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Tournaments: World Chess Championship

The World Chess Championship (sometimes abbreviated as WCC) is played to determine the world champion in chess. Since 2014, the schedule has settled on a two-year cycle with a championship held in every even year. Magnus Carlsen has been world champion since he dethroned Viswanathan Anand in 2013. He then went on to successfully defend his title against Anand in 2014, against Sergey Karjakin in 2016 and against Fabiano Caruana in 2018.

The official world championship is generally regarded to have begun in 1886, when the two leading players in Europe and the United States, Johann Zukertort and Wilhelm Steinitz respectively, played a match. From 1886 to 1946, the champion set the terms, requiring any challenger to raise a sizable stake and defeat the champion in a match in order to become the new world champion. From 1948 to 1993, the championship was administered by FIDE, the World Chess Federation. In 1993, the reigning champion (Garry Kasparov) broke away from FIDE, which led to the creation of the rival PCA championship. The titles were unified at the World Chess Championship 2006.

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List of World Chess Championships

Year	Host country	Host city	World champion	Runner(s)-up	Won (+)	Lost (−)	Draw (=)	Format
Unofficial World Chess Championships (1834–1886)
1834	United Kingdom	London	Louis de La Bourdonnais	Alexander McDonnell	45	28	13
1843	United Kingdom	London	Pierre Saint-Amant	Howard Staunton	3	2	1
1843	France	Paris	Howard Staunton	Pierre Saint-Amant	11	6	4
1846	United Kingdom	London	Howard Staunton	Bernhard Horwitz	14	7	3
1858	France	Paris	Paul Morphy	Adolf Anderssen	7	2	2
1866	United Kingdom	London	Wilhelm Steinitz	Adolf Anderssen	8	6	0
Official World Chess Championships (1886–1946)
1886	United States	New York City Saint Louis New Orleans	Wilhelm Steinitz	Johannes Zukertort	10	5	5	first-to-10 wins
1889	Cuba	Havana	Wilhelm Steinitz	Mikhail Chigorin	10	6	1	best-of-20 + tiebreak
1891	United States	New York City	Wilhelm Steinitz	Isidor Gunsberg	6	4	9
1892	Cuba	Havana	Wilhelm Steinitz	Mikhail Chigorin	8+2	8	4+1
1894	United States and Canada	New York City Philadelphia Montreal	Emanuel Lasker	Wilhelm Steinitz	10	5	4	first-to-10 wins
1897	Russian Empire	Moscow	Emanuel Lasker	Wilhelm Steinitz	10	2	5	first-to-10 wins
1907	United States	New York City Philadelphia Washington, D.C. Baltimore Chicago Memphis	Emanuel Lasker	Frank Marshall	8	0	7	first-to-8 wins
1908	German Empire	Düsseldorf Munich	Emanuel Lasker	Siegbert Tarrasch	8	3	5	first-to-8 wins
1910	Austria-Hungary and German Empire	Vienna Berlin	Emanuel Lasker	Carl Schlechter	1	1	8	best of 10; disputed whether challenger had to win by 1 or 2 points
1910	German Empire	Berlin	Emanuel Lasker	Dawid Janowski	8	0	3	first-to-8 wins
1921	Cuba	Havana	José Raúl Capablanca	Emanuel Lasker	4	0	10	best-of-24;[1]Emanuel Lasker resigned after 14 games
1927	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Alexander Alekhine	José Raúl Capablanca	6	3	25	first-to-6 wins
1929	Germany and Netherlands	Wiesbaden Heidelberg Berlin The Hague	Alexander Alekhine	Efim Bogoljubov	11	5	9	first-to-6 wins AND 15 points
1934	Nazi Germany	10 cities Baden-Baden Villingen-Schwenningen Freiburg im Breisgau Pforzheim Stuttgart Munich Bayreuth Bad Kissingen Mannheim Berlin	Alexander Alekhine	Efim Bogoljubov	8	3	15
1935	Netherlands	13 cities Amsterdam Delft Rotterdam Utrecht Gouda The Hague Groningen Baarn 's-Hertogenbosch Eindhoven Zeist Ermelo Zandvoort	Max Euwe	Alexander Alekhine	9	8	13
1937	Netherlands	7 cities The Hague Rotterdam Amsterdam Haarlem Leiden Groningen Delft	Alexander Alekhine	Max Euwe	10	4	11
Interregnum (1946–1948)
Alexander Alekhine died in 1946 as World Chess Champion.
FIDE World Chess Championships (1948–1993)
1948	Netherlands and Soviet Union	The Hague Moscow	Mikhail Botvinnik	4 players	14 points out of 20			5-player, 5-cycle round-robin tournament
