Logo: Adam Bartley.

World Tafl Federation Championship 2018, September 15th - December 24th.

World Tafl Federation Champion 2018 is
Gold Mario Aluizo ("casshern"), Los Angeles, USA.

Silver Lucho Panchev ("OdinHimself"), Kyustendil, Bulgaria.
Bronze Konstantin Jaehne ("sqAree"), Berlin, Germany.

Result:
1. Casshern, 2. Odinhimself, 3. sqAree, 4. Khan Asparukh, 5. Adam, 6. Steiger, 7. Epm180, 8. Bogd Khan, 9. Xerxes and Hagbard, 11. Jrton80, Brench and Marcin, 14. Arevidar, 15. Thanir, Mccluskeyp and Olle, 18. Kratzer and Maximus, 20. Madphill, 21. Waegn, Fireflo and La-cucaracha, 24. Goseji, 25. Patterson.

Championship prizes.
Dmitry Pashkov from the Geek Wars club in Moscow sent this message:

My friend Alexandr wrote to you about prizes for the Hnefatafl championship. I want to donate a prizes for this year.
We can make 3 prizes for 1-2-3 top places.
I suggest #1 - a board 11x11, #2 - a board 9x9, #3 - a king or berserk from a set of figures from the island of Lewis, we recently released it.

Geek Wars in Moscow is both a board game shop and a board game club, and several of the club members are active on this site.

Click on the photos for enlargement.

Tournament rules.

Sign up: all July, August and half September. There is a button for registering for the tournament on the "Tafl against humans" page. Deadline for registering is September 14th 12:00 Danish time.
Start: September 15th.
Rules: The Copenhagen rules, described here.

Points are 1 for won, 0 for lost and 0.5 for a draw.
Umpires: Adam Bartley, Norway ("Adam"). For Adam's games, umpire is Aage Nielsen, Denmark ("Hagbard"). For Adam/Hagbard games, umpire is Mario Aluizo, USA ("casshern").

For Round 1 roughly half of the players, with the lower ratings, participate.
The Thue-Morse sequence is used to distribute the players into groups based on ratings.
Two players per group qualify for Round 2.

For Round 2 participate rest of the players plus the winners from Round 1.
Again the Thue-Morse sequence is used to distribute the players into groups based on ratings.
Two players per group qualify for Round 3, the Final.

In case of a tie:
1. direct comparison of the games of the tied players (for this round).
2. Sonneborn-Berger score calculated for this round.
in case of still a tie:
3. preliminary rounds: both players proceed. Final: new rounds between the tied winners until one player wins.

Time controls:
Round 1: 0.5 day per move. Time buffer 5 days. Long-game-threshold 7 days.
Round 2: 0.75 day per move. Time buffer 7 days. Long-game-threshold 10 days.
Final: 1 day per move. Time buffer 10 days. Long-game-threshold 14 days.
(But rematches, if any, again 0.5 day per move, time buffer 5 days and long-game-threshold 7 days.)
If a move is done within the time given per move, then half of the rest is restored to the time buffer.
When a game length exceeds the long-game-threshold, then the time per move is gradually reduced to 0 (1 hour).
Even when the time buffer is used up, you'll still always have 1 day (25 hours) for your current move.

If at any time you want to leave the tournament, just use the Deregister button.
If a player does not move at all during the first 5.5 days of round 1, he is removed from the tournament. For round 2: 7.75 days, for round 3: 11 days.
A player who causes more than half of his Round games to time out, is disqualified from the tournament.

Round 1 groups are given names like Tunsberg, Fornebei, Heithabyr, Vinland etc.
Round 2 groups are given names like Trudvang, Bilskirner, Breidablik etc.
Round 3: the final group with the future Hnefatafl World Champion is named Valhöll.

32 players registered:
Steiger, Gorlovka, DPR
Harry64, Oslo, Norge
xerxes, Peterborough, UK
Kratzer, Glinde, Germany
epm180, Dublin, Ireland
Waegn, Worcester, USA
mccluskeyp, USA
sqAree, Berlin, Germany
Hagbard, Copenhagen, Danmark
mjølner, Hedeby, Germany
AreVidar, Oslo, Norge
jrton80, Kearneysville, WV
casshern, Los Angeles, USA
Bogd Khan, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Fairland, oklahoma, USA
Brench, Philadelphia, USA
Marcin, Poznań, Poland
goseji, Ankara, Turkey
Adam, Tønsberg, Norway
juman, Stockholm, Sweden
Patterson, Charleston, WV, United States
OdinHimself, Kyustendil, Bulgaria
Madphill, Horlivka, Ukraine
sybil, Sorbara, Italy
Rew, Minneapolis, United States
Khan Asparukh, Sofia, Bulgaria
melody.pond, italy
fireflo, Oxford, UK
Maximus, Horlivka, DPR
Thanir, Barcelona, Spain
olle, S-Petersburg, Russia
la-cucaracha, Bryansk, Russia

