Winners
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Year Player Country 1967 Larsen, BentBent Larsen Denmark 1968 Spassky, BorisBoris Spassky Soviet Union 1969 Spassky, BorisBoris Spassky Soviet Union 1970 Fischer, BobbyBobby Fischer United States 1971 Fischer, BobbyBobby Fischer United States 1972 Fischer, BobbyBobby Fischer United States 1973 Karpov, AnatolyAnatoly Karpov Soviet Union 1974 Karpov, AnatolyAnatoly Karpov Soviet Union 1975 Karpov, AnatolyAnatoly Karpov Soviet Union 1976 Karpov, AnatolyAnatoly Karpov Soviet Union 1977 Karpov, AnatolyAnatoly Karpov Soviet Union 1978 Korchnoi, ViktorViktor Korchnoi Switzerland 1979 Karpov, AnatolyAnatoly Karpov Soviet Union 1980 Karpov, AnatolyAnatoly Karpov Soviet Union 1981 Karpov, AnatolyAnatoly Karpov Soviet Union 1982 Kasparov, GarryGarry Kasparov Soviet Union 1983 Kasparov, GarryGarry Kasparov Soviet Union 1984 Karpov, AnatolyAnatoly Karpov Soviet Union 1985 Kasparov, GarryGarry Kasparov Soviet Union 1986 Kasparov, GarryGarry Kasparov Soviet Union 1987 Kasparov, GarryGarry Kasparov Soviet Union 1988 Kasparov, GarryGarry Kasparov Soviet Union 1989-94 no awards 1995 Kasparov, GarryGarry Kasparov Russia 1996 Kasparov, GarryGarry Kasparov Russia 1997 Anand, ViswanathanViswanathan Anand India 1998 Anand, ViswanathanViswanathan Anand India 1999 Kasparov, GarryGarry Kasparov Russia 2000 Kramnik, VladimirVladimir Kramnik Russia 2001 Kasparov, GarryGarry Kasparov Russia 2002 Kasparov, GarryGarry Kasparov Russia 2003 Anand, ViswanathanViswanathan Anand India 2004 Anand, ViswanathanViswanathan Anand India 2005 Topalov, VeselinVeselin Topalov Bulgaria 2006 Kramnik, VladimirVladimir Kramnik Russia 2007 Anand, ViswanathanViswanathan Anand India 2008 Anand, ViswanathanViswanathan Anand India 2009 Carlsen, MagnusMagnus Carlsen Norway 2010 Carlsen, MagnusMagnus Carlsen Norway 2011 Carlsen, MagnusMagnus Carlsen Norway
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