Two rival WorldChessChampionshipworldchess championships were held in the year 2000 Classical WorldChessChampionship 2000 , a match between challenger Vladimir Kramnik and defending champion Garry Kasparov . FIDE WorldChessChampionship 2000 , a knockout tournament that took place in New Delhi , India and Tehran , Iran . WorldChess Championships Category Chessworld championships Category 2000 in chess ... more details
Two rival WorldChessChampionshipworldchess championships were held in the year 2004 FIDE WorldChessChampionship 2004 , a knockout tournament which took place at the Almahary Hotel in Tripoli , Libya . Classical WorldChessChampionship 2004 , a match between challenger Peter Leko and defending champion Vladimir Kramnik . WorldChess Championships Category Chessworld championships Category 2004 in chess ... more details
World Computer ChessChampionship WCCC is an annual event where computer chess computer chess engine ... group wccc World Microcomputer ChessChampionship From 1980 to 2001, there was a separate cycle ... 2000 London Shredder chess Shredder 18 2001 Maastricht Deep Junior WorldChess Software Championship ... as the World Computer ChessChampionship. The rules for the WorldChess Software Championship state ... WorldChess Software Championship Article on the WorldChess Software Championship ... announcement of new tournament ref The winner of the first WorldChess Software Championship in 2010 ... chess software championship ChessCentral report on 2010 WorldChess Software Championship ref The 2011 .... It was won by HIARCS . See also Chess engine Computer chessWorld Computer Speed ChessChampionship North American Computer ChessChampionship Dutch open computer chesschampionship References http www.grappa.univ ... computer pl Mistrzostwa wiata komputer w w szachach pt World Computer ChessChampionship ru ... title Rybka disqualified and banned from World Computer Chess Championships url http www.chessvibes.com reports rybka disqualified and banned from world computer chess championships publisher Chess Vibes ... ChessChampionship 2006.html Play through the 2006 WCCC games http www.grappa.univ lille3.fr icga ... http www.chess.at turniere turniere2003 chess003 Graz WCCC 2003 Category Chessworld championships Computer ChessChampionship Category Computer chess competitions Category Recurring events established ... for other board games. Championship results The WCCC was open to all types of computers including microprocessors, supercomputer s, cluster computing clusters , and dedicated chess hardware. In 2007, the reigning champion Junior chess Junior declined to defend its title. see talk page for reference ... wikitable Event Year Location Winner 1 1974 Stockholm Kaissa 2 1977 Toronto Chess Northwestern University Chess 4.6 3 1980 Linz Belle chess machine Belle 4 1983 New York, NY Cray Blitz 5 1986 Cologne ... more details
The World Amateur ChessChampionship was a tournament organized by the WorldChess Federation, FIDE . FIDE intended to promote amateur chess play by holding championship tournaments linked to the Olympic Games , but only two events were held. The first championship was held the year that FIDE was founded, at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris . This is considered the unofficial first Chess Olympiad , and is the only Olympiad that was an individual event. The second championship was held at the 1928 Summer Olympics in The Hague , in conjunction with the 2nd Chess Olympiad. Chess has never been an official part of the Olympic Games, and since the chess community does not make any essential distinction between amateur and professional ref A chess amateur is a player who does not earn a living through chess. Chess amateurs are not restricted in any way they can win prizes, accept appearance fees, and earn any chess title, including World Champion. In 1935 Max Euwe became the last amateur to win the WorldChessChampionshipWorldChampionship . harv Hooper & Whyld 1992 p 13 ref the championship was discontinued after 1928. However, recently FIDE has organized new World Amateur Chess Championshiops held in 2007 and 2009 . In 2011 it took place in Turkey reference http wacc2011.tsf.org.tr ... 6565 Greece. The entry requirements and thus the FIDE definition of amateur chess player ... unofficial Chess Olympiad Paris 1924 2nd Chess Olympiad The Hague 1928 Notes references References citation last Brace first Edward R. year 1977 title An Illustrated Dictionary of Chess publisher Hamlyn ... to Chess edition 2 publisher Oxford University Press isbn 0 19 280049 3 page 13 citation last Whyld first Ken author link Ken Whyld year 1986 title Chess The Records publisher Guinness Books isbn 0 85112 455 0 page 28 Category Chessworld championships Amateur Category History of chess Category 1924 in chess Category 1928 in chess ca Campionat del m n d escacs d aficionats ... more details
The WorldChessChampionship 2013 will be a match between the winner of the WorldChessChampionship 2012 and a challenger, to determine the 2013 WorldChessChampionshipWorldChess Champion . It will be held under the auspices of FIDE , the WorldChess Federation. The defending champion will be the winner of the WorldChessChampionship 2012, which will involve a match between 2010 champion Viswanathan Anand of India and challenger Boris Gelfand , the winner of the 2011 Candidates Tournament . Venue Chennai , India is being considered as the venue. ref cite web url http articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com 2011 08 12 chess 29876828 1 worldchampionship dv sundar kirsan ilyumzhinov title Fide offers 2013 WorldChess C ship to Chennai Times Of India publisher Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com date accessdate 2011 12 14 ref FIDE president had indicated that India would be given a first option of three months following the WorldChessChampionship 