The players come from:
14 countries (Ukraine, Norway, UK, Germany, Ireland, USA, Denmark, Bulgaria, Poland, Turkey, Greece, Italy, Russia, Spain)
7 USA states (Massachusetts, Illinois, West Virginia, California, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Minnesota)
3 continents (Europe, North America, Asia)

May Odin give you knowledge on your path,
May Thor grant you strength and courage on your way,
And may Loki give you laughter as you go.

Round 3, the Final.

(Valhalla, tegnet af Peter Madsen til Valhalla-albummerne)

Valhöll.

Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11 (2018-11-13)

white/black	Steiger	Epm180	Sqaree	Casshern	Adam	Odinhimself	Khan asparukh
Steiger	-		26 mv	72 mv	42 mv	74 mv	31 mv
Epm180		-
Sqaree	60 mv		-	42 mv	25 mv	58 mv	56 mv
Casshern	38 mv		60 mv	-	19 mv	43 mv	23 mv
Adam	48 mv		56 mv	62 mv	-	48 mv	60 mv
Odinhimself	54 mv		67 mv	76 mv	45 mv	-	25 mv
Khan asparukh	60 mv		92 mv	74 mv	47 mv	88 mv	-

Casshern: 10 pt., Odinhimself: 8 pt., Sqaree: 5 pt., Khan asparukh: 4 pt., Adam: 2 pt., Steiger: 1 pt., Epm180: 0 pt.,
Valhöll:
(maximum possible score 12) Casshern: 12 pt., Odinhimself: 10 pt., Sqaree: 7 pt., Khan asparukh: 6 pt., Adam: 4 pt., Steiger: 3 pt., Epm180: 0 pt.
Tournament winner: Casshern!

Adam / Casshern

Adam / Khan asparukh

Adam / Odinhimself

Adam / Sqaree

Adam / Steiger

Casshern / Adam

Casshern / Khan asparukh

Casshern / Odinhimself

Casshern / Sqaree

Casshern / Steiger

Khan asparukh / Adam

Khan asparukh / Casshern

Khan asparukh / Odinhimself

Khan asparukh / Sqaree

Khan asparukh / Steiger

Odinhimself / Adam

Odinhimself / Casshern

Odinhimself / Khan asparukh

Odinhimself / Sqaree

Odinhimself / Steiger

Sqaree / Adam

Sqaree / Casshern

Sqaree / Khan asparukh

Sqaree / Odinhimself

Sqaree / Steiger

Steiger / Adam

Steiger / Casshern

Steiger / Khan asparukh

Steiger / Odinhimself

Steiger / Sqaree

Round 3 scores:
[Casshern: 12 pt., Odinhimself: 10 pt., Sqaree: 7 pt., Khan asparukh: 6 pt., Adam: 4 pt., Steiger: 3 pt., Epm180: 0 pt., ]
(42 points of 42 = 100%)

Round 3 moves:
[Odinhimself: 294 mv., Khan asparukh: 283 mv., Sqaree: 275 mv., Casshern: 258 mv., Steiger: 257 mv., Adam: 230 mv., Epm180: 24 mv., ]
(Average per game 39 mv.)

Round 3 finished games:
[Casshern: 12 gm., Odinhimself: 12 gm., Adam: 12 gm., Khan asparukh: 12 gm., Sqaree: 12 gm., Steiger: 12 gm., Epm180: 12 gm., ]
(42 finished games of 42 = 100%,
12 timeouts)

Round 2, Dyrr Valhölls.

Bilskirnir group.

Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11 (2018-10-11)

white/black	Steiger	Epm180	Hagbard	Arevidar	Casshern	Olle
Steiger	-	63 mv	68 mv	51 mv	54 mv
Epm180	46 mv	-	36 mv	41 mv	26 mv
Hagbard	92 mv	31 mv	-	15 mv	50 mv	17 mv
Arevidar	68 mv	34 mv	69 mv	-	42 mv
Casshern	30 mv	17 mv	19 mv	21 mv	-	16 mv
Olle	24 mv		16 mv	10 mv	17 mv	-

Casshern: 10 pt., Steiger: 5 pt., Hagbard: 5 pt., Epm180: 4 pt., Arevidar: 2 pt., Olle: 0 pt.,
Bilskirnir:
(maximum possible score 10) Casshern: 10 pt., Steiger: 6 pt., Epm180: 6 pt., Hagbard: 5 pt., Arevidar: 3 pt., Olle: 0 pt.
Casshern, Epm180 and Steiger move on to Round 3.
Deregistered Oct. 16th: olle
Umpire sentence Oct. 16th:

The following games

Hagbard / Olle
Olle / Casshern

Olle / Hagbard
Casshern / Olle

Are to be removed and restarted. Foul play is suspected by Olle, with moves being copied across games such that Hagbard and Casshern are effectively playing each other.

Such copying of moves in parallel games is henceforth illegal and will result in immediate disqualification. It will be at the umpires discretion to decide wether it is move copying or coincidence. Umpires decision will be final.

...

As Olle has deregistered the games will simply count as losses for Olle as in a timeout. The new rule about parallel move copying still stands of course.

Fólkvangr group.

Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11 (2018-10-11)

white/black	Xerxes	Mccluskeyp	Jrton80	Brench	Odinhimself	Khan asparukh
Xerxes	-	17 mv	149 mv	35 mv	72 mv	78 mv
Mccluskeyp	14 mv	-	14 mv	16 mv	18 mv	12 mv
Jrton80	100 mv	15 mv	-	41 mv	61 mv	79 mv
Brench	23 mv	15 mv	42 mv	-	56 mv	23 mv
Odinhimself	23 mv	17 mv	27 mv	17 mv	-	96 mv
Khan asparukh	25 mv	15 mv	28 mv	29 mv	61 mv	-

Khan asparukh: 9 pt., Odinhimself: 8 pt., Xerxes: 5 pt., Jrton80: 4 pt., Brench: 4 pt., Mccluskeyp: 0 pt.,
Fólkvangr:
(maximum possible score 10) Khan asparukh: 9 pt., Odinhimself: 8 pt., Xerxes: 5 pt., Jrton80: 4 pt., Brench: 4 pt., Mccluskeyp: 0 pt.
Khan Asparukh and OdinHimself move on to Round 3.

Himinbjörg group.

Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11 (2018-10-11)

white/black	Sqaree	Bogd khan	Marcin	Adam	Thanir
Sqaree	-	29 mv	25 mv	53 mv	51 mv
Bogd khan	55 mv	-	33 mv	132 mv	53 mv
Marcin	42 mv	58 mv	-	78 mv	21 mv
Adam	40 mv	82 mv	23 mv	-	45 mv
Thanir	50 mv	55 mv	64 mv	70 mv	-

Adam: 7 pt., Sqaree: 6 pt., Bogd khan: 5 pt., Marcin: 2 pt., Thanir: 0 pt.,
Himinbjörg:
(maximum possible score 8) Adam: 7 pt., Sqaree: 6 pt., Bogd khan: 5 pt., Marcin: 2 pt., Thanir: 0 pt.
Adam and Sqaree move on to Round 3.

