World Draughts 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. The championship began in 1885 in France and since 1948 has been organised by the World Draughts Federation (FMJD). The championship has had winners from the Netherlands, Canada, the Soviet Union, Senegal, Latvia, Russia and Ukraine.

The current champion is Jan Groenendijk.

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

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