2012 , to make a proposal for the organisation of the WorldChessChampionship Match 2013. ref cite web url http www.chessbase.com newsdetail.asp?newsid 7442 title Chess News FIDE awards WorldChampionship Match to Moscow publisher ChessBase.com ... players will consist of The loser of the 2012 WorldChampionship match flagathlete Boris Gelfand ISR or flagathlete Viswanathan Anand IND The top three finishers in the ChessWorld Cup 2011 ... ref According to the FIDE regulations, the loser of the 2012 WorldChampionship will be the 1 seed ... name a class wikitable style text align center Candidates Tournament for the WorldChampionship 2013 ... The next three highest rated players in the world average from July 2011 and January 2012 FIDE rating ... flagathlete Peter Svidler RUS 0.0 align center 8 align left 0.0 align center References reflist WorldChess Championships Category Chessworld championships Category 2012 in chess Category Scheduled sports events Category 2011 in chess ca Campionat del m n d escacs de 2013 de Schachweltmeisterschaft ... more details
The 1961 WorldChessChampionship was played between former champion Mikhail Botvinnik and champion Mikhail Tal in Moscow from March 15 ref Tal Will Defend Crown in Chess Latvian to Meet Botvinnik in Moscow on March 15 for WorldChampionship , New York Times , March 5, 1961 ref to May 13, 1961. Tal had unseated Botvinnik in the WorldChessChampionship 1960 1960 match , thus Botvinnik was entitled to this rematch the next year. Botvinnik, a Russian, defeated Latvian Tal to regain the worldchampionship. ref Botvinnik Wins Chess Title , New York Times , May 13, 1961 ref ref http news.google.com newspapers?id k44tAAAAIBAJ&sjid HZ0FAAAAIBAJ&pg 5806,148917&dq botvinnik&hl en Russian First to Regain WorldChess Title , Montreal Gazette , June 1, 1961, p27 ref Results The match was played as best of 24 games. If it ended 12 12, Tal, the title holder, would retain the Championship. class wikitable style text align center WorldChessChampionship Match 1961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Points align left flagathlete Mikhail Botvinnik Soviet Union 1 style background black color white 0 1 style background black color white style background black color white 1 style background black color white 0 1 style background black color white 1 1 style background black color white 0 1 style background black color white 1 style background black color white 0 style background black color white 1 0 style background black color white 1 13 align left flagathlete Mikhail Tal Soviet Union style background black color white 0 1 style background black color white 0 style background ... black color white 0 8 Botvinnik regained his title. References reflist See also WorldChessChampionship ... chesschamps world world1961.htm 1961 WorldChessChampionship at the Internet Archive record of Graeme Cree s Chess Pages WorldChess Championships Category Chessworld championships Category 1961 in chess Category 1961 in the Soviet Union Category Chess in the Soviet Union bg ... more details
. The WorldChessChampionship is played to determine the World Champion in the board game chess ... champion. From 1948 to 1993, the championship was administered by FIDE , the worldchess federation ... ChessChampionship 2006 . The current world champion is Viswanathan Anand , who won the WorldChess ... in the WorldChessChampionship 2008 , and again against the challenger Veselin Topalov in the WorldChessChampionship 2010 . He will defend his title against challenger Boris Gelfand in the WorldChess ... s WorldChessChampionship Women s World Champion , and separate competitions and titles for juniors ... of the WorldChessChampionship Image WorldChess Champions timeline.svg 400px thumb legend ... until WorldChessChampionship 2012 2012 due to the WorldChessChampionship 2010 Challenger Match ... resembling a worldchampionship match was the La Bourdonnais McDonnell chess matches in 1834, in which ... some commentators consider the first official worldchampionship match. ref The World s Great Chess ... these two, the WorldChessChampionship 1886 . ref J.I. Minchin, the editor of the tournament ... recognized as the first official WorldChessChampionship match, with Steinitz the game s first ... divide Steinitz reign into an unofficial one before he beat Zukertort WorldChessChampionship ... for the 1886 match must specify that the match was for the Championship of the WorldChess Monthly ... WorldChessChampionship accessdate 2008 06 04 This cites a report of Lasker s concerns about the location ... Edward Winter accessdate 2008 06 07 ref In the event Capablanca WorldChessChampionship 1921 won ... Alekhine in WorldChessChampionship 1927 1927 , although there has been speculation that the actual ... title matches against Efim Bogoljubov in WorldChessChampionship 1929 1929 and WorldChessChampionship 1934 1934 . In WorldChessChampionship 1935 1935 , Alekhine was unexpectedly defeated by the Netherlands ... won a WorldChessChampionship 1937 rematch in 1937 . World War II temporarily prevented any further ... more details
