The 2024 World Draughts Championship match was held from 18 to 31 December, 2024, at the Wageningen City Hall in Wageningen, Netherlands. It was held under the auspices of the International Draughts Federation (FMJD) and played between the reigning 2023 world champion, Yuri Anikeev, and the runner-up of the previous championship, Jan Groenendijk.
Jan Groenendijk won the match to capture his first world championship title.
The match consisted of 12 games, played with a time control of 90 minutes for the first 45 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game plus a 30-second increment per move. The player with the highest score won the world title if he won at least two games. If not, tie-break games were played until one player achieved a second overall win.
The first tie-break was 2 rapid games, 20 minutes plus a 10-second increment per move. The second tie-break was 4 blitz games, 10 minutes plus a 5-second increment per move. The third tie-break was Superblitz (limited time for an unlimited number of games until the first victory), 10 minutes plus a 2-second increment per move.
The games started between 10âÂÂ11 a.m. One classical game was played per day, with no rest days.