Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Undisputed World Chess Championships


#
Name
Year
Country
1
Wilhelm Steinits
1886-1894
Austria - Hungary
2
Emanuel Lasker
1894-1921
Germnay
3
Jose Raul
1921-1927
Cuba
4
Alexander Alekhine
1927-1935
France
5
Max Euwe
1935-1937
The Netherlands

Alexander Alekhine
1937-1946
Russian émigré
6
Mikhail Botvinnik
1948-1957
Soviet Union
7
Vasily Smyslov
1957-1958

Mikhail Botvinnik
1958-1960
8
Mikhail Tal
1960-1961

Mikhail Botvinnik
1961-1963
9
Tigran Petrosian
1963-1969
10
Boris Spassky
1969-1972
11
Bobby Fischer
1972-1975
USA
12
Anatoly Karpov
1975-1986
Soviet Union
13
Garry Kasprov
1985-1993
Soviet Union /Russia
FIDE World Chess Champions (1993-2006)

Anatloy Karpov
1993-1999
Russia

Alexander Khalifman
1999-2000

Viswanathan Anand
2000-2002
India

Ruslan Ponomariov
2002-2004
Ukraine

Rustam Kasimdzhanov
2004-2005
Uzbekistan

Vesselin Topalov
2005-2006
Bulgaria
Undisputed World Champions (2006 - at present)
14
Vladimir Kramnik
2006-2007
Russia
15
Viswanthan Anand
2007-2013
India
16
Magnus Carlsen
2013-
Norway
Classical (PCA/Braingames) world champions (1993-2006)

Garry Kasprov
1993-2000
Russia

Vladimir Kramnik
2000-2006
Russia




World Champions by number of title match victories (1993-2006)


#
Champion
Total
Undisputed
FIDE
Classical
Year as Champion
Year as undisputed champion
1
Emanuel Lasker
6
6


27
27
2
Garry Kasparov
6
4

2
15
8
3
Anatoly Karpov
6
3
3

16
10
4
Mikhail Botvinnik
5
5


13
13
5
Viswanathan Anand
5
4
1

8
6
6
Alexander Alekhine
4
4


17
17
7
Wilhelm Stenitz
4
4


8
8
8
Vladimir Kramnik
3
1

2
7
1
9
Tigran Petrosian
2
2


6
6
10
Jose Raul
1
1


6
6

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