Champs

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.

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.