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Unofficial World Champions
* Pedro Damião, ~1520, Portugal
* Ruy López de Segura, ~1560, Spain
* Paolo Boi and 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, United States
* Adolf Anderssen, 1860–1866, Germany
* Wilhelm Steinitz, 1866–1886, Bohemia/Austria
Undisputed World Champions
* Wilhelm Steinitz, 1886–1894, Austria/USA
* Emanuel Lasker, 1894–1921, Germany
* José Raúl Capablanca, 1921–1927, Cuba
* Alexander Alekhine, 1927–1935, Russia/France
* Max Euwe, 1935-1937, Netherlands
* Alexander Alekhine, 1937–1946, France
* Mikhail Botvinnik, 1948–1957, Soviet Union (Russia)
* Vasily Smyslov, 1957–1958, Soviet Union (Russia)
* Mikhail Botvinnik, 1958–1960, Soviet Union (Russia)
* Mikhail Tal, 1960–1961, Soviet Union (Latvia)
* Mikhail Botvinnik, 1961–1963, Soviet Union (Russia)
* Tigran Petrosian, 1963–1969, Soviet Union (Armenia)
* Boris Spassky, 1969–1972, Soviet Union (Russia)
* Robert J. Fischer, 1972–1975, United States
* Anatoly Karpov, 1975–1985, Soviet Union (Russia)
* Garry Kasparov, 1985–1993, Soviet Union (Russia)
FIDE World Champions since 1993
* Anatoly Karpov, 1993–1999, Russia
* Alexander Khalifman, 1999–2000, Russia
* Viswanathan Anand, 2000–2002, India
* Ruslan Ponomariov, 2002–2004, Ukraine
* Rustam Kasimdzhanov, 2004–2005, Uzbekistan
* Veselin Topalov, 2005–present, Bulgaria
2006-09-29 01:54:22
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answered by Anonymous
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