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World Champions in Chess
1886-2002
 
 

1st STEINITZ,W  1886 +1889+1890+1892

2nd LASKER,Em  1894 +1896/97+1907+1908+1909+1910

3rd CAPABLANCA,J  1921

4th ALEKHINE,A  1927 +1929 +1934

5th EUWE,M  1935

ALEKHINE,A  1937   1

1 World champion A.Alekhine dead in 1946

6th BOTVINNIK,M (FIDE)  1948 +1951+1954

7th SMYSLOV,V (FIDE)  1957

BOTVINNIK,M (FIDE)  1958

8th TAL,M (FIDE)  1960

BOTVINNIK,M (FIDE)  1961

9th PETROSIAN,T (FIDE)  1963 +1966

10th SPASSKY,B (FIDE)  1969

11th FISCHER,R (FIDE)  1972

2 World Champion R.Fischer missed the 1975 Match against A.Karpov

12th KARPOV,A (FIDE)  21975 +1978 +1981 31984/85

3 in 1985 the FIDE-President Campomanes terminated first Karpov-Kasparov Match (1984/85) after 48 games. FIDE organized new Match between Karpov and Kasparov in the same 1985.

13th KASPAROV,G (FIDE)  31985 +1986+1987+1990

4 In 1993 FIDE World Champion G.Kasparov and winner of FIDE qualification N.Short established the Professional Chess Association and played Wch-Match for PCA-Title. FIDE organized the alternative Karpov-Timman Match in the same year.

KASPAROV,G (PCA)
41993 +1995

KARPOV,A (FIDE)
41993 +1996 +1998

14th KRAMNIK,V (Brain Games)
2000

14th KHALIFMAN,A (FIDE)
1999

15th ANAND,V (FIDE)
2000

16th PONOMARIOV,R (FIDE)
2002

 

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