World Draughts Federation
SportDraughts
JurisdictionInternational
Founded1947
HeadquartersNetherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
PresidentPoland Jacek Pawlicki
Vice president(s)France Richard Przewozniak
DirectorCuraçao Clifton Agata, Lithuania Alexei Domchev
SecretaryLatvia Roberts Misans
Official website
www.fmjd.org

The Fédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames (FMJD, World Draughts Federation) 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:

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]

Global Championships

Regional Championships

Regions

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)

Americas (13)

Asia (8)

Oceania (2)

Europe (27)

See also

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".