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Jarlar.
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World Tafl Federation Hnefatafl Championship tournament 2023.
Congratulations to World Tafl Federation Champion 2023:
Plamen Draganov ("Draganov"), Sofia, Bulgaria!

Year	World Champion	Rules	Place, Organizer, Participants
2008	Wendy Sutherland, Yorkshire, UK	Quickplay Fetlar Hnefatafl 11x11	Fetlar island, UK Fetlar Hnefatafl Panel 20 adults & juniors
2009	Tim Millar ("Crust"), Somerset, UK Junior: Sam Clark, UK	Quickplay Fetlar Hnefatafl 11x11	Fetlar island, UK Fetlar Hnefatafl Panel 15 adults & juniors
2010	Tim Millar ("Crust"), Somerset, UK Junior: Dean Thomason, UK	Quickplay Fetlar Hnefatafl 11x11	Fetlar island, UK Fetlar Hnefatafl Panel
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	Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11	aagenielsen.dk World Tafl Federation 19 adults
2016	Leo Kolassa ("Herjan"), Formby, UK	Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11	aagenielsen.dk World Tafl Federation 29 adults
2017	Alexandre Bour ("Plantagenet"), Châlons-en-Champagne, FR.	Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11	aagenielsen.dk World Tafl Federation 29 adults
2018	Mario Aluizo ("casshern"), Los Angeles, USA	Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11	aagenielsen.dk World Tafl Federation 26 adults
2019	Mario Aluizo ("casshern"), Los Angeles, USA	Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11	aagenielsen.dk World Tafl Federation 25 adults
2020	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	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	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	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		Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11 Hist.Hnef. 9x9 & 11x11 & 13x13 Sea Battle 11x11 & 13x13 Daldos 14 & Sáhkku	aagenielsen.dk World Tafl Federation 31 adults

Fetlar 2008 hnefatafl world championship

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.

GM	Max. rating
Mario Aluizo ("casshern"), Los Angeles, USA (World)	2310
Plamen Draganov ("Draganov"), Sofia, Bulgaria (W)	2132

(the Fetlar Hnefatafl Panel 2008 used to define all world champions as grandmasters.)
(drótt = king)

IM	Max. rating
Lucho Panchev ("OdinHimself"), Kyustendil, Bulgaria	2047
Neil Austin ("Irish Raven"), Bilbao, Spain	2034
"Alex Hnefatafl", Samara, Russia	2029
"jilles", Netherlands	2021
John Doe ("Schachus" unknown name), Berlin, Germany (W)	2007
Alexandre Bour ("Plantagenet"), Châlons-en-Champagne, FR (W)	1996
Tim Millar ("crust"), Somerset, UK (W)	1966
Arne Roland ("Nath"), Berlin, Germany (W)	1952
Leo Kolassa ("Herjan"), Formby, UK (W)	1948
Adam Bartley ("Adam"), Tønsberg, Norway (W)	1914

(jarl = earl)

FM	Max. rating
"cacreal", Ottawa, Canada	1967
"garun19", Ottawa, Canada	1954
Daniel Kress ("Colophonius"), Frankfurt, Germany	1893
Dmitrij Tsvilenev ("Dimetr"), Moskva, Gardariki	1881
Hamish Lawson ("ChaolAibhne"), St Andrews, Scotland	1880
Mike Coveny ("holidayinnes"), Ottawa, Canada	1820
"Potapych", Soroki, Moldova	1808

Historical entries: Ded Fomich 1973, Mmagari 1965, Bogd Khan 1947, Khan Asparukh 1901, Sigurd 1894, Altti 1893, Arne64 1858, Boucher228 1834, Hnefihunter 1817
(hersir = army commander)

