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,[1] 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
edit| Year | Winner | Nationality |
| 1840–1844 | Andrew Anderson | Scotland |
| 1844–1847 | James Wyllie | Scotland |
| 1847–1849 | Andrew Anderson | Scotland |
| 1849–1859 | James Wyllie | Scotland |
| 1859–1864 | Robert Martins | Scotland |
| 1864–1876 | James Wyllie | Scotland |
| 1876–1878 | Robert D. Yates | United States |
| 1878–1894 | James Wyllie | Scotland |
| 1894–1896 | James Ferrie | Scotland |
| 1896–1903 | Richard Jordan | Scotland |
| 1903–1912 | James Ferrie | Scotland |
| 1912–1917 | Alfred Jordan | England |
| 1917–1922 | Newell Banks | United States |
| 1922–1933 | Robert Stewart | Scotland |
| 1933–1934 | Newell Banks | United States |
| 1934–1948 | Asa Long | United States |
| 1948–1955 | Walter Hellman | United States |
| 1955–1958 | Marion Tinsley | United States |
| 1958–1975 | Walter Hellman | United States |
| 1975–1991 | Marion Tinsley | United States |
| 1991–1994 | Derek Oldbury | England[2] |
| GAYP | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Winner | Nationality | |||
| 1994–2014 | Ron King | Barbados | |||
| 2014–2016 | Sergio Scarpetta | Italy | |||
| 2016–2018 | Michele Borghetti | Italy | |||
| 2018–2022 | Lubabalo Kondlo | South Africa | |||
| 2022– | Matteo Bernini | Italy | |||
| 3-Move | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Winner | Nationality | |||
| 1994–2002 | Ron King | Barbados | |||
| 2003–2013 | Alex Moiseyev | United States | |||
| 2013–2017 | Michele Borghetti | Italy | |||
| 2017[3]– | Sergio Scarpetta | Italy | |||
Women
edit| GAYP | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Winner | Nationality | |||
| 2006–2012 | Amangul Durdyyeva | Turkmenistan | |||
| 2013[4]–2015 | Nadiya Chyzhevska | Ukraine | |||
| 2015–2017 | Amangul Durdyyeva | Turkmenistan | |||
| 2017– | Nadiya Chyzhevska | Ukraine | |||
| 3-Move | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Winner | Nationality | ||||
| 1986–1993 | Joan Caws | United Kingdom | ||||
| 1993–2007 | Patricia Breen | Ireland | ||||
| 2007–2012 | Amangul Durdyyeva | Turkmenistan | ||||
| 2012–2016 | Nadiya Chyzhevska | Ukraine | ||||
| 2016[5]–2018 | Amangul Durdyyeva | Turkmenistan | ||||
| 2018[6]— | Tetiana Zaitseva | Ukraine | ||||
