List of Chess World Championship Matches - List of Chess World Championship Matches

List of Chess World Championship Matches

Year Venue World Champion Runner-up won lost drew notes
Unofficial World Chess Championships
1834 London Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais Alexander McDonnell 45 28 13
1843 London Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant Howard Staunton 3 2 1
1843 Paris Howard Staunton Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant 11 6 4
1846 London Howard Staunton Bernhard Horwitz 14 7 3
1858 Paris Paul Morphy Adolf Anderssen 7 2 2
1866 London Wilhelm Steinitz Adolf Anderssen 8 6 0
Official World Chess Championships
1886 New York, Saint Louis, New Orleans Wilhelm Steinitz Johannes Zuckertort 10 5 5 first-to-10 wins
1889 Havana Wilhelm Steinitz Mikhail Chigorin 10 6 1 best-of-20 + tiebreak
1890/91 New York Wilhelm Steinitz Isidor Gunsberg 6 4 9
1892 Havana Wilhelm Steinitz Mikhail Chigorin 8+2 8 4+1
1894 New York, Philadelphia and Montreal Emanuel Lasker Wilhelm Steinitz 10 5 4 first-to-10 wins
1896/97 Moscow Emanuel Lasker Wilhelm Steinitz 10 2 5
1907 6 cities Emanuel Lasker Frank Marshall 8 0 7 first-to-8 wins
1908 Düsseldorf, Munich Emanuel Lasker Siegbert Tarrasch 8 3 5
1910 Berlin Emanuel Lasker David Janowski 8 0 3
1921 Havana José Raúl Capablanca Emanuel Lasker 4 0 10 best-of-24; Emanuel Lasker resigned after 14 games
1927 Buenos Aires Alexander Alekhine José Raúl Capablanca 6 3 25 first-to-6 wins
1929 Wiesbaden, Heidelberg, Berlin, Den Haag Alexander Alekhine Efim Bogoljubov 11 5 9 first-to-6 wins AND 15 points
1934 10 cities Alexander Alekhine Efim Bogoljubov 8 3 15
1935 13 cities Max Euwe Alexander Alekhine 9 8 13
1937 7 cities Alexander Alekhine Max Euwe 10 4 11
FIDE World Chess Championships
1948 The Hague and Moscow Mikhail Botvinnik 5-player tournament 14 points 5-player, 5-cycle round-robin tournament
1951 Moscow Mikhail Botvinnik David Bronstein 5 5 14 best-of-24
1954 Moscow Mikhail Botvinnik Vasili Smyslov 7 7 10
1957 Moscow Vasili Smyslov Mikhail Botvinnik 6 3 13
1958 Moscow Mikhail Botvinnik Vasili Smyslov 7 5 11
1960 Moscow Mikhail Tal Mikhail Botvinnik 6 2 13
1961 Moscow Mikhail Botvinnik Mikhail Tal 10 5 6
1963 Moscow Tigran Petrosian Mikhail Botvinnik 5 2 15
1966 Moscow Tigran Petrosian Boris Spassky 4 3 17
1969 Moscow Boris Spassky Tigran Petrosian 6 4 13
1972 Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík Bobby Fischer Boris Spassky 7 3 11
1975 Manila Anatoly Karpov Bobby Fischer by default first-to-10 wins
1978 Baguio City Anatoly Karpov Viktor Korchnoi 6 5 21 first-to-6 wins
1981 Kurhaus, Meran Anatoly Karpov Viktor Korchnoi 6 2 10
1984 Hall of Columns, Moscow Anatoly Karpov Garry Kasparov 5 3 40 first-to-6 wins; aborted match
1985 Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Moscow Garry Kasparov Anatoly Karpov 5 3 16 best-of-24
1986 Park Lane Hotel, London and Leningrad Concert Hall, Leningrad Garry Kasparov Anatoly Karpov 5 4 15
1987 Lope de Vega theatre, Seville Garry Kasparov Karpov 4 4 16
1990 Hudson Theatre, New York City and Palais des Congrès, Lyon Garry Kasparov Anatoly Karpov 4 3 17
"Inherited" World Chess Championship title matches
World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov and challenger Nigel Short split from FIDE, the official world governing body of chess, and played their title match under the auspices of the Professional Chess Association.
1993 Savoy Theatre, London Garry Kasparov Nigel Short 6 1 13 best-of-24
1995 World Trade Center, New York City Garry Kasparov Viswanathan Anand 4 1 13 best-of-20
2000 Riverside Studios, London Vladimir Kramnik Garry Kasparov 2 0 13 best-of-16
2004 Centro Dannemann, Brissago Vladimir Kramnik Péter Lékó 2 2 10 best-of-14
FIDE sanctioned events 1993-2005
Garry Kasparov was stripped of his FIDE-title after he and challenger Nigel Short split from FIDE in 1993. Anatoly Karpov, in 1990 participant in the last FIDE World Chess Championship match, was announced as incumbent World Champion.

In 1996 FIDE changed its rule and the incumbent World Champion was not anymore automatically qualified for the Final match.
1993 Zwolle, Arnhem, Amsterdam, and Djakarta Anatoly Karpov Jan Timman 6 2 13 best-of-24
1996 Elista Anatoly Karpov Gata Kamsky 6 3 9 best-of-20
1998 Groningen Anatoly Karpov Viswanathan Anand 2+2 2 2 single-elimination tournament with finals best-of-6 + tiebreaks
1999 Las Vegas Alexander Khalifman Vladimir Akopian 2 1 3
2000 New Delhi and Tehran Viswanathan Anand Alexei Shirov 3 0 1
2002 Moscow Ruslan Ponomariov Vassily Ivanchuk 2 0 5
2004 Tripoli Rustam Kasimdzhanov Michael Adams 3 2 3
2005 Potrero de los Funes, San Luis Veselin Topalov 8-player tournament 10 points 8-player double round-robin tournament
FIDE World Chess Championships
2006 Government House, Elista Vladimir Kramnik Veselin Topalov 3+2 3+1 6+1 best-of-12 + tiebreaks
2007 Hotel Sheraton Centro Histórico, Mexico City Viswanathan Anand 8-player tournament 9 points 8-player double round-robin tournament
2008 Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn Viswanathan Anand Vladimir Kramnik 3 1 7 best-of-12 + tiebreaks
2010 Central Military Club, Sofia Viswanathan Anand Veselin Topalov 3 2 7
2012 Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow Viswanathan Anand Boris Gelfand 1+1 1 10+3
2013 city TBD Viswanathan Anand (incumbent) TBD in March 2013
(challenger)		 6–26 November
2014 city TBD 5–25 November
2016 city TBD August, September or November

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