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All the world chess championships.

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This is a blog for all the worlds chess championships.

Only 20 players in the history of chess have held the official title of world champion, 16 of which held the "classical" title. With rare exceptions, the classical champion has been decided in a match between the sitting champion and a challenger. It has had a linear progression, with each champion reigning until displaced.

Classical World Champions

1	Wilhelm Steinitz	1886-94	4	1886, 1889, 1890, 1892
2	Emanuel Lasker	1894-1921	6	1894, 1896, 1907, 1908, 1910*, 1910
3	Jose Raul Capablanca	1921-27	1	1921
4	Alexander Alekhine	1927-35, 1937-46	4	1927, 1929, 1934, 1937
5	Max Euwe	1935-37	1	1935
6	Mikhail Botvinnik	1948-57, 1958-60, 1961-63	5	1948t, 1951, 1954, 1958, 1961
7	Vasily Smyslov	1957-58	1	1957
8	Mikhail Tal	1960-61	1	1960
9	Tigran V. Petrosian	1963-69	2	1963, 1966
10	Boris Spassky	1969-72	1	1969
11	Bobby Fischer	1972-75	1	1972
12	Anatoly Karpov	1975-85	3#	1975d, 1978, 1981, 1984#
13	Garry Kasparov	1985-2000	6	1985, 1986, 1987*, 1990, 1993, 1995
14	Vladimir Kramnik	2000-07	3	2000, 2004, 2006*
15	Viswanathan Anand	2007-13	4	2007t, 2008, 2010, 2012**
16	Magnus Carlsen	2013-present	5	2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021

FIDE World Champions (1993-2006)

#	Player	Dates	Wins	Years Won
1	Anatoly Karpov	1993-99	3	1993, 1996, 1998
2	Alexander Khalifman	1999-2000	1	1999k
3	Viswanathan Anand	2000-02	1	2000k
4	Ruslan Ponomariov	2002-04	1	2002k
5	Rustam Kasimdzhanov	2004-05	1	2004k
6	Veselin Topalov	2005-06	1	2005t