Countries with a World Chess Champion*

Name any country that any of the champions (since 1559).Not counting Junior or Youth Champions

This might include countries that don't exist anymore

c.=circa F=Fide(1993–2006) P=Classical (PCA/Braingames) (1993–2006)

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*The earliest players were "leading player" since there were no championships

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Year	Champion	Country
1559-1575	Ruy López de Segura	Spain
c. 1575	Leonardo di Bona	Naples
c. 1575	Paolo Boi	Sicily
c. 1600	Alessandro Salvio	Naples
c. 1620–1634	Gioachino Greco	Naples
c. 1730–1755	Legall de Kermeur	France
1755–1795	François-André Danican Philidor	France
1815–1821	Alexandre Deschapelles	France
1821–1840	Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais	France
1843–1851	Howard Staunton	United Kingdom
1851–1858	Adolf Anderssen	Prussia
1858–1862	Paul Morphy	United States
1862–1866	Adolf Anderssen	Prussia
1866–1886	Wilhelm Steinitz	Austria-Hungary
1878–1886	Johannes Zukertort	Germany
1886–1894	Wilhelm Steinitz	Austria-Hungary
1894–1921	Emanuel Lasker	Germany
1921–1927	José Raúl Capablanca	Cuba
1927–1935	Alexander Alekhine	France
1935–1937	Max Euwe	Netherlands
1937–1946	Alexander Alekhine	France
1948–1957	Mikhail Botvinnik	Soviet Union
1957–1958	Vasily Smyslov	Soviet Union
1958–1960	Mikhail Botvinnik	Soviet Union
1960–1961	Mikhail Tal	Soviet Union
1961–1963	Mikhail Botvinnik	Soviet Union
1963–1969	Tigran Petrosian	Soviet Union
1969–1972	Boris Spassky	Soviet Union
1972–1975	Bobby Fischer	United States
1975–1985	Anatoly Karpov	Soviet Union
1985–1990	Garry Kasparov	Soviet Union
1990-1993	Garry Kasparov	Russia
P 1993–2000	Garry Kasparov	Russia
F 1993–1999	Anatoly Karpov	Russia
F 1999–2000	Alexander Khalifman	Russia
P 2000–2006	Vladimir Kramnik	Russia
F 2000–2002	Viswanathan Anand	India
F 2002–2004	Ruslan Ponomariov	Ukraine
F 2004–2005	Rustam Kasimdzhanov	Uzbekistan
F 2005–2006	Veselin Topalov	Bulgaria
2006–2007	Vladimir Kramnik	Russia
2007–2013	Viswanathan Anand	India
2013–	Magnus Carlsen	Norway

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Mar 10, 2018

Great quiz, though the players before Steinitz could hardly be called "World Champions" (you source also just names them as "leading players")

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