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| | Undisputed World Champions (1886-1993) |
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World Champion |
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Country of origin |
World champ reign |
| Steinitz, William |
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Bohemia/ USA |
1886-94 |
| Lasker, Emanuel |
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Germany |
1894-1921 |
| Capablanca,Jose Raul |
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Cuba |
1921-27 |
| Alekhine, Alexander |
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Russia/France |
1927-35; 1937-1946 |
| Euwe, Machgielis (Max) |
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Holland |
1935-37 |
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Botvinnik, Mikhail
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USSR |
1948-57;
1958-60;
1961-63 |
| Smyslov, Vassily |
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USSR |
1957-58 |
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Tal, Mikhail
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USSR |
1960-61 |
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Petrosian, Tigran
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USSR |
1963-69 |
| Spassky, Boris |
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USSR |
1969-72 |
| Fischer, Robert James
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USA |
1972-75 |
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Karpov, Anatoly
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USSR |
1975-85 |
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Kasparov, Garry |
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USSR |
1985-1993 |
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| | Classical (PCA/Braingames) world champions (1993-2006) |
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Kasparov, Garry |
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USSR |
1993-2000 |
| Kramnik, Vladimir |
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Russia |
2000-2006 |
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| | FIDE World Champions (1993-2006) |
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Karpov, Anatoly
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Russia |
1993-1999 |
| Khalifman, Alexander |
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Russia |
1999-2000 |
| Anand, Viswanathan |
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India |
2000-2002 |
| Ponomariov, Ruslan |
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Ukraine |
2002-2004 |
| Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
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Uzbekistan |
2004-2005 |
| Topalov, Veselin |
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Bulgaria |
2005-2006 |
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| | PCA "Classical/Braingames" World champions (1993-2006) |
| The PCA was formed in 1993 by Garry Kasparov and Nigel Short for the marketing and organization of its own chess world championship, as a consequence of the then FIDE President, Florencio Campomanes, ignoring the voting rights of the players. By official regulations, the bids for the World Championship final should have been decided by three parties - FIDE, the World Champion and the Challenger. However Campomanes apparently (according to Wiki Chess Encylopaedia) broke these rules by simply announcing the venue of winning bid as being Manchester. FIDE derived a substantial part of its income from the prize fund of the World Championship. |
| Kasparov, Garry |
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Russia |
1993-2000 |
| The PCA lost its main sponsor Intel in 1996 and folded soon after. Therefore it was unable to organise a proper "classical" candidates cycle. Kasparov hand-picked his challenger Kramnik in 2000, and played the match under the auspices of Braingames which now also appears to have folded |
| Kramnik, Vladimir |
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Russia |
2000-2006 |
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| | Undisputed World champions (2006-present) |
| Kramnik, Vladimir |
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Russia |
2006-2007 |
| Anand, Viswanathan |
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India |
2007-2013 |
| Carlsen, Magnus |
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Norway |
2013-till present |
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| | Women World Champions |
| Note: Unlike many other sports, Women are able to compete against men in chess, and so some women do not compete for the women's world championship title.
For example Judit Polgar has never competed for the Women's World championship title. But her sister Susan Polgar, who is objectively weaker than her taking a 20 year rating period into account, has competed in this.
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| Menchik, Vera |
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Britain |
1927-1944 |
| Rudenko, Ludmilla |
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USSR |
1950-1953 |
| Bikova, Elisabeth |
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USSR |
1953-1956;1958-1962 |
| Rubtsova, Olga |
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USSR |
1956-58 |
| Gaprindashvili, Nona |
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USSR |
1962-78 |
| Chiburdanidze, Maia |
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USSR |
1978-1991 |
| Xie, Jun |
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China |
1991-1996; 1999-2000 |
| Polgar,Zsuzsa |
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Hungary |
1996-1999 |
| Zhu,Chen |
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China |
2001-2004 |
| Stefanova, Antoaneta |
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Bulgaria |
2004-2006 |
| Xu,Yuhua |
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China |
2006-2008 |
| Kosteniuk,Alexandra |
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Russia |
2008-2010 |
| Hou,Yifan |
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China |
2010-2012 |
| Ushenina,Anna |
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Ukraine |
2012-2013 |
| Hou,Yifan |
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China |
2013-2015 |
| Muzychuk,Mariya |
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Ukraine |
2015-2016 |
| Hou,Yifan |
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China |
2016-2017 |
| Zhongyi,Tan |
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China |
2017-2018 |
| Wenjun,Ju |
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China |
2018- |
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| | Correspondence Chess World Champions |
| Australia | Cecil John Seddon Purdy | (1950-53) |
| Soviet Union | Viacheslav Ragozin | (1956-59) |
| Belgium | Alberic O'Kelly de Galway | (1959-62) |
| Soviet Union | Vladimir Zagorovsky | (1962-65) |
| United States | Hans Berliner | (1965-68) |
| Germany | Horst Rittner | (1968-71) |
| Soviet Union | Yakov Estrin | (1972-76) |
| Denmark Jorn | Sloth | (1975-80) |
| Soviet Union | Tonu oim | (1977-83) |
| United States | Victor Palciauskas | (1978-84) |
| East Germany | Fritz Baumbach | (1983-89) |
| Soviet Union | Grigory Sanakoev | (1984-91) |
| Soviet Union | Mikhail Umansky | (1989-98) |
| Estonia | Tonu oim | (1994-2000) |
| Netherlands | Gert Jan Timmerman | (1996-2002) |
| Turkey | Tunc Hamarat | (1999-2004) |
| Norway | Ivar Bern | (2002-07) |
| Netherlands | Joop van Oosterom | (2003-05) |
| France | Christophe Leotard | (2004-07) |
| Finland | Pertti Lehikoinen | (2004-11) |
| Netherlands | Joop van Oosterom | (2005-08) |
| Russia | Aleksandr Surenovich Dronov | (2007-10) |
| Germany | Ulrich Stephan | (2007-10) |
| Slovenia | Marjan Semrl | (2009-11) |
| Italy | Fabio Finocchiaro | (2009-13) |
| Netherlands | Ron Langeveld | (2010-14) |
| Russia | Aleksandr Surenovich Dronov | (2011-14) |
| Russia | Ing. Leonardo Ljubičić [33] | (2013-16) |
| Russia | Aleksandr Surenovich Dronov | (2015-18) |
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