The 2015

Women's World Draughts Championship The Women's Draughts World Championship is the world championship in international draughts organized by the World Draughts Federation (FMJD). The championship occurs every two years. In the even year following the tournament must take place the Wor ...

at the

international draughts International draughts (also called international checkers or Polish draughts) is a Abstract strategy, strategy board game for two players, one of the variants of draughts. The gameboard comprises 10×10 squares in alternating dark and light co ...

was held May 11–24, 2015 in

Wuhan Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei, Hubei Province in the China, People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the List of cities in China ...

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International Draughts Federation

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. Sixteen female players in total will be competing in the tournament. The tournament started on May 11, 2015, and will end on May 24, 2015. It will be played as a round-robin, with 15 rounds in total, each of which be micro-match from two games. The winning prize for the tournament is 20,000 euros.

Natalia Sadowska Natalia Sadowska (born 27 July 1991) is a Polish draughts player who ranked third at the Women's Draughts European Championship in 2010 and whose successes go back to 2007. She is a highly rated women's player for Poland and was second at the 20 ...

(

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

) won the right to become a candidate in the match for the title Women's World Draughts Champions with

Zoja Golubeva Zoja Aleksandrovna Golubevarussian: Зоя Александровна Го́лубева, translit=Zoya Aleksandrovna Golubeva (birth name, née Sadovskayarussian: Садо́вская, translit=Sadovskaya ; born 30 April 1967) is a Soviet Uni ...

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Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

Participants

The sixteen participants are nominated according to a schema and rules accepted by the FMJD General Assembly:

Reserve players

Rules and regulations

The games will be played in the official FMJD time rate of the Fischer system with 1 hour and 20 minutes for the game plus 1 minute per move.World Championship Women. Rules and Regulations
/ref> Conforming to the FMJD regulations players are not allowed to agree on a draw before they both made 40 moves. If they do so nevertheless, the referee is obliged to decide on a 0-point each players. The final classification will be based on the total points obtained. If two or more players will have same total points to define the places: # the largest number of victories # the best results between this players # the best results obtained in order of the classification.

Results

References

External links

World Championship Women 2015 Wu Han, China. May 2015FMJD – WCWomen 2015. Rules & RegulationsOfficial websiteResults
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