The World Chess Champions (1886-2014)

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• 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
  2007-2012
  India
• Magnus Carlsen
  2013-??
  Norway