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
- 1834 La Bourdonnais-McDonnell (+45 -27 =13)
- 1843 Staunton-St. Amant (+11 -6 =4)
- 1846 Staunton-Horwitz (+14 -7 =3)
- 1858 Morphy-Anderssen (+7 -2 =2)
- 1866 Steinitz-Anderssen (+8 -6 =0)
[edit] Official events
- 1886 Match Steinitz-Zukertort (+10 -5 =5)
- 1889 Steinitz-Chigorin (+10 -6 =1)
- 1890/91 Steinitz-Gunsberg (+6 -4 =9)
- 1892 Steinitz-Chigorin (+10 -8 =5)
- 1894 Lasker-Steinitz (+10 -5 =4)
- 1896/97 Lasker-Steinitz (+10 -2 =5)
- 1907 Lasker-Marshall (+8 -0 =7)
- 1908 Lasker-Tarrasch (+8 -3 =5)
- 1910 Lasker-Schlechter (+1 -1 =8)[1]
- 1910 Lasker-Janowski (+8 -0 =3)
- 1921 Capablanca-Lasker (+4 -0 =10)
- 1927 Alekhine-Capablanca (+6 -3 =25)
- 1929 Alekhine-Bogoljubow (+11 -5 =9)
- 1934 Alekhine-Bogoljubow (+8 -3 =15)
- 1935 Euwe-Alekhine (+9 -8 =13)
- 1937 Alekhine-Euwe (+10 -4 =11)
[edit] FIDE-sanctioned events
See Candidates Tournament for the process of selecting a challenger for these matches.
- 1948 (FIDE) Botvinnik (14 points out of 20, five player, five cycle round-robin tournament)
- 1951 (FIDE) Botvinnik-Bronstein (+5 -5 =14)
- 1954 (FIDE) Botvinnik-Smyslov (+7 -7 =10)
- 1957 (FIDE) Smyslov-Botvinnik (+6 -3 =13)
- 1958 (FIDE) Botvinnik-Smyslov (+7 -5 =11)
- 1960 (FIDE) Tal-Botvinnik (+6 -2 =13)
- 1961 (FIDE) Botvinnik-Tal (+10 -5 =6)
- 1963 (FIDE) Petrosian-Botvinnik (+5 -2 =15)
- 1966 (FIDE) Petrosian-Spassky (+4 -3 =17)
- 1969 (FIDE) Spassky-Petrosian (+6 -4 =13)
- 1972 (FIDE) Fischer-Spassky (+7 -3 =11)
- 1975 (FIDE) Karpov-Fischer (by default)
- 1978 (FIDE) Karpov-Korchnoi (+6 -5 =21)
- 1981 (FIDE) Karpov-Korchnoi (+6 -2 =10)
- 1984 (FIDE) Karpov-Kasparov (+5 -3 =40) (aborted match)
- 1985 (FIDE) Kasparov-Karpov (+5 -3 =16)
- 1986 (FIDE) Kasparov-Karpov (+5 -4 =15)
- 1987 (FIDE) Kasparov-Karpov (+4 -4 =16)
- 1990 (FIDE) Kasparov-Karpov (+4 -3 =17)
[edit] Split title
- 1992 (Independent) Fischer-Spassky (+10 -5 =15) (rematch of the 1972 match)
- 1993 (FIDE) Karpov-Timman (+5 -2 =14)
- 1993 (PCA) Kasparov-Short (+6 -1 =13)
- 1995 (PCA) Kasparov-Anand (+4 -1 =13)
- 1996 (FIDE) Karpov-Kamsky (+6 -3 =9)
- 1998 (FIDE) Karpov-Anand (+2 -2 =2 and Karpov won on tiebreaks +2 -0 =0)
- 1999 (FIDE) Khalifman-Akopian (+2 -1 =3)
- 2000 (Braingames) Kramnik-Kasparov (+2 -0 =13)
- 2000 (FIDE) Anand-Shirov (+3 -0 =1)
- 2002 (FIDE) Ponomariov-Ivanchuk (+2 -0 =5)
- 2004 (FIDE) Kasimdzhanov-Adams (+3 -2 =3)
- 2004 (Classical) Kramnik-Lékó (+2 -2 =10)
- 2005 (FIDE) Topalov (10 points out of 14, double round robin tournament, eight participants)
[edit] Unification
- 2006 (FIDE) Kramnik-Topalov (+3 -3 =6; Kramnik wins after tiebreaks, +2 -1 =1)
- 2007 (FIDE) Anand (9 points out of 14, double round robin tournament, eight participants)
[edit] Articles on championship matches
- World Chess Championship 1886
- World Chess Championship 1889
- World Chess Championship 1948
- World Chess Championship 1963
- World Chess Championship 1972
- World Chess Championship 1984
- World Chess Championship 1993
- Classical World Chess Championship 1995
- FIDE World Chess Championship 1996
- FIDE World Chess Championships 1998-2004
- Classical World Chess Championship 2000
- FIDE World Chess Championship 2004
- FIDE World Chess Championship 2005
- World Chess Championship 2006
- World Chess Championship 2007
- World Chess Championship 2008
- World Chess Championship 2009
[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
