Draughts World Championship

The Draughts World Championship is the world championship in international draughts and is held every two years. In the even year following the tournament, the World Title match takes place. ^[1] The men's championship began in 1885 in France and since 1948 has been organised by the World Draughts Federation (FMJD). The men's championship has had winners from the Netherlands, Canada, the Soviet Union, Senegal, Latvia, Russia and Ukraine.

The current men's champion is Jan Groenendijk.

Since 1998, there is also a Draughts World Championship held with the blitz time control (5 minutes plus an increment of 5 seconds per move), and since 2014 also with the rapid time control (15 min + 5 sec per move).

World title match

The championship is held every two years, in the odd years. The world title match takes place in the even year following the world championship tournament. The former champion and the new champion qualify for the world title match. If the former champion retains his title in the World Championship tournament, the runner-up earns the right to challenge him. ^[2]

Unofficial champions (which are not listed here) were awarded retroactively; the first champion being Anatole Dussaut in 1885. A full list of winners can be found here.

Classic

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze	format
1948 [3]	Netherlands	Piet Roozenburg	Reinier Cornelis Keller	Pierre Ghestem	tournament
1951	Netherlands	Piet Roozenburg			match with Reinier Cornelis Keller (+2-1=15)
1952 [4]	Netherlands	Piet Roozenburg	Raoul Dagenais	Reinier Cornelis Keller	tournament
1954	Netherlands	Piet Roozenburg			match with Wim Huisman (+4=8-0)
1956 [5]	Netherlands	Marcel Deslauriers	Reinier Cornelis Keller	Jan Bom Piet Roozenburg	tournament
1958	Soviet Union	Iser Kuperman			match with Marcel Deslauriers (+4=14- 2)
1959	Soviet Union	Iser Kuperman			match with Geert van Dijk (+7=13-0)
1960 [6]	Netherlands	Vyacheslav Shchyogolev	Baba Sy	Iser Kuperman	tournament
1961	Soviet Union	Iser Kuperman			match with Vyacheslav Shchyogolev (+2=18-0)
1963	—	Iser Kuperman Baba Sy			match not played, title awarded in 1986
1964 [7]	Italy	Vyacheslav Shchyogolev	Iser Kuperman	Baba Sy	tournament
1965	Soviet Union	Iser Kuperman			match with Vyacheslav Shchyogolev (+7=12-1)
1967	Soviet Union	Iser Kuperman			match with Andris Andreiko (+2=18-0)
1968 [8]	Bolzano	Andris Andreiko	Iser Kuperman	Vyacheslav Shchyogolev	tournament
1969	Soviet Union	Andris Andreiko			match with Iser Kuperman (+3=17-0)
1971	Soviet Union	Andris Andreiko			match with Iser Kuperman (+0=20-0)
1972 [9]	Netherlands	Ton Sijbrands	Harm Wiersma	Andris Andreiko	tournament
1973	Netherlands	Ton Sijbrands			match with Andris Andreiko (+2=18-0)
1974		Iser Kuperman			match with Ton Sijbrands, not played
1976 [10]	Netherlands	Harm Wiersma	Vyacheslav Shchyogolev	Rob Clerc	tournament
1978 [11]	Arco	Anatoli Gantvarg	Harm Wiersma	Vyacheslav Shchyogolev	tournament plus match with Harm Wiersma (+1=5-0)
1979	Netherlands	Harm Wiersma			match with Anatoli Gantvarg (+4=14-2)
1980 [12]	Bamako	Anatoli Gantvarg	Harm Wiersma	Nicolai Mistchanski	tournament
1981	Netherlands	Harm Wiersma			match with Anatoli Gantvarg (+2=18-0)
