



|
Wilhelm Steinitz |
1886–1894 |
|
Emanuel Lasker |
1894–1921 |
|
José Raúl Capablanca |
1921–1927 |
|
Alexander Alekhine |
1927–1935 |
|
Max Euwe |
1935- |
|
Alexander Alekhine |
1937–1946 |
|
Mikhail Botvinnik |
1948–1957 |
|
Vasily Smyslov |
1957–1958 |
|
Mikhail Botvinnik |
1958–1960 |
|
Mikhail Tal |
1960–1961 |
|
Mikhail Botvinnik |
1961–1963 |
|
Tigran Petrosian |
1963–1969 |
|
Boris Spassky |
1969–1972 |
|
Robert J Fischer |
1972–1975 |
|
Anatoly Karpov |
1975–1985 |
|
Garry Kasparov |
1985–1993 |
|
Pedro Damião |
~1520 |
|
Ruy López de Segura |
~1560 |
|
Leonardo da Cutri |
~1575 |
|
Alessandro Salvio |
~1600 |
|
Gioacchino Greco, |
~1620 |
|
Legall de Kermeur |
~1730–1747 |
|
Francois- |
~1747–1795 |
|
Alexandre Deschapelles |
~1800–1820 |
|
Louis de la Bourdonnais |
~1820–1840 |
|
Howard Staunton |
1843–1851 |
|
Adolf Anderssen |
1851–1858 |
|
Paul Morphy |
1858–1859 |
|
Adolf Anderssen |
1860–1866 |
|
Wilhelm Steinitz |
1866–1886 |
|
Anatoly Karpov |
1993–1999 |
|
Alexander Khalifman |
1999–2000 |
|
Viswanathan Anand |
2000–2002 |
|
Ruslan Ponomariov |
2002–2004 |
|
Rustam Kasimdzhanov |
2004–2005 |
|
Veselin Topalov |
2005–2006 |
|
Vladimir Kramnik |
2006– |
|
Garry Kasparov, |
1993–2000 |
|
Vladimir Kramnik |
2000–2006 |



