World Chess Championship
caption: Alexandre Deschapelles, reputed to be the best player in the early nineteenth century
caption: Adolf Anderssen, who won three strong international tournaments and is often considered the world's leading player around the mid-nineteenth century
image: Interpolisschaaktoernooi Tilburg Karpov aan zet, Bestanddeelnr 929-3627.jpg
image: Mikhail Tal 1962.jpg
caption: Veselin Topalov, FIDE World Champion 2005–2006
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label: 世界チェス選手権 @ja
description: chess competition played to determine the World Champion in chess
image: Alexander Khalifman.jpg
label: Campionato del mondo di scacchi @it
description: xogo para determinar o campión mundial de ajedrez @gl
description: competición que determina el campeón mundial de ajedrez @es
description: соревнование, имеющее своей целью определить чемпиона мира по шахматам @ru
image: World Chess Championship 2023, game 01, Ding Liren.jpg
image: PaulmorphyHair.jpg
label: Monda Ŝaka Ĉampionumo @eo
image: Alexandre Alekhine 01.jpg
caption: Rustam Kasimdzhanov, FIDE World Champion 2004–2005
description: campeonato disputado pelos melhores jogadores de xadrez de várias regiões @pt
label: Kejuaraan Catur Dunia @in
label: Världsmästerskapen i schack @sv
caption: José Raúl Capablanca reigned as World Champion from 1921 to 1927, and proposed the short-lived "London Rules" for future Championship matches.
description: Mistrzostwa Świata w szachach @pl
image: Vladimir Kramnik 2, Candidates Tournament 2018.jpg
description: a sakk világbajnokát eldöntő verseny @hu
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caption: Viswanathan Anand, who held the FIDE title from 2000 to 2002, won the unified title in 2007 after defeating Kramnik and was the undisputed Champion till 2013.
caption: François-André Danican Philidor, reputed to be the best player of the late eighteenth century
description: competizione scacchistica @it
description: ранг во шахот @mk
image: Interpolisschaaktoernooi Tilburg 1819 Smyslov aan zet, Bestanddeelnr 929-3630.jpg
description: shakkikilpailu @fi
label: Championnat du monde d'échecs @fr
description: 세계 체스 챔피언을 다루고 벌이는 선수권 대회 @ko
caption: Boris Spassky won the World Championship in 1969, and defended his title against Fischer in 1972.
image: André Philidor.jpg
caption: Paul Morphy, who dominated all of his opposition during his brief chess career before retiring from chess at the age of 21 in 1859
label: Campionat del món d'escacs @ca
description: சதுரங்கத்தில் அடைவு @ta
label: Чемпионат мира по шахматам @ru
label: Schachweltmeisterschaft @de
image: Tigran Petrosian 1962.jpg
caption: Tigran Petrosian
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description: épreuve désignant le champion du monde d'échecs @fr
description: soutěž o titul mistra světa v šachu @cs
label: بطولة العالم للشطرنج @ar
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caption: Mikhail Tal
caption: Magnus Carlsen, became the World Champion after defeating Anand in 2013. He defended his title in four tournaments and was the Champion until 2023.
image: Alexandre Deschapelles.png
caption: Ruslan Ponomariov, FIDE World Champion 2002–2004
image: Veselin Topalov 2013.jpg
label: 世界國際象棋錦標賽 @zh
image: HowardStaunton.jpg
image: Eerste_ronde_IBM-schaaktoernooi,_Boris_Spasski,_Bestanddeelnr_926-5521.jpg
description: šahovsko tekmovanje, na katerem se določi svetovni prvak v šahu @sl
total width: 400
image: Viswanathan Anand .jpeg
image: Bobby Fischer 1972.jpg
label: Παγκόσμιο σκακιστικό πρωτάθλημα @el
image: De 18-jarige Rus Garri Kasparov aan zet, Bestanddeelnr 931-7203.jpg
caption: Vasily Smyslov
description: такмичење у класичном шаху @sr
caption: Louis de la Bourdonnais, the world's strongest player from 1821 to his death in 1840
caption: Ding Liren became the World Champion in 2023 after defeating Ian Nepomniachtchi as Carlsen refused to defend his title. He was the reigning champion until 2024.
label: Mistrovství světa v šachu @cs
label: 세계 체스 선수권 대회 @ko
caption: Vladimir Kramnik defeated Kasparov in 2000, and became the undisputed world champion by beating Topalov in 2006.
caption: Anatoly Karpov became World Champion after Fischer refused to defend his title in 1975 and held the title till 1985. He was the FIDE World Champion from 1993 to 1999 when the world title was split.
title: List of World Chess Championships
label: Mistrzostwa świata w szachach @pl
image: Kasimdhzanov Torino 2006.JPG
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label: Campeonato Mundial de Xadrez @pt
caption: Alexander Khalifman, FIDE World Champion 1999–2000
caption: Alexander Alekhine was the World Champion from 1927 to 1935 and again from 1937 to his death in 1946. He is the only World Champion to die while holding the title.
subject: Category:World championships in chess
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