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World Tafl Federation Championship 2026 - Sign Up from July 1!

The annual World Tafl Federation Championship is back!
This year's tournaments include Copenhagen Hnefatafl, Historical Hnefatafl, and Race Games.
Test your skills against players from around the world and fight for the championship titles!
Sign-up opens on July 1, 2026.
Deadline for registration: August 31, 2026.
Full tournament details here: Tournament Page 2026.
We look forward to seeing you in the tournament!

Play against humans.
Тавлеи против людей.
Rasmus Holbroe vikings

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Code of Conduct. You should not post any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful or threatening material. Doing so may lead to you being immediately banned for a period of time.
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2026-10-04 16:15 Hagbard: Comment:
Hattusili won the first Copenhagen Round 2 game.

2026-10-04 15:33 Hagbard: In my opinion, the WTF tournament games we have seen this year have been of high quality and very interesting, and this applies across the entire rating range!

2026-10-04 15:33 Hagbard: Info:
The discussion about the format and variants will not change this year’s tournament.

2026-10-04 15:32 Hagbard: Alex Hnefatafl:
Tell Gulo that, firstly, this will shorten the playing time, because there will be twice as many games. Secondly, the current player community is not capable of playing a large number of high-quality games. The 13×13 board is more difficult and requires a higher level of play than the players currently have. Title games on such a board are currently not very exciting or interesting.

2026-10-04 12:27 gulo: Why remove historical 13x13? That is one of our most succesful reconstructed variants in my opinion.

2026-10-04 10:15 Hagbard: Alex Hnefatafl:
To determine the winner more accurately, a larger number of games should be played than at present. I suggest removing the 13×13 board from the Historical variant. At the end of each round, the players who survive should be given one additional life. At the same time, however, everyone should play twice as many games. Starting from Round 3, each player should play 4 games against every other player instead of 2. This is a more professional and effective approach.

I would like you to post this message on the small forum. The same applies to Copenhagen.

2026-10-03 09:13 Hagbard: Comment:
When calculating the performance rating for the first round and comparing the result with the players’ regular ratings, these players have exceeded their ratings the most:

Copenhagen:
floki, rating 1660 but performance rating 2150, +490

Historical:
dimetr, rating 1790 but performance rating 2219, +429

2026-10-02 17:48 Hagbard: Comment:
Waclaw made the first move in Copenhagen Round 2.

2026-10-02 17:29 Hagbard: May Thor grant you strength and courage on your way.

2026-09-30 22:16 Hagbard: Comment:
Pavlo won the first Historical Round 2 game.

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