. Fomichëv ("Ded Fomich"), Moscow, Russia	Dmitry Legedin ("L716"), Kaliningrad, Russia	"cacreal", Ottawa, Canada
Irish Brandubh 2 7x7 2020-06-21	"Auskor", Bilbao, Spain	Steve Lonsdale ("xerxes"), Peterborough, UK	Dmitry Legedin ("L716"), Kaliningrad, Russia "unhandyandy", Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Welsh Tawlbwrdd 11x11 2020-07-30	Mario Aluizo ("casshern"), Los Angeles, USA	Hamish Lawson ("ChaolAibhne"), St Andrews, Scotland Dmitry Legedin ("L716"), Kaliningrad, Russia
Sea battle tafl 15x15 2018-03-21	Mario Aluizo ("casshern"), Los Angeles, USA	Aage Nielsen ("Hagbard"), Copenhagen, Danmark, Delray Curtis ("jrton80"), Kearneysville, WV, USA Steve Lonsdale ("xerxes"), Peterborough, UK
Sea battle tafl 13x13 2020-04-01	Hamish Lawson ("ChaolAibhne"), St Andrews, Scotland	Bogdan Varbanov ("Bogd Khan"), Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Dmitry Legedin ("L716"), Kaliningrad, Russia Steve Lonsdale ("xerxes"), Peterborough, UK
Sea battle-2526 9x9 2020-07-22	Mario Aluizo ("casshern"), Los Angeles, USA	Hamish Lawson ("ChaolAibhne"), St Andrews, Scotland	Steve Lonsdale ("xerxes"), Peterborough, UK
Sea battle T circle 11x11 2020-08-20	Hamish Lawson ("ChaolAibhne"), St Andrews, Scotland	Steve Lonsdale ("xerxes"), Peterborough, UK	Luk Martens ("Masterluke"), Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Berserk 11x11 2019-12-12	Mario Aluizo ("casshern"), Los Angeles, USA	Bogdan Varbanov ("Bogd Khan"), Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Dmitry Legedin ("L716"), Kaliningrad, Russia
Tyr-2 17x17 2020-07-15	Alexander V. Fomichëv ("Ded Fomich"), Moscow, Russia	Dmitry Legedin ("L716"), Kaliningrad, Russia Delray Curtis ("jrton80"), Kearneysville, WV, USA
Simple Tyr 15x15 2020-08-27	Hamish Lawson ("ChaolAibhne"), St Andrews, Scotland	Delray Curtis ("jrton80"), Kearneysville, WV, USA	Luk Martens ("Masterluke"), Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Saami Sáhkku 3x15 2020-09-03	Aage Nielsen ("Hagbard"), Copenhagen, Danmark Alex Kocherin ("Hnefihunter"), Saint Petersburg, Russia Mikkel Berg-Nordlie ("mihkkal"), Sápmi (Norway)
Overall best in all tafl types	Mario Aluizo ("casshern"), Los Angeles, USA	Alexander V. Fomichëv ("Ded Fomich"), Moscow, Russia Bogdan Varbanov ("Bogd Khan"), Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Most Active Player Latest year	"cacreal", Ottawa, Canada Delray Curtis ("jrton80"), Kearneysville, WV, USA Luk Martens ("Masterluke"), Sint-Niklaas, Belgium

"Overall best in all tafl types" calculation: #1 1, #2 0.5, #3 0.25.

World Tafl Federation Grand Masters.

Odin from Lejre, Denmark. Photo: Roskilde Museum.

Peter Kelly, Fetlar, Shetland, UK. (1939-2014).	Founder of Fetlar Hnefatafl Panel.
Wendy Sutherland, Yorkshire, UK.	Winner of Fetlar tourn. 2008.
Tim Millar ("Crust"), Somerset, UK.	Winner of Fetlar tourn. 2009 and 2010, and WTF tourn. 2011 and 2012.
Amanda Caukwell, Fetlar, Shetland, UK.	Winner of Fetlar tourn. 2013.
Arne Roland ("Nath"), Berlin, Germany.	Winner of WTF tourn. 2013.
John Doe ("Schachus" unknown name), Berlin, Germany.	Winner of WTF tourn. 2014.
Adam Bartley ("Adam"), Tønsberg, Norway.	Winner of WTF tourn. 2015.
Leo Kolassa ("Herjan"), Formby, UK	Winner of WTF tourn. 2016.
Alexandre Bour ("Plantagenet"), Châlons-en-Champagne, FR	Winner of WTF tourn. 2017.
Mario Aluizo ("casshern"), Los Angeles, USA	Winner of WTF tourn. 2018 and 2019.

World Tafl Federation Champions.

