The 2023 World Draughts Championship in international draughts was held from 28 September to 13 October, 2023 at the Merakii Seaview Escape Resort in Willemstad, Curaçao. The championship was played under the auspices of the International Draughts Federation (FMJD) as a round-robin tournament with twenty players. The total prize money for the tournament was 20,000 euros.
The tournament was characterized by a large number of changes in the list of participants, as a result of the suspension of the Russian and Belarusian Draughts federations, the coronavirus and visa problems.
Yuri Anikeev became world champion for the first time, one point ahead of Jan Groenendijk.
The 2023 Women's World Draughts Championship took place simultaneously at the same location.
Rules and regulations The games were played with the official FMJD classical time control: 90 minutes for 45 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game plus a 30-second increment per move. FMJD regulations prohibited players from agreeing to a draw before each had completed 40 moves; doing so required the referee to award both players 0 points.
The final rankings were determined by total points. If two or more players finished with the same score, the following tiebreaks were applied: Number of wins. Results in the direct encounters between the tied players. Results obtained against opponents in order of their final ranking.
Schedule
RoundDateTime128 September15:30229 September10:00329 September16:00430 September10:0051 October10:0062 October10:0072 October16:0084 October10:0095 October10:00105 October16:00116 October10:00127 October10:00138 October10:00149 October10:00159 October16:001611 October10:001712 October10:001812 October16:001913 October10:00
Participants The published list was preliminary. Jean Marc Ndjofang, Adonis Ano, Mukendi Reagan Lutete, Makendy Saint Juste, Louis Talien, Sukhbat Tsogtbaatar, and Dul Erdenebileg did not take part in the tournament. They were replaced by Kees Thijssen, Martin Dolfing, Ron Heusdens, Hein Meijer, Yuri Bobkov, Carlos Lorevil, Angel Rafael Mejia, and Clifton Agatha.
N'Diaga Samb withdrew after the fourth round due to illness. His results were annulled.
NumberNameCountryQualification path1 Jan Groenendijk WC 2021 4th place2 Martijn van IJzendoorn WC 2021 5th place3 Wouter Sipma WC 2021 6th place4 Joel N'cho Atse Africa5 Mukendi Reagan Lutet Africa6 Adonis Ano Africa7 N'Diaga Samb Africa8 Louis Talien America9 Angel Rafael Mejia America10 Sukhbat Tsogtbaatar Asia11 Dul Erdenebileg Asia12 Jitse Slump Europe13 Guntis Valneris Europe14 Arnaud Cordier Europe15 Yuri Anikeev Europe16 Sven Winkel Europe17 Jean Marc Ndjofang World Cup18 Artem Ivanov World Cup19 Martin Dolfing Sponsor place20 Mijail Eisden Organization place
Final standings
PlaceNameCountryTitleRating12345678910111213141516171819PointsWinsDrawsLosses1Yuri Anikeev GMI2361*1111112111211222222571102Jan GroenendijkGMI24121*111111112121122222461203Martijn van IJzendoornGMI238611*11111111211212222351304Wouter Sipma GMI2375111*1111111111222222351305Jitse Slump GMI23721111*111112111112222241406Artem Ivanov GMI236711111*11111211112222241407Joel N'cho Atse GMI2339111111*1111201112222141318Martin Dolfing GMI23520111111*111121112222141319Kees ThijssenGMI234511111111*111121112221315010Guntis Valneris GMI2383111111111*11112121221315011Sven Winkel GMI22861011011111*1122112220412212Ron Heusdens GMI233101011001111*111222218410413Arnaud Cordier GMI2355101111201111*21101218312314Hein Meijer GMI23751111111101010*1122117213315Yuri Bobkov MF217901001111100111*221216310516Angel Rafael Mejia MF2238001011111110110*21215211517Carlos Lorevil MF21320000000010102000*116141318 Mijail Eisden MF209600000000010010111*05051319Clifton Agatha MF2112000000000000010012*4121520N'Diaga Samb GMI2293
References
External links FMJD results page