The 2025 World Draughts Championship in international draughts was held from 6 to 23 June, 2025 at the Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex in Yaoundé, Cameroon. It was held under the auspices of the International Draughts Federation (FMJD). Forty players competed in the tournament. In the first stage, all players were divided into four groups. The best three players from each group advanced to the final. All stages were played as a round-robin tournament. The main referee was Bartosz Socha. The total prize money for the tournament was 25,000 euros.

Jan Groenendijk from the Netherlands won his second title.

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.

For places 1–3, tiebreaks using the Lehmann–Georgiev system (15 minutes plus a 2-second increment per move for an unlimited number of games) were played if necessary; other places were shared.

Participants NumberNameCountryRating1 Jan Groenendijk 24422 Jitse Slump 24093 Guntis Valneris 24044 Martijn van IJzendoorn 23845 Wouter Sipma 23726 Cesar Mouanda 23637 Joel Atse 23528 Martin Dolfing 23449 Jean Marc Ndjofang 233810 Kees Thijssen 233711 Tardorel Itoua 233512 Mukendi Reagan Lutete 231713 Leopold Kouogueu Kouomou 231414 Aleksej Domchev 230915 Thomy Lucien Mbongo 230616 Jan van Dijk 230117 Landry Nga 229818 Edvardas Bužinskis 229119 Simon Harmsma 228620 Hein Meijer 228521 Alessio Scaggiante 228422 Wouter Ludwig 227423 Moussa Diallo 227324 Raimonds Vipulis 225825 Ron Heusdens 225826 Jos Stokkel 223927 Kombila Arnauld Mamboundou 223628 Emre Hageman 222329 Alain Fezeu 222130 Frantz Forbin 220031 Maxime Ilboudo 219332 Arnaud Foto 219233 Gerard Ngankou 218734 Maksym Opryshchenko 216635 Sayouba Kiema 216636 Jean Lou Praud 214537 Bohdan Panchenkov 210638 Andre Stephane Meeh 202139 Boris Kamdem 40 Aristo Bonguen

Results Semifinal

Group A

PlaceNameCountryTitleRating12345678910PointsWinsDrawsLosses 1. Jan Groenendijk GMI2442*11111222213450 2. Ron Heusdens GMI22581*1112111211270 3. Martin Dolfing GMI234411*111122111270 4. Edvardas Bužinskis GMI2291111*111212112705. Jean Marc Ndjofang GMI23381111*1112211270 6. Thomy Lucien Mbongo MI230610111*121210261 7. Raimonds Vipulis GMI2258011111*1129171 8. Aristo Bonguen 0100101*126144 9. Arnaud Foto 219201010111*16063 10. Maksym Opryshchenko MF2166001000001*2027

Group B

PlaceNameCountryTitleRating12345678910PointsWinsDrawsLosses 1. Kees Thijssen GMI2337*11212112112360 2. Joel Atse GMI23521*1121112212360 3. Jitse Slump GMI240911*121121111270 4. Landry Nga 2298011*1211119171 5. Maxime Ilboudo 21931001*211028243 6. Bohdan Panchenkov 210601100*21218243 7. Gerard Ngankou 2187111110*1118081 8. Aleksej Domchev GMI23091110111*118081 9. Moussa Diallo 227300112011*17153 10. Jos Stokkel GMI2239101101111*7072

Group C

PlaceNameCountryTitleRating12345678910PointsWinsDrawsLosses 1. Wouter Sipma GMI2372*12122212114540 2. Guntis Valneris GMI24041*1011222111351 3. Simon Harmsma MI228601*211112211351 4. Jan van Dijk MI2301120*20012210423 5. Alain Fezeu 22210110*1222110342 6. Tardorel Itoua GMI233501121*11119171 7. Alessio Scaggiante MI2284001201*1128243 8. Boris Kamdem 1011011*117072 9. Kombila Arnauld Mamboundou 223600000111*25135 10. Sayouba Kiema MF2166110011010*5054

Group D

PlaceNameCountryTitleRating12345678910PointsWinsDrawsLosses 1. Mukendi Reagan Lutete GMI2317*11111221212360 2. Martijn van IJzendoorn GMI23841*1111122212360 3. Emre Hageman MI222311*211111211270 4. Cesar Mouanda 2363110*1121119171 5. Wouter Ludwig MI22741111*111119090 5. Hein Meijer GMI228511111*11119090 7. Leopold Kouogueu Kouomou GMI2314011011*2118162 8. Andre Stephane Meeh 20210011110*217143 9. Frantz Forbin MI220010111110*17072 10. Jean Lou Praud MF2145000111111*6063

Final

PlaceNameCountryTitleRating123456789101112PointsWinsDrawsLosses1. Jan Groenendijk GMI2442*1112111112113290 2. Jitse Slump GMI24091*111121111213290 3. Guntis Valneris GMI240411*111111211121100 3. Martijn van IJzendoorn GMI2384111*11111211121100 5. Joel Atse GMI23520111*112111111191 6. Kees Thijssen GMI233711111*111012111917. Wouter Sipma GMI2372101111*1111211191 8. Martin Dolfing GMI23441111011*112111191 9. Mukendi Reagan Lutete GMI231711111111*111110110 10. Ron Heusdens GMI2258111001211*1110182 11. Emre Hageman MI22230111111011*19092 12. Simon Harmsma MI228610111001111*8083

Additional match for 3rd place

Place Name CountryRatingFMJD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 93 Guntis Valneris 24041111111124 Martijn van IJzendoorn 2384111111110

Final standings

PlaceNameCountry1 Jan Groenendijk 2 Jitse Slump 3 Guntis Valneris 4 Martijn van IJzendoorn 5Joel Atse 6 Kees Thijssen 7 Wouter Sipma 8 Martin Dolfing 9 Mukendi Reagan Lutete 10 Ron Heusdens 11 Emre Hageman 12 Simon Harmsma 13 Edvardas Bužinskis 14 Jan van Dijk 15 Cesar Mouanda 15 Landry Nga 17 Jean Marc Ndjofang 18 Alain Fezeu 19 Hein Meijer 19 Wouter Ludwig 21 Maxime Ilboudo 22 Thomy Lucien Mbongo 23 Tardorel Itoua 24 Bohdan Panchenkov 25 Raimonds Vipulis 26 Alessio Scaggiante 27 Leopold Kouogueu Kouomou 28 Gerard Ngankou 29 Aleksej Domchev 30 Andre Stephane Meeh 31 Boris Kamdem 32 Aristo Bonguen 33 Moussa Diallo 34 Frantz Forbin 35 Arnaud Foto 36 Kombila Arnauld Mamboundou 37 Jos Stokkel 38 Jean Lou Praud 39 Sayouba Kiema 40 Maksym Opryshchenko

References

External links Draughts World Championship 2025 Yaoundé! IMSA New “One Board, One Dream” — the Olympic spirit of the 2025 World Draughts Championship in Yaoundé