Year	World Champion	Rules	Place	Organizer	Participants
2008	Wendy Sutherland, Yorkshire, UK	Quickplay Fetlar Hnefatafl 11x11	Fetlar island, UK	Fetlar Hnefatafl Panel	20 adults and juniors
2009	Tim Millar ("Crust"), Somerset, UK Junior: Sam Clark, UK				15 adults and juniors
2010	Tim Millar ("Crust"), Somerset, UK Junior: Dean Thomason, UK				?
2011	Tim Millar ("Crust"), Somerset, UK	Fetlar Hnefatafl 11x11	aagenielsen.dk	World Tafl Federation	8 adults
2012	Tim Millar ("Crust"), Somerset, UK	Fetlar Hnefatafl 11x11	aagenielsen.dk	World Tafl Federation	13 adults
2013	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
2013	(Arne Roland ("Nath"), Berlin, Germany)	Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11	aagenielsen.dk	World Tafl Federation	13 adults
2014	John Doe ("Schachus" unknown name), Berlin, Germany	Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11	aagenielsen.dk	World Tafl Federation	23 adults
2015	Adam Bartley ("Adam"), Tønsberg, Norway				19 adults
2016	Leo Kolassa ("Herjan"), Formby, UK				29 adults
2017	Alexandre Bour ("Plantagenet"), Châlons-en-Champagne, FR.				29 adults
2018	Mario Aluizo ("casshern"), Los Angeles, USA				26 adults
2019	Mario Aluizo ("casshern"), Los Angeles, USA				25 adults

hnefatafl board hnefatafl world championship
Artist Theresa New from New Scatness Carvings, Scatness, Shetland Isles, created these boards for winners of the Fetlar tournament.
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").

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.

International Masters.

Viking, Sweden.

Year	Area	International Master
2017	America	Altti Piirsoo ("Altti"), New York, USA
2017	Europe	Lucho Panchev ("OdinHimself"), Kyustendil, Bulgaria

Rules: Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11. Place: aagenielsen.dk. Organizer: World Tafl Federation.
Area America: North- and South-America. Area Europe: not North- and South-America.
America Scores 2017 (maximum possible 16): Altti: 14, Casshern: 13, Fraech: 9, Bigwurm91, Brench, Tuireann: 8, Fairland: 7, Waegn: 3, Imaxuncut: 2
Europe Scores 2017 (maximum possible 20): Odinhimself: 19, Animals, Sqaree: 14, Hagbard: 12, Steiger: 11, Kratzer: 10, Thanir, Xerxes: 9, Arevidar: 6, Marcin: 4, Anto2016: 2
hnefatafl international master

Lucho Panchev ("OdinHimself").

Federation Masters (FM, Jarlar).

FM	Rating	No. of games	No. of qual. tourn.
Mario Aluizo ("casshern"), Los Angeles, USA	2231	1153	9
Alexandre Bour ("Plantagenet"), Châlons-en-Champagne, FR.	1963	693	3
Lucho Panchev ("OdinHimself"), Kyustendil, Bulgaria	1955	406	3
Alexander V. Fomichëv ("Ded Fomich"), Moscow, Russia	1794	825	3
Tim Millar ("crust"), Somerset, UK	1785	3127	3
Adam Bartley ("Adam"), Tønsberg, Norway	1632	739	4

Twothousanders (more than 2000 tafl games).

Twothousander	No. of games
Tim Millar ("crust"), Somerset, UK	3127
Aage Nielsen ("Hagbard"), Copenhagen, Danmark	2969
Delray Curtis ("jrton80"), Kearneysville, WV	2423

Thousanders (more than 1000 tafl games).

Thousander	No. of games
Steve Lonsdale ("xerxes"), Peterborough, UK	1537
"Agmundr", Lier, Norway	1322
Tony Higginson ("tonythebook"), Formby, Merseyside	1264
Mario Aluizo ("casshern"), Los Angeles, USA	1154
Altti Piirsoo ("altti"), ny, usa	1146
Tim Bullen ("docbullen"), formby, Merseyside	1127
"Fraech", Bruxelles, Belgium	1095
Luk Martens ("Masterluke"), Sint-Niklaas, Belgium	1056
Marco Gandolfo ("mmagari"), milano, italia	1000

Candidate Masters (CM, Karlar).

