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World Chess Championship winners list

D Gukesh will face Ding Liren in the final round (Round 14) on December 12. Here is the list of World Chess Championship winners.

Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh is on the verge of making history in the World Chess Championship. With a victory in the 14th game of the tournament against Ding Liren, he could become the youngest Grandmaster to claim the World Chess Champion title.

After 13 rounds, the score is tied at 6-6. The final and decisive 14th round will determine the winner of the World Chess Cham

pionship 2024.

World Chess Championship games format

Each player has 120 minutes to complete the first 40 moves. Starting from the 41st move, an additional 30 minutes is granted, along with a 30-second increment per move from move 41 onwards.

Chess World Championship winners list

Classical World Champions

S.No. PlayerDatesWinsYears Won
1Wilhelm Steinitz1886-9441886, 1889, 1890, 1892
2Emanuel Lasker1894-192161894, 1896, 1907, 1908, 1910*, 1910
3Jose Raul Capablanca1921-2711921
4Alexander Alekhine1927-35, 1937-4641927, 1929, 1934, 1937
5Max Euwe1935-3711935
6Mikhail Botvinnik1948-57, 1958-60, 1961-6351948t, 1951*, 1954*, 1958, 1961
7Vasily Smyslov1957-5811957
8Mikhail Tal1960-6111960
9Tigran V. Petrosian1963-6921963, 1966
10Boris Spassky1969-7211969
11Bobby Fischer1972-7511972
12Anatoly Karpov1975-853#1975d, 1978, 1981, 1984#
13Garry Kasparov1985-200061985, 1986, 1987*, 1990, 1993, 1995
14Vladimir Kramnik2000-0732000, 2004*, 2006**
15Viswanathan Anand2007-1342007t, 2008, 2010, 2012**
16Magnus Carlsen2013-202352013, 2014, 2016**, 2018**, 2021
17Ding Liren2023-present12023**

FIDE World Champions (1993-2006)

S.No. PlayerDatesWinsYears Won
1Anatoly Karpov1993-9931993, 1996, 1998
2Alexander Khalifman1999-200011999k
3Viswanathan Anand2000-0212000k
4Ruslan Ponomariov2002-0412002k
5Rustam Kasimdzhanov2004-0512004k
6Veselin Topalov2005-0612005t
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