The following is a list of world chess championship matches (see World Chess Championship). 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 won with 7 wins, two losses, and 2 draws. A chess table is a table with a chessboard painted or engraved on it. ... Jump to: navigation, search The 1984 World Chess Championship was between Anatoly Karpov (right) and Garry Kasparov (left). ...

Unofficial events

• 1834 LaBourdonnais-McDonnell
• 1843 Staunton-St. Amant
• 1846 Staunton-Horwitz
• 1858 Morphy-Anderssen (+7 -2 =2)
• 1866 Steinitz-Anderssen (+8 -6 =0)

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Official events

• 1886 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)
• 1909 Lasker-Janowski (+7 -1 =2)
• 1910 Lasker-Schlechter (+1 -1 =8)
• 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)

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FIDE-sanctioned events

• 1948 Botvinnik (tournament) (14/20, 5 participants, 5 games round robin) (FIDE)
• 1951 Botvinnik-Bronstein (+5 -5 =14) (FIDE)
• 1954 Botvinnik-Smyslov (+7 -7 =10) (FIDE)
• 1957 Smyslov-Botvinnik (+6 -3 =13) (FIDE)
• 1958 Botvinnik-Smyslov (+7 -5 =11) (FIDE)
• 1960 Tal-Botvinnik (+6 -2 =13) (FIDE)
• 1961 Botvinnik-Tal (+10 -5 =6) (FIDE)
• 1963 Petrosian-Botvinnik (+5 -2 =15) (FIDE)
• 1966 Petrosian-Spassky (+4 -3 =17) (FIDE)
• 1969 Spassky-Petrosian (+6 -4 =13) (FIDE)
• 1972 Fischer-Spassky (+7 -3 =11) (FIDE)
• 1975 Karpov-Fischer (by default) (FIDE)
• 1978 Karpov-Korchnoi (+6 -5 =21) (FIDE)
• 1981 Karpov-Korchnoi (+6 -2 =10) (FIDE)
• 1984 Karpov-Kasparov (+5 -3 =40) (FIDE)
• 1985 Kasparov-Karpov (+5 -3 =16) (FIDE)
• 1986 Kasparov-Karpov (+5 -4 =15) (FIDE)
• 1987 Kasparov-Karpov (+4 -4 =16) (FIDE)
• 1990 Kasparov-Karpov (+4 -3 =17) (FIDE)

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Chaos ensues

• 1992 Fischer-Spassky (+10 -5 =15) (Independent)
• 1993 Karpov-Timman (+5 -2 =14) (FIDE)
• 1993 Kasparov-Short (+6 -1 =13) (PCA)
• 1995 Kasparov-Anand (+4 -1 =13) (PCA)
• 1996 Karpov-Kamsky (+6 -3 =9) (FIDE)
• 1998 Karpov-Anand (+2 -2 =2) (FIDE)
• 1999 Khalifman-Akopian (+2 -1 =3) (FIDE)
• 2000 Kramnik-Kasparov (+2 -0 =13) (Braingames)
• 2000 Anand-Shirov (+3 -0 =1) (FIDE)
• 2002 Ponomariov-Ivanchuk (+2 -0 =5) (FIDE)
• 2004 Kasimdzhanov-Adams (+3 -2 =3) (FIDE)
• 2004 Kramnik-Lékó (+2 -2 =10) (ACP)
• 2005 Veselin Topalov (10/14, double round robin tournament, 8 participants) (FIDE)

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Notes

1858 Morphy-Anderssen: After demolishing Loewenthal (+8 -3 =2), Morphy crushed Anderssen (+7 -2 =2) who was reduced to playing the infamous "Anderson opening" in the later half of the match (1. a3?). Anderssen was considered by many the best player in the world prior to this encounter. Later in 1858 Morphy issued an open challenge to play anyone at odds of pawn and move, and receiving no challenges, retired undefeated from chess.

1886 Steinitz-Zuckertort: This was the first match proclaimed by the players themselves, particularly Steinitz, as for the "World Championship".

1910 Lasker-Schlechter: It is unclear if this match was actually for the world championship. The match was very short, after funds for a longer one could not be secured, and it is not known if Lasker had agreed that the world title was still at stake.