1951	Soviet Union	Moscow	Mikhail Botvinnik	David Bronstein	5	5	14	best-of-24
1954	Soviet Union	Moscow	Mikhail Botvinnik	Vasily Smyslov	7	7	10
1957	Soviet Union	Moscow	Vasily Smyslov	Mikhail Botvinnik	6	3	13
1958	Soviet Union	Moscow	Mikhail Botvinnik	Vasily Smyslov	7	5	11
1960	Soviet Union	Moscow	Mikhail Tal	Mikhail Botvinnik	6	2	13
1961	Soviet Union	Moscow	Mikhail Botvinnik	Mikhail Tal	10	5	6
1963	Soviet Union	Moscow	Tigran Petrosian	Mikhail Botvinnik	5	2	15
1966	Soviet Union	Moscow	Tigran Petrosian	Boris Spassky	4	3	17
1969	Soviet Union	Moscow	Borris Spassky	Tigran Petrosian	6	4	13
1972	Iceland	Reykjavík	Bobby Fischer	Boris Spassky	7	3	11
1975	Philippines	Manila	Anatoly Karpov	Bobby Fischer	by default			first-to-10 wins
1978	Philippines	Baguio	Anatoly Karpov	Viktor Korchnoi	6	5	21	first-to-6 wins
1981	Italy	Kurhaus Merano	Anatoly Karpov	Viktor Korchnoi	6	2	10	first-to-6 wins
1984	Soviet Union	Moscow	Anatoly Karpov	Garry Kasparov	5	3	40	first-to-6 wins; unfinished match
1985	Soviet Union	Moscow	Garry Kasparov	Anatoly Karpov	5	3	16	best-of-24
1986	United Kingdom and Soviet Union	London Leningrad	Garry Kasparov	Anatoly Karpov	5	4	15
1987	Spain	Seville	Garry Kasparov	Anatoly Karpov	4	4	16
1990	United States and France	New York City Lyon	Garry Kasparov	Anatoly Karpov	4	3	17
Classical World Chess Championships (1993–2006)
World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov and challenger Nigel Short split from FIDE, the official world governing body of chess, and played their title match under the auspices of the Professional Chess Association.
1993	United Kingdom	London	Garry Kasparov	Nigel Short	6	1	13	best-of-24
1995	United States	New York City	Garry Kasparov	Viswanathan Anand	4	1	13	best-of-20
2000	>United Kingdom	London	Vladimir Kramnik	Garry Kasparov	2	0	13	best-of-16
2004	Switzerland	Brissago	Vladimir Kramnik	Peter Leko	2	2	10	best-of-14
FIDE World Chess Championships (1993–2006)
Garry Kasparov was stripped of his FIDE title after he and challenger Nigel Short split from FIDE in 1993.Anatoly Karpov, former champion and the challenger in the 1990 FIDE World Chess Championship match, was announced as incumbent World Champion. Beginning with the FIDE World Chess Championship 1996, FIDE changed its rules and the incumbent World Champion was no longer automatically qualified for the final match.
1993	Netherlands and Indonesia	Zwolle Arnhem Amsterdam Jakarta	Anatoly Karpov	Jan Timman	6	2	13	best-of-24
1996	Russia	Elista	Anatoly Karpov	Gata Kamsky	6	3	9	best-of-20
1998	Netherlands and Switzerland	Groningen Lausanne	Anatoly Karpov	Viswanathan Anand	2+2	2	2	single-elimination tournament with finals best-of-6 + tiebreaks
1999	United States	Las Vegas	Alexander Khalifman	Vladimir Akopian	2	1	3
2000	India and Iran	New Delhi Teheran	Viswanathan Anand	Alexei Shirov	3	0	1
2002	Russia	Moscow	Ruslan Ponomariov	Vassily Ivanchuk	2	0	5	single-elimination tournament with finals best-of-8 + tiebreaks
2004	Libya	Tripoli	Rustam Kasimdzhanov	Michael Adams	2+1	2	2+1	single-elimination tournament with finals best-of-6 + tiebreaks
2005	Argentina	Potrero de los Funes San Luis	Veselin Topalov	7 players	10 points out of 14			8-player double round-robin tournament
World Chess Championships (2006–present)
2006	Russia	Elista	Vladimir Kramnik	Veselin Topalov	3+2	3+1	6+1	best-of-12 + tiebreaks
2007	Mexico	Mexico City	Viswanathan Anand	7 players	9 points out of 14			8-player double round-robin tournament
2008	Germany	Bonn	Viswanathan Anand	Vladimir Kramnik	3	1	7	best-of-12 + tiebreaks
2010	Bulgaria	Sofia	Viswanathan Anand	Veselin Topalov	3	2	7
2012	Russia	Moscow	Viswanathan Anand	Boris Gelfand	1+1	1	10+3
2013	India	Chennai	Magnus Carlsen	Viswanathan Anand	3	0	7
2014	Russia	Sochi	Magnus Carlsen	Viswanathan Anand	3	1	7
2016	United States	New York City	Magnus Carlsen	Sergey Karjakin	1+2	1	10+2
2018	United Kingdom	London	Magnus Carlsen	Fabiano Caruana	0+3	0	12

Related matches

Year	Host country	Host city	Winner	Runner-up	Won (+)	Lost (−)	Draw (=)	Format
Independent World Chess Championships
1928	Netherlands	The Hague	Efim Bogoljubov	Max Euwe	3	2	5	one-time FIDE championship, before the 1948 system
1992	Yugoslavia	Sveti Stefan and Belgrade	Bobby Fischer	Boris Spassky	10	5	15	First to reach 10 wins, draws not counting

Undisputed world champions (1886–1993)

#	Name	Year	Country	Age
1	Wilhelm Steinitz	1886–1894	Austria-Hungary United States	50–58
2	Emanuel Lasker	1894–1921	Germany	26–52
3	José Raúl Capablanca	1921–1927	Cuba	33–39
4	Alexander Alekhine	1927–1935	France Soviet Union	35–43
5	Max Euwe	1935–1937	Netherlands	34–36
(4)	Alexander Alekhine	1937–1946	France Soviet Union	45–53
6	Mikhail Botvinnik	1948–1957	Soviet Union	37–46
7	Vasily Smyslov	1957–1958	Soviet Union	36
(6)	Mikhail Botvinnik	1958–1960	Soviet Union	47–49
8	Mikhail Tal	1960–1961	Soviet Union	24
(6)	Mikhail Botvinnik	1961–1963	Soviet Union	50–52
9	Tigran Petrosian	1963–1969	Soviet Union	34–40
10	Boris Spassky	1969–1972	Soviet Union	32–35
11	Bobby Fischer	1972–1975	United States	29–32
12	Anatoly Karpov	1975–1985	Soviet Union	24–34
13	Garry Kasparov	1985–1993	Soviet Union Russia	22–30

Classical (PCA/Braingames) world champions (1993–2006)

Name	Year	Country	Age
Garry Kasparov	1993–2000	Russia	30–37
Vladimir Kramnik	2000–2006	Russia	25–31

FIDE world champions (1993–2006)

Name	Year	Country	Age
Anatoly Karpov	1993–1999	Russia	42–48
Alexander Khalifman	1999–2000	Russia	33
Viswanathan Anand	2000–2002	India	31–33
Ruslan Ponomariov	2002–2004	Ukraine	19–21
Rustam Kasimdzhanov	2004–2005	Uzbekistan	25
Veselin Topalov	2005–2006	Bulgaria	30

Undisputed world champions (2006–present)

#	Name	Year	Country	Age
14	Vladimir Kramnik	2006–2007	Russia	31–32
15	Viswanathan Anand	2007–2013	India	38–43
16	Magnus Carlsen	2013–until present	Norway	22–27