Statistics for World Chess Champions

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Year	Host City	Answer	% Correct
1987	Seville	Garry Kasparov	86%
1986	London and St. Petersburg(Leningrad)	Garry Kasparov	86%
1990	New York City and Lyon	Garry Kasparov	86%
1984-1985	Moscow	Garry Kasparov	86%
2021	Dubai	Magnus Carlsen	86%
2018	London	Magnus Carlsen	86%
2016	New York City	Magnus Carlsen	86%
2014	Sochi	Magnus Carlsen	86%
2013	Chennai	Magnus Carlsen	86%
1972	Reykjavík	Bobby Fischer	71%
2008	Bonn	Viswanathan Anand	71%
2007	Mexico City	Viswanathan Anand	71%
2000	New Dehli and Tehran	Viswanathan Anand	71%
2012	Moscow	Viswanathan Anand	71%
2010	Sofia	Viswanathan Anand	71%
1996	Elista	Anatoly Karpov	57%
1998	Groningen and Lausanne	Anatoly Karpov	57%
1993	Amsterdam and Jakarta	Anatoly Karpov	57%
1981	Merano	Anatoly Karpov	57%
1978	Baguio	Anatoly Karpov	57%
1975	Manila	Anatoly Karpov	57%
1969	Moscow	Boris Spassky	57%
2023	Astana	Ding Liren	43%
1960	Moscow	Mikhail Tal	43%
2006	Elista	Vladimir Kramnik	43%
1951	Moscow	Mikhail Botvinnik	29%
1961	Moscow	Mikhail Botvinnik	29%
1958	Moscow	Mikhail Botvinnik	29%
1954	Moscow	Mikhail Botvinnik	29%
1948	The Hague and Moscow	Mikhail Botvinnik	29%
1957	Moscow	Vasily Smyslov	29%
2005	San Luis and Potrero de los Funes	Veselin Topalov	29%
1966	Moscow	Tigran Petrosian	14%
1963	Moscow	Tigran Petrosian	14%
1999	Las Vegas	Alexander Khalifman	0%
2002	Moscow	Ruslan Ponomariov	0%
2004	Tripoli	Rustam Kasimdzhanov	0%