CM	Max. rating
Konstantin Jaehne ("sqAree"), Berlin, Germany	1783
Paul A. Anokhin ("paul7"), Belgrade, Serbia	1783
Aage Nielsen ("Hagbard"), Copenhagen, Danmark	1759
Alexander Steiger Dis ("Steiger"), Gorlovka, Donbass	1755
"Cromwell", Bonn	1734
"floki", Marseille, France	1721
Delray Curtis, ("Jrton80"), Kearneysville, WV, USA	1682
Tony Higginson ("tonythebook"), Formby, Merseyside, UK	1657
Mikkel Berg-Nordlie ("mihkkal"), Sápmi / Norway	1656
Steve Lonsdale ("xerxes"), Peterborough, UK	1652
"pc.a59xy"	1650
"Ailill", London, United Kingdom	1614
"Skye", Netherlands	1613
"Luizz", Munich, Germany	1600

Historical entries: jarcin 1779, Duhawk93 1777, L716 1772, Animals 1762, Pie96 1751, SebastianMucke 1750, Agmundr 1747, Jurgenson 1740, Pavel Dusenko 1731, Abbas Agraphicus 1726, Rollo 1725, docbullen 1717, jules 1711, Tuireann 1696, Rook 1692, Ytreza 1691, Oddur 1678, Weatherwax 1670, Bigwurm91 1644, Conanlib 1642, Thanir 1634, unhandyandy 1621, Epoc 1621, Branan 1601
(víkingr = elite warrior)

AM	Max. rating
Marian Luck ("themightyglider"), Thuringia, Germany	1548
"arcrue", Sered, Slovakia	1528
"brave-frog", Kharkiv, Ukraine	1500
Luk Martens ("Masterluke"), Sint-Niklaas, Belgium	1496
"rosk", R-n-D, Russia	1493
Fabrice Barbier ("Fraech"), Bruxelles, Belgium	1456
Nikolai Hristov ("Nikolai Hristov"), Sofia, Bulgaria	1454
"Tengrikut", Jengish Chokusu	1423

Historical entries: Marcin 1596, Trygve 1591, Archibald K. 1587, Epm180 1583, Unterwichtel 1573, Red-ron 1566, Helfrich 1551, Juergen 1540, Brench 1538, Arevidar 1534, Hok 1526, Pedro 1523, Harry64 1517, thebigfoot 1499, Gungnir 1490, Cyningstan 1479, Teondrae 1469, chuck ward 1468, Sybil 1430, Vonraider 1430, kAAgEE 1410, Wesley Alves 1409
(karl = fierce fighter)

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.

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.

Mike Coveny ("Holidayinnes"), Ottawa, Canada.

#2 Jrton80, #3 Tonythebook

"Tonythebook", Formby, Merseyside.

#2 Jrton80, #3 brave-frog

"brave-frog", Kharkiv, Ukraine.

#2 Potapych

Since
2012 Fraech
2014 Xerxes
2014 Tonythebook

Thousander	No. of games
Delray Curtis ("jrton80"), Kearneysville, WV	6216
Mike Coveny ("holidayinnes"), Ottawa, Canada	5032
Aage Nielsen ("Hagbard"), Copenhagen, Danmark	4412
Plamen Draganov ("Draganov"), Sofia, Bulgaria	4274
Steve Lonsdale ("xerxes"), Peterborough, UK	3656
Tony Higginson ("tonythebook"), Formby, Merseyside, UK	3373
"rosk", R-n-D, Russia	3132
Tim Millar ("Crust"), Somerset, UK	3127
"brave-frog", Kharkiv, Ukraine	3049
Luk Martens ("Masterluke"), Sint-Niklaas, Belgium	2832
"Alex Hnefatafl", Samara, Russia	2458
"cacreal", Ottawa, Canada	2400
"Potapych", Soroki, Moldova	2330
Daniel Kress ("Colophonius"), Frankfurt, Germany	2058
Hamish Lawson ("ChaolAibhne"), St Andrews, Scotland	1825
Mario Aluizo ("casshern"), Los Angeles, USA	1669
"jilles", Netherlands	1649
Adam Bartley ("Adam"), Tønsberg, Norway.	1572
Fabrice Barbier ("Fraech"), Bruxelles, Belgium	1551
"floki", Marseille, France	1265
Paul A. Anokhin ("paul7"), Belgrade, Serbia	1118
Alexander Steiger Dis ("Steiger"), Gorlovka, Donbass	1031
Leo Kolassa ("Herjan"), Formby, UK	1004

