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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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2026-11-02 20:21 Floki: Ok only if Casshern & Alex withdraw 😜

2026-11-02 17:57 Black Raven: Sounds good; I have no objections!

2026-11-02 09:57 Hagbard: *** Attention:
Tomorrow, Copenhagen Round 2 has been running for as long as Round 1, and 6 or 7 players advance to Round 3.
It is difficult, however, to predict when the final game will be completed.

A format for Round 3 is planned, with 4 opponents for each player, but it is difficult to adapt this format for 6 players while leaving room for a seventh.

Whereas a simple Round Robin with 6 players and possibly 7, is easy to organise.

Unless there are objections, Copenhagen Round 3 can start tomorrow at approximately 18:00 Danish time, with 6 players and room for a seventh.

2026-10-31 20:42 Draganov: Congratulations on Pokshtya for winning the Race games championship. It was well deserved and I am happy that the winner this year is such a board game enthusiast like you! Cheers, my friend!

2026-10-30 21:19 Hagbard: New in gallery: The Viking fortress Køge Borgring.

2026-10-29 08:26 Hagbard: University class:
#1 FafnirAgn
#2 fafnirspr
#3 fafnirand and Fafnircus

2026-10-28 22:26 Hagbard: Info:
The Race games tournament finished and
the Race Games Master 2026 is:
Pokshtya!

2026-10-26 14:14 Hagbard: - But perhaps it is better to postpone a major discussion until after the tournament.
After the tournament, I am thinking of adding a Copenhagen2 variant as an experiment, with the proposed throne.

2026-10-25 05:54 Hagbard: @OdinHimself, communication actually works better this way. I can contribute by translating from Russian; we have tools for that which they don't have.

2026-10-24 11:03 Hagbard: Alex Hnefatafl:
It can be made even simpler. We currently have four tournament variants (13×13 Sea Battle has unfortunately been completely forgotten by everyone. It should work, but White’s first move needs to be added).

There should always be an ongoing tournament throughout the year for each of these four tournament variants. If any of the strong players notice that there is no tournament running, take the initiative and start one yourselves.

At the moment, there are two tournaments open in Historical Hnefatafl, on 9×9 and 11×11 boards. Where are all the strong players? Why is nobody joining?

Everyone who holds the title of Federation Master or higher should show a sense of responsibility and discipline by regularly participating in all or most of these tournaments. Make this a rule for yourselves.

The responsibility for periodically playing head-to-head matches consisting of 10 games (which is enough for a match) should not be left solely to Draganov and me. There are at least another five to seven strong players who are capable of doing this.

... messages three months back ...

Rus'.

Alexander Steiger Dis' game set up in the Royal Hall in Lejre, Denmark. (Click on the image)

Train your brain like a viking. Science Days in Norway Sep. 27th 2020. (Click on the image!)

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World Championship Tournament 2025.

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Many thanks to Tim Millar ("crust"), Adam Bartley ("Adam"), John C. Ashton, Nicolas Cartier, Jonas Lööf ("conanlibrarian"), Olli Salmi, Damian Walker ("cyningstan"), Rasmus Holbroe, Thore Nissen, Lucho Panchev ("OdinHimself"), Corey Hart ("Brench"), Alexander Steiger Dis ("Steiger"), Dmitry Pashkov, Delray Curtis ("jrton80"), David Zolli ("branan"), Luk Martens ("Masterluke"), Marian Luck ("themightyglider"), Mikkel Berg-Nordlie ("mihkkal"), Alessandro Arzani ("Abbas Agraphicus") and all players who contributed to this site and to the photo gallery. And not least the more than 600 players from all over the world who have played 65,000 real human-vs-human tafl games here, creating a vast body of practical experience with this intriguing historical board game. (And lately, AI - namely ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini - has helped with some things.)