2023 Women's World Draughts Championship

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. 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.
 * Khuslen Enkhbold, Yesui Batdavaa, Anel Davletova, Adeline Kabore did not take part in the tournament.
 * Instead of them take part Fleur Kruysmulder, Vitalia Doumesh, Rita Packauskaite and Petra Duskova.

GMIF — women's international grandmaster

MIF — women's international master

MFF — women's master FMJD

Round 1

 * Vitalia Doumesh – 🇺🇸 Galina Petukhova 2–0


 * Heike Verheul – 🇨🇿 Petra Duskova 1–1


 * Fleur Kruysmulder – Rita Packauskaite 2–0


 * Myja Plestyte – 🇺🇦 Olena Korotka 1–1


 * Lisa Scholtens – 🇵🇱 Katarzyna Stanczuk 2–0


 * 🇵🇱 Natalia Sadowska – 🇵🇱 Marta Bankowska 1–1


 * FMJD Darya Tkachenko – 🇺🇦 Viktoriya Motrichko 1–1


 * 🇺🇦 Olga Baltazhy – 🇺🇦 Yulia Makarenkova 1–1

Round 2

 * Rita Packauskaite – Myja Plestyte 1–1


 * 🇺🇸 Galina Petukhova – 🇺🇦 Yulia Makarenkova 0–2


 * 🇺🇦 Viktoriya Motrichko – 🇺🇦 Olga Baltazhy 2–0


 * 🇵🇱 Marta Bankowska – FMJD Darya Tkachenko 0–2


 * 🇵🇱 Katarzyna Stanczuk – 🇵🇱 Natalia Sadowska 1–1


 * 🇺🇦 Olena Korotka – Lisa Scholtens 1–1


 * 🇨🇿 Petra Duskova – Fleur Kruysmulder 1–1


 * Vitalia Doumesh – Heike Verheul 1–1

Round 3

 * Heike Verheul – 🇺🇸 Galina Petukhova 2–0


 * Fleur Kruysmulder – Vitalia Doumesh 1–1


 * Myja Plestyte – 🇨🇿 Petra Duskova 0–2


 * Lisa Scholtens – Rita Packauskaite 2–0


 * FMJD Darya Tkachenko – 🇵🇱 Katarzyna Stanczuk 1–1


 * 🇵🇱 Natalia Sadowska – 🇺🇦 Olena Korotka 1–1


 * 🇺🇦 Olga Baltazhy – 🇵🇱 Marta Bankowska 1–1


 * 🇺🇦 Yulia Makarenkova– 🇺🇦 Viktoriya Motrichko 0–2

Round 4

 * 🇺🇸 Galina Petukhova – 🇺🇦 Viktoriya Motrichko 0–2


 * 🇵🇱 Marta Bankowska – 🇺🇦 Yulia Makarenkova 1–1


 * 🇵🇱 Katarzyna Stanczuk – 🇺🇦 Olga Baltazhy 1–1


 * Rita Packauskaite – 🇵🇱 Natalia Sadowska 1–1


 * 🇺🇦 Olena Korotka – FMJD Darya Tkachenko 2–0


 * 🇨🇿 Petra Duskova – Lisa Scholtens 1–1


 * Heike Verheul – Fleur Kruysmulder 1–1


 * Vitalia Doumesh – Myja Plestyte 0–2

Round 5

 * Fleur Kruysmulder – 🇺🇸 Galina Petukhova 1–1


 * Myja Plestyte – Heike Verheul 0–2


 * Lisa Scholtens – Vitalia Doumesh 0–2


 * 🇵🇱 Natalia Sadowska – 🇨🇿 Petra Duskova 1–1


 * FMJD Darya Tkachenko – Rita Packauskaite 1–1


 * 🇺🇦 Olga Baltazhy – 🇺🇦 Olena Korotka 1–1


 * 🇺🇦 Yulia Makarenkova – 🇵🇱 Katarzyna Stanczuk 1–1


 * 🇺🇦 Viktoriya Motrichko – 🇵🇱 Marta Bankowska 1–1

Round 6

 * 🇺🇸 Galina Petukhova – 🇵🇱 Marta Bankowska 0–2


 * 🇺🇦 Olena Korotka – 🇺🇦 Yulia Makarenkova 2–0


 * 🇵🇱 Katarzyna Stanczuk – 🇺🇦 Viktoriya Motrichko 1–1


 * Rita Packauskaite – 🇺🇦 Olga Baltazhy 1–1


 * Vitalia Doumesh – 🇵🇱 Natalia Sadowska 0–2


 * 🇨🇿 Petra Duskova – FMJD Darya Tkachenko 0–2


 * Heike Verheul – Lisa Scholtens 1–1


 * Fleur Kruysmulder – Myja Plestyte 2–0

Round 7

 * Myja Plestyte – 🇺🇸 Galina Petukhova 2–0


 * Lisa Scholtens – Fleur Kruysmulder 2–0


 * 🇵🇱 Natalia Sadowska – Heike Verheul 1–1


 * FMJD Darya Tkachenko – Vitalia Doumesh 1–1


 * 🇺🇦 Olga Baltazhy – 🇨🇿 Petra Duskova 1–1


 * 🇺🇦 Yulia Makarenkova – Rita Packauskaite 2–0


 * 🇺🇦 Viktoriya Motrichko – 🇺🇦 Olena Korotka 1–1


