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WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONS

By jeri king
 
World Chess Champions



The following is a concise list of all of the World Chess Champions. When Kasparov departed from FIDE, a split was created of the champions; the classical world champion, this is one who defeated the past world champion in match play. The second is the FIDE world champion, a winner of the annual FIDE Chess Championship Tournament. The re-unification match took place on Friday, October, 13, 2006; Classical World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik defeated FIDE World Chess Champion Vesselin Topalov to be the unified "World Chess Champion."



Wilhelm Steinitz (1834-1900)
World Chess Champion 1886-1894
Emmanuel Lasker (1868-1941)
World Chess Champion 1894-1921
Jose Raul Capablanca (1888-1942)
World Chess Champion 1921-1927
Alexander Alekhine (1892-1946)
World Chess Champion 1927-1935, 1937-1946
Max Euwe (1901-1981)
World Chess Champion 1935-1937
Mikhail Botvinnik (1911-1995)
World Chess Champion 1948-1957, 1958-1960, 1961-1963
Vassily Smyslov (1921- )
World Chess Champion 1957-1958
Mikhail Tal (1936-1993)
World Chess Champion 1960-1961
Tigran Petrosian (1929-1984)
World Chess Champion 1963-1969
Boris Spassky (1937- )
World Chess Champion 1969-1972
Bobby Fischer (1943- )
World Chess Champion 1972-1975
Anatoly Karpov (1951- )
World Chess Champion 1975-1985
Fide World Chess Champion 1993-1999
Garry Kasparov (1963- )
World Chess Champion 1985-1993
PCA/BGN World Chess Champion 1993-2000
Alexander Khalifman (1966- )Viswanathan Anand (1969- )Ruslan Ponomariov (1983- )Rustam Kasimdzhanov (1979- )Vesselin Topalov (1975- )
Fide World Chess Champion 1999Fide World Chess Champion 2000-2001Fide World Chess Champion 2002-2004Fide World Chess Champion 2004-2005Fide World Chess Champion 2005
Vladimir Kramnik (1975- )
World Chess Champion 2000-Present
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