Champs
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 |
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. |