Adam / Bogd khan

Adam / Marcin

Adam / Sqaree

Adam / Thanir

Arevidar / Casshern

Arevidar / Epm180

Arevidar / Hagbard

Arevidar / Steiger

Bogd khan / Adam

Bogd khan / Marcin

Bogd khan / Sqaree z

Bogd khan / Thanir

Brench / Jrton80

Brench / Khan asparukh

Brench / Mccluskeyp

Brench / Odinhimself

Brench / Xerxes

Casshern / Arevidar

Casshern / Epm180

Casshern / Hagbard

Casshern / Olle

Casshern / Steiger

Epm180 / Arevidar

Epm180 / Casshern

Epm180 / Hagbard

Epm180 / Steiger

Hagbard / Arevidar

Hagbard / Casshern

Hagbard / Epm180

Hagbard / Olle

Hagbard / Steiger

Jrton80 / Brench

Jrton80 / Khan asparukh

Jrton80 / Mccluskeyp z

Jrton80 / Odinhimself

Jrton80 / Xerxes

Khan asparukh / Brench

Khan asparukh / Jrton80

Khan asparukh / Mccluskeyp z

Khan asparukh / Odinhimself

Khan asparukh / Xerxes

Marcin / Adam

Marcin / Bogd khan

Marcin / Sqaree

Marcin / Thanir

Mccluskeyp z / Brench

Mccluskeyp z / Jrton80

Mccluskeyp / Khan asparukh

Mccluskeyp z / Odinhimself

Mccluskeyp z / Xerxes

Odinhimself / Brench

Odinhimself / Jrton80

Odinhimself / Khan asparukh

Odinhimself / Mccluskeyp z

Odinhimself / Xerxes

Olle z / Arevidar

Olle / Casshern

Olle / Hagbard

Olle z / Steiger

Sqaree / Adam

Sqaree / Bogd khan

Sqaree / Marcin

Sqaree / Thanir z

Steiger / Arevidar

Steiger / Casshern

Steiger / Epm180

Steiger / Hagbard

Thanir z / Adam

Thanir / Bogd khan

Thanir / Marcin

Thanir z / Sqaree

Xerxes / Brench

Xerxes / Jrton80

Xerxes / Khan asparukh

Xerxes / Mccluskeyp

Xerxes / Odinhimself

Round 2 scores:
[Casshern: 10 pt., Khan asparukh: 9 pt., Odinhimself: 8 pt., Adam: 7 pt., Steiger: 6 pt., Epm180: 6 pt., Sqaree: 6 pt., Bogd khan: 5 pt., Xerxes: 5 pt., Hagbard: 5 pt., Jrton80: 4 pt., Brench: 4 pt., Arevidar: 3 pt., Marcin: 2 pt., Mccluskeyp: 0 pt., Olle: 0 pt., Thanir: 0 pt., ]
(80 points of 80 = 100%)

Round 2 moves:
[Jrton80: 278 mv., Xerxes: 268 mv., Adam: 262 mv., Steiger: 249 mv., Bogd khan: 249 mv., Odinhimself: 224 mv., Khan asparukh: 223 mv., Hagbard: 207 mv., Thanir: 205 mv., Arevidar: 179 mv., Sqaree: 173 mv., Marcin: 172 mv., Epm180: 150 mv., Brench: 149 mv., Casshern: 146 mv., Mccluskeyp: 77 mv., Olle: 57 mv., ]
(Average per game 41 mv.)

Round 2 finished games:
[Hagbard: 10 gm., Jrton80: 10 gm., Mccluskeyp: 10 gm., Brench: 10 gm., Xerxes: 10 gm., Arevidar: 10 gm., Khan asparukh: 10 gm., Odinhimself: 10 gm., Epm180: 10 gm., Olle: 10 gm., Steiger: 10 gm., Casshern: 10 gm., Bogd khan: 8 gm., Adam: 8 gm., Marcin: 8 gm., Thanir: 8 gm., Sqaree: 8 gm., ]
(80 finished games of 80 = 100%,
14 timeouts)

Round 1.

Heiðabýr group.

Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11 (2018-09-14)

white/black	Kratzer	Brench	Madphill	Sybil	Rew	Fireflo	Olle
Kratzer	-	53 mv	19 mv			41 mv	96 mv
Brench	33 mv	-	14 mv			46 mv	26 mv
Madphill	88 mv	37 mv	-			49 mv	118 mv
Sybil				-
Rew					-
Fireflo	96 mv	72 mv	22 mv			-	70 mv
Olle	111 mv	110 mv	26 mv			57 mv	-

Olle: 6 pt., Brench: 5 pt., Kratzer: 4 pt., Madphill: 3 pt., Fireflo: 2 pt., Sybil: 0 pt., Rew: 0 pt.,
Heiðabýr:
Never showed up and disqualified Sep. 20th: sybil, Rew
(maximum possible score 8) Olle: 6 pt., Brench: 5 pt., Kratzer: 4 pt., Madphill: 3 pt., Fireflo: 2 pt.
Olle and Brench move on to Round 2.

Vinland group.

Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11 (2018-09-14)

white/black	Waegn	Arevidar	Jrton80	Fairland	Juman	Patterson	Maximus
Waegn	-	71 mv	48 mv			43 mv	66 mv
Arevidar	71 mv	-	118 mv			19 mv	28 mv
Jrton80	29 mv	23 mv	-			29 mv	62 mv
Fairland	8 mv		8 mv	-
Juman					-
Patterson	44 mv	30 mv	48 mv			-	36 mv
Maximus	45 mv	102 mv	78 mv			19 mv	-

Jrton80: 9 pt., Arevidar: 6 pt., Maximus: 4 pt., Waegn: 3 pt., Fairland: 0 pt., Juman: 0 pt., Patterson: 0 pt.,
Vinland:
Never showed up and disqualified Sep. 20th: juman
(maximum possible score 10) Jrton80: 10 pt., Arevidar: 8 pt., Maximus: 6 pt., Waegn: 4 pt., Patterson: 2 pt., Fairland: 0 pt.
jrton80 and AreVidar move on to Round 2.