The 1975 in chess 1975 WorldChessChampionship was never played due a dispute over the match format. Champion Bobby Fischer USA was to play Anatoly Karpov Soviet Union in Manila , commencing June 1, 1975. Fischer refused to play the standard Best of 24 games match, instead asking for the old style First to win x games format. As a compromise, FIDE offered a Best of x games and must win y of them format, but Fischer refused. FIDE agreed to a First to win 10 games match, but then Fischer requested that he retain the title if the score reached 9 9. FIDE did not concede this advantage. Fischer did not respond, so Karpov was named World Champion by default on April 3, 1975. Candidates The Candidates Tournament was played as knockout matches. The first round candidates matches were the first to win three games, draw chess draws not counting. Later rounds were first to win four games. The final had a limit of 24 games, which Karpov won 3 2 with 19 draws, earning the right to challenge Fischer. 8TeamBracket info RD1 team1 flagicon URS Anatoly Karpov RD1 score1 3 RD1 team2 flagicon URS Lev Polugaevsky RD1 score2 0 RD1 team3 flagicon URS Boris Spassky RD1 score3 3 RD1 team4 flagicon USA Robert Byrne chess player Robert Byrne RD1 score4 0 RD1 team5 flagicon URS Viktor Korchnoi RD1 score5 3 RD1 team6 flagicon BRA Henrique Mecking RD1 score6 1 RD1 team7 flagicon URS Tigran Petrosian RD1 score7 3 RD1 team8 flagicon HUN 1957 Lajos Portisch RD1 score8 2 RD2 team1 Karpov RD2 score1 4 RD2 team2 Spassky RD2 score2 1 RD2 team3 Korchnoi RD2 score3 3 RD2 team4 Petrosian RD2 score4 1 forfeit RD3 team1 Karpov RD3 score1 3 RD3 team2 Korchnoi RD3 score2 2 External links http www.mark weeks.com chess 7375 cix.htm 1973 75 Candidates Matches , Mark Weeks Chess Pages Further reading Anatoly Karpov The Road to the WorldChessChampionship , Robert Byrne chess player Robert Byrne , Bantam Books, 1976 WorldChess Championships Category Chessworld championships Category 1975 in chess da VM i skak 1975 ... more details
The 1951 WorldChessChampionship was played between Mikhail Botvinnik and David Bronstein in Moscow from March 15 to May 11, 1951. Botvinnik retained his title. Results The match was played as best of 24 games. If it ended 12 12, Botvinnik, the holder, would retain the Championship. class wikitable style text align center WorldChessChampionship Match 1951 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Points align left flagathlete Mikhail Botvinnik Soviet Union style background black color white style background black color white 0 style background black color white 1 1 style background black color white style background black color white 0 style background black color white 1 style background black color white style background black color white 0 style background black color white 1 style background black color white 0 style background black color white 0 1 style background black color white 12 align left flagathlete David Bronstein Soviet Union style background black color white style background black color white style background black color white 1 0 style background black color white 0 style background black color white style background black color white 1 0 style background black color white style background black color white style background black color white 1 style background black color white 0 style background black color white 1 1 style background black color white 0 12 Botvinnik retained the Championship. External links http web.archive.org web 20050122065128 http members.aol.com graemecree chesschamps world world1951.htm 1951 WorldChessChampionship at the Internet Archive record of Graeme Cree s Chess Pages WorldChess Championships Category Chessworld championships Category 1951 in chess Category 1951 in the Soviet Union bg 1951 da VM i skak 1951 de Schachweltmeisterschaft 1951 es Campeonato Mundial de Ajedrez 1951 fr Championnat du monde d checs 1951 it Campionato del mondo di scacchi 1951 nn Verdsmeisterskapen ... more details
for the match currently in progress Women s WorldChessChampionship 2011 Image HouyifanCorus2007.jpg right thumb 240px Current Women World Champion Hou Yifan of China. The Women s WorldChessChampionship is played to determine the women s world champion in chess . Like the WorldChessChampionship , it is administered by FIDE . Unlike most sports, women are able to compete against men in chess, and so some women do not compete for the women s title. Notably, the world s top rated female player for the past 20 years, Judit Polg r and by far the highest FIDE rated woman in chess history , has never competed for the women s title. Era of Menchik The Women s WorldChampionship was established by FIDE in 1927 as a single tournament held alongside the Chess Olympiad . The winner of that tournament ... ChessChampionship 2008 . Yearly tournaments 2010 File Women s WorldChessChampionship Tirana 2011.jpg thumb 250px Women s WorldChessChampionship, Tirana 2011 Beginning from 2010, the Women s WorldChessChampionship will be held annually in alternating formats. In even years a 64 player Single ... s WorldChessChampionship Regulations ref The 2011 edition will be contested between the 2010 champion ... Union players 1950 1991 File WomensWorldChamp1981.jpg right thumb 1981 Women s WorldChampionship ..., FIDE decided that the championship should be held between the three top players in the world. Rubtsova ... men s title and held alongside it, was the new format of the women s worldchampionship. It was won ... chess player Xu Yuhua was pregnant during the championship. In 2008, the title went to Russian grandmaster ... of China References reflist Women s WorldChess Championships External links http www.mark weeks.com chess wcc womn.htm WCC for Women Interzonal, Candidates, WorldChampionship http www.mark weeks.com aboutcom aa04c20.htm a history of women s worldchess champions http www.chessbase.com newsdetail.asp ... Category Women s WorldChess Championships Category Chessworld championships Category History of chess ... more details