 * 🇵🇱 Marta Bankowska – 🇵🇱 Katarzyna Stanczuk 1–1

Round 8

 * 🇺🇸 Galina Petukhova – 🇵🇱 Katarzyna Stanczuk 0–2


 * 🇺🇦 Olena Korotka – 🇵🇱 Marta Bankowska 1–1


 * Rita Packauskaite – 🇺🇦 Viktoriya Motrichko 0–2


 * Vitalia Doumesh – 🇺🇦 Olga Baltazhy 1–1


 * 🇨🇿 Petra Duskova – 🇺🇦 Yulia Makarenkova 1–1


 * Heike Verheul – FMJD Darya Tkachenko 1–1


 * Fleur Kruysmulder – 🇵🇱 Natalia Sadowska 1–1


 * Myja Plestyte – Lisa Scholtens 1–1

Round 9

 * Lisa Scholtens – 🇺🇸 Galina Petukhova 2–0


 * 🇵🇱 Natalia Sadowska – Myja Plestyte 2–0


 * FMJD Darya Tkachenko – Fleur Kruysmulder 2–0


 * 🇺🇦 Olga Baltazhy – Heike Verheul 2–0


 * 🇺🇦 Yulia Makarenkova – Vitalia Doumesh 1–1


 * 🇺🇦 Viktoriya Motrichko – 🇨🇿 Petra Duskova 2–0


 * 🇵🇱 Marta Bankowska – Rita Packauskaite 1–1


 * 🇺🇦 Olena Korotka – 🇵🇱 Katarzyna Stanczuk 1–1

Round 10

 * 🇺🇸 Galina Petukhova – 🇺🇦 Olena Korotka 0–2


 * Rita Packauskaite – 🇵🇱 Katarzyna Stanczuk 2–0


 * Vitalia Doumesh – 🇺🇦 Viktoriya Motrichko 0–2


 * 🇨🇿 Petra Duskova – 🇵🇱 Marta Bankowska 0–2


 * Heike Verheul – 🇺🇦 Yulia Makarenkova 1–1


 * Fleur Kruysmulder – 🇺🇦 Olga Baltazhy 1–1


 * Myja Plestyte – FMJD Darya Tkachenko 0–2


 * Lisa Scholtens – 🇵🇱 Natalia Sadowska 1–1

Round 11

 * 🇵🇱 Natalia Sadowska – 🇺🇸 Galina Petukhova 2–0


 * FMJD Darya Tkachenko – Lisa Scholtens 2–0


 * 🇺🇦 Olga Baltazhy – Myja Plestyte 2–0


 * 🇺🇦 Yulia Makarenkova – Fleur Kruysmulder 1–1


 * 🇺🇦 Viktoriya Motrichko – Heike Verheul 1–1


 * 🇵🇱 Marta Bankowska – Vitalia Doumesh 1–1


 * 🇵🇱 Katarzyna Stanczuk – 🇨🇿 Petra Duskova 2–0


 * 🇺🇦 Olena Korotka – Rita Packauskaite 1–1

Round 12

 * 🇵🇱 Natalia Sadowska – FMJD Darya Tkachenko 0–2


 * 🇺🇸 Galina Petukhova – Rita Packauskaite 0–2


 * Lisa Scholtens – 🇺🇦 Olga Baltazhy 2–0


 * Myja Plestyte – 🇺🇦 Yulia Makarenkova 1–1


 * Fleur Kruysmulder – 🇺🇦 Viktoriya Motrichko 0–2


 * Heike Verheul – 🇵🇱 Marta Bankowska 1–1


 * Vitalia Doumesh – 🇵🇱 Katarzyna Stanczuk 1–1


 * 🇨🇿 Petra Duskova – 🇺🇦 Olena Korotka 0–2

Round 13

 * FMJD Darya Tkachenko – 🇺🇸 Galina Petukhova 2–0


 * 🇺🇦 Olga Baltazhy – 🇵🇱 Natalia Sadowska 1–1


 * 🇺🇦 Yulia Makarenkova – Lisa Scholtens 0–2


 * 🇺🇦 Viktoriya Motrichko – Myja Plestyte 1–1


 * 🇵🇱 Marta Bankowska – Fleur Kruysmulder 1–1


 * 🇵🇱 Katarzyna Stanczuk – Heike Verheul 0–2


 * 🇺🇦 Olena Korotka – Vitalia Doumesh 1–1


 * Rita Packauskaite – 🇨🇿 Petra Duskova 2–0

Round 14

 * 🇵🇱 Natalia Sadowska – 🇺🇦 Yulia Makarenkova 2–0


 * FMJD Darya Tkachenko – 🇺🇦 Olga Baltazhy 1–1


 * 🇺🇸 Galina Petukhova – 🇨🇿 Petra Duskova 1–1


 * Lisa Scholtens – 🇺🇦 Viktoriya Motrichko 0–2


 * Myja Plestyte – 🇵🇱 Marta Bankowska 0–2


 * Fleur Kruysmulder – 🇵🇱 Katarzyna Stanczuk 1–1


 * Heike Verheul – 🇺🇦 Olena Korotka 1–1


 * Vitalia Doumesh – Rita Packauskaite 1–1

Round 15

 * 🇺🇦 Olga Baltazhy – 🇺🇸 Galina Petukhova 0–2


 * 🇺🇦 Yulia Makarenkova – FMJD Darya Tkachenko 1–1


 * 🇺🇦 Viktoriya Motrichko – 🇵🇱 Natalia Sadowska 1–1


 * 🇵🇱 Marta Bankowska – Lisa Scholtens 1–1


 * 🇵🇱 Katarzyna Stanczuk – Myja Plestyte 1–1


 * 🇺🇦 Olena Korotka – Fleur Kruysmulder 1–1


 * Rita Packauskaite – Heike Verheul 1–1


 * 🇨🇿 Petra Duskova – Vitalia Doumesh 1–1