World Champion is the highest title possible to earn in Chess.
List of World Champions[]
This list shows the person followed by when they held the title
- Wilhelm Steinitz (1886 - 1894)
- Emanuel Lasker (1894 - 1921)
- Jose Capablanca (1921 - 1927)
- Alexander Alekhine (1927 - 1935)
- Max Euwe (1935 - 1937)
- Mikhail Bovinnik (1948 - 1957)
- Vassily Smyslov (1957 - 1958)
- Mikhail Bovinnik (1958 - 1963)
- Mikhail Tal (1960 - 61)
- Tigran Petrosian (1963 - 1969)
- Boris Spassky (1969 - 1972)
- Bobby Fischer (1972 - 1975)
- Anatoly Karpov (1975 - 1985)
- Garry Kasparov (1985 - 2000)
- Vladimir Kramnik (2000 - 2007)
- Vishwanathan Anad (2007 - )