2023 Women's World Draughts Championship

2023 Women's World Draughts Championship

2023 Women's World Draughts Champion Viktoriya Motrichko
Tournament information
Location	Willemstad, Curaçao
Dates	28 September–13 October
Administrator	FMJD
Tournament format	Round-robin tournament
Venue	Merakii Seaview Escape Resort
Final positions
Champion	Viktoriya Motrichko
Runner-up	Darya Tkachenko
← 2021 2024 →

The 2023 Women's World Draughts Championship in international draughts was held from 28 September to 13 October, 2023, at the Merakii Seaview Escape Resort in Willemstad, Curaçao. The championship was played under the auspices of the International Draughts Federation (FMJD) as a round-robin tournament with sixteen players. The total prize money for the tournament was 20,000 euros.^[1]

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.

The 2023 World Draughts Championship took place simultaneously at the same location.

Rules and regulations

The games were played with the official FMJD classical time control: 90 minutes for 45 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game plus a 30-second increment per move. FMJD regulations prohibited players from agreeing to a draw before each had completed 40 moves; doing so required the referee to award both players 0 points.

The final rankings were determined by total points. If two or more players finished with the same score, the following tiebreaks were applied:

1. Number of wins.
2. Results in the direct encounters between the tied players.
3. Results obtained against opponents in order of their final ranking.^[1]

Schedule

^[1]

Round	Date	Time
1	28 September	15:30
2	29 September	10:00
3	30 September	10:00
4	1 October	10:00
5	2 October	10:00
6	2 October	16:00
7	4 October	10:00
8	5 October	10:00
9	6 October	10:00
10	7 October	10:00
11	8 October	10:00
12	10 October	10:00
13	11 October	10:00
14	12 October	10:00
15	13 October	10:00

Participants

The published list was preliminary.^[1]

• Khuslen Enkhbold, Yesui Batdavaa, Anel Davletova, Adeline Kabore did not take part in the tournament.
• They were replaced by Fleur Kruysmulder, Vitalia Doumesh, Rita Packauskaite and Petra Duskova.

Number	Name	Country	Qualification path
1	Viktoriya Motrichko	Ukraine	3rd place in Women's World Championship 2021
2	Natalia Sadowska	Poland	4th place in Women's World Championship 2021
3	Adeline Kabore	Burkina Faso	Africa
4	Galina Petukhova	United States	America
5	Khuslen Enkhbold	Mongolia	Asia
6	Yesui Batdavaa	Mongolia	Asia
7	Anel Davletova	Kazakhstan	Asia
8	Marta Bankowska	Poland	Europe
9	Katarzyna Stanczuk	Poland	Europe
10	Olga Baltazhy	Ukraine	Europe
11	Olena Korotka	Ukraine	Europe
12	Myja Plestyte	Lithuania	Europe
13	Lisa Scholtens	Netherlands	Europe
14	Yulia Makarenkova	Ukraine	Global reserve list
15	Heike Verheul	Netherlands	Organization place
16	Darya Tkachenko	FMJD	Sponsor place

Final standings

^[2]

Place	Name	Country	Title	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Points	Wins	Draws	Losses
1	Viktoriya Motrichko	Ukraine	GMIF	2270	*	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	23	8	7	0
2	Darya Tkachenko	FMJD	GMIF	2212	1	*	0	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	21	7	7	1
3	Olena Korotka	Ukraine		2078	1	2	*	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	19	4	11	0
4	Lisa Scholtens	Netherlands	MFF	2065	0	0	1	*	1	1	1	2	2	0	2	2	2	1	1	2	18	6	6	3
5	Natalia Sadowska	Poland	GMIF	2245	1	0	1	1	*	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	18	4	10	1
6	Heike Verheul	Netherlands	MIF	2176	1	1	1	1	1	*	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	2	1	2	17	3	11	1
7	Marta Bankowska	Poland	GMIF	2181	1	0	1	1	1	1	*	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	17	3	11	1
8	Rita Packauskaite	Lithuania	MIF	2067	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	*	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	14	3	8	4
9	Katarzyna Stanczuk	Poland	MIF	2092	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	*	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	14	2	10	3
10	Vitalia Doumesh	Netherlands	MIF	2111	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	1	*	1	1	1	0	1	2	14	2	10	3
11	Olga Baltazhy	Ukraine	GMIF	2172	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	*	1	1	2	1	0	14	2	10	3
12	Fleur Kruysmulder	Netherlands		2073	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	*	1	2	1	1	14	2	10	3
13	Yulia Makarenkova	Ukraine	MIF	2178	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	*	1	1	2	13	2	9	4
14	Myja Plestyte	Lithuania	MFF	2000	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	*	0	2	10	2	6	7
15	Petra Duskova	Czech Republic	MFF	2054	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	*	1	10	1	8	6
16	Galina Petukhova	United States		1899	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	*	4	1	2	12

GMIF — women's international grandmaster

MIF — women's international master

MFF — women's master FMJD

Results by round

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

References

1. "World Championship Women 2023 Rules and Regulations" (PDF). FMJD. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
2. "Worldchampionship Women Willemstad 2023". Toernooibase. Retrieved 6 December 2025.

External links

• FMJD results page