Gàrðaríki group.

Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11 (2018-09-14)

white/black	Harry64	Mccluskeyp	Mjølner	Marcin	Goseji	Melody.pond	La-cucaracha
Harry64	-
Mccluskeyp		-		22 mv	34 mv		54 mv
Mjølner			-
Marcin		34 mv		-	44 mv		52 mv
Goseji		32 mv		72 mv	-		54 mv
Melody.pond						-
La-cucaracha		21 mv		91 mv	24 mv		-

Marcin: 5 pt., Mccluskeyp: 4 pt., La-cucaracha: 2 pt., Goseji: 1 pt., Harry64: 0 pt., Mjølner: 0 pt., Melody.pond: 0 pt.,
Gàrðaríki:
Never showed up and disqualified Sep. 20th: Harry64, mjølner, melody.pond
(maximum possible score 6) Marcin: 5 pt., Mccluskeyp: 4 pt., La-cucaracha: 2 pt., Goseji: 1 pt.
Marcin and mccluskeyp move on to Round 2.

Arevidar / Jrton80

Arevidar / Maximus

Arevidar / Patterson

Arevidar / Waegn

Brench / Fireflo

Brench / Kratzer

Brench / Madphill

Brench / Olle

Fireflo / Brench

Fireflo / Kratzer

Fireflo / Madphill

Fireflo / Olle

Goseji / La-cucaracha

Goseji / Marcin

Goseji z / Mccluskeyp

Jrton80 / Arevidar

Jrton80 / Maximus

Jrton80 / Patterson

Jrton80 / Waegn

Kratzer / Brench

Kratzer / Fireflo

Kratzer / Madphill

Kratzer / Olle

La-cucaracha / Goseji

La-cucaracha / Marcin

La-cucaracha / Mccluskeyp

Madphill / Brench

Madphill / Fireflo

Madphill / Kratzer

Madphill / Olle

Marcin / Goseji

Marcin / La-cucaracha

Marcin / Mccluskeyp

Maximus z / Arevidar

Maximus / Jrton80

Maximus / Patterson

Maximus / Waegn

Mccluskeyp / Goseji

Mccluskeyp / La-cucaracha

Mccluskeyp / Marcin

Olle z / Brench

Olle / Fireflo

Olle / Kratzer z

Olle / Madphill

Patterson z / Arevidar

Patterson / Jrton80

Patterson z / Maximus

Patterson / Waegn

Waegn / Arevidar

Waegn / Jrton80

Waegn / Maximus

Waegn / Patterson

Round 1 scores:
[Jrton80: 10 pt., Arevidar: 8 pt., Olle: 6 pt., Maximus: 6 pt., Brench: 5 pt., Marcin: 5 pt., Kratzer: 4 pt., Waegn: 4 pt., Mccluskeyp: 4 pt., Madphill: 3 pt., Fireflo: 2 pt., Patterson: 2 pt., La-cucaracha: 2 pt., Goseji: 1 pt., Fairland: 0 pt., ]
(62 points of 62 = 100%)

Round 1 moves:
[Olle: 306 mv., Kratzer: 269 mv., Arevidar: 234 mv., Fireflo: 227 mv., Jrton80: 225 mv., Maximus: 221 mv., Waegn: 216 mv., Brench: 195 mv., Madphill: 187 mv., Marcin: 158 mv., La-cucaracha: 148 mv., Patterson: 137 mv., Goseji: 130 mv., Mccluskeyp: 99 mv., Fairland: 23 mv., ]
(Average per game 45 mv.)

Round 1 finished games:
[Arevidar: 10 gm., Jrton80: 10 gm., Maximus: 10 gm., Fairland: 10 gm., Waegn: 10 gm., Patterson: 10 gm., Kratzer: 8 gm., Brench: 8 gm., Olle: 8 gm., Madphill: 8 gm., Fireflo: 8 gm., Mccluskeyp: 6 gm., Marcin: 6 gm., La-cucaracha: 6 gm., Goseji: 6 gm., ]
(62 finished games of 62 = 100%,
15 timeouts)