The Fédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames (FMJD, World Draughts Federation) is the international body uniting national

draughts Checkers (American English), also known as draughts (; British English), is a group of strategy board games for two players which involve diagonal moves of uniform game pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over opponent pieces. Checkers ...

federations. It was founded in 1947 by four Federations: France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland.

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 Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) is the umbrella organisation for all (Olympic and non-Olympic) international sports federations as well as organisers of multi-sports games and sport-related international association ...

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 Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) is the umbrella organisation for all (Olympic and non-Olympic) international sports federations as well as organisers of multi-sports games and sport-related international association ...

(GAISF) *

International Mind Sports Association The International Mind Sports Association (IMSA) is an association of the world governing bodies for contract bridge, chess, draughts (checkers), go, xiangqi (Chinese chess), and mahjong. Its members are the World Bridge Federation (WBF), W ...

(IMSA)

Presidents

# 1947:

J. H. Willems ''J. The Jewish News of Northern California'', formerly known as ''Jweekly'', is a weekly print newspaper in Northern California, with its online edition updated daily. It is owned and operated by San Francisco Jewish Community Publications In ...

, # 1968: Beppino Rizzi, # 1975:

Huib van de Vreugde Huib is a Dutch given name. Notable people with this name include: * Huib Bakker (born 1965), Dutch physicist * Huib Drion (1917–2004), Dutch law scholar and judge * Huib Emmer (born 1951), Dutch composer * Huib Luns Huibert Marie Luns (6 June ...

, # 1978:

Piet Roozenburg Piet Roozenburg (24 October 1924 in Rotterdam – 27 April 2003 in Ochten) was a draughts player from the Netherlands. He was an important figure in the game, having been the world's draughts champion in 1948, 1951, 1952 and 1954. He created the ...

, # 1980:

Wim Jurg Wim is a masculine given name or a shortened form of Willem and other names and may refer to: * Wim Anderiesen (1903–1944), Dutch footballer * Wim Aantjes (1923–2015), Dutch politician * Wim Arras (born 1964), Belgian cyclist * Wim Blockmans ...

, # 1984: Vadim Bairamov, # 1985:

, (interim) # 1986:

, # 1990: Vadim Bairamov, # 1991: Chr. H. ten Haaf, # 1992:

Gaetano Mazzilli Gaetano (anglicized '' Cajetan'') is an Italian masculine given name. It is also used as a surname. It is derived from the Latin ''Caietanus'', meaning "from ''Caieta''" (the modern Gaeta). The given name has been in use in Italy since medieval p ...

, (interim) # 1992:

Wouter van Beek Wouter is a Dutch masculine given name popular in the Netherlands and Belgium. It is the Dutch equivalent of the English name Walter and French name Gauthier, both of Germanic origin, meaning "ruler of the army", "army of the forest" or "bright ...

, # 2003: Ivan Shovkoplias, # 2005:

Vladimir Ptitsyn Vladimir may refer to: Names * Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name * Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name * Volodymyr for the Uk ...

, # 2009:

Harry Otten Harry may refer to: TV shows * ''Harry'' (American TV series), a 1987 American comedy series starring Alan Arkin * ''Harry'' (British TV series), a 1993 BBC drama that ran for two seasons * ''Harry'' (talk show), a 2016 American daytime talk show ...

, # 2017:

Janek Mäggi Janek Mäggi (born 5 September 1973) is an Estonian politician, television presenter and writer. He served as Minister of Public Administration in the first cabinet of Prime Minister Jüri Ratas from 2 May 2018 to 29 April 2019. He is affiliated ...

, # 2021:

Jacek Pawlicki Jacek is a Polish given name of Greek origin related Hyacinth, through the archaic form of ''Jacenty''. Its closely related equivalents are: Jacinto ( Spanish and Portuguese), Giacinto ( Italian), Jácint ( Hungarian) and Jacint (Catalan, shorte ...

Disciplines

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

at 100 squares, Russian and Brazilian 64 and

checkers Checkers (American English), also known as draughts (; British English), is a group of strategy board games for two players which involve diagonal moves of uniform game pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over opponent pieces. Checkers ...

: * Online Checkers - Online Draughts *

Checkers Checkers (American English), also known as draughts (; British English), is a group of strategy board games for two players which involve diagonal moves of uniform game pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over opponent pieces. Checkers ...

* 64

Russian Draughts Russian draughts (also known as Shashki or Russian shashki) is a variant of draughts (checkers) played in Russia and some parts of the former USSR, as well as parts of Eastern Europe and Israel. Rules As in all draughts variants, Russian draughts ...

and

Brazilian Draughts Brazilian draughts (or Brazilian Checkers) is a variant of the strategy board game draughts. Brazilian Checkers follows the same rules and conventions as International draughts, the only differences are the smaller gameboard (8×8 squares instea ...

Turkish Draughts Turkish draughts (Turkish: Dama)(Armenian: շաշկի)(Arabic: دامە)(Kurmanji: دامە) is a variant of draughts (checkers) played in Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Kuwait, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and several other locations around the Mediterranean Se ...

Global Championships

World Checkers/Draughts Championship 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 edit ...

in English draughts since 1840 *

Draughts World Championship The Draughts World Championship is the world championship in international draughts and is held every two years. In the even year following the tournament, the World Title match takes place. The men's championship began in 1885 in France and since 1 ...

in international draughts since 1885 *

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 ...

in international draughts since 1873 * Draughts-64 World Championships since 1985 *

World Youth Draughts Championships In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...

Regional Championships

* Asian Draughts Championships - Since 1999 * European Draughts Championships - Since 1999 * Pan American Draughts Championships - 21st Pan-American Senior International Draughts Championship 2020 Republica Dominicana, April 26 to May 04th, 2020

Regions

* Asian Draughts Confederation As of 2018, has 26 member federations (12 countries are full members and 14 candidate members). *

European Draughts Confederation European, or Europeans, or Europeneans, may refer to: In general * ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to Europe ** Ethnic groups in Europe ** Demographics of Europe ** European cuisine European cuisine co ...

* Pan American Draughts Confederation

Members

In June 2021 have 77 members: 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 Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) is recognised by Act of Parliament as the national controlling body for mind sports in South Africa. Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) is also an affiliate of the International eSports Federation, Fédération Mo ...

* – 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 Australian Draughts Federation is the governing body for the sport of Draughts in Australia. The national body has eight state member associations. See also *Australian Bridge Federation * Australian Chess Federation *Australian Go Association ...

* – 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

References

External links

FMJD Official website
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