Official World Chess Champions By JLawson_MU 1886 Wilhelm Steinitz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Steinitz Period: 1886 to 1894 Wilhelm Steinitz 1894 Emanuel Lasker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Lasker Period: 1894 to 1921 Emanuel Lasker 1921 Jose Raul Capablanca https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Ra%C3%BAl_Capablanca Period: 1921 to 1927 Jose Raul Capablanca 1927 Alexander Alekhine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Alekhine Period: 1927 to 1935 Alexander Alekhine 1935 Max Euwe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Euwe Period: 1935 to 1937 Max Euwe 1937 Alexander Alekhine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Alekhine Period: 1937 to 1946 Alexander Alekhine Period: 1946 to 1948 No World Champion 1948 Mikhail Botvinnik https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Botvinnik Period: 1948 to 1957 Mikhail Botvinnik 1957 Vasily Smyslov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Smyslov Period: 1957 to 1958 Vasily Smyslov 1958 Mikhail Botvinnik https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Botvinnik Period: 1958 to 1960 Mikhail Botvinnik 1960 Mikhail Tal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Tal Period: 1960 to 1961 Mikhail Tal 1961 Mikhail Botvinnik https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Botvinnik Period: 1961 to 1963 Mikhail Botvinnik 1963 Tigran Petrosian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigran_Petrosian Period: 1963 to 1969 Tigran Petrosian 1969 Boris Spassky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Spassky Period: 1969 to 1972 Boris Spassky 1972 Bobby Fischer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fischer Period: 1972 to 1975 Bobby Fischer 1975 Anatoly Karpov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoly_Karpov Period: 1975 to 1985 Anatoly Karpov 1985 Garry Kasparov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Kasparov Period: 1985 to 2000 Garry Kasparov 1990 Anatoly Karpov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoly_Karpov Period: 1990 to 1999 Anatoly Karpov 1999 Alexander Khalifman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Khalifman Period: 1999 to 2000 Alexander Khalifman 2000 Vladimir Kramnik https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Kramnik 2000 Viswanathan Anand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viswanathan_Anand Period: 2000 to 2007 Vladimir Kramnik Period: 2000 to 2002 Viswanathan Anand 2002 Ruslan Ponomariov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruslan_Ponomariov Period: 2002 to 2004 Ruslan Ponomariov 2004 Rustam Kasimdzhanov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustam_Kasimdzhanov Period: 2004 to 2005 Rustam Kasimdzhanov 2005 Veselin Topalov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veselin_Topalov Period: 2005 to 2006 Veselin Topalov 2007 Viswanathan Anand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viswanathan_Anand Period: 2007 to 2013 Viswanathan Anand 2013 Magnus Carlsen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Carlsen Period: 2013 to 2018 Magnus Carlsen
