WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONS
BEFORE FORMATION OF FIDE
- Wilhelm Steinitz 1886, 1889, 1891, 1892
- Emanuel Lasker 1894, 1897, 1907, 1908, 1910
- José Raúl Capablanca 1921
- Alexander Alekhine 1927, 1929, 1934, 1937
- Max Euwe 1935
AFTER FORMATION OF FIDE
- Mikhail Botvinnik 1948, 1951, 1954, 1958, 1961
- Vasily Smyslov 1957
- Mikhail Tal 1960
- Tigran Petrosian 1963, 1966
- Boris Spassky 1969
- Bobby Fischer 1972
- Anatoly Karpov 1975, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1993
- Anotly Karpov 1996, 1998
- Garry Kasparov 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990
- Alexander Khalifman 1999
- Ruslan Ponomariov 2002
- Rustam Kasimdzhanov 2004
- Vesselin Topalov 2005
- Vladimir Kramnik 2006
- Viswanathan Anand 2000, 2007, 2008, 2010
Alexander Alekhine
Emanuel Lasker
Jose Capablanca
Mikhail Botvinnik
Paul Morphy
Vasily Smyslov
Wilhelm Steinitz
Anatoly Karpov
Bobby Fischer
Garry Kasparov
