Chess World Champions

Name all the world champions of chess - including both FIDE and PCA champions during the split title years (1993-2006) and the five players from the pre-championship era whom Garry Kasparov considers "de facto champions"

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Hint	Answer
1747-1795	François-André Philidor
1824-1840	Louis Charles de La Bourdonnais
1843-1851	Howard Staunton
1851-1858	Adolf Anderssen
1858-1861	Paul Morphy
1861-1866	Adolf Anderssen
1866-1894	Wilhelm Steinitz
1894–1921	Emanuel Lasker
1921–1927	José Raúl Capablanca
1927–1935	Alexander Alekhine
1935–1937	Max Euwe
1937–1946	Alexander Alekhine
1948–1957	Mikhail Botvinnik
1957–1958	Vasily Smyslov
1958–1960	Mikhail Botvinnik
1960–1961	Mikhail Tal
1961–1963	Mikhail Botvinnik

Hint	Answer
1963–1969	Tigran Petrosian
1969–1972	Boris Spassky
1972–1975	Bobby Fischer
1975–1985	Anatoly Karpov
1985–1993	Garry Kasparov
FIDE 1993–1999	Anatoly Karpov
FIDE 1999–2000	Alexander Khalifman
FIDE 2000–2002	Viswanathan Anand
FIDE 2002–2004	Ruslan Ponomariov
FIDE 2004–2005	Rustam Kasimdzhanov
FIDE 2005-2006	Veselin Topalov
PCA 1993–2000	Garry Kasparov
PCA 2000–2006	Vladimir Kramnik
2006–2007	Vladimir Kramnik
2007–2013	Viswanathan Anand
2013-present	Magnus Carlsen

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