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Guess the world champion each year since 1886

Credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_Chess_Championships
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Year
Location(s)
World Champion
Challenger
2012
Moscow
Viswanathan Anand
Boris Gelfand
1966
Moscow
Tigran Petrosian
Boris Spassky
1908
Düsseldorf, Munich
Emanuel Lasker
Siegbert Tarrasch
1889
Havana
Wilhelm Steinitz
Mikhail Chigorin
1963
Moscow
Tigran Petrosian
Mikhail Botvinik
1987
Seville
Garry Kasparov
Anatoly Karpov
1907
New York City, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Baltimore, Chicago, Memphis
Emanuel Lasker
Frank Marshall
1948
The Hague, Moscow
Mikhail Botvinik
Vasily Smyslov
1995
New York City
Garry Kasparov
Viswanathan Anand
1978
Baguio
Anatoly Karpov
Viktor Korchnoi
2006
Elista
Vladimir Kramnik
Veselian Topalov
1993
London
Garry Kasparov
Nigel Short
2004
Brissago
Vladimir Kramnik
Peter Leko
1894
New York City, Philadelphia, Montreal
Emanuel Lasker
Wilhelm Steinitz
2014
Sochi
Magnus Carlsen
Viswanathan Anand
1890-1891
New York City
Wilhelm Steinitz
Isidor Gunsberg
1927
Buenos Aires
Alexander Alekhine
José Raúl Capablanca
2007
Mexico City
Viswanathan Anand
Vladimir Kramnik + Boris Gelfand
2023
Astana
Ding Liren
Ian Nepomniachtchi
1921
Havana
José Raúl Capablanca
Emanuel Lasker
1954
Moscow
Mikhail Botvinik
Vasily Smyslov
2018
London
Magnus Carlsen
Fabiano Caruana
1934
Baden-Baden, Villingen, Freiburg im Breisgau, Pforzheim, Stuttgart, Munich, Bayreuth, Bad Kissingen, Mannheim, Berlin
Alexander Alekhine
Efim Bogoljubow
2013
Chennai
Magnus Carlsen
Viswanathan Anand
2008
Bonn
Viswanathan Anand
Vladimir Kramnik
1990
New York City, Lyon
Garry Kasparov
Anatoly Karpov
1958
Moscow
Mikhail Botvinik
Vasily Smyslov
1910
Vienna, Berlin
Emanuel Lasker
Carl Schlechter
1892
Havana
Wilhelm Steinitz
Mikhail Chigorin
2005
Potrero de los Funes, San Luis
Veselin Topalov
Viswanathan Anand + Peter Svidler
1960
Moscow
Mikhail Tal
Mikhail Botvinik
1910
Berlin
Emanuel Lasker
Dawid Janowski
1969
Moscow
Boris Spassky
Tigran Petrosian
1985
Moscow
Garry Kasparov
Anatoly Karpov
2000
London
Vladimir Kramnik
Garry Kasparov
2010
Sofia
Viswanathan Anand
Veselin Topalov
1975
Manila
Anatoly Karpov
Bobby Fischer
1896-1897
Moscow
Emanuel Lasker
Wilhelm Steinitz
1961
Moscow
Mikhail Botvinik
Mikhail Tal
1981
Merano
Anatoly Karpov
Viktor Korchnoi
1957
Moscow
Vasily Smyslov
Mikhail Botvinik
1972
Reykjavik
Bobby Fischer
Boris Spassky
1951
Moscow
Mikhail Botvinik
David Bronstein
1937
The Hague, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Haarlem, Leiden, Groningen, Delft
Alexander Alekhine
Max Euwe
2016
New York City
Magnus Carlsen
Sergey Karjakin
1886
New York City, St. Louis, New Orleans
Wilhelm Steinitz
Johannes Zukertort
2021
Dubai
Magnus Carlsen
Ian Nepomniachtchi
1935
Amsterdam, Delft, Rotterdam, Utrecht, Gouda,The Hague, Groningen, Baarn, Den Bosch, Eindhoven, Zeist, Ermelo, Zandvoort
Max Euwe
Alexander Alekhine
1929
Wiesbaden, Heidelberg, Berlin, The Hague, Rotterdam, Amsterdam
Alexander Alekhine
Efim Bogoljubow
1986
London, Leningrad
Garry Kasparov
Anatoly Karpov
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