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♟️ World Chess Champions: 1948: ☭ Mikhail Botvinnik 1951: ☭ Mikhail Botvinnik 1957: ☭ Vasily Smyslov 1958: ☭ Mikhail Botvinnik 1960: ☭ Mikhail Botvinnik 1961: ☭ Mikhail Botvinnik 1963: ☭ Tigran Petrosian 1966: ☭ Tigran Petrosian 1969: ☭ Boris Spassky 1972: 🇺🇸 Bobby Fischer 1975: ☭ Anatoly Karpov 1978: ☭ Anatoly Karpov 1981: ☭ Anatoly Karpov 1984: ☭ Anatoly Karpov 1985: ☭ Garry Kasparov 1986: ☭ Garry Kasparov 1987: ☭ Garry Kasparov 1990: ☭ Garry Kasparov 1993: 🇷🇺 Anatoly Karpov 1996: 🇷🇺 Anatoly Karpov 1998: 🇷🇺 Anatoly Karpov 1999: 🇷🇺 Alexander Khalifman 2000: 🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand 2002: 🇺🇦 Ruslan Ponomariov 2004: 🇺🇿 Rustam Kasimdzhanov 2005: 🇧🇬 Vaselin Topalov 2006: 🇷🇺 Vladimir Kramnik 2007: 🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand 2008: 🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand 2010: 🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand 2012: 🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand 2013: 🇳🇴 Magnus Carlsen 2014: 🇳🇴 Magnus Carlsen 2016: 🇳🇴 Magnus Carlsen 2018: 🇳🇴 Magnus Carlsen 2021: 🇳🇴 Magnus Carlsen 2023: 🇨🇳 Ding Liren 2024: 🇮🇳 Gukesh Dommaraju Note: FIDE World Championships