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Chess World Champions
1. Wilhelm Steinitz, 1886-1894, Austria/USA
2. Emanuel Lasker, 1894-1921, Germany
3. José Raúl Capablanca, 1921-1927,
Cuba
4. Alexander Alekhine, 1927-1935, Russia/France
5. Max Euwe, 1935-1937, Netherlands
6. Alexander Alekhine, 1937-1946, Soviet
Union
7. Mikhail Botvinnik, 1948-1957, Soviet
Union
8. Vasily Smyslov, 1957-1958, Soviet
Union
9. Mikhail Botvinnik, 1958-1960, Soviet
Union
10. Mikhail Tal, 1960-1961, Soviet Union
11. Mikhail Botvinnik, 1961-1963, Soviet Union
12. Tigran Petrosian, 1963-1969, Soviet Union
13. Boris Spassky, 1969-1972, Soviet Union
14. Robert J Fischer, 1972-1975, United States
15. Anatoly Karpov, 1975-1985, Soviet Union
16. Garry Kasparov, 1985-1993, Soviet Union/Russia
17. Garry Kasparov, 1993-2000, Russia
18. Vladimir Kramnik, 2000-present, Russia
19. Anatoly Karpov, 1993-1999, Russia
20. Alexander Khalifman, 1999-2000, Russia
21. Viswanathan Anand, 2000-2002, India
22. Ruslan Ponomariov, 2002-2004, Ukraine
23. Rustam Kasimdzhanov, 2004-present, Uzbekistan
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