The 2015 World Draughts Championship in international draughts was held from 8âÂÂ24 November, 2015 at the Hotel ten Cate in Emmen, Netherlands. The championship was played under the auspices of the International Draughts Federation (FMJD) as a round-robin tournament with 20 players (19 rounds). The total prize money for the tournament was 25,000 euros.
Alexander Georgiev became World Draughts Champion for the ninth time.
The games were played with the official FMJD classical time control: 80 minutes plus a 1-minute increment per move. FMJD regulations prohibited players from agreeing to a draw before each had completed 40 moves; doing so required the referee to award both players 0 points.
The final rankings were determined by total points. If two or more players finished with the same score, the following tiebreaks were applied: