The 2023 World Draughts Championship in international draughts was held from 28 September to 13 October, 2023 at the Merakii Seaview Escape Resort in Willemstad, Curaçao. The championship was played under the auspices of the International Draughts Federation (FMJD) as a round-robin tournament with twenty players. The total prize money for the tournament was 20,000 euros.
The tournament was characterized by a large number of changes in the list of participants, as a result of the suspension of the Russian and Belarusian Draughts federations, the coronavirus and visa problems.
Yuri Anikeev became world champion for the first time, one point ahead of Jan Groenendijk.
The 2023 Women's World Draughts Championship took place simultaneously at the same location.
The games were played with the official FMJD classical time control: 90 minutes for 45 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game plus a 30-second 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:
N'Diaga Samb withdrew after the fourth round due to illness. His results were annulled.