champions
Men
Women
WilhelmSteinitz
1836–1900
EmanuelLasker
1868–1941
Jose RaulCapablanca
1888–1942
AlexanderAlekhine
1892–1946
MaxEuwe
1901–1981
MikhailBotvinnik
1911–1994
VasilySmyslov
1921–2010
MikhailTal
1936–1992
TigranPetrosian
1929–1984
BorisSpassky
1937–2025
RobertFischer
1943–2008
AnatolyKarpov
1951
GarryKasparov
1963
VladimirKramnik
1975
ViswanathanAnand
1969
MagnusCarlsen
1990
DingLiren
1992
GukeshDommaraju
2006