The World Checkers/Draughts Championship is the tournament of English draughts (also known as "American checkers" or "straight checkers") which determines the world champion. It is organised by the World Checkers/Draughts Federation. The first edition of the men's championship was held in the 1840s, predating the men's Draughts World Championship by several decades. The women's championship has been held since 1986. There are championships held in two versions. One is 3-Move, where players don't begin their game in the starting position but a position three moves in the game (often drawn randomly from all positions, excluding positions already losing a piece). The other is GAYP (Go as you please), where players start from the very beginning.
Men
| Year | Winner | Nationality |
| 1840–1844 | Andrew Anderson |  Scotland
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| 1844–1847 | James Wyllie | Scotland
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| 1847–1849 | Andrew Anderson | Scotland
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| 1849–1859 | James Wyllie | Scotland
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| 1859–1864 | Robert Martins | Scotland
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| 1864–1876 | James Wyllie | Scotland
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| 1876–1878 | Robert D. Yates |  United States
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| 1878–1894 | James Wyllie | Scotland
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| 1894–1896 | James Ferrie | Scotland
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| 1896–1903 | Richard Jordan | Scotland
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| 1903–1912 | James Ferrie | Scotland
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| 1912–1917 | Alfred Jordan |  England
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| 1917–1922 | Newell Banks | United States
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| 1922–1933 | Robert Stewart | Scotland
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| 1933–1934 | Newell Banks | United States
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| 1934–1948 | Asa Long | United States
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| 1948–1955 | Walter Hellman | United States
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| 1955–1958 | Marion Tinsley | United States
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| 1958–1975 | Walter Hellman | United States
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| 1975–1991 | Marion Tinsley | United States
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| 1991–1994 | Derek Oldbury | England
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| GAYP | |||||
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| Year | Winner | Nationality | |||
| 1994–2014 | Ron King |  Barbados
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| 2014–2016 | Sergio Scarpetta |  Italy
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| 2016–2018 | Michele Borghetti | Italy
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| 2018–2022 | Lubabalo Kondlo |  South Africa
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| 2022– | Matteo Bernini | Italy
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| Year | Winner | Nationality | |||
| 1994–2002 | Ron King | Barbados
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| 2003–2013 | Alex Moiseyev | United States
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| 2013–2017 | Michele Borghetti | Italy
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| 2017– | Sergio Scarpetta | Italy
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Women
| GAYP | |||||
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| Year | Winner | Nationality | |||
| 2006–2012 | Amangul Durdyyeva |  Turkmenistan
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| 2013–2015 | Nadiya Chyzhevska |  Ukraine
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| 2015–2017 | Amangul Durdyyeva | Turkmenistan
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| 2017– | Nadiya Chyzhevska | Ukraine
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| Year | Winner | Nationality | ||||
| 1986–1993 | Joan Caws |  United Kingdom
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| 1993–2007 | Patricia Breen |  Ireland
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| 2007–2012 | Amangul Durdyyeva | Turkmenistan
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| 2012–2016 | Nadiya Chyzhevska | Ukraine
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| 2016–2018 | Amangul Durdyyeva | Turkmenistan
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| 2018— | Tetiana Zaitseva | Ukraine
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See also
References
- WCDF champions list
- "English Draughts Association - 7.4 GAYP World".
- Sergio Scarpetta è il nuovo Campione del Mondo!
- Results WC-2013 at на Chessarbiter.com
- Results WC-2016 at Chessarbiter.com
- Results WC-2018