The 1934 WorldChessChampionship was played between Efim Bogoljubow and Alexander Alekhine . It was played in Germany from April 1 to June 14, 1934. Alekhine retained his title. Results The first player to win six games and score more than 15 points would be champion. class wikitable style text align center WorldChessChampionship Match 1934 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Wins Points align left Flagicon Germany empire Efim Bogoljubov Germany style background black color white 0 style background black color white 0 style background black color white style background black color white 1 style background black color white 0 style background black color white style background black color white style background black color white 0 style background black color white 0 style background black color white 0 style background black color white 1 style background black color white 1 0 style background black color white 3 10 align left flagathlete Alexander Alekhine France style background black color white 1 style background black color white 1 style background black color white style background black color white style background black color white 0 1 style background black color white style background black color white style background black color white 1 style background black color white 1 style background black color white style background black color white 1 style background black color white 0 0 style background black color white 1 8 15 Alekhine won the Championship. External links http web.archive.org web 20070920161005 http members.aol.com graemecree chesschamps world world1934.htm 1934 WorldChessChampionship at the Internet Archive record of Graeme Cree s Chess Pages WorldChess Championships Category Chessworld championships Category 1934 in chess bg 1934 da VM i skak 1934 de Schachweltmeisterschaft 1934 es Campeonato Mundial de Ajedrez 1934 fr Championnat du monde d checs 1934 it Campionato del ... more details
The 1957 WorldChessChampionship was played between Mikhail Botvinnik and Vasily Smyslov in Moscow from March 5 to April 27, 1957. Smyslov won. Results The match was played as best of 24 games. If it ended 12 12, Botvinnik, the holder, would retain the Championship. class wikitable style text align center WorldChessChampionship Match 1957 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Points align left flagathlete Vasily Smyslov Soviet Union style background black color white 1 style background black color white 0 style background black color white 0 1 style background black color white 1 style background black color white style background black color white 1 style background black color white 0 style background black color white style background black color white 1 style background black color white 1 style background black color white 12 align left flagathlete Mikhail Botvinnik Soviet Union 0 style background black color white style background black color white 1 1 style background black color white 0 style background black color white 0 style background black color white style background black color white 0 1 style background black color white style background black color white 0 style background black color white style background black color white 0 style background black color white 9 Smyslov won. External links http web.archive.org web 20050122065135 http members.aol.com graemecree chesschamps world world1957.htm 1957 WorldChessChampionship at the Internet Archive record of Graeme Cree s Chess Pages WorldChess Championships Category Chessworld championships Category 1957 in chess Category 1957 in the Soviet Union bg 1957 da VM i skak 1957 de Schachweltmeisterschaft 1957 es Campeonato Mundial de Ajedrez 1957 fr Championnat du monde d checs 1957 it Campionato del mondo di scacchi 1957 nn Verdsmeisterskapen i sjakk 1957 pl Mistrzostwa wiata w szachach 1957 pt Campeonato Mundial de Xadrez de 1957 ru ... more details
chess notation Deleted image removed File KaspyKarpov.jpg right 300px thumb Kasparov versus Karpov The WorldChessChampionship 1984 was a match between challenger Garry Kasparov and defending champion Anatoly Karpov for the WorldChessChampionship title. After 5 months and 48 games, the match was abandoned in controversial circumstances with Karpov leading five wins to three with 40 draw chess draws , and replayed in the WorldChessChampionship 1985 . Qualification Interzonals Three Interzonal ... www.mark weeks.com chess 82842iix.htm WorldChessChampionship 1982 84 cycle 1982 Moscow Interzonal ref Zolt n Ribli won the Las Palmas first Interzonal ahead of 62 year old former World Champion Vasily Smyslov , ref http www.mark weeks.com chess 82841iix.htm WorldChessChampionship 1982 84 cycle ... Portisch and Eugenio Torre . ref http www.mark weeks.com chess 82843iix.htm WorldChessChampionship ... Korchnoi and Robert H bner , the Candidates finalists from the previous cycle WorldChessChampionship ... Kasparov. ref http www.mark weeks.com chess 8284 cix.htm WorldChessChampionship 1982 84 cycle ... 7 4 four wins, one loss . Championship match class wikitable style text align center WorldChessChampionship Match 1984 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 align left Anatoly Karpov ..., the WorldChessChampionship 1927 1927 match between Jos Capablanca and Alexander Alekhine . Games ... . The match became the first, and so far only, worldchampionship match to be abandoned without result. The restarted match the WorldChessChampionship 1985 was best of 24, with the champion Karpov ... was wiped out, Karpov was granted the right of a return match the WorldChessChampionship 1986 if he ... in 1993 to form the Professional Chess Association . The havoc that this split caused in the WorldChampionship ... in 2005, 2007, and 2008 WorldChess Championships Category Chessworld championships Category 1984 ... The championship match between Karpov and Kasparov had many ups and downs, and a very controversial ... more details