Historical entries: mmagari 1618, Agmundr 1502, L716 1313, docbullen 1311, Altti 1209, Bogd Khan 1106, Fairland 1014

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

Year, Country	Winner	Rules	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 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
2017 Europe	National Champion Lucho Panchev ("OdinHimself"), Kyustendil, Bulgaria	Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11	aagenielsen.dk World Tafl Federation
2017 America	National Champion Altti Piirsoo ("Altti"), New York, USA	Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11	aagenielsen.dk World Tafl Federation
2020 UK	National Champion David Lonsdale ("Animals"), Peterborough, UK	Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11	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 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 Germany	National Champion Konstantin Jaehne ("sqAree"), Berlin, Germany	Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11	aagenielsen.dk World Tafl Federation
2021 Russia	Moscow Champion Dmitrij Tsvilenev ("Dimetr"), Russia	Historical Hnefatafl 9x9 (Saami Tablut)	Ethnic Board Games, Moscow
2022 Russia	National Champion Igor Sviridov ("Ingvar"), Russia	Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11	Lariks, Moscow
2023 Russia	National Champion Bogdan Kholmogorov, Russia	Historical Hnefatafl 9x9 (Saami Tablut-w)	Lariks, Moscow
2023 USA	National Champion Mario Aluizo ("casshern"), Los Angeles, USA	all tafls	aagenielsen.dk World Tafl Federation
2023 Canada	National Champion "cacreal", Ottawa, Canada	all tafls	aagenielsen.dk World Tafl Federation
2023 UK	National Champion Hamish Lawson ("ChaolAibhne"), St Andrews, Scotland	all tafls	aagenielsen.dk World Tafl Federation
2023 Scandinavia	National Champion Mikkel Berg-Nordlie ("mihkkal"), Sápmi / Norway	all tafls	aagenielsen.dk World Tafl Federation
2023 Benelux	National Champion "jilles", Netherlands	all tafls	aagenielsen.dk World Tafl Federation
2023 Germany	National Champion Daniel Kress ("Colophonius"), Frankfurt, Germany	all tafls	aagenielsen.dk World Tafl Federation
2023 Latin and Basque countries	National Champion Neil Austin ("Irish Raven"), Bilbao, Spain	all tafls	aagenielsen.dk World Tafl Federation
2023 Central Europe	National Champion Plamen Draganov ("Draganov"), Sofia, Bulgaria	all tafls	aagenielsen.dk World Tafl Federation
2023 Russia	National Champion "Alex Hnefatafl", Samara, Russia	all tafls	aagenielsen.dk World Tafl Federation
2024 Russia	National Champion Dmitrij Tsvilenev ("Dimetr"), Russia	Tawlbwrdd Lewis cross-w 11x11	Lariks, Moscow
2024 Basque Country	National Champion Neil Austin ("Irish Raven"), Basque Country	11x11	Bilbao, Basque Country

Pete Jennings, Tim Bullen ("docbullen"), Steve Lonsdale ("xerxes"), David Lonsdale ("Animals"), Steve Moss, Lucho Panchev ("OdinHimself"), Alexander V. Fomichëv ("Ded Fomich"), Luk Martens ("Masterluke"), Aage Nielsen ("Hagbard"), Mikkel Berg-Nordlie ("mihkkal"), Igor Sviridov ("Ingvar"), Bogdan Kholmogorov, Dmitrij Tsvilenev ("Dimetr").
WTF Nat. Tourn. 2020. WTF Nat. Tourn. 2023. Basque Country Tourn. 2024.

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