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Chess World Champions

Only 22 players in the history of chess have held the official title of world champion.
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Last updated: December 27, 2024
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Classical World Champions
1886-94
Austria
Wilhelm Steinitz
1894-1921
Germany
Emanuel Lasker
1921-27
Cuba
Jose Raul Capablanca
1927-35, 1937-46
Russia, France
Alexander Alekhine
1935-37
Netherlands
Max Euwe
1948-57, 1958-60, 1961-63
Soviet Union (Russia)
Mikhail Botvinnik
1957-58
Soviet Union (Russia)
Vasily Smyslov
1960-61
Soviet Union (Latvia)
Mikhail Tal
1963-69
Soviet Union (Armenia)
Tigran V. Petrosian
1969-72
Soviet Union (Russia)
Boris Spassky
1972-75
United States
Bobby Fischer
1975-85
Soviet Union (Russia)
Anatoly Karpov
1985-2000
Soviet Union (Russia)
Garry Kasparov
2000-07
Russia
Vladimir Kramnik
2007-13
India
Viswanathan Anand
2013-23
Norway
Magnus Carlsen
2023-24
China
Ding Liren
2024-present
India
Gukesh Dommaraju
 
 
 
FIDE World Champions
1993-99
Soviet Union (Russia)
Anatoly Karpov
1999-2000
Soviet Union (Russia)
Alexander Khalifman
2000-02
India
Viswanathan Anand
2002-04
Ukraine
Ruslan Ponomariov
2004-05
Uzbekistan
Rustam Kasimdzhanov
2005-06
Bulgaria
Veselin Topalov
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