Name Born Country of Origin World Championship Reign
Wilhelm Steinitz 1834 - 1900 Czechoslovakia 1886 - 1894
Emanuel Lasker 1868 - 1941 Germany 1894 - 1921
José Raúl Capablanca 1888 - 1942 Cuba 1921 - 1927
Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine 1892 - 1946 USSR 1927 - 1935
1937 - 1946
Machgielis (Max) Euwe 1901 - 1981 Netherlands 1935 - 1937
Mikhail Moiseevich Botvinnik 1911 - 1995 USSR 1948 - 1957
1958 - 1960
1961 - 1963
Vasily Vasilievich Smyslov 1921 - USSR 1957 - 1958
Mikhail Nekhemievich Tal 1936 - 1993 USSR 1960 - 1961
Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian 1929 - 1984 USSR 1963 - 1969
Boris Vasilievich Spassky 1937 - USSR 1969 - 1972
Robert James (Bobby) Fischer 1943 - USA 1972 - 1975
Anatoly Evgenievich Karpov 1951 - USSR 1975 - 1985
FIDE Champion 1993 - present
Garry Kimovich Kasparov 1963 - USSR 1985- 1993
PCA Champion 1993 - present
World Champions Games Collection

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