"Complications is my territory" - Garry Kasparov, the 13th World Chess Champion. "I'm the best and i'm here to proove it!" - Bobby Fischer. "Time is precious when you don't have enough of it." - Vladimir Kramnik, World Chess Champion. "I like pressure. If I'm not on the edge of failure, I'm not being sufficiently challenged. "- ???
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THE CHESS WORLD
Wilhelm Steinitz
1886-1894          Austria-Hungary
  United States

Emanuel Lasker
1894-1921          Germany

José Raúl Capablanca
1921-1927          Cuba

Alexander Alekhine
1927-1935          Soviet Union/France

Max Euwe
1935-1937          Netherlands

Alexander Alekhine
1937-1946          Soviet Union/France

Mikhail Botvinnik
1948-1957          Soviet Union

Vasily Smyslov
1957-1958          Soviet Union

Mikhail Botvinnik
1958-1960          Soviet Union

Mikhail Tal
1960-1961          Soviet Union

Mikhail Botvinnik
1961-1963          Soviet Union

Tigran Petrosian
1963-1969          Soviet Union

Boris Spassky
1969-1972          Soviet Union

Robert J. Fischer
1972-1975          United States

Anatoly Karpov
1975-1985          Soviet Union

Garry Kasparov
1985-2000          Soviet Union
  Russia

Vladimir Kramnik
2000-2007            Russia

Viswanathan Anand
2007-??
                                   India