2023 World Draughts Championship

Twenty players competed in the tournament, which play as a round-robin.

The tournament was characterized by a large 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.

Yuri Anikeev became world champion for the first time, one point ahead of Jan Groenendijk.

Conforming to the FMJD regulations, players were not allowed to agree on a draw before they both made 40 moves.

If two or more players had same total points to define the places, the following factors were used to define the places: N'Diaga Samb withdrew after the fourth round due to illness.