World Chess Championship/Gallery

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1 Unofficial World Champions pre–1886
2 Undisputed World Champions 1886–1993
3 "Classical" World Champions 1993-2006
4 FIDE World Champions 1993-2006
5 Undisputed World Champions after 2006

[edit] Unofficial World Champions pre–1886

Ruy López de Segura, ~1560, Spain	Paolo Boi, ~1575, Italy	Leonardo da Cutri, ~1575, Italy	Alessandro Salvio, ~1600, Italy
Gioacchino Greco, ~1620, Italy	Legall de Kermeur, ~1730-1747, France	Francois-André Philidor, ~1747-1795, France	Alexandre Deschapelles, ~1800-1820, France
Louis de la Bourdonnais, ~1820-1840, France	Howard Staunton, 1843-1851, England	Adolf Anderssen, 1851-1858, Germany	Paul Morphy, 1858-1859, USA
Adolf Anderssen, 1858-1866, Germany	Wilhelm Steinitz, 1866-1886, Austria

[edit] Undisputed World Champions 1886–1993

Wilhelm Steinitz, 1886-1894, Austria/USA	Emanuel Lasker, 1894-1921, Germany	José Raúl Capablanca, 1921-1927, Cuba	Alexander Alekhine, 1927-1935, USSR
Max Euwe, 1935-1937, Netherlands This image has an uncertain copyright status and is pending deletion. You can comment on the removal.	Alexander Alekhine, 1937-1946, USSR	Mikhail Botvinnik, 1948-1957, USSR	Vasily Smyslov, 1957-1958, USSR
Mikhail Botvinnik, 1958-1960, USSR	Mikhail Tal, 1960-1961, USSR	Mikhail Botvinnik, 1961-1963, USSR	Tigran Petrosian, 1963-1969, USSR
Boris Spassky, 1969-1972, USSR	Bobby Fischer, 1972-1975, USA	Anatoly Karpov, 1975-1985, USSR	Garry Kasparov, 1985-1993, USSR/Russia

[edit] "Classical" World Champions 1993-2006

Garry Kasparov, 1993-2000, Russia

Vladimir Kramnik, 2000-2006, Russia

[edit] FIDE World Champions 1993-2006

Anatoly Karpov, 1993-1999, Russia	Alexander Khalifman, 1999-2000, Russia	Viswanathan Anand, 2000-2002, IndiaImage:Ponomariov.jpg\|Ruslan Ponomariov, 2002-2004, Ukraine	Rustam Kasimdzhanov, 2004-2005, Uzbekistan
Veselin Topalov, 2005-2006 , Bulgaria