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The following is a concise list of all of the World Chess Champions. When Kasparov departed from FIDE, a split was created of the champions; the classical world champion, this is one who defeated the past world champion in match play. The second is the FIDE world champion, a winner of the annual FIDE Chess Championship Tournament. The re-unification match took place on Friday, October, 13, 2006; Classical World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik defeated FIDE World Chess Champion Vesselin Topalov to be the unified "World Chess Champion."
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| Wilhelm Steinitz (1834-1900) | ||||
| World Chess Champion 1886-1894 | ||||
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| Emmanuel Lasker (1868-1941) | ||||
| World Chess Champion 1894-1921 | ||||
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| Jose Raul Capablanca (1888-1942) | ||||
| World Chess Champion 1921-1927 | ||||
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| Alexander Alekhine (1892-1946) | ||||
| World Chess Champion 1927-1935, 1937-1946 | ||||
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| Max Euwe (1901-1981) | ||||
| World Chess Champion 1935-1937 | ||||
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| Mikhail Botvinnik (1911-1995) | ||||
| World Chess Champion 1948-1957, 1958-1960, 1961-1963 | ||||
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| Vassily Smyslov (1921- ) | ||||
| World Chess Champion 1957-1958 | ||||
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| Mikhail Tal (1936-1993) | ||||
| World Chess Champion 1960-1961 | ||||
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| Tigran Petrosian (1929-1984) | ||||
| World Chess Champion 1963-1969 | ||||
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| Boris Spassky (1937- ) | ||||
| World Chess Champion 1969-1972 | ||||
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| Bobby Fischer (1943- ) | ||||
| World Chess Champion 1972-1975 | ||||
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| Anatoly Karpov (1951- ) | ||||
| World Chess Champion 1975-1985 | ||||
| Fide World Chess Champion 1993-1999 | ||||
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| Garry Kasparov (1963- ) | ||||
| World Chess Champion 1985-1993 | ||||
| PCA/BGN World Chess Champion 1993-2000 | ||||
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| Alexander Khalifman (1966- ) | Viswanathan Anand (1969- ) | Ruslan Ponomariov (1983- ) | Rustam Kasimdzhanov (1979- ) | Vesselin Topalov (1975- ) |
| Fide World Chess Champion 1999 | Fide World Chess Champion 2000-2001 | Fide World Chess Champion 2002-2004 | Fide World Chess Champion 2004-2005 | Fide World Chess Champion 2005 |
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| Vladimir Kramnik (1975- ) | ||||
| World Chess Champion 2000-Present | ||||
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