| Year(s) | Country | Player | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1984), 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, PCA: 1993, 1995, 2000; World Champion | Russia/Soviet Union | Garry Kasparov | 88%
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| 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021; World Champion | Norway | Magnus Carlsen | 88%
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| (1975), 1978, 1981, (1984), 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, FIDE: 1993, 1996, 1998; World Champion | Russia/Soviet Union | Anatoly Karpov | 83%
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| 1972, (1975); World Champion | USA | Bobby Fischer | 80%
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| PCA: 1995; FIDE: 1998, 2000 Reunited: 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014; World Champion | India | Viswanathan Anand | 80%
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| 2006; 2010; | Bulgaria | Veselin Topalov | 78%
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| PCA: 2000; Reunited: 2006, 2007; World Champion | Russia | Vladimir Kramnik | 78%
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| 1894, 1897, 1907, 1908, 1910 (2), 1921; World Champion | Germany | Emanuel Lasker | 76%
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| 2021; | Russia | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 76%
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| 1966; 1969, 1972; World Champion | Soviet Union/Russia | Boris Spassky | 73%
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| 1960, 1961; World Champion | Soviet Union/Latvia | Mikhail Tal | 73%
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| 2018; | USA/Italy | Fabiano Caruana | 71%
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| 1921, 1927; World Champion | Cuba | Jose Raul Capablanca | 68%
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| 1948, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963; World Champion | Soviet Union/Russia | Mikhail Botvinnik | 68%
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| 1886,1889, 1891, 1892, 1894, 1897; World Champion | Austria/USA | Wilhelm Steinitz | 68%
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| 1927, 1929, 1934, 1935, 1937; World Champion | France/Russia | Alexander Alekhine | 63%
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| 1935, 1937; World Champion | Netherlands | Max Euwe | 63%
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| 2016; | Russia | Sergey Karjakin | 61%
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| 1963, 1966, 1969; World Champion | Soviet Union/Armenia | Tigran Petrosian | 61%
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| 2012; | Israel/Soviet Union | Boris Gelfand | 54%
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| 1954, 1957, 1958; World Champion | Soviet Union/Russia | Vassily Smyslov | 49%
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| PCA: 1993; | United Kingdom | Nigel Short | 41%
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| FIDE: 2002; | Ukraine | Vassily Ivanchuk | 39%
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| FIDE: 2002; World Champion | Ukraine | Ruslan Ponomariov | 32%
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| 1978, 1981; | Soviet Union/Russia/Switzerland | Viktor Korchnoi | 32%
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| FIDE: 2004; | United Kingdom | Michael Adams | 29%
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| FIDE: 2000; | Spain/Latvia | Alexei Shirov | 27%
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| FIDE: 1999; World Champion | Russia | Alexander Khalifman | 22%
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| 1951 | Soviet Union/Russia | David Bronstein | 22%
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| FIDE: 2004; World Champion | Uzbekistan | Rustam Kasimdzhanov | 22%
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| 1886 | Poland/Germany/UK | Johannes Zuckertort | 20%
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| 1889, 1892 | Russia | Mikhail Chigorin | 20%
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| FIDE: 1996; | USA/Soviet Union/Russia | Gata Kamsky | 17%
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| FIDE: 1993; | Netherlands | Jan Timman | 17%
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| 1907 | USA | Frank J. Marshall | 15%
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| 1908 | Germany | Siegbert Tarrasch | 15%
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| 1929, 1934 | Germany/Russia | Efim Bogoljubov | 12%
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| 1891 | Hungary | Isidor Gunsberg | 10%
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| 1910 | Austria | Karl Schlechter | 10%
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| 1910 | France/Russia | David Janowski | 7%
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| FIDE: 1999; | Armenia | Vladimir Akopian | 7%
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