Profiles
Jul 30
Unofficial but widely recognized as Champions (pre-championship era):
Official Champions:
- Wilhelm Steinitz
- Emanuel Lasker
- José Raúl Capablanca
- Alexander Alekhine
- Max Euwe
- Mikhail Botvinnik
- Vassily Smyslov
- Mikhail Tal
- Tigran Petrosian
- Boris Spassky
- Robert Fischer
- Anatoly Karpov
- Garry Kasparov
Unofficial but widely accepted as current World Champion:
FIDE World Champions after Garry Kasparov:
Other famous chess masters:
- David Bronstein
- Paul Keres
- Lev Polugaevsky
- Lionel Kieseritzky
- Jean Dufresne
- Donald Byrne
- Isaac Boleslavsky
- Mark Taimanov
- Alexander Kotov
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