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The World Chess Championship, also known as the WCC, decides the Chess World Champion. The first official chess championship was held in 1886. Until 1946, it was played between top players from Europe and the United States. From 1948 to 1993, the championship was organized by the World Chess Federation (FIDA). For some reason from 1993 to 2006 it is called the Classic World Chess Championship. Since 2006 the chess title has been reintroduced as the World Chess Championship.

The World Chess Championship takes place once every two years since 2014. The next championship will be in November 2025.
The world championship is open to all players - there are also separate world chess championships for under 20 players, women, seniors, under age groups and computers. There are also various World Chess Championships in Blitz, Rapid, Problem Solving, Correspondence and Fischer Random Chess.

List of World Chess Championships:-

Unofficial Championships before 1886
YearWorld ChampionHost Country
1834Louis de La BourdonnaisUnited Kingdom
1843Howard StauntonUnited Kingdom & France
1846Howard StauntonUnited Kingdom
1851Adolf Anderssen United Kingdom
1858Paul MorphyFrance
1862Adolf AnderssenUnited Kingdom
1866Wilhelm SteinitzUnited Kingdom
1872Wilhelm SteinitzUnited Kingdom
1876Wilhelm SteinitzUnited Kingdom
1883Johannes ZukertortUnited Kingdom
Pre-FIDE World Championships 1886 – 1946
YearWorld ChampionHost Country
1886Wilhelm SteinitzUnited States
1889Wilhelm SteinitzSpain
1891Wilhelm SteinitzUnited States
1892Wilhelm SteinitzSpain
1894Emanuel LaskerUnited States and Canada
1897Emanuel LaskerRussian Empire
1907Emanuel LaskerUnited States
1908Emanuel LaskerGerman Empire
1910Emanuel LaskerAustria-Hungary and German Empire
1910Emanuel LaskerGerman Empire
1921Jose Raul CapablancaCuba
1927Alexander AlekhineArgentina
1929Alexander AlekhineGermany and Netherlands
1934Alexander AlekhineNazi Germany
1935Max EuweNetherlands
1937Alexander AlekhineNetherlands
FIDE World Chess Championships 1948 – 1993
YearWorld ChampionHost Country
1948Mikhail BotvinnikNetherlands and Soviet Union
1951Mikhail BotvinnikSoviet Union
1954Mikhail BotvinnikSoviet Union
1957Vasily SmyslovSoviet Union
1958Mikhail BotvinnikSoviet Union
1960Mikhail TalSoviet Union
1961Mikhail BotvinnikSoviet Union
1963Tigran PetrosianSoviet Union
1966Tigran PetrosianSoviet Union
1969Boris SpasskySoviet Union
1972Bobby FischerIceland
1975Anatoly KarpovPhilippines
1978Anatoly KarpovPhilippines
1981Anatoly KarpovItaly
1984Anatoly KarpovSoviet Union
1985Garry KasparovSoviet Union
1986Garry KasparovUnited Kingdom and Soviet Union
1987Garry KasparovSpain
1990Garry KasparovUnited States and France
FIDE World Chess Championships 1993 – 2006
YearWorld ChampionHost Country
1993Anatoly KarpovNetherlands and Indonesia
1996Anatoly KarpovRussia
1998Anatoly KarpovNetherlands and Switzerland
1999Alexander KhalifmanUnited States
2000Viswanathan AnandIndia and Iran
2002Ruslan PonomariovRussia
2004Rustam KasimdzhanovLibya
2005Veselin TopalovArgentina
World Chess Championships 2006 to present
YearWorld ChampionHost Country
2006Vladimir KramnikRussia
2007Viswanathan AnandMexico
2008Viswanathan AnandGermany
2010Viswanathan AnandBulgaria
2012Viswanathan AnandRussia
2013Magnus CarlsenIndia
2014Magnus CarlsenRussia
2016Magnus CarlsenUnited States
2018Magnus CarlsenUnited Kingdom
2021Magnus CarlsenUnited Arab Emirates
2023Ian NepomniachtchiKazakhstan
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