World Chess Championship
label: 세계 체스 선수권 대회 @ko
label: Championnat du monde d'échecs @fr
label: Schachweltmeisterschaft @de
label: Mistrovství světa v šachu @cs
label: Munduko Xake Txapelketa @eu
label: Чемпіонат світу із шахів @uk
label: Monda Ŝaka Ĉampionumo @eo
label: Чемпионат мира по шахматам @ru
label: Campionato del mondo di scacchi @it
label: Campionat del món d'escacs @ca
label: 世界國際象棋錦標賽 @zh
label: Campeonato Mundial de Xadrez @pt
label: Wereldkampioenschap schaken @nl
label: Världsmästerskapen i schack @sv
label: Mistrzostwa świata w szachach @pl
label: Παγκόσμιο σκακιστικό πρωτάθλημα @el
label: بطولة العالم للشطرنج @ar
label: 世界チェス選手権 @ja
label: Campeonato Mundial de Ajedrez @es
label: Kejuaraan Catur Dunia @in
subject: Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1886
subject: Category:World Chess Championships
subject: Category:World championships in chess
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
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image: Tigran Petrosian 1962.jpg
image: RPonomariov.jpg
image: Interpolisschaaktoernooi Tilburg 1819 Smyslov aan zet, Bestanddeelnr 929-3630.jpg
image: Veselin Topalov 2013.jpg
image: Alexandre Alekhine 01.jpg
image: FIDE World FR Chess Championship 2019 - Magnus Carlsen .jpg
image: Alexander Khalifman.jpg
image: José_Raúl_Capablanca_1931.jpg
image: Kasimdhzanov Torino 2006.JPG
image: HowardStaunton.jpg
image: Bobby Fischer 1972.jpg
image: Vladimir Kramnik 2, Candidates Tournament 2018.jpg
image: Viswanathan Anand .jpeg
image: PaulmorphyHair.jpg
image: Louisdelabourdonnais.jpg
image: Interpolisschaaktoernooi Tilburg Karpov aan zet, Bestanddeelnr 929-3627.jpg
image: Alexandre Deschapelles.png
image: De 18-jarige Rus Garri Kasparov aan zet, Bestanddeelnr 931-7203.jpg
image: World Chess Championship 2023, game 01, Ding Liren.jpg
image: André Philidor.jpg
image: Eerste_ronde_IBM-schaaktoernooi,_Boris_Spasski,_Bestanddeelnr_926-5521.jpg
image: Mikhail Tal 1962.jpg
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description: campeonato disputado pelos melhores jogadores de xadrez de várias regiões @pt
description: соревнование, имеющее своей целью определить чемпиона мира по шахматам @ru
description: épreuve désignant le champion du monde d'échecs @fr
description: ранг во шахот @mk
description: такмичење у класичном шаху @sr
description: soutěž o titul mistra světa v šachu @cs
description: תחרות לקביעת אלוף העולם בשחמט @iw
description: a sakk világbajnokát eldöntő verseny @hu
description: competición que determina el campeón mundial de ajedrez @es
description: shakkikilpailu @fi
description: xogo para determinar o campión mundial de ajedrez @gl
description: 세계 체스 챔피언을 다루고 벌이는 선수권 대회 @ko
description: chess competition played to determine the World Champion in chess
description: Mistrzostwa Świata w szachach @pl
description: competició d'escacs @ca
description: competizione scacchistica @it
description: சதுரங்கத்தில் அடைவு @ta
description: šahovsko tekmovanje, na katerem se določi svetovni prvak v šahu @sl
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.
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: Magnus Carlsen, became the World Champion after defeating Anand in 2013. He defended his title in four tournaments and was the Champion until 2023.
caption: François-André Danican Philidor, reputed to be the best player of the late eighteenth century
caption: Rustam Kasimdzhanov, FIDE World Champion 2004–2005
caption: Vladimir Kramnik defeated Kasparov in 2000, and became the undisputed world champion by beating Topalov in 2006.
caption: José Raúl Capablanca reigned as World Champion from 1921 to 1927, and proposed the short-lived "London Rules" for future Championship matches.
caption: Louis de la Bourdonnais, the world's strongest player from 1821 to his death in 1840