World Chess Championship/Gallery
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[edit] Unofficial World Champions pre–1886
 Ruy López de Segura, ~1560, Spain |
Leonardo da Cutri, ~1575, Italy |
Alessandro Salvio, ~1600, Italy |
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Gioacchino Greco, ~1620, Italy |
Legall de Kermeur, ~1730-1747, France |
Francois-André Philidor, ~1747-1795, France |
Alexandre Deschapelles, ~1800-1820, France |
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Louis de la Bourdonnais, ~1820-1840, France |
 Howard Staunton, 1843-1851, England |
 Adolf Anderssen, 1851-1858, Germany |
 Paul Morphy, 1858-1859, USA |
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Adolf Anderssen, 1858-1866, Germany |
 Wilhelm Steinitz, 1866-1886, Austria |
[edit] Undisputed World Champions 1886–1993
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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 |
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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
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Garry Kasparov, 1993-2000, Russia |
 Vladimir Kramnik, 2000-2006, Russia |
[edit] FIDE World Champions 1993-2006
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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 |
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Veselin Topalov, 2005-2006 , Bulgaria |
[edit] Undisputed World Champions after 2006
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Vladimir Kramnik, 2006-present, Russia |
