List of Draughts World Championship winners
Main article: Draughts World Championship
The Draughts World Championship in international draughts is the world championship, which began in 1885 in France, since 1948 organized by the World Draughts Federation (FMJD). The men's championship has had winners from the Netherlands, Canada, the Soviet Union, Senegal, Latvia, and Russia.
The championship occurs every two years. In the even year following the tournament must take place the World Title match.
The current men's champion is Alexander Georgiev, who previously won the championship seven times.
- The first four mentioned championships (with a *) were international tournaments held in France, they are considered world championships because all leading players were presented in the tournaments.
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See also
- List of women's Draughts World Championship winners
- World Checkers/Draughts Championship
- List of Draughts-64 World Championship winners
References
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