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史坦尼茨(Wilhelm Steinitz), 1886–1894, Austria/USA
拉斯卡(Emanuel Lasker), 1894–1921, Germany
卡柏布蘭卡(José Raúl Capablanca), 1921–1927, Cuba
阿廖欣(Alexander Alekhine), 1927–1935, 1937–1946 Russia/France
尤維(Max Euwe), 1935-1937, Netherlands
博特維尼克(Mikhail Botvinnik), 1948–1957, 1958–1960,1961–1963 Soviet Union (Russia)
斯梅斯洛夫(Vasily Smyslov), 1957–1958, Soviet Union (Russia)
塔爾(Mikhail Tal), 1960–1961, Soviet Union (Latvia)
彼得羅辛(Tigran Petrosian), 1963–1969, Soviet Union (Armenia)
斯帕斯基(Boris Spassky), 1969–1972, Soviet Union (Russia)
菲舍爾(Robert J Fischer), 1972–1975, United States
卡波夫(Anatoly Karpov), 1975–1985, Soviet Union (Russia)
卡斯巴羅夫(Garry Kasparov), 1985–1993, Soviet Union (Russia) computer/manvscomputer3.jpg" alt="國際象棋世界冠軍" align="left" style="padding:10px" /> 1993始 FIDE 世界冠軍
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卡波夫(Anatoly Karpov), 1993–1999, Russia
亞歷山大．哈里夫曼(Alexander Khalifman), 1999–2000, Russia
阿南德(Viswanathan Anand), 2000–2002, India
波諾馬廖夫(Ruslan Ponomariov), 2002–2004, Ukraine
Rustam Kasimdzhanov, 2004–2005, Uzbekistan
托帕洛夫(Веселин Топалов) 2005–present, Bulgaria