1982 [13]	São Paulo	Jannes van der Wal	Rob Clerc	Harm Wiersma	tournament (without sportsmen from Soviet Union, because of the military coup in Brazil, they have not received visas)
1983	Netherlands	Harm Wiersma	Vadim Virny	Rob Clerc	tournament (organized after protest Draughts Federation of the USSR)
1983	Netherlands	Harm Wiersma			match with Jannes van der Wal (+1=19-0) (It is not recognized by Draughts Federation of the USSR)
1984	Netherlands   Soviet Union	Harm Wiersma			match with Vadim Virny (+1=18-1)
1984 [14]	Dakar	Anatoli Gantvarg	Rob Clerc	Michail Korenievski	tournament
1985	Netherlands	Anatoli Gantvarg			match with Rob Clerc (+2=17-1)
1986 [15]	Netherlands	Alexander Dybman	Alexander Baljakin	Michail Korenievski	tournament
1987	Soviet Union	Alexander Dybman			match with Anatoli Gantvarg (+0=20-0)
1988 [16]	Paramaribo	Alexei Chizhov	Ton Sijbrands	Anatoli Gantvarg	tournament
1989	Netherlands	Alexei Chizhov			match with Ton Sijbrands (+1=18-1)
1990 [17]	Netherlands	Alexei Chizhov	Guntis Valneris	Ton Sijbrands	tournament
1991	Estonia	Alexei Chizhov			match with Guntis Valneris (+6= 10-0)
1992 [18]	Toulon	Alexei Chizhov	Harm Wiersma	Alexander Baljakin	tournament
1993	Russia   Estonia   Netherlands	Alexei Chizhov			match with Harm Wiersma (+2=18-0)
1994 [19]	Netherlands	Guntis Valneris	Harm Wiersma	Alexander Baljakin Macodou NDiaye	tournament
1995	Russia	Alexei Chizhov			match with Guntis Valneris (+3 sets, −2 set)
1996/97 [20]	Abidjan	Alexei Chizhov	Rob Clerc	Alexander Schwartzman	tournament plus match with Rob Clerc (+1=10-0)
1998	Russia	Alexander Schwartzman			match with Alexei Chizhov (+2 sets, −1 set)
2001 [21]	Moscow	Alexei Chizhov	Guntis Valneris	Johan Krajenbrink	tournament
2003 [22]	Russia	Alexander Georgiev			match with Alexei Chizhov (+4 sets, –1 set)
2003	Netherlands	Alexander Georgiev	Alexei Chizhov	Guntis Valneris	tournament
2004	Russia	Alexander Georgiev			match with Alexei Chizhov (3-1 :15 games + tie-break))
2005 [23]	Netherlands	Alexei Chizhov	Guntis Valneris	Alexander Baljakin	tournament
2006		Alexander Georgiev			match with Alexei Chizhov not played
2007 [24]	Netherlands	Alexander Schwartzman	Mark Podolski	Alexander Georgiev	tournament
2009	Netherlands	Alexander Schwartzman			match with Alexander Georgiev
2011 [25]	Emmeloord / Urk	Alexander Georgiev	Murodoullo Amrillaev	Jean Marc Ndjofang	tournament
2013 [26]	Tallinn	Alexander Georgiev			match with Alexander Schwartzman
2013 [27] [28]	Ufa	Alexander Georgiev	Jean Marc Ndjofang	Roel Boomstra	tournament
2015 [29]	İzmir	Alexander Georgiev			match with Jean Marc Ndjofang
2015 [30]	Emmen	Alexander Georgiev	Jan Groenendijk	Roel Boomstra	tournament
2016 [31]	Netherlands	Roel Boomstra			match with Jan Groenendijk (+4=8-0)
2017 [32]	Tallinn	Alexander Schwartzman	Alexei Chizhov	Guntis Valneris	tournament
2018 [33]	Netherlands	Roel Boomstra			match with Alexander Schwartzman
2019 [34]	Yamoussoukro	Alexander Georgiev	Pan Yiming	Guntis Valneris	tournament
2021 [35]	Tallinn	Alexander Schwartzman	Alexander Getmanski	Roel Boomstra	tournament
2022 [36]	Eindhoven	Roel Boomstra			match with Alexander Schwartzman
2023 [37]	Willemstad	Yuri Anikeev	Jan Groenendijk	Martijn van IJzendoorn	tournament
2024 [38] [39]	Wageningen	Jan Groenendijk			match with Yuri Anikeev
2025 [40]	Yaoundé	Jan Groenendijk	Jitse Slump	Guntis Valneris	tournament