CM	Rating	No. of games	No. of qual. tourn.
Bogdan Varbanov ("Bogd Khan"), Plovdiv, Bulgaria	1900	675	11
Leo Kolassa ("Herjan"), Formby, UK	1807	683	3
Arne Roland ("Nath"), Berlin, Germany	1794	353	9
Hamish Lawson ("ChaolAibhne"), St Andrews, Scotland	1750	624	20
Konstantin Jaehne ("sqAree"), Berlin, Germany	1731	374	8
Dmitry Legedin ("L716"), Kaliningrad, Russia	1665	633	6
Arne H. Hansen ("arne64"), Hamburg, Germany	1697	491	8
David Lonsdale ("Animals"), Peterborough, UK	1674	508	23
Alexander Steiger Dis ("Steiger"), Gorlovka, Donbass	1643	744	9
Aage Nielsen ("Hagbard"), Copenhagen, Danmark	1635	2969	31
Alex Kocherin ("Hnefihunter"), Saint Petersburg, Russia	1629	525	9
Altti Piirsoo ("altti"), ny, usa	1617	1148	35
"cacreal", Ottawa, Canada	1615	762	3
Delray Curtis, ("Jrton80"), Kearneysville, WV, USA	1576	2422	16
"Duhawk93", United States	1589	897	18
Tony Higginson ("tonythebook"), Formby, Merseyside	1569	1269	3
Tim Bullen, ("docbullen"), Formby, UK	1544	1123	8
"Thanir", Barcelona, Spain	1512	720	3
Steve Lonsdale ("xerxes"), Peterborough, UK	1477	1537	28
"Agmundr", Lier, Norway	1468	1321	5
Alexander Clay ("Tuireann"), Columbus, OH, US	1426	473	6

National tournaments.

Helmet from Sutton Hoo, UK. Photo: British Museum.

Year	Country	Title	Winner	Rules	Place	Organizer
2013	UK	National Champion	Pete Jennings, UK	Fetlar Hnefatafl 11x11	Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, UK	World Tafl Federation
2014	UK	National Champion	Tim Bullen ("docbullen"), Formby, UK	Fetlar Hnefatafl 11x11	Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, UK	World Tafl Federation
2014	UK	Winner of Thor's Hammer	Tim Millar ("crust"), Somerset, UK	Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11	Formby, UK	Formby Viking and Medieval Market
2015	UK	National Champion	Pete Jennings, UK Junior: Oliver Wilson, UK	Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11	Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, UK	World Tafl Federation
2015	USA	National Champion	Altti Piirsoo ("Altti"), New York, USA	Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11	aagenielsen.dk	World Tafl Federation
2015	Italy	National Champion	"Epoc", Italy	Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11	aagenielsen.dk	World Tafl Federation
2015	UK	Winner of Thor's Hammer	Tim Millar ("crust"), Somerset, UK	Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11	Formby, UK	Formby Viking and Medieval Market
2016	UK	National Champion	Steve Lonsdale ("xerxes"), Peterborough, UK Junior: Oliver Wilson, UK	Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11	Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, UK	World Tafl Federation
2016	UK	Winner of Thor's Hammer	Leo Kolassa ("herjan"), Formby, UK	?	Formby, UK	Formby Viking and Medieval Market
2016	UK	Asgardian Hnefatafl Champion	Steve Moss ("Sveinn Skovgaard"), UK	Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11	Leicestershire, UK	Asgardian Festival
2017	UK	National Champion	David Lonsdale ("Animals"), Peterborough, UK Junior: Oliver Wilson, UK	Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11	West Stow, Suffolk, UK	West Stow
2017	UK	Winner of Hull tournament	David Lonsdale ("Animals"), Peterborough, UK	Historical Hnefatafl 9x9 (Saami Tablut)	Kingston upon Hull, UK	Damian Walker, UK
2020	UK	National Champion	David Lonsdale ("Animals"), Peterborough, UK	Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11	aagenielsen.dk	World Tafl Federation
2020	North America	National Champion	"cacreal", Ottawa, Canada	Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11	aagenielsen.dk	World Tafl Federation
2020	Norden	National Champion	Aage Nielsen ("Hagbard"), Copenhagen, Danmark	Historical Hnefatafl 9x9 (Saami Tablut)	aagenielsen.dk	World Tafl Federation
2020	"Gàrðaríki"	National Champion	Alexander V. Fomichëv ("Ded Fomich"), Moscow, Russia	Historical Hnefatafl 9x9 (Saami Tablut)	aagenielsen.dk	World Tafl Federation
2020	Germany	National Champion	Konstantin Jaehne ("sqAree"), Berlin, Germany	Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11	aagenielsen.dk	World Tafl Federation
2020	"Rest-World"	National Champion	Bogdan Varbanov ("Bogd Khan"), Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11	aagenielsen.dk	World Tafl Federation
2020	Masters	Masters Tourn.	Mario Aluizo ("casshern"), Los Angeles, USA	Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11	aagenielsen.dk	World Tafl Federation

Pete Jennings, Tim Bullen ("docbullen"), Steve Lonsdale ("xerxes"), Steve Moss, David Lonsdale ("Animals"), Alexander V. Fomichëv ("Ded Fomich").

Updated 19.9.2020