2025 World Draughts Championship

The 2025 World Draughts Championship in international draughts was held from 6 to 23 June, 2025 at the Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex in Yaoundé, Cameroon. It was held under the auspices of the International Draughts Federation. Forty players competed in the tournament. In the first stage, all players were divided into four groups. The best three players from each group advanced to the final. All stages were played as a round-robin tournament. The main referee was Bartosz Socha. The total prize money for the tournament was 25,000 euros.
Jan Groenendijk from the Netherlands won his second title.

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:

Number of wins.
Results in the direct encounters between the tied players.
Results obtained against opponents in order of their final ranking.

For places 1–3, tiebreaks using the Lehmann–Georgiev system were played if necessary; other places were shared.

Results

Semifinal

Group A

Place	Name	Country	Title	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	Wins	Draws	Losses
1.	Jan Groenendijk		GMI	2442	*	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	13	4	5	0
2.	Ron Heusdens		GMI	2258	1	*	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	11	2	7	0
3.	Martin Dolfing		GMI	2344	1	1	*	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	11	2	7	0
4.	Edvardas Bužinskis		GMI	2291	1	1	1	*	1	1	1	2	1	2	11	2	7	0
5.	Jean Marc Ndjofang		GMI	2338	1	1	1	1	*	1	1	1	2	2	11	2	7	0
6.	Thomy Lucien Mbongo		MI	2306	1	0	1	1	1	*	1	2	1	2	10	2	6	1
7.	Raimonds Vipulis		GMI	2258	0	1	1	1	1	1	*	1	1	2	9	1	7	1
8.	Aristo Bonguen				0	1	0	0	1	0	1	*	1	2	6	1	4	4
9.	Arnaud Foto			2192	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	*	1	6	0	6	3
10.	Maksym Opryshchenko		MF	2166	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	*	2	0	2	7

Group B

Place	Name	Country	Title	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	Wins	Draws	Losses
1.	Kees Thijssen		GMI	2337	*	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	12	3	6	0
2.	Joel Atse		GMI	2352	1	*	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	12	3	6	0
3.	Jitse Slump		GMI	2409	1	1	*	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	11	2	7	0
4.	Landry Nga			2298	0	1	1	*	1	2	1	1	1	1	9	1	7	1
5.	Maxime Ilboudo			2193	1	0	0	1	*	2	1	1	0	2	8	2	4	3
6.	Bohdan Panchenkov			2106	0	1	1	0	0	*	2	1	2	1	8	2	4	3
7.	Gerard Ngankou			2187	1	1	1	1	1	0	*	1	1	1	8	0	8	1
8.	Aleksej Domchev		GMI	2309	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	*	1	1	8	0	8	1
9.	Moussa Diallo			2273	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	*	1	7	1	5	3
10.	Jos Stokkel		GMI	2239	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	*	7	0	7	2

Group C

Place	Name	Country	Title	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	Wins	Draws	Losses
1.	Wouter Sipma		GMI	2372	*	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	14	5	4	0
2.	Guntis Valneris		GMI	2404	1	*	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	1	11	3	5	1
3.	Simon Harmsma		MI	2286	0	1	*	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	11	3	5	1
4.	Jan van Dijk		MI	2301	1	2	0	*	2	0	0	1	2	2	10	4	2	3
5.	Alain Fezeu			2221	0	1	1	0	*	1	2	2	2	1	10	3	4	2
6.	Tardorel Itoua		GMI	2335	0	1	1	2	1	*	1	1	1	1	9	1	7	1
7.	Alessio Scaggiante		MI	2284	0	0	1	2	0	1	*	1	1	2	8	2	4	3
8.	Boris Kamdem				1	0	1	1	0	1	1	*	1	1	7	0	7	2
9.	Kombila Arnauld Mamboundou			2236	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	*	2	5	1	3	5
10.	Sayouba Kiema		MF	2166	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	*	5	0	5	4

Group D

Place	Name	Country	Title	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	Wins	Draws	Losses
1.	Mukendi Reagan Lutete		GMI	2317	*	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	12	3	6	0
2.	Martijn van IJzendoorn		GMI	2384	1	*	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	12	3	6	0
3.	Emre Hageman		MI	2223	1	1	*	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	11	2	7	0
4.	Cesar Mouanda			2363	1	1	0	*	1	1	2	1	1	1	9	1	7	1
5.	Wouter Ludwig		MI	2274	1	1	1	1	*	1	1	1	1	1	9	0	9	0
5.	Hein Meijer		GMI	2285	1	1	1	1	1	*	1	1	1	1	9	0	9	0
7.	Leopold Kouogueu Kouomou		GMI	2314	0	1	1	0	1	1	*	2	1	1	8	1	6	2
8.	Andre Stephane Meeh			2021	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	*	2	1	7	1	4	3
9.	Frantz Forbin		MI	2200	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	*	1	7	0	7	2
10.	Jean Lou Praud		MF	2145	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	*	6	0	6	3

Final

Place	Name	Country	Title	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Points	Wins	Draws	Losses
1.	Jan Groenendijk		GMI	2442	*	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	13	2	9	0
2.	Jitse Slump		GMI	2409	1	*	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	13	2	9	0
3.	Guntis Valneris		GMI	2404	1	1	*	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	12	1	10	0
3.	Martijn van IJzendoorn		GMI	2384	1	1	1	*	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	12	1	10	0
5.	Joel Atse		GMI	2352	0	1	1	1	*	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	11	1	9	1
6.	Kees Thijssen		GMI	2337	1	1	1	1	1	*	1	1	1	0	1	2	11	1	9	1
7.	Wouter Sipma		GMI	2372	1	0	1	1	1	1	*	1	1	1	1	2	11	1	9	1
8.	Martin Dolfing		GMI	2344	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	*	1	1	2	1	11	1	9	1
9.	Mukendi Reagan Lutete		GMI	2317	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	*	1	1	1	11	0	11	0
10.	Ron Heusdens		GMI	2258	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	*	1	1	10	1	8	2
11.	Emre Hageman		MI	2223	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	*	1	9	0	9	2
12.	Simon Harmsma		MI	2286	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	*	8	0	8	3

Additional match for 3rd place

Place	Name	Country	Rating FMJD	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
3	Guntis Valneris		2404	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
4	Martijn van IJzendoorn		2384	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0

Final standings

Place	Name	Country
1	Jan Groenendijk
2	Jitse Slump
3	Guntis Valneris
4	Martijn van IJzendoorn
5	Joel Atse
6	Kees Thijssen
7	Wouter Sipma
8	Martin Dolfing
9	Mukendi Reagan Lutete
10	Ron Heusdens
11	Emre Hageman
12	Simon Harmsma
13	Edvardas Bužinskis
14	Jan van Dijk
15	Cesar Mouanda
15	Landry Nga
17	Jean Marc Ndjofang
18	Alain Fezeu
19	Hein Meijer
19	Wouter Ludwig
21	Maxime Ilboudo
22	Thomy Lucien Mbongo
23	Tardorel Itoua
24	Bohdan Panchenkov
25	Raimonds Vipulis
26	Alessio Scaggiante
27	Leopold Kouogueu Kouomou
28	Gerard Ngankou
29	Aleksej Domchev
30	Andre Stephane Meeh
31	Boris Kamdem
32	Aristo Bonguen
33	Moussa Diallo
34	Frantz Forbin
35	Arnaud Foto
36	Kombila Arnauld Mamboundou
37	Jos Stokkel
38	Jean Lou Praud
39	Sayouba Kiema
40	Maksym Opryshchenko