The World Correspondence ChessChampionship is played to determine the World Champion in correspondence chess . Men and women of any age are eligible to contest this title. The official world correspondence chesschampionship is managed by International Correspondence Chess Federation ICCF . The worldchampionship comprises four stages Preliminaries, Semi Finals, Candidates Tournament, and Final. ICCF tournament rules define which players can access each of those stages. The first, second and third placed players from the previous Final and the first and second placed players from the Candidates Tournaments can access to the World Correspondent ChessChampionship Final. The ICCF also manages the Ladies World Correspondence Chess Championships, that comprises Semi Finals and Final. World Champions Dates given are the period in which the final of the championship took place, as given on the ICCF website. ref http tables.iccf.com index tbl.html Tables.iccf.com ref flagicon Australia Cecil John Seddon Purdy 1950 53 flagicon Soviet Union Viacheslav Ragozin 1956 59 flagicon Belgium Alb ric O Kelly de Galway 1959 62 flagicon Soviet Union Vladimir Zagorovsky 1962 65 flagicon United States Hans Berliner 1965 68 flagicon Germany Horst Rittner 1968 71 flagicon Soviet Union Yakov Estrin 1972 76 flagicon Denmark J rn Sloth 1975 80 flagicon Estonia T nu im 1977 83 flagicon United States Victor Palciauskas 1978 84 flagicon GDR Friedrich Baumbach 1983 89 flagicon Soviet Union Grigory Sanakoev 1984 91 flagicon Soviet Union Mikhail Umansky 1989 98 flagicon Estonia T nu im 1994 2000 flagicon Netherlands Gert Jan Timmerman 1996 2002 flagicon Turkey Tun Hamarat 1999 2004 flagicon Norway Ivar ... flagicon Slovenia Marjan emrl 2009 2011 Ladies World Champions flagicon Soviet Union Olga Rubtsova ... Sukhareva 2007 2010 See also International Correspondence Chess Federation ICCF Correspondence Chess References references Category Correspondence chess fr Championnat du monde d checs par correspondance ... more details
Image Alekhine Euwe 1937.jpg thumb Alekhine facing Euwe in 1937 The 1937 WorldChessChampionship was played between Max Euwe and Alexander Alekhine in the Netherlands from October 5 to December 4, 1937. Alekhine regained his title. This was the last Imperial WorldChampionship where the world champion had control of the title and could set match conditions Alekhine died in 1946 and FIDE stepped in to take control of the WorldChampionship. Results The first player to win six games and score more than 15 points would be champion. class wikitable style text align center WorldChessChampionship Match 1937 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Wins Points align left flagathlete Alexander Alekhine France style background black color white 0 1 style background black color white style background black color white 0 1 style background black color white 1 1 style background black color white 1 style background black color white style background black color white 0 1 style background black color white style background black color white 0 style background black color white style background black color white 1 1 style background black color white 1 style background black color white 1 10 15 align left flagathlete Max Euwe Netherlands 1 style background black color white 0 style background black color white 1 style background black color white 0 0 style background black color white 0 style background black color white 0 style background black color white 1 style background black color white 0 style background black color white 1 style background black color ... color white 0 0 4 9 Alekhine won the Championship. External links http web.archive.org web 20060704183638 http members.aol.com graemecree chesschamps world world1937.htm 1937 WorldChessChampionship at the Internet Archive record of Graeme Cree s Chess Pages WorldChess Championships Category Chessworld championships Category 1937 in chess Category Chess in the Netherlands bg ... more details
Matches to challenge Petrosian for the WorldChampionship, which he did successfully. Spassky had unsuccessfully challenged Petrosian in WorldChessChampionship 1966 1966 . 8TeamBracket ... Viktor Korchnoi RD3 score2 3 The WorldChampionship Match The match was played as best of 24 games. If it ended 12 12, Petrosian, the title holder, would retain the Championship. class wikitable style text align center WorldChessChampionship Match 1969 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ...File Boris Spasski 1984 Saloniki.jpg right thumb 1969 World Champion Boris Spassky in 1984 The 1969 WorldChessChampionship was played between Tigran Petrosian and Boris Spassky in Moscow from April 14 to June 17, 1969. Spassky won. clear Qualification The 1967 Interzonal Tournament was played in Sousse , Tunisia. Robert Fischer was leading the tournament with seven wins and three draw chess draws in ten rounds, however he abandoned the event over a dispute with the organisers. Because Fischer withdrew before he had played half his games, the results of his games were not included in his opponents totals. Bent Larsen went on to win ahead of Viktor Korchnoi , Efim Geller , and Svetozar Gligori , who shared second place. Boris Spassky and Mikhail Tal were seeded into the Candidates Tournament Candidates matches and the top six finishers in the Interzonal would join them. Larsen, Korchnoi, Geller, Gligori , and Lajos Portisch took the top five places. There was a three way tie for sixth ... http web.archive.org web 20050123014358 http members.aol.com graemecree chesschamps world world1969.htm 1969 WorldChessChampionship at the Internet Archive record of Graeme Cree s Chess Pages WorldChess Championships Category Chessworld championships Category 1969 in the Soviet Union Category 1967 in chess Category 1968 in chess Category 1969 in chess Category Chess in the Soviet Union Category 1967 in Tunisia Category Chess in Tunisia bg 1969 da VM i skak 1969 ... more details
