Undisputed World Champions 1886–1993

Name	Years	Country
Wilhelm Steinitz	1886–1894	Austria /United States
Emanuel Lasker	1894–1921	Prussia/Germany
José Raúl Capablanca	1921–1927	Cuba
Alexander Alekhine	1927–1935	Russia /France
Max Euwe	1935–1937	Netherlands
Alexander Alekhine	1937–1946	France
Mikhail Botvinnik	1948–1957	Soviet Union (Russia)
Vasily Smyslov	1957–1958	Soviet Union (Russia)
Mikhail Botvinnik	1958–1960	Soviet Union (Russia)
Mikhail Tal	1960–1961	Soviet Union (Latvia)
Mikhail Botvinnik	1961–1963	Soviet Union (Russia)
Tigran Petrosian	1963–1969	Soviet Union(Armenia)
Boris Spassky	1969–1972	Soviet Union (Russia)
Robert J. Fischer	1972–1975	United States
Anatoly Karpov	1975–1985	Soviet Union (Russia)
Garry Kasparov	1985–1993	Soviet Union (Russia)

 

 

FIDE World Champions 1993–2006

Name	Years	Country
Anatoly Karpov	1993–1999	Russia
Alexander Khalifman	1999–2000	Russia
Viswanathan Anand	2000–2002	India
Ruslan Ponomariov	2002–2004	Ukraine
Rustam Kasimdzhanov	2004–2005	Uzbekistan
Veselin Topalov	2005–2006	Bulgaria

 

 

Classical World Champions 1993–2006

Name	Years	Country
Garry Kasparov	1993–2000	Russia
Vladimir Kramnik	2000–2006	Russia

 

 

Undisputed World Champions 2006–

Name	Years	Country
Vladimir Kramnik	2006	Russia