1927 Alekhine-Capablanca: After winning this match in great style, Alekhine hand picked his opponents for all his future matches, and refused to play a rematch with Capablanca. Lasker though, had done the same thing, and so had Capablanca.

1948 World Championship Tournament: The death of Alekhine in 1946 left the World Champion title vacant. FIDE organised a tournament to determine the new champion (the body went on to organise every subsequent match until the 1990s). Mikhail Botvinnik, Vassily Smyslov, Samuel Reshevsky, Paul Keres and Max Euwe took part, with Botvinnik triumphing. The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world. ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... Mikhail Moiseevich Botvinnik (Михаи́л Моисе́евич Ботви́нник) (August 17, 1911 - May 5, 1995) was a Russian International Grandmaster and long-time World Champion of chess. ... Vasily Smyslov Vasily Vasiliyevich Smyslov (Васи́лий Смысло́в) (born March 24, 1921) is a chess player. ... Samuel Herman (Sammy) Reshevsky (born November 26, 1911, Ozorkow, Poland - died April 4, 1992, New York, USA) was a leading American chess Grandmaster. ... Paul Keres Paul Keres (January 7, 1916 – June 5, 1975) (approximate pronunciation CARE-ess) was an Estonian chess grandmaster (born in Narva), one of the strongest chess players of all time, apart from the World chess champions. ... Max Euwe Machgielis (Max) Euwe (last name is pronounced /ø:wə/) (May 20, 1901 – November 26, 1981) was a Dutch chess player. ...

1951 Botvinnik-Bronstein, 1987 Kasparov-Karpov: FIDE originally used rules that stated that upon a tie, the previous WCC, if he was a candidate would retain the title.

1975 Karpov-Fischer: Fischer refused to play, insisting on different match scoring rules (declaring Fischer the winner if he achieved 9 wins before Karpov reached 10 wins, draws not counting.) Fischer declined to participate in a match held under the same conditions as the previous Fischer-Spassky match, and thus foreited the title to Karpov. For the following matches from 1978 to 1984, FIDE adopted Fischer's rule of discounting draws, but simply required the winner to achieve 6 wins.

1984 Karpov-Kasparov: This match was abandonded (Karpov did not win it, but did retain the title.) Kasparov was quickly down 4-0 in the first dozen games, then down 5-0 before winning his first. Then he won two out of the last three games, and the FIDE president simply halted the match. The 1985 rematch went back to the previous rules (defending WC needs to reach 12 points before challenger reaches 12.5 points, where draws are worth half a point to both players.)

1992 Fischer-Spassky: Although recognized by very few as a legitimate World Championship, it was billed as a World Championship rematch by Fischer and his hand picked opponent, Spassky. This match took place in Yugoslavia, while under strict US sanctions. The US government forbade Fischer to play in this country, but Fischer rejected this. The US government has since issued an indictment against Fischer.

1993 Karpov-Timman, Kasparov-Short: Both Karpov and Timman were soundly defeated in the candidates pre-matches by Nigel Short, who went on to play Kasparov in a match, but not under the auspices of FIDE. As a result, FIDE chose the two highest finishing remaining candidates, but excluded Yusupov by virtue of having been defeated by Timman in the quarter final match that already occurred in the same cycle.

1998 Karpov-Anand: After a tied match, the FIDE WCC was decided by a couple of rapid play tie breakers both won by Karpov. The match conditions heavily favored the defending champion Karpov over Anand, who was exhausted from the qualifying rounds. Later FIDE knockouts were altered to seed the defending champion into earlier rounds.

2000 Kramnik-Kasparov: Although defeated by Shirov in a candidates match earlier under another World Chess Championship sponsoring organization, Kramnik was hand picked by Kasparov, and was most likely the strongest player besides himself. Of course Kramnik proved to be more than Kasparov's equal by defeating him.

2002: Ponomariov-Ivanchuk: The 2002 FIDE WCC pre-tournament and final match has moved to a much faster time control which by many accounts (comments by Kasparov, and Ivanchuk among others) has significantly and noticeably reduced the quality of the games.

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