World Draughts Federation

World Draughts Federation

Sport	Draughts
Jurisdiction	International
Founded	1947
Headquarters	Amsterdam, Netherlands
President	Jacek Pawlicki
Vice president(s)	Richard Przewozniak
Director	Clifton Agata, Alexei Domchev
Secretary	Roberts Misans
Official website
www.fmjd.org

The World Draughts Federation (Fédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames) FMJD, is the international body uniting national draughts federations. It was founded in 1947 by four Federations: France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland.^[1]

Members

Currently, the FMJD has more than 70 national federation members in 2021. Recently the FMJD has become a member of the Global Association of International Sports Federations and strives for Olympic recognition. The FMJD memberships is part of a more general movement toward integration of Mind Sports in the regular sports arena, a development that, in the vision of the FMJD, is to be lauded.

The FMJD is member of the:

• General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF)
• International Mind Sports Association (IMSA)

Presidents

1. 1947: J. H. Willems,  Netherlands
2. 1968: Beppino Rizzi,  Italy
3. 1975: Huib van de Vreugde,  Netherlands
4. 1978: Piet Roozenburg,  Netherlands
5. 1980: Wim Jurg,  Netherlands
6. 1984: Vadim Bairamov,  Soviet Union
7. 1985: Piet Roozenburg,  Netherlands (interim)
8. 1986: Piet Roozenburg,  Netherlands
9. 1990: Vadim Bairamov,  Soviet Union
10. 1991: Chr. H. ten Haaf,  Netherlands
11. 1992: Gaetano Mazzilli,  Italy (interim)
12. 1992: Wouter van Beek,  Netherlands
13. 2003: Ivan Shovkoplias,  Ukraine
14. 2005: Vladimir Ptitsyn,  Russia
15. 2009: Harry Otten,  Netherlands
16. 2017: Janek Mäggi,  Estonia
17. 2021: Jacek Pawlicki,  Poland

Disciplines

International draughts at 100 squares, Russian and Brazilian 64 and checkers:^[2]

• Online Checkers - Online Draughts
• Checkers^[3]
• 64 Russian Draughts and Brazilian Draughts
• Turkish Draughts

Global Championships

• World Checkers/Draughts Championship in English draughts since 1840
• Draughts World Championship in international draughts since 1885
• Women's World Draughts Championship in international draughts since 1973
• Draughts-64 World Championships since 1985
• World Youth Draughts Championships since 1972

Regional Championships

• African Draughts Championships - since 1980^[4]
• Asian Draughts Championships - since 1999 ^[5][6]
• European Draughts Championships - since 1965 ^[7]
• Panamerican Draughts Championship - since 1980

Regions

• African Draughts Confederation (CAJD).
• Asian Draughts Confederation^[8] As of 2018, has 26 member federations (12 countries are full members and 14 candidate members).
• European Draughts Confederation^[9]
• Pan American Draughts Confederation^[10]

Members

In June 2021 have 77 members:^{[11][12][13][14][15]}

Africa (17) / Americas (14) / Asia (12) / Oceania (2) / Europe (32)

Members in 2014:

Africa (16)

• – Fédération Béninoise de Jeu de Dames (FEBEJED)
• – Federation Burkinabe du Jeu de Dames
• – Federation Camerounaise de Jeu de Dames
• – Federation Congolaise du Jeu de Dames FNDA
• – Federation Ivoirienne du Jeu de Dames
• – Gambian National Draughts Federation
• – Federation Guinéenne du Jeu de Dames et des Echecs
• – Federation Malienne du Jeu de Dames
• – Federation Mauritanienne du Jeu de Dames
• – Association Nigérienne du jeu de Dames
• – Federation Senegalaise du Jeu de Dames
• – Somali Draughts Sport Association
• – Mind Sports South Africa
• – Association du jeu de Dames Togo
• – Uganda Draughts Federation

Americas (13)

• – Barbados Draughts Association
• – Confederacao Brasileira de Jogo de Damas
• – Federation Canadienne du jeu de Dames
• – Asociacion Costarricense del Juego de Damas
• – Curaçaose Dambond
• – Federacion Dominicana de Juego de Damas
• – Grenada Draughts Association
• – Federation Haitienne du Jeu de Dames
• – Jamaica Board Games Foundation
• – Asociacion Panamena de Juego de Damas
• – Surinaamse Dambond
• – Trinidad and Tobago Draughts Association
• – International Checkers Association of North America / The American Checker Federation / American Pool Checker Association

Asia (8)

• – Chinese Draughts Association
• – Draughts Federation of India
• – Japanese draughts association
• – Draughts Federation of Kazachstan
• – Mongolian Federation of Draughts
• – Pak Draughts Federation
• – Draughts Federation of Turkmenistan
• – Uzbekistan Draughts Federation

Oceania (2)

• – Australian Draughts Federation
• – New Zealand Draughts Association

Europe (27)

• – Armenian Draughts Federation
• – Azerbaijan Draughts Federation
• – Belarus Draughts Federation
• – Koninklijke Belgische Dambond
• – Bulgarian Draughts Federation
• – Croatian Draughts Federation
• – Ceska Federace Damy
• – English Draughts Association
• – Estonian Draughts Federation
• – Federation francaise du jeu de dames
• – Georgian Draughts Federation
• – Interessengemeinschaft Damespiel in Deutschland
• – Hungary Draughts Federation
• – Israeli Draughts Federation
• – Federazione Italiana Dama
• – Latvian Draughts Union
• – Lithuanian Draughts Federation
• – Draughts Federation of Moldova
• – Koninklijke Nederlandse Dambond
• – Polish Draughts Federation
• – Federação Portuguesa de Damas
• – The Draughts Federation of Russia
• – Slovene Draughts Federation
• – Federation Suisse du Jeu de Dames
• – Türkiye Dama Federation
• – Ukrainian Draughts Federation
• – Cymdeithas Draffts Cymru

See also

• International draughts
• Draughts
• World Mind Sports Games
• SportAccord World Mind Games

References

1. "FMJD - World Draughts Federation". www.fmjd.org. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
2. btcom. "GAISF » World Draughts Federation". Retrieved 30 December 2021.
3. "Home". wcdf.net.
4. Afrikaans Kampioenschap Dakar 1980
5. "About Confederation". Asian Draughts Confederation. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
6. "Medal". Asian Draughts Confederation. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
7. "Results year by year | EuropeDraughts.org". Retrieved 30 December 2021.
8. "Asian Draughts Confederation". Asian Draughts Confederation. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
9. "EuropeDraughts.org". Retrieved 30 December 2021.
10. "PAMDCC | Draughts 10x10". Retrieved 30 December 2021.
11. "FMJD - World Draughts Federation". www.fmjd.org. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
12. "FMJD - World Draughts Federation". www.fmjd.org. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
13. "FMJD - World Draughts Federation".
14. "FMJD - World Draughts Federation".
15. "FMJD - World Draughts Federation".

External links

• FMJD Official website