The 1921 WorldChessChampionship was played between Jos Ra l Capablanca and Emanuel Lasker . It was played in Capablanca s native Havana from March 18 to April 28. Lasker resigned the title in 1920 in a dispute over match conditions, but agreed to take part as challenger in 1921 partially due to his having lost a lot of money due to the First World War . Results The championship was set to last for 24 games the first player to accumulate 12 points or win eight games would be World Champion. If it ended 12 12 the incumbent would retain the title. Lasker had won the previous championship, but he resigned it in 1920, making Capablanca the champion and meaning that Capablanca was the incumbent for this match. class wikitable style text align center WorldChessChampionship Match 1921 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Wins Points align left flagathlete Jos Ra l Capablanca Cuba style background black color white style background black color white 1 style background black color white style background black color white style background black color white 1 1 style background black color white style background black color white 1 4 9 align left flagathlete Emanuel Lasker Germany style background black color white style background black color white style background black color white 0 style background black color white style background black color white 0 style background black color white 0 style background black color white 0 0 5 Lasker resigned the match prematurely, 9 5 down. External links http members.aol.com graemecree chesschamps world world1921.htm Information WorldChess Championships Category Chessworld championships Category 1921 in chess Category 1921 in Cuba Category Chess in Cuba Category Sport in Havana Cuba sport stub bg 1921 da VM i skak 1921 de Schachweltmeisterschaft 1921 es Campeonato Mundial de Ajedrez 1921 fr Championnat du monde d checs 1921 it Campionato del mondo di scacchi 1921 pl Mistrzostwa wiata w szachach 1921 pt ... more details
The World Senior ChessChampionship is an annual chess tournament established in 1991 by FIDE , the World .... The World Senior Women ChessChampionship is a separate event which requires the participants ... with 8.0 9. The 16th World Senior ChessChampionship was held 11 23 September 2006 in Arvier , Italy . Former WorldChessChampionship challenger and top seed GM Viktor Korchnoi Switzerland won the 126 ... title 15th World Senior ChessChampionship url http chess results.com tnr2727.aspx?lan 1 publisher Chess Results.com date citation title Viktor Korchnoi wins World Senior Championship url http www.chessbase.com ... title 17th Chess Senior WorldChampionship 2007 url http www.austria2007.com engl.htm publisher date http www.mark weeks.com chess wcc othr.htm Mark Weeks About WorldChessChampionship http main.uschess.org ... 2009 world senior chesschampionship Gaprindashvili and Cebalo become World Senior Champions Chessdom.com http tournaments.chessdom.com news 2010 world senior chesschampionship Tamar Khmiadashvili and Anatoly Vaisser are World Senior Champions Chessdom.com Category Chessworld championships Senior ... have it. The 8th World Senior Championship was held 9 23 November 1998 in Grieskirchen , Austria ... with 8.0 11, including former WorldChampionship Candidates Tournament Candidates Mark Taimanov ... points. The 13th World Senior Championship was held 16 29 November 2003 in Bad Zwischenahn , Germany ... s section 7.5 9 on tie break over WGM Marta Litinskaya Shul Ukraine . The 14th World Senior Championship ... 2 Russia See also European Senior ChessChampionship References citation last FIDE year 1990, 1992 .... World Senior Women Championship format dead link date April 2009 &ndash sup http scholar.google.co.uk ... 23 November 1998 title THE WEEK IN CHESS 211 8th World Senior Championships url http www.chesscenter.com ... farchview.phtml?view 10 title World Senior Championship 2003 format dead link date April 2009 ... http www.fide.com calendar farchview.phtml?view 116 title World Senior Championship 2004 format dead ... more details
Image Alekhine Capablanca WCC 1927.jpg right thumb Alekhine vs. Capablanca The 1927 WorldChessChampionship was played between Jos Ra l Capablanca and Alexander Alekhine . It was played in Buenos Aires from September 16 to November 29, 1927. Alekhine, a Russian people Russian , became a naturalised French citizen three days before the match. Results The first player to win six games would be World Champion. It has been suggested that if it reached 5 5 the incumbent Capablanca would win, but it is unclear whether this is the case. ref http web.archive.org web 20050121124900 http members.aol.com graemecree chesschamps world world1927.htm 1927 WorldChessChampionship at the Internet Archive record of Graeme Cree s Chess Pages ref class wikitable style text align center WorldChessChampionship Match 1927 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Wins align left flagathlete Jos Ra l Capablanca Cuba 0 style background black color white 1 style background black color white style background black color white 1 style background black color white style background black color white 0 style background black color white 0 style background black color white style background black color white style background black color white style background black color white 0 style background black color white style background black color white style background black color white 1 style background black color white style background black color white style background black color white 0 style background black color white 0 3 align left flagathlete ... 1 style background black color white 1 6 Alekhine won the Championship. References references External links http web.archive.org web 20050121124900 http members.aol.com graemecree chesschamps world world1927.htm at the Internet Archive record of Graeme Cree s Chess Pages WorldChess Championships Category Chessworld championships Category 1927 in chess Category 1927 in Argentina Category Chess in Argentina ... more details
