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Chess World Championships

Can you name all participants in a world championship match since 1886? Leaving out the tournaments for the World Championship 1948, 2005, 2007.
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Last updated: May 21, 2021
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Year(s)
Country
Player
1886,1889, 1891, 1892, 1894, 1897; World Champion
Austria/USA
Wilhelm Steinitz
1886
Poland/Germany/UK
Johannes Zuckertort
1889, 1892
Russia
Mikhail Chigorin
1891
Hungary
Isidor Gunsberg
1894, 1897, 1907, 1908, 1910 (2), 1921; World Champion
Germany
Emanuel Lasker
1907
USA
Frank J. Marshall
1908
Germany
Siegbert Tarrasch
1910
Austria
Karl Schlechter
1910
France/Russia
David Janowski
1921, 1927; World Champion
Cuba
Jose Raul Capablanca
1927, 1929, 1934, 1935, 1937; World Champion
France/Russia
Alexander Alekhine
1929, 1934
Germany/Russia
Efim Bogoljubov
1935, 1937; World Champion
Netherlands
Max Euwe
1948, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963; World Champion
Soviet Union/Russia
Mikhail Botvinnik
1951
Soviet Union/Russia
David Bronstein
1954, 1957, 1958; World Champion
Soviet Union/Russia
Vassily Smyslov
1960, 1961; World Champion
Soviet Union/Latvia
Mikhail Tal
1963, 1966, 1969; World Champion
Soviet Union/Armenia
Tigran Petrosian
1966; 1969, 1972; World Champion
Soviet Union/Russia
Boris Spassky
1972, (1975); World Champion
USA
Bobby Fischer
(1975), 1978, 1981, (1984), 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, FIDE: 1993, 1996, 1998; World Champion
Russia/Soviet Union
Anatoly Karpov
Year(s)
Country
Player
1978, 1981;
Soviet Union/Russia/Switzerland
Viktor Korchnoi
(1984), 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, PCA: 1993, 1995, 2000; World Champion
Russia/Soviet Union
Garry Kasparov
PCA: 1993;
United Kingdom
Nigel Short
FIDE: 1993;
Netherlands
Jan Timman
PCA: 1995; FIDE: 1998, 2000 Reunited: 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014; World Champion
India
Viswanathan Anand
FIDE: 1996;
USA/Soviet Union/Russia
Gata Kamsky
FIDE: 1999; World Champion
Russia
Alexander Khalifman
FIDE: 1999;
Armenia
Vladimir Akopian
FIDE: 2000;
Spain/Latvia
Alexei Shirov
PCA: 2000; Reunited: 2006, 2007; World Champion
Russia
Vladimir Kramnik
FIDE: 2002; World Champion
Ukraine
Ruslan Ponomariov
FIDE: 2002;
Ukraine
Vassily Ivanchuk
FIDE: 2004; World Champion
Uzbekistan
Rustam Kasimdzhanov
FIDE: 2004;
United Kingdom
Michael Adams
2006; 2010;
Bulgaria
Veselin Topalov
2012;
Israel/Soviet Union
Boris Gelfand
2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021; World Champion
Norway
Magnus Carlsen
2016;
Russia
Sergey Karjakin
2018;
USA/Italy
Fabiano Caruana
2021;
Russia
Ian Nepomniachtchi
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Level 51
May 23, 2021
Great quiz!