List of chess world championship matches

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The following is a list of World Chess Championship matches.

The winner of each match is listed first. The notation (+x –y =z) means that the first player won x games, lost y games, and drew z games. For example, in the 1858 Morphy-Anderssen match, Morphy (+7 –2 =2) won with seven wins, two losses, and two draws. In the case of a drawn match, the champion retained his title.

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[edit] Unofficial events

Adolph Anderssen
  • 1834 La Bourdonnais-McDonnell
    • Match 1: June–July (+16 –5 =4)
    • Match 2: July (+4 -5 =0)
    • Match 3: July–August (+6 -5 =1)
    • Match 4: August–September (+8 -3 =7)
    • Match 5: September (+7 -4 =1)
    • Match 6: September–October (+4 -5 =0)
  • 1843 Saint-Amant-Staunton (3½ – 2½)
  • 1843 Staunton-Saint-Amant (+11 -6 =4)
  • 1846 Staunton-Horwitz (+14 -7 =3)
  • 1858 Morphy-Anderssen (+7 -2 =2)
  • 1866 Steinitz-Anderssen (+8 -6 =0)

[edit] Later matches

  • 1928 (FIDE) Efim Bogoljubov-Max Euwe (5½–4½) (one-time FIDE championship, before 1948 system)
  • 1992 (Independent) Fischer-Spassky (+10 -5 =15) (unofficial rematch of the 1972 match)

[edit] Official events

Wilhelm Steinitz

[edit] FIDE-sanctioned events

Mikhail Botvinnik

See Candidates Tournament for the process of selecting a challenger for these matches.

[edit] Split title

Garry Kasparov

[edit] Unified title (FIDE)

Viswanathan Anand
  • 2006 Kramnik-Topalov (+3 -3 =6; Kramnik wins after tiebreaks, +2 -1 =1)
  • 2007 Anand (9 points out of 14, double round-robin tournament, eight participants)
  • 2008 Anand-Kramnik (+3 -1 =7)
  • 2010 Anand-Topalov (+3 -2 =7)
  • 2012 Anand-Gelfand ? - ?

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

  • Davidson, Henry A. (1949, 1981). A Short History of Chess. McKay. ISBN 0-679-14550-8.
  • Barcza, Alföldy, Kapu: Die Weltmeister des Schachspiels. Hamburg 1975
  • Jens Enevoldsen: Verdens bedste Skak, Politiken (Denmark) 1966
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