The 1948 WorldChessChampionship was a tournament played to determine a new WorldChess Champion following ... Horowitz first Al author link Israel Horowitz year 1973 title WorldChessChampionship A History ... of control of the championship title to FIDE , the International Chess Federation which had been formed in 1924. Mikhail Botvinnik won the five player championship tournament, beginning the era of Soviet Union Soviet domination of international chess that would last over twenty years without interruption. Interregnum main Interregnum of WorldChess Champions Previously, a new World Champion had ... of WorldChess Champions interregnum gap between reigns that made the normal procedure impossible. The situation ... more confused. ref name Winter2003Interregnum See Interregnum of WorldChess Champions for more ... Fine 1948 WorldChampionship . There was a proposal that he should be replaced with Miguel Najdorf ..., E. date 2003 2004 publisher Chess History Center ref Championship Image ChessChamp1948.jpg thumb ... became the sixth WorldChess Champion by winning the tournament convincingly with 14 points out of 20 ... was forced to throw games to allow Botvinnik to win the Championship. Chess historian Taylor ... gave Keres strong hints that he should not hinder Botvinnik s attempt to win the WorldChampionship ... of Chess Review articles from April to August 1948 WorldChess Championships Category Chessworld ... because problems with money and travel so soon after the end of World War II prevented many countries ... put forward by the Soviet Union. The 1938 AVRO tournament was used as the basis for the 1948 Championship ..., the best players in the world at the time. Two of the participants at AVRO Alekhine and former world champion Jos Ra l Capablanca had died but FIDE decided that the other six participants ... Flohr with Vasily Smyslov , a young player who had emerged during the World War II war years and was obviously .... Keres and Reshevsky were veterans of international competition. Although Euwe was the former world ... more details
The 1958 WorldChessChampionship was played between Mikhail Botvinnik and Vasily Smyslov in Moscow from March 4 to May 9, 1958. Botvinnik won. Smyslov had unseated Botvinnik in the WorldChessChampionship 1957 1957 match , so he was entitled to this rematch a year later. Results The match was played as best of 24 games. If it ended 12 12, Smyslov, the holder, would retain the Championship. class wikitable style text align center WorldChessChampionship Match 1958 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Points align left flagathlete Mikhail Botvinnik Soviet Union style background black color white 1 1 style background black color white 1 style background black color white 0 1 style background black color white style background black color white style background black color white 0 1 style background black color white 1 style background black color white 0 style background black color white 1 style background black color white 0 style background black color white 0 style background black color white 12 align left flagathlete Vasily Smyslov Soviet Union 0 style background black color white 0 0 style background black color white 1 style background black color white 0 style background black color white style background black color white 1 style background black color white 0 style background black color white 0 1 style background black color white style background black color white 0 1 style background black color white style background black color white 1 10 Botvinnik regained his title. External links http web.archive.org web 20050122065139 http members.aol.com graemecree chesschamps world world1958.htm 1958 WorldChessChampionship at the Internet Archive record of Graeme Cree s Chess Pages WorldChess Championships Category Chessworld championships Category 1958 in chess Category 1958 in the Soviet Union bg 1958 da VM i skak 1958 de Schachweltmeisterschaft 1958 es Campeonato Mundial de Ajedrez 1958 fr Championnat du ... more details
The 1966 WorldChessChampionship was played between Tigran Petrosian and Boris Spassky in Moscow from April 9 to June 9, 1966. Petrosian won. Qualification 8TeamBracket NoSeeds team width 12em RD1 team1 flagicon URS Boris Spassky RD1 score1 6 RD1 team2 flagicon URS Paul Keres RD1 score2 4 RD1 team3 flagicon URS Vassily Smyslov RD1 score3 2 RD1 team4 flagicon URS Efim Geller RD1 score4 5 RD1 team5 flagicon DEN Bent Larsen RD1 score5 5 RD1 team6 flagicon YUG Borislav Ivkov RD1 score6 2 RD1 team7 flagicon HUN Lajos Portisch RD1 score7 2 RD1 team8 flagicon URS Mikhail Tal RD1 score8 5 RD2 team1 flagicon URS Boris Spassky RD2 score1 5 RD2 team2 flagicon URS Efim Geller RD2 score2 2 RD2 team3 flagicon DEN Bent Larsen RD2 score3 4 RD2 team4 flagicon URS Mikhail Tal RD2 score4 5 RD3 team1 flagicon URS Boris Spassky RD3 score1 6 RD3 team2 flagicon URS Mikhail Tal RD3 score2 3 The WorldChampionship match The match was played as best of 24 games. If it ended 12 12, Petrosian, the holder, would retain the Championship. class wikitable style text align center WorldChessChampionship Match 1966 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Points align left flagathlete Tigran Petrosian Soviet Union style background black color white style background black color white style background black color white 1 style background black color white style background black color white 1 style background black color white 0 style background black color white style background black color white style background black color white 0 style background black color white 1 style background ... web 20050123014353 http members.aol.com graemecree chesschamps world world1966.htm 1966 WorldChessChampionship at the Internet Archive record of Graeme Cree s Chess Pages WorldChess Championships Category Chessworld championships Category 1966 in chess Category 1966 in the Soviet Union Category Chess in the Soviet Union bg 1966 da VM i skak 1966 de Schachweltmeisterschaft ... more details
