2023 Women's World Draughts Championship Explained

The 2023 Women's World Draughts Championship at the international draughts was held from September 28 to October 13, 2023, in Willemstad, Curaçao under the auspices International Draughts Federation FMJD. Sixteen players competed in the tournament, which play as a round-robin.[1] [2] The winning prize for the tournament was 20,000 euros.

The tournament was characterized by 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.

Viktoriya Motrichko became world champion for the first time, two points ahead of Darya Tkachenko.

At the same place the World Draughts Championship took place simultaneously.

Rules and regulations

The games were played in the official FMJD time rate was 90 minutes for the first 45 moves and 30 minutes for the rest of the game, followed by 30 min for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds starting from 46th move. Conforming to the FMJD regulations, players were not allowed to agree on a draw before they both made 40 moves. If they did so nevertheless, the referee is obliged to decide on a 0-point for each player.

The final classification was based on the total points obtained. If two or more players had same total points to define the places, the following factors were used to define the places:

  1. largest number of victories
  2. best results between these players in direct confrontation
  3. best results obtained in order of the classification.

Participants

The list was preliminary.
NumberNameCountryTitle
1 Viktoriya Motrichko3 place in Women's World Championship 2021
2 Natalia Sadowska4 place in Women's World Championship 2021
3 Adeline Kabore Africa
4 Galina Petukhova America
5 Khuslen Enkhbold Asia
6 Yesui Batdavaa Asia
7 Anel Davletova Asia
8 Marta Bankowska Europe
9 Katarzyna Stanczuk Europe
10 Europe
11 Europe
12 Myja Plestyte Europe
13 Lisa Scholtens Europe
14 Global Reserve List
15 Organization place
16 FMJD Sponsor place

Schedule

RoundDateTime
128 September15-30
229 September10-00
330 September10-00
41 October10-00
52 October10-00
62 October16-00
74 October10-00
85 October10-00
96 October10-00
107 October10-00
118 October10-00
1210 October10-00
1311 October10-00
1412 October10-00
1513 October10-00

Final standings

[3]

PlaceNameCountryTitulRating12345678910111213141516Pointswindrawlost
1Viktoriya MotrichkoGMIF227011211121222222223870
2FMJDGMIF221210221211112122221771
32078121111111112122194110
4Lisa Scholtens MFF206500111122022211218663
5Natalia SadowskaGMIF2245101111112112212184101
6MIF2176111111121011212173111
7Marta Bankowska GMIF2181101111111111222173111
8Rita Packauskaite MIF2067011011112110012214384
9Katarzyna Stanczuk MIF2092111010101111122142103
10MIF2111011201111111012142103
11GMIF2172011101111211210142103
12Fleur Kruysmulder 2073001011121111211142103
13MIF217801000112111111213294
14Myja Plestyte MFF200010110001120010210267
15Petra DuskovaMFF205400011100011112110186
16Galina Petukhova 189900000000002100141212

Results by round

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.fmjd.org/?p=calend World Draughts Federation. Calendar
  2. https://drive.google.com/file/d/127sIOOgi3dbYzY8nH3gQ5yDd23abg5Qk/view World Championship 2023 qualifications
  3. Web site: World Championship Woman Willemstad 2023 . 2023-10-15 . results.fmjd.org.