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Checkers Champions Balt Cup 2007 The Balt Cup Grandmasters checkers tournament was a first for Vilnius, Lithuania and International referee, Rima Danileviciene, officiated the competition. The roster of checkers masters was not extensive but still included noteworthy players such as Guntis Valneris, Alexander Getmansky, Ron Heusdens and Raimonds Vipulis. Alex Baljakin played a strong tournament match and succeeded in defeating his opponents across the checkered game board to win the tournament with fourteen points. During some down time at the checkers competition, Alex Baljakin showed his fellow checkerists that his passport was valid until the year 2061, instead of perhaps 2016. Lucky fellow, he won’t have to ever renew unless the Dutch government catches up with its nice error.
Again experienced and familiar checkerists who followed the tournaments and competitions in the checkers circuit represented the roster of checkers Masters.
In these elimination rounds, the players facing each other across the checkerboard were Baljakin ~ Valneris and Tsjizjov ~ Georgiev. Alex and Guntis played three checker games to a draw, and Valneris won the match on Honour Points. Alexei Tsjizjov defeated Alexander Georgiev in a two game match. In the final game of the Blitz, Tsjizjov beat Valneris with a score of one win and one draw. Alexei placed first, Guntis took second place, Alex Baljakin finished 3rd and Alexander Georgiev ranked 4th in the European Rapid checker games Blitz in Cannes. Unfortunately, Alex Baljakin was not as successful in the Cannes 20th International checkers competition, where he placed 7th; however, once again the final scores were mere points separating the top contenders. DVSB Nederlands Kampioenschap Dammen Soest 2007During this provincial checkers championship between the different clubs, Baljakin represented the VBI Huissen Club and placed fourth overall.
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The Barnsteen checkers tournament certainly had a positive end for Alex and for a change, he was smiling at the award ceremony. In past competitions, Baljakin was always very composed, and yet very serious, but this checkers competition depicted the other side of the Grandmaster. The tournament roster featured numerous high calibre checkerists, so the 1st place finish was indeed a great achievement for the Dutch~Belarussian checker player.
DNC Den Haag Open International Checkers TournamentThe checkers tournament circuit next took Alex Baljakin and fellow opponents to Den Haag for another competitive match against 20 ‘A’ class masters at the checkerboard. Strategies, tactics, innovative endgames and occasionally perhaps, an oversight of a better checker move led the checker Grandmasters toward the ultimate win and first place checkers champion reward.In this competitive match, Alex finished 3rd after 9 rounds of checker play. He was one of the top three competitors to score 14 points and his score of 1337 overall placed him with the bronze award. Flaubert Ndonzi finished second with 14 points and 1347 overall, while Guntis Valneris claimed 1st place with 14 points and 1388 overall. Once again the differential between the checker scores was very small and the final outcome could have gone either way for these checker champions. Alexander Schwarzman, Alex Getmanski, Ron Heusdens and Hans Jansen all finished behind top ranks with 13 points each and close overall scores.
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