see WorldChessChampionship The concept of a worldchess champion started to emerge in the first half ... had effects that will not disappear until WorldChessChampionship 2010 2010 . How championship contests have been financed Before WorldChessChampionship 1948 1948 worldchampionship matches were financed by arrangements similar to those Emanuel Lasker described for his WorldChessChampionship ... Zukertort Zukertort played their WorldChessChampionship 1886 1886 match for 400 a side. ref name ... CHESS SteinitzChigorin1889.pdf title Steinitz Chigorin, Havana 1899 A WorldChampionship Match ... to 1886 cite book title The WorldChessChampionship author Gligoric, S., and Wade, R.G. year 1972 ... Zukertort WorldChessChampionship 1886 again in 1886 and the first official worldchampionship ... for the 1886 match must specify that the match was for the Championship of the WorldChess Monthly ... title 1921 WorldChessChampionship accessdate 2008 06 04 This cites a report of Lasker s concerns ... Champion author Edward Winter accessdate 2008 06 07 ref In the event Capablanca WorldChessChampionship ... tournament was used as the basis for the WorldChessChampionship 1948 1948 Championship Tournament ... 09 15 title WorldChessChampionship FIDE Events 1948&ndash 1990 author Weeks, M. ref the highest ... see WorldChessChampionship 1951 WorldChessChampionship 1954 WorldChessChampionship 1957 WorldChessChampionship 1958 WorldChessChampionship 1960 WorldChessChampionship 1961 WorldChessChampionship ... R. G. author link Robert Wade chess player year 1964 title The WorldChessChampionship 1963 publisher ... The Chess Cafe format PDF ref 1963&ndash 1972 see WorldChessChampionship 1966 WorldChessChampionship 1969 WorldChessChampionship 1972 After the 1962 Candidates Tournament , Bobby Fischer ... url http www.mark weeks.com chess wcc indy.htm WorldChess accessdate 2008 09 16 title Championship ... od worldchampionship p aa06c11.htm accessdate 2008 09 16 title FIDE WorldChessChampionship ... more details
The 1954 WorldChessChampionship was played between Mikhail Botvinnik and Vasily Smyslov in Moscow from March 16 to May 13, 1954. Botvinnik retained his title. Qualifying Smyslov qualified as challenger by winning the Zurich 1953 chess tournament 1953 Candidates Tournament . Results The match was played as best of 24 games. If it ended 12 12, Botvinnik, the holder, would retain the Championship. class wikitable style text align center WorldChessChampionship Match 1954 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Points align left flagathlete Mikhail Botvinnik Soviet Union style background black color white 1 1 style background black color white 1 style background black color white style background black color white 0 style background black color white 0 0 style background black color white 0 1 style background black color white 1 0 style background black color white 1 1 style background black color white style background black color white 0 style background black color white style background black color white 0 12 align left flagathlete Vasily Smyslov Soviet Union 0 style background black color white 0 style background black color white 0 style background black color white 1 style background black color white 1 style background black color white 1 1 style background black color white 0 0 style background black color white 1 0 style background black color white 0 style background black color white style background black color white 1 style background black color white 1 style background black color white 12 Botvinnik retained the Championship. External links http web.archive.org web 20050122065131 http members.aol.com graemecree chesschamps world world1954.htm 1954 WorldChessChampionship at the Internet Archive record of Graeme Cree s Chess Pages WorldChess Championships Category Chessworld championships Category 1954 in chess Category 1954 in the Soviet Union bg 1954 da VM i skak 1954 de Schachweltmeisterschaft 1954 ... more details
Image Lasker Steinitz.jpg thumb 250px right From the WorldChampionship Match br New York, 1894 br Wilhelm Steinitz left Emanuel Lasker right The fifth WorldChessChampionship was held in New York games 1 8 , Philadelphia games 9 11 and Montreal games 12 19 between March 15 and May 26, 1894. Holder Wilhelm Steinitz William Steinitz lost his title to challenger Emanuel Lasker , who was 32 years his junior. Results The first player to win ten games would be the World Champion. class wikitable style text align center WorldChessChampionship Match 1894 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Wins align left flagathlete Emanuel Lasker Germany empire 1 style background black color white 0 1 style background black color white 0 style background black color white 1 style background black color white 1 1 style background black color white 1 1 style background black color white 0 style background black color white 0 1 style background black color white 1 0 style background black color white 1 10 align left flagathlete Wilhelm Steinitz William Steinitz United States style background black color white 0 1 style background black color white 0 1 style background black color white style background black color white 0 0 style background black color white 0 0 style background black color white 0 style background black color white 1 1 style background black color white 0 0 style background black color white 1 style background black color white 0 5 Chess diagram tright 8 rd nd kd 7 pd ... with 26...Rd7? , the move that ultimately lost him the game and the WorldChampionship title. External links http members.aol.com graemecree chesschamps world world1894.htm Source http query.nytimes.com ... in the New York Times, Mar 11 1894 pdf file WorldChess Championships Category Chessworld championships Category 1894 in chess Category 1894 in the United States Category 1894 in Canada Category Chess in the United States Category Chess in Canada Category Sports in New York City Category Sport in Montreal ... more details
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