2013 World Draughts Championship

40 players from 24 countries who qualified through the championships of Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America competed in the tournament, which began on June 2, 2013 and ended on June 20, 2013.

Among them was women's Draughts World Champion Zoja Golubeva from Latvia.

In the first stage 40 participants played in four groups named after the well-known world champions Andris Andreiko, Baba Sy, Iser Kuperman, and Marcel Deslauriers round-robin tournament.

In the event of a tie, the tie-breaking criteria were greatest number of victories, the greatest difference between plus and minus draws, the largest number of plus draws*, and the result of the game(s) between the players involved.

In final B three women played — Tamara Tansykkuzhina, Aygul Idrisova and Regina Ajupova (all from Russia).