World Chess Championship winners checklist

D Gukesh will face Ding Liren within the remaining spherical (Spherical 14) on December 12. Right here is the checklist of World Chess Championship winners.

Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh is on the verge of making history in the World Chess Championship. With a victory in the 14th game of the tournament against Ding Liren, he could become the youngest Grandmaster to claim the World Chess Champion title.

After 13 rounds, the score is tied at 6-6. The final and decisive 14th round will determine the winner of the World Chess Cham

pionship 2024.

World Chess Championship games format

Each player has 120 minutes to complete the first 40 moves. Starting from the 41st move, an additional 30 minutes is granted, along with a 30-second increment per move from move 41 onwards.

Chess World Championship winners list

Classical World Champions

S.No. Player Dates Wins Years Won
1 Wilhelm Steinitz 1886-94 4 1886, 1889, 1890, 1892
2 Emanuel Lasker 1894-1921 6 1894, 1896, 1907, 1908, 1910*, 1910
3 Jose Raul Capablanca 1921-27 1 1921
4 Alexander Alekhine 1927-35, 1937-46 4 1927, 1929, 1934, 1937
5 Max Euwe 1935-37 1 1935
6 Mikhail Botvinnik 1948-57, 1958-60, 1961-63 5 1948t, 1951*, 1954*, 1958, 1961
7 Vasily Smyslov 1957-58 1 1957
8 Mikhail Tal 1960-61 1 1960
9 Tigran V. Petrosian 1963-69 2 1963, 1966
10 Boris Spassky 1969-72 1 1969
11 Bobby Fischer 1972-75 1 1972
12 Anatoly Karpov 1975-85 3# 1975d, 1978, 1981, 1984#
13 Garry Kasparov 1985-2000 6 1985, 1986, 1987*, 1990, 1993, 1995
14 Vladimir Kramnik 2000-07 3 2000, 2004*, 2006**
15 Viswanathan Anand 2007-13 4 2007t, 2008, 2010, 2012**
16 Magnus Carlsen 2013-2023 5 2013, 2014, 2016**, 2018**, 2021
17 Ding Liren 2023-present 1 2023**

FIDE World Champions (1993-2006)

S.No. Player Dates Wins Years Won
1 Anatoly Karpov 1993-99 3 1993, 1996, 1998
2 Alexander Khalifman 1999-2000 1 1999k
3 Viswanathan Anand 2000-02 1 2000k
4 Ruslan Ponomariov 2002-04 1 2002k
5 Rustam Kasimdzhanov 2004-05 1 2004k
6 Veselin Topalov 2005-06 1 2005t




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