List of chess world championship matches

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The following is a list of World Chess Championship matches.

The winner of each match is listed first. The notation (+x -y =z) means that the first player won x games, lost y games, and drew z games. For example, in the 1858 Morphy-Anderssen match, Morphy (+7 -2 =2) won with seven wins, two losses, and two draws. In the case of a drawn match, the champion retained his title.

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[edit] Unofficial events

[edit] Official events

Wilhelm Steinitz
Wilhelm Steinitz

[edit] FIDE-sanctioned events

See Candidates Tournament for the process of selecting a challenger for these matches.

[edit] Split title

[edit] Unification

[edit] Articles on championship matches

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ There is some doubt as to whether Lasker's title was actually at stake in this match, see here

[edit] References

  • Davidson, Henry A. (1949, 1981). A Short History of Chess. McKay. ISBN 0-679-14550-8.
  • Barcza, Alföldy, Kapu: Die Weltmeister des Schachspiels. Hamburg 1975
  • Jens Enevoldsen: Verdens bedste Skak, Politiken (Denmark) 1966