2015 Women's World Draughts Championship match
The 2015 Women's World Draughts Championship match at the international draughts was held April 1–8, 2015 in Astana, Kazakhstan International Draughts Federation FMJD between the actual World Champion Zoja Golubeva (Latvia) and the challenger Tamara Tansykkuzhina (Russia). Zoya Golubeva won with a score of 8 : 4 and became the world champion for the fifteenth time.
Rules and regulations
The match consists of seven micro-matches. Each micro-match is played till the first victory. First game — standard game 1 hour 20 min + 1 min per move, if draw at 1st game — rapid game 20 min + 5 sec per move. If draw at rapid game — blitz game 5 min + 3 sec per move.
If draw at blitz game — Lehmann-Georgiev tie break 5 min + 2 sec per move on all games.[1]
The total prize fund was 15.000 euros. From this fund the winner gots 8.000 euros, and the looser 7.000.
Results
| Round | Name | Country | classic | Rapid | blitz | Tie-Break |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zoja Golubeva |  Latvia | 2 | — | — | — |
| Tamara Tansykkuzhina |  Russia | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 2 | Zoja Golubeva | Latvia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tamara Tansykkuzhina | Russia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 3 | Zoja Golubeva | Latvia | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Tamara Tansykkuzhina | Russia | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | |
| 4 | Zoja Golubeva | Latvia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tamara Tansykkuzhina | Russia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | Zoja Golubeva | Latvia | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Tamara Tansykkuzhina | Russia | 1 | 2 | — | — | |
| 6 | Zoja Golubeva | Latvia | 2 | — | — | — |
| Tamara Tansykkuzhina | Russia | 0 | — | — | — | |
| 7 | Zoja Golubeva | Latvia | ||||
| Tamara Tansykkuzhina | Russia | |||||
| Total score Zoja Golubeva : Tamara Tansykkuzhina | 8 : 4 | 3 : 5 | 4 : 2 | 0 : 4 | ||