World Chess Championship
caption: Alexandre Deschapelles, reputed to be the best player in the early nineteenth century
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.
description: chess competition played to determine the World Champion in chess
image: Vladimir Kramnik 2, Candidates Tournament 2018.jpg
image: HowardStaunton.jpg
label: Championnat du monde d'échecs @fr
description: תחרות לקביעת אלוף העולם בשחמט @iw
caption: Vladimir Kramnik defeated Kasparov in 2000, and became the undisputed world champion by beating Topalov in 2006.
label: 世界チェス選手権 @ja
label: Campionato del mondo di scacchi @it
description: šahovsko tekmovanje, na katerem se določi svetovni prvak v šahu @sl
caption: Mikhail Tal
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
description: такмичење у класичном шаху @sr
caption: Tigran Petrosian
type: Thing
caption: Vasily Smyslov
description: சதுரங்கத்தில் அடைவு @ta
description: shakkikilpailu @fi
label: 世界國際象棋錦標賽 @zh
caption: Garry Kasparov defeated Karpov to become the 13th World Champion, and was the undisputed World Champion from 1985 to 1993. He held the split title until 2000.
subject: Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1886
label: Campeonato Mundial de Ajedrez @es
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image: FIDE World FR Chess Championship 2019 - Magnus Carlsen .jpg
description: соревнование, имеющее своей целью определить чемпиона мира по шахматам @ru
image: Alexandre Deschapelles.jpg
total width: 350
image: André Philidor.jpg
caption: Alexander Khalifman, FIDE World Champion 1999–2000
label: Kejuaraan Catur Dunia @in
description: 세계 체스 챔피언을 다루고 벌이는 선수권 대회 @ko
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.
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.
label: Mistrovství světa v šachu @cs
list: Pre-FIDE * 1886 * 1889 * 1890–91 * 1892 * 1894 * 1896–97 * 1907 * 1908 * 1910 (Jan–Feb) * 1910 (Nov–Dec) * 1921 * 1927 * 1929 * 1934 * 1935 * 1937 FIDE: * 1948 * 1951 * 1954 * 1957 * 1958 * 1960 * 1961 * 1963 * 1966 * 1969 * 1972 * 1975 * 1978 * 1981 * 1984–85 * 1985 * 1986 * 1987 * 1990 Split titles : * 1993 * 1995 * 2000 * 2004 Split titles : * 1993 * 1996 * 1998 * 1999 * 2000 * 2002 * 2004 * 2005 Reunified : * 2006 * 2007 * 2008 * 2010 * 2012 * 2013 * 2014 * 2016 * 2018 * 2021 * 2023 * 2024 * 2026
image: Veselin Topalov 2013.jpg
image: Alexandre Alekhine 01.jpg
image: Louisdelabourdonnais.jpg
label: Världsmästerskapen i schack @sv
label: بطولة العالم للشطرنج @ar
subject: Category:World Chess Championships
image: Bobby Fischer 1972.jpg
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: Alexander Khalifman.jpg
caption: 1840.0
image: Eerste_ronde_IBM-schaaktoernooi,_Boris_Spasski,_Bestanddeelnr_926-5521.jpg
image: Kasimdhzanov Torino 2006.JPG
description: campeonato disputado pelos melhores jogadores de xadrez de várias regiões @pt
image: De 18-jarige Rus Garri Kasparov aan zet, Bestanddeelnr 931-7203.jpg
image: Interpolisschaaktoernooi Tilburg Karpov aan zet, Bestanddeelnr 929-3627.jpg
description: épreuve désignant le champion du monde d'échecs @fr
description: a sakk világbajnokát eldöntő verseny @hu
label: Wereldkampioenschap schaken @nl
description: competició d'escacs @ca
description: xogo para determinar o campión mundial de ajedrez @gl
caption: Boris Spassky won the World Championship in 1969, and defended his title against Fischer in 1972.
label: Чемпионат мира по шахматам @ru
image: Tigran Petrosian 1962.jpg
label: Παγκόσμιο σκακιστικό πρωτάθλημα @el
label: Munduko Xake Txapelketa @eu
image: World Chess Championship 2023, game 01, Ding Liren.jpg
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title: List of World Chess Championships
image: Viswanathan Anand .jpeg
description: Mistrzostwa Świata w szachach @pl
image: José_Raúl_Capablanca_1931.jpg
caption: José Raúl Capablanca reigned as World Champion from 1921 to 1927, and proposed the short-lived "London Rules" for future Championship matches.
image: RPonomariov.jpg
label: Monda Ŝaka Ĉampionumo @eo
caption: Louis de la Bourdonnais, the world's strongest player from 1821 to his death in 1840
label: Schachweltmeisterschaft @de
image: Interpolisschaaktoernooi Tilburg 1819 Smyslov aan zet, Bestanddeelnr 929-3630.jpg
caption: Veselin Topalov, FIDE World Champion 2005–2006
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caption: Ruslan Ponomariov, FIDE World Champion 2002–2004
description: competición que determina el campeón mundial de ajedrez @es
image: Anderssen.jpeg
label: Чемпіонат світу із шахів @uk