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Chess world champions

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year of title conquest
title
nationality
chess player
1886
world champions (absolute)
Austrian Empire
Wilhelm Steinitz
1894
 
German Empire
Emanuel Lasker
1921
 
Cuba
José Raúl Capablanca
1927
 
France
Aleksandr Alekhine
1935
 
Netherlands
Max Euwe
1937
 
France
Aleksander Alekhine
1948
 
Soviet Union
Mikhail Botvinnik
1957
 
Soviet Union
Vasily Smyslov
1958
 
Soviet Union
Mikhail Botvinnik
1960
 
Soviet Union
Mikhail Tal
1961
 
Soviet Union
Mikhail Botvinnik
1963
 
Soviet Union
Tigran Petrosian
1969
 
Soviet Union
Boris Spassky
1972
 
United States of America
Robert James Fischer
1975
 
Soviet Union
Anatoly Karpov
1985
 
Soviet Union
Garry Kasparov
1993
FIDE championships
Russia
Anatoly Karpov
1999
 
Russia
Alexander Khalifman
2000
 
India
Viswanathan Anand
2002
 
Ukraine
Ruslan Ponomariov
2004
 
Uzbekistan
Rustam Kasimdzhanov
2005
 
Bulgaria
Veselin Topalov
1993
PCA championships
Russia
Garry Kasparov
2000
 
Russia
Vladimir Kramnik
2006
title reunification
Russia
Vladimir Kramnik
2007
world champions (absolute)
India
Viswanathan Anand
2013
 
Norway
Magnus Carlsen
2023
 
China
Ding Liren
2024
 
India
Dommaraju Gukesh
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2 Comments
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Level 82
Nov 17, 2025
I've never seen Alekhine spelled the way you have before. Please accept the more traditional spelling.
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Level 28
Nov 18, 2025
Sorry, I put the Italian transliteration by mistake.

Added Alekhine.