| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| 1985–1993 | Garry Kasparov | 94%
|
| PCA 1993–2000 | Garry Kasparov | 94%
|
| FIDE 2000–2002 | Viswanathan Anand | 91%
|
| 2007–2013 | Viswanathan Anand | 91%
|
| 1972–1975 | Bobby Fischer | 89%
|
| 1975–1985 | Anatoly Karpov | 87%
|
| FIDE 1993–1999 | Anatoly Karpov | 87%
|
| 2013-present | Magnus Carlsen | 87%
|
| PCA 2000–2006 | Vladimir Kramnik | 77%
|
| 2006–2007 | Vladimir Kramnik | 77%
|
| 1921–1927 | José Raúl Capablanca | 75%
|
| 1960–1961 | Mikhail Tal | 72%
|
| 1969–1972 | Boris Spassky | 66%
|
| 1948–1957 | Mikhail Botvinnik | 64%
|
| 1958–1960 | Mikhail Botvinnik | 64%
|
| 1961–1963 | Mikhail Botvinnik | 64%
|
| 1866-1894 | Wilhelm Steinitz | 64%
|
| 1927–1935 | Alexander Alekhine | 62%
|
| 1937–1946 | Alexander Alekhine | 62%
|
| 1894–1921 | Emanuel Lasker | 57%
|
| 1935–1937 | Max Euwe | 55%
|
| 1858-1861 | Paul Morphy | 55%
|
| FIDE 2005-2006 | Veselin Topalov | 53%
|
| 1963–1969 | Tigran Petrosian | 51%
|
| 1957–1958 | Vasily Smyslov | 43%
|
| FIDE 2002–2004 | Ruslan Ponomariov | 32%
|
| 1851-1858 | Adolf Anderssen | 17%
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| 1861-1866 | Adolf Anderssen | 17%
|
| 1747-1795 | François-André Philidor | 17%
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| FIDE 2004–2005 | Rustam Kasimdzhanov | 17%
|
| FIDE 1999–2000 | Alexander Khalifman | 15%
|
| 1843-1851 | Howard Staunton | 15%
|
| 1824-1840 | Louis Charles de La Bourdonnais | 8%
|