Year(s)
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Country
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Player
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1886,1889, 1891, 1892, 1894, 1897; World Champion
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Austria/USA
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Wilhelm Steinitz
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1886
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Poland/Germany/UK
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Johannes Zuckertort
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1889, 1892
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Russia
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Mikhail Chigorin
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1891
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Hungary
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Isidor Gunsberg
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1894, 1897, 1907, 1908, 1910 (2), 1921; World Champion
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Germany
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Emanuel Lasker
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1907
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USA
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Frank J. Marshall
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1908
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Germany
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Siegbert Tarrasch
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1910
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Austria
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Karl Schlechter
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1910
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France/Russia
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David Janowski
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1921, 1927; World Champion
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Cuba
|
Jose Raul Capablanca
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1927, 1929, 1934, 1935, 1937; World Champion
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France/Russia
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Alexander Alekhine
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1929, 1934
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Germany/Russia
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Efim Bogoljubov
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1935, 1937; World Champion
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Netherlands
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Max Euwe
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1948, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963; World Champion
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Soviet Union/Russia
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Mikhail Botvinnik
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1951
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Soviet Union/Russia
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David Bronstein
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1954, 1957, 1958; World Champion
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Soviet Union/Russia
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Vassily Smyslov
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1960, 1961; World Champion
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Soviet Union/Latvia
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Mikhail Tal
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1963, 1966, 1969; World Champion
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Soviet Union/Armenia
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Tigran Petrosian
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1966; 1969, 1972; World Champion
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Soviet Union/Russia
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Boris Spassky
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1972, (1975); World Champion
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USA
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Bobby Fischer
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(1975), 1978, 1981, (1984), 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, FIDE: 1993, 1996, 1998; World Champion
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Russia/Soviet Union
|
Anatoly Karpov
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Year(s)
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Country
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Player
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1978, 1981;
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Soviet Union/Russia/Switzerland
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Viktor Korchnoi
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(1984), 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, PCA: 1993, 1995, 2000; World Champion
|
Russia/Soviet Union
|
Garry Kasparov
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PCA: 1993;
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United Kingdom
|
Nigel Short
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FIDE: 1993;
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Netherlands
|
Jan Timman
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PCA: 1995; FIDE: 1998, 2000 Reunited: 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014; World Champion
|
India
|
Viswanathan Anand
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FIDE: 1996;
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USA/Soviet Union/Russia
|
Gata Kamsky
|
FIDE: 1999; World Champion
|
Russia
|
Alexander Khalifman
|
FIDE: 1999;
|
Armenia
|
Vladimir Akopian
|
|
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
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2006; 2010;
|
Bulgaria
|
Veselin Topalov
|
2012;
|
Israel/Soviet Union
|
Boris Gelfand
|
2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021; World Champion
|
Norway
|
Magnus Carlsen
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2016;
|
Russia
|
Sergey Karjakin
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2018;
|
USA/Italy
|
Fabiano Caruana
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2021;
|
Russia
|
Ian Nepomniachtchi
|
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