Category: Competitions

GMI Jan Groenendijk of the Netherlands won the Tobago Open World Cup 2026, a 9-star tournament on the FMJD World Cup circuit hosted by TTDCA in Tobago. Sixty players from 16 federations played nine rounds between 10 and 17 September.

Groenendijk and GMI Alexander Shvartsman of Israel both finished on 13 points, with Groenendijk taking first place on tie-break. GMI Martijn van IJzendoorn (Netherlands) was third with 12 points.

Seventeen Trinidad and Tobago players took part. MF Dickson Maughn was the highest-placed, finishing 20th with 10 points.

In the Tobago Open Blitz on 14 September, GMI Jitse Slump (Netherlands) won with 16 points from 44 players.

Read the full event archive, or see the official FMJD final standings.

GMIF Viktoriya Motrichko of Ukraine won the FMJD Women’s World Draughts Championship 2025, played in Couva from 27 September to 5 October 2025. Eighteen players from 11 federations played nine rounds.

Motrichko and MIF Saiya Gangsuhe of China both scored 12 points, with Motrichko first on tie-break. MIF Yuliia Makarenkova (Ukraine) was third with 11. Elena Panchoo represented Trinidad and Tobago.

The 1st Trinidad International Open ran alongside the championship. GMI Alexander Shvartsman of Israel won it on tie-break from GMI Guntis Valneris of Latvia, both on 14 points, with 43 players taking part. MF Andy Charles was the highest-placed Trinidad and Tobago player in 7th.

See the Women’s World Championship 2025 and Trinidad International Open 2025 archives for full results, games and ceremony videos.