Friday, October 01, 2004

World Championship Matches

1886, Steinitz-Zukertort
1889, Steinitz-Chigorin
1890, Steinitz-Gunsberg
1892, Steinitz-Chigorin
1894, Lasker-Steinitz
1896, Lasker-Steinitz
1907, Lasker-Marshall
1908, Lasker-Tarrasch
(1909, Lasker-Janowsky, not a title match)
1910, Lasker-Schlecter
1910, Lasker-Janowsky
1921, Capablanca-Lasker
1927, Alekhine-Capablanca
1929, Alekhine-Bogoljubov
1934, Alekhine-Bogoljubov
1935, Euwe-Alekhine
1937, Alekhine-Euwe
1948, Botvinnik over Smyslov, Reshevsky, Keres, Euwe (tournament)
1951, Botvinnik-Bronstein
1954, Botvinnik-Smyslov
1957, Smyslov-Botvinnik
1958, Botvinnik-Smyslov
1960, Tal-Botvinnik
1961, Botvinnik-Tal
1963, Petrosian-Botvinnik
1966, Petrosian-Spassky
1969, Spassky-Petrosian
1972, Fischer-Spassky (1975 - Karpov gets title by default when Fischer refuses to defend)
1978, Karpov-Korchnoi
1981, Karpov-Korchnoi
1984, Karpov-Kasparov
1985, Kasparov-Karpov
1986, Kasparov-Karpov
1987, Kasparov-Karpov
1990, Kasparov-Karpov
1993, Kasparov-Short
(1993, Karpov-Timman, FIDE title)
1995, Kasparov-Anand
(1996, Karpov-Kamsky, FIDE title)
(1998, Karpov-Anand, FIDE title)
2000, Kramnik-Kasparov

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