| Champion | Runner-up | Player | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1927, 1929, 1934, 1937 | 1935 | Alexander Alekhine | 100%
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| 1975 (w/o),.1978, 1981,1993(FIDE), 1996(FIDE), 1998(FIDE) | 1984/85 (*), 1985, 1986,1987, 1990 | Anatoly Karpov | 100%
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| 1972 | 1975 (w/o) | Bobby Fischer | 100%
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| - | 2012 | Boris Gelfand | 100%
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| 1969, 1972 | 1966 | Boris Spassky | 100%
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| 2023 | 2024 | Ding Liren | 100%
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| - | 2018 | Fabiano Caruana | 100%
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| 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1993(Classical), 1995(Classical) | 1984/85 (*), 2000 (Classical) | Garry Kasparov | 100%
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| - | 1996 (FIDE) | Gata Kamsky | 100%
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| 2024 | - | Gukesh Dommaraju | 100%
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| - | 2021, 2023 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 100%
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| - | 1993 (FIDE) | Jan Timman | 100%
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| 1921 | 1927 | José Raúl Capablanca | 100%
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| 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021 | - | Magnus Carlsen | 100%
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| 1948, 1951, 1954, 1958, 1961 | 1957, 1960, 1963 | Mikhail Botvinnik | 100%
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| 1960 | 1961 | Mikhail Tal | 100%
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| - | 2016 | Sergey Karjakin | 100%
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| 1963, 1966 | 1969 | Tigran Petrosian | 100%
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| 1957 | 1954, 1958 | Vasily Smyslov | 100%
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| - | 2002 (FIDE) | Vasyl Ivanchuk | 100%
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| 2005 (FIDE) | 2006, 2010 | Veselin Topalov | 100%
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| 2000 (FIDE), 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012 | 1995(Classical), 1998(FIDE), 2013, 2014 | Viswanathan Anand | 100%
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| 2000 (Classical), 2004 (Classical), 2006 | 2008 | Vladimir Kramnik | 100%
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| 1999 (FIDE) | - | Alexander Khalifman | 50%
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| - | 2000 (FIDE) | Alexei Shirov | 50%
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| - | 1910 (1) | Carl Schlechter | 50%
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| - | 1951 | David Bronstein | 50%
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| - | 1910 (2) | Dawid Janowski | 50%
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| - | 1929, 1934 | Efim Bogoljubow | 50%
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| 1894, 1896-97, 1907, 1908,1910 (1), 1910 (2) | 1921 | Emanuel Lasker | 50%
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| - | 1907 | Frank Marshall | 50%
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| - | 1890-91 | Isidor Gunsberg | 50%
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| - | 1886 | Johannes Zukertort | 50%
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| 1935 | 1937 | Max Euwe | 50%
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| - | 2004 (FIDE) | Michael Adams | 50%
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| - | 1889, 1892 | Mikhail Chigorin | 50%
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| - | 1993 (Classical) | Nigel Short | 50%
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| - | 2004 (Classical) | Peter Leko | 50%
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| 2002 (FIDE) | - | Ruslan Ponomariov | 50%
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| 2004 (FIDE) | - | Rustam Kasimdzhanov | 50%
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| - | 1908 | Siegbert Tarrasch | 50%
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| - | 1978, 1981 | Viktor Korchnoi | 50%
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| - | 1999 (FIDE) | Vladimir Akopian | 50%
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| 1886, 1889, 1890-91, 1892 | 1894, 1896-97 | Wilhelm Steinitz | 50%
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