5th Friedrich World Championship
from 1 to 3 October, 2010, in Berlin

The Format


From 1 to 3 October, 2010, the 5th Friedrich World Championship was hold in Berlin.

Where? In the ACUD theatre, Veteranenstr. 21, 10119 Berlin-Mitte.

Who? All Friedrich players who wanted to spend one weekend competing for the world championship crown had been invited to participate.

Modus. The Championship was played in 2 divisons. In the first division, the so called qualification round, every participant played 4 games, one in each of the four roles: Frederick, Maria Theresa, Elisabeth, and Madame Pompadour. Players received points for how they did in each game (win or lose). On Sunday evening, the 4 players with the most points competed in the final match for the 5th Friedrich World Championship.

Further information about the tournament rules can be found
here.




Andrea Homberg enjoys it a lot to move her French pieces.

The schedule was:
Friday, October 1, 05:00 p.m. Start of game No. 1
Saturday, October 2, 10:00 a.m. Start of game No. 2
Saturday, October 2, 05:00 p.m. Start of game No. 3
Sunday, October 3, 10:00 a.m. Start of game No. 4
Sunday, October 3, 05:00 p.m. Start of the FINAL
Sunday, October 3, 12:00 p.m. Award Ceremony