World Chess Champions
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| Name | Birth-Death | Country of Origin | Reign |
| Howard Staunton | 1810-1874 | England | 1843 - 1851 |
| Adolf Anderssen | 1818-1879 | Germany | 1851 - 1858 1863 - 1866 |
| Paul Morphy | 1837-1884 | USA | 1859 - 1863 |
| Wilhelm Steinitz | 1834 - 1900 | Czechoslovakia | 1886 - 1894 |
| Emanuel Lasker | 1868 - 1941 | Germany | 1894 - 1921 |
| José Raúl Capablanca | 1888 - 1942 | Cuba | 1921 - 1927 |
| Alexander Alekhine | 1892 - 1946 | USSR | 1927 - 1935 1937 - 1946 |
| Max Euwe | 1901 - 1981 | Netherlands | 1935 - 1937 |
| Mikhail M. Botvinnik | 1911 - 1995 | USSR | 1948 - 1957 1958 - 1960 1961 - 1963 |
| Vassily V. Smyslov | 1921 - | USSR | 1957 - 1958 |
| Mikhail N. Tal | 1936 - 1993 | USSR | 1960 - 1961 |
| Tigran V. Petrosian | 1929 - 1984 | USSR | 1963 - 1969 |
| Boris V. Spassky | 1937 - | USSR | 1969 - 1972 |
| Robert J. (Bobby) Fischer | 1943 - | USA | 1972 - 1975 |
| Anatoly E. Karpov | 1951 - | USSR | 1975 - 1985 FIDE Champion 1993-99 |
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In 1993 FIDE World Champion G. Khtmlarov and winner of FIDE qualification N. Short established the Professional Chess Association and played a world championship under its auspices. FIDE organized the alternative Karpov-Timman Match in the same year. Since 1993 there have been dual champions. |
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| Garry K. Khtmlarov | 1963 - | USSR / Russia | 1985- 1993 PCA Champion 1993 - 2000 |
| Alexander Khalifman | 1966 - | Russia | FIDE Champion 1999 |
| Vladimir Kramnik | 1975 - | Russia | PCA Champion 2000 - _ |
| Viswanathan Anand | 1969 - | India | FIDE Champion 2000 - 2001 |
| Ruslan Ponomariov | 1983 - | Ukraine | FIDE Championship 2002 - _ |
Other Resources
| Mark Crowther has an excellent World Championship site with detailed links. Highly recommended. |
| The Gallery of Champions at Chess Dominion is well worth a visit. |
| The World Champions section of the About.com chess site is excellent. |
| WebCrawler's World Champions Page |
| World Chess Championship Results Chart -- Courtesy of Chess-Sector. |
| Chess Mail World Chess Champions Quiz -- Time limited. Fun. |