Lista de campeones del mundo de ajedrez

• 1866 - Steinitz - Anderssen (+8 -6 =0)
• 1886 - Steinitz - Zukertort (+10 -5 =1)
• 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)
• 19xx - Lasker - Schlechter
• 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 - Bogoluybov (+11 -5 =9)
• 1934 - Alekhine - Bogoluybov (+8 -3 =15)
• 1935 - Max Euwe - Alekhine (+9 -8 =13)
• 1937 - Alekhine - Max Euwe (+10 -4 =11)
• 1948 - Botvinnik (ganó torneo) (14/20, 5 participantes, 5 partidas en sistema liga) (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 - Boris Spassky (+4 -3 =17) (FIDE)
• 1969 - Boris Spassky - Petrosian (+6 -4 =13) (FIDE)
• 1972 - Fischer - Boris Spassky (+7 -3 =11) (FIDE)
• 1975 - Karpov - Fischer (por incomparecencia) (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 (FIDE)
• 1993 - Karpov - Timman (FIDE)
• 1993 - Kasparov - Short (PCA)
• 1995 - Kasparov - Anand (PCA)
• 1998 - Karpov - Anand (FIDE)
• 1999 - Khalifman - Akopian (torneo) (FIDE)
• 2000 - Kramnik - Kasparov (Braingames)
• 2001 - Anand - Shirov (torneo) (FIDE)
• 2002 - Ponomáriov - Ivánchuk (torneo) (4,5 a 2,5) (FIDE)