Rapid

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1999	Eindhoven	Alexander Georgiev	Alexander Shvartsman	Alexander Baljakin
2012	Lille	Roel Boomstra	Alexei Chizhov	Ainur Shaibakov
2014	İzmir	Ainur Shaibakov	Murodoullo Amrillaev	Alexander Schwartzman
2015 [41]	İzmir	Alexander Baljakin	Alexander Schwartzman	Jasper Lemmen
2016 [42]	İzmir	Yuri Anikeev	Alexander Schwartzman	Artem Ivanov
2017 [43]	İzmir	Artem Ivanov	Alexander Getmanski	Alexander Georgiev
2018 [44]	Bergamo	Alexander Baljakin	Alexander Schwartzman	Alexei Chizhov
2019 [45]	Beilen	Roel Boomstra	Alexander Georgiev	Wouter Sipma
2020 [46]	Antalya	Yuri Anikeev	Nicolay Germogenov	Sergey Belosheev
2021 [47]	Julinek	Alexander Getmanski	Yuri Anikeev	Alexander Schwartzman
2022 [48]	Julinek	Jitse Slump	Jan Groenendijk	Martijn van IJzendoorn
2023 [49]	Julinek	Jan Groenendijk	Martijn van IJzendoorn	Artem Ivanov

Blitz

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1998	The Hague	Alexander Schwartzman	Erno Prosman	Vadim Virny Vladimir Traitelovich
1999	London	Guntis Valneris	Erno Prosman	Alexander Georgiev
2000	Tel Aviv	Alexander Schwartzman	Guntis Valneris	Igor Kirzner
2007	Nazareth	Guntis Valneris	Alexander Schwartzman	Ygal Koyfman
2009	Berlin	Alexander Schwartzman	Guntis Valneris	Alexander Georgiev
2011	Ufa	Alexander Schwartzman	Alexander Georgiev	Gavril Kolesov
2012	Lille	Alexander Schwartzman	Alexander Getmanski	Roel Boomstra
2013	Den Helder	Alexander Schwartzman	Alexander Georgiev	Guntis Valneris
2014	Hilversum	Alexander Georgiev	Alexander Baljakin	Alexander Schwartzman
2015 [50]	İzmir	Alexander Schwartzman	Jean Marc Ndjofang	Yuri Anikeev
2016 [51]	İzmir	Murodoullo Amrillaev	N'Diaga Samb	Alexander Getmanski
2017 [52]	İzmir	Jean Marc Ndjofang	Yuri Anikeev	Alexei Chizhov
2018 [53]	Bergamo	Alexander Schwartzman	Alexei Chizhov	Alexander Georgiev
2019 [54]	Riga	Alexander Schwartzman	Jan Groenendijk	Ainur Shaibakov
2020 [55]	Antalya	Ainur Shaibakov	Alexander Georgiev	Yuri Anikeev
2021 [56]	Julinek	Alexander Schwartzman	Martijn van IJzendoorn	Artem Ivanov
2022 [57]	Riga	Aleksej Domchev	Martijn van IJzendoorn	Artem Ivanov
2023 [58]	Nof HaGalil	Artem Ivanov	Alexander Schwartzman	Aleksej Domchev
2024 [59]	Lishui	Alexander Schwartzman	Yuri Anikeev	Martijn van IJzendoorn
2025 [60]	Riga	Guntis Valneris	Alexander Schwartzman	Yuri Anikeev

See also

• List of Draughts World Championship winners
• List of women's Draughts World Championship winners
• Women's World Draughts Championship

References

1. "FMJD Annexes. Annex 17: Individual FMJD Competitions - The World Championship "FMJD - World Draughts Federation"" (PDF). World Draughts Federation. 21 August 2024. p. 119. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
2. Annex 17 2024, p. 121.
3. Wereldkampioenschap KNDB 1948
4. Wereldkampioenschap KNDB 1952
5. Wereldkampioenschap KNDB 1956
6. Wereldkampioenschap KNDB 1960
7. Wereldkampioenschap KNDB 1964
8. Wereldkampioenschap KNDB 1968
9. Wereldkampioenschap KNDB 1972
10. Wereldkampioenschap KNDB 1976
11. Wereldkampioenschap KNDB 1978
12. Wereldkampioenschap KNDB 1980
13. Wereldkampioenschap KNDB 1982
14. Wereldkampioenschap KNDB 1984
15. Wereldkampioenschap KNDB 1986
16. Wereldkampioenschap KNDB 1988
17. Wereldkampioenschap KNDB 1990
18. Wereldkampioenschap KNDB 1992
19. Wereldkampioenschap KNDB 1994
20. Wereldkampioenschap KNDB 1996
21. Wereldkampioenschap KNDB 2000
22. Wereldkampioenschap KNDB 2003
23. Wereldkampioenschap KNDB 2005
24. Wereldkampioenschap KNDB 2007
25. Wereldkampioenschap KNDB 2011
26. "Site 2013 World Draughts Championship match". Archived from the original on 2017-09-30. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
27. World Championship 2013
28. Wereldkampioenschap KNDB 2013
29. "Site 2015 World Draughts Championship match". Archived from the original on 2016-01-13. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
30. Site 2015 World Draughts Championship
31. Site 2016 World Draughts Championship match
32. FMJD Calendar 2016/2017
33. Site 2018 World Draughts Championship match
34. 2019 World Draughts Championship
35. World Championship 2021 all categories finals
36. Site 2022 World Draughts Championship match
37. World Championship Willemstad 2023
38. WK-match Anikeev - Groenendijk Wageningen KNDB 2024
39. NOS.nl
40. World Championship 2025 - Final
41. "World Championship Rapid". Archived from the original on 2015-10-09. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
42. "World Championship Rapid". Archived from the original on 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
43. WC-2017 Rapid
44. WC-2018 Rapid
45. WC-2019 Rapid
46. World Championship 2020. Rapid. Men
47. World Championship Rapid 2021
48. WC Rapid Julinek Park 2022 (Rapid)
49. 13th FMJD World Rapid Championship 2023
50. "WC Blitz Final". Archived from the original on 2015-10-19. Retrieved 2015-10-10.
51. "WC Blitz Final". Archived from the original on 2016-06-05. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
52. WC-2017 Blitz
53. Final A WC-2018 Blitz
54. WC Blitz 2019
55. World Championship 2020. Blitz. Men
56. World Championship Blitz 2021
57. World Championship 2022. Blitz
58. World Championship 2023. Blitz
59. World Championship Blitz 2024
60. World Championship Open Blitz 2025

External links

• Site FMJD. World Champions Men (100)
• Results in database KNDB
• World Championships Blitz Archived 2015-10-09 at the Wayback Machine