The 2024 World Draughts Championship match was held from 18 to 31 December, 2024, at the Wageningen City Hall in Wageningen, Netherlands. It was held under the auspices of the International Draughts Federation (FMJD) and played between the reigning 2023 world champion, Yuri Anikeev, and the runner-up of the previous championship, Jan Groenendijk.
Jan Groenendijk won the match to capture his first world championship title.
Rules and regulations The match consisted of 12 games, played with a time control of 90 minutes for the first 45 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game plus a 30-second increment per move. The player with the highest score won the world title if he won at least two games. If not, tie-break games were played until one player achieved a second overall win.
The first tie-break was 2 rapid games, 20 minutes plus a 10-second increment per move. The second tie-break was 4 blitz games, 10 minutes plus a 5-second increment per move. The third tie-break was Superblitz (limited time for an unlimited number of games until the first victory), 10 minutes plus a 2-second increment per move.
Schedule The games started between 10–11 a.m. One classical game was played per day, with no rest days. Date Event 18 December Press conference19 December Round 1 20 December Round 221 December Round 322 December Round 423 December Round 524 December Round 625 December Round 726 December Round 827 December Round 928 December Round 1029 December Round 1130 December Round 1231 December Tie-break
Results Regular games
PlayerRatingFMJD 123456789101112 Points Victories Jan Groenendijk2440 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 13 1 Yuri Anikeev 2356 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 11 0
Tie-break
PlayerRatingrapid/blitzFMJDRapidRapidBlitzBlitzBlitzVictoriesTotalvictories Jan Groenendijk 2423 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 Yuri Anikeev 2434 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
See also Draughts World Championship
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