The Women's Draughts World Championship is the world championship in international draughts organized by the World Draughts Federation (FMJD). The championship occurs every two years. In the even year following the tournament must take place the World Title match.[1]
The women's championship began in 1973 in the Netherlands and has had winners from the Soviet Union, Latvia, Ukraine, Russia and Poland.[2] The current women's champion is Viktoriya Motrichko. The player who has won most times is Zoja Golubeva, who previously won the championship fifteen times.
The World Title Match
The championship is held every two years, in the odd years. The World Title match must take place in the even year following the world championship (tournament). Right for the World Title Match has former champion and new champion, if former champion has retained his title in the World Championship tournament he have right for the match with the player ended on the second place in the World Championship tournament.[3]
Classic
Rapid
Year | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2012 | Lille | Nina Hoekman | Viktoriya Motrichko | Aianika Kychkina |
2013 | Ulaanbaatar | Darya Tkachenko | Viktoriya Motrichko | Natalia Sadowska |
2015[11] | İzmir | Matrena Nogovitsyna | Tamara Tansykkuzhina | Olga Fedorovich |
2016[12] | İzmir | Matrena Nogovitsyna | Aygul Idrisova | Tamara Tansykkuzhina |
2017[13] | İzmir | Tamara Tansykkuzhina | Olga Baltazhy | Aygul Idrisova |
2018[14] | İzmir | Matrena Nogovitsyna | Viktoriya Motrichko | Zoja Golubeva |
2019[15] | Beilen | Tamara Tansykkuzhina | Munkhtuya Nasanbayar | Darya Tkachenko |
2020[16] | Antalya | Aygul Idrisova | Tamara Tansykkuzhina | Christina Osipova |
2021[17] | Julinek | Natalia Sadowska | FMJD Darya Tkachenko | RDF Tamara Tansykkuzhina |
2022[18] | Julinek | FMJD Darya Tkachenko | Viktoriya Motrichko | Fleur Kruysmulder |
2023[19] | Julinek | Elena Chesnokova | Darya Tkachenko | Natalia Sadowska |