World Chess Championships
33 entries in the World Chess Championships compendium.
FIDE World Chess ChampionshipsFIDE organises world championships across classical, rapid, blitz, and freestyle formats.World Chess ChampionshipThe competition for the title of world chess champion.FIDE World Chess Championships (1998–2004)FIDE's knockout world championships from 1998 to 2004.World Chess Championship 1886The first official World Chess Championship match.World Chess Championship 1889Steinitz defended his title against Chigorin in Havana.World Chess Championship 1890–1891Steinitz defended his title against Hungarian challenger Isidor Gunsberg.World Chess Championship 1892Steinitz retained the title after Chigorin blundered in game 23.World Chess Championship 1894Lasker defeats Steinitz to become world champion.World Chess Championship 1907Lasker crushed Marshall without losing a game.World Chess Championship 1908Lasker defeated Tarrasch 8–3 in Germany.World Chess Championship 1910 (Lasker–Schlechter)Lasker drew the match and kept the world title.World Chess Championship 1921Capablanca defeated Lasker to become world champion.World Chess Championship 1935Euwe overcame a three-point deficit to defeat Alekhine.World Chess Championship 1951First FIDE-supervised match; Botvinnik retained title on tie.World Chess Championship 1954Botvinnik retained the title after a 12–12 draw with Smyslov.World Chess Championship 1957Smyslov defeated Botvinnik to become seventh world champion.World Chess Championship 1972Fischer defeated Spassky to become the first US-born world champion.World Chess Championship 1975First forfeited world championship match in history.World Chess Championship 1978Karpov defeats Korchnoi amid bizarre off‑board controversies.World Chess Championship 1986Kasparov defended his title against Karpov in a 24-game rematch.World Chess Championship 1987Kasparov retained the title with a final-game win.World Chess Championship 1990Kasparov defeats Karpov by one point in their final match.World Chess Championship 1993A split championship created two rival world chess champions.Classical World Chess Championship 1995Kasparov defeated Anand in a PCA title match at the World Trade Center.FIDE World Chess Championship 1998Karpov retained the FIDE title after a rapid playoff.Classical World Chess Championship 2000Kramnik defeated Kasparov without a single loss.Classical World Chess Championship 2004Kramnik retained the Classical title after a 7–7 draw with Leko.FIDE World Chess Championship 2004Kasimdzhanov beats Adams in Tripoli knockout final.FIDE World Chess Championship 2005Topalov won the 2005 FIDE World Chess Championship.World Chess Championship 2006Match to unify the split world chess championship titles.World Chess Championship 2007Anand won the 2007 world championship in an eight-player tournament.World Chess Championship 2008Anand defends title against Kramnik in Bonn.World Chess Championship 2010Anand defeated Topalov 6½–5½ to retain the world title.
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