FIDE world champions 1948–1993

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FIDE world champions 1948–1993

Long matches, initially best of 24 games.

#	Name	Year	Country
6	Mikhail Botvinnik	1948–1957 1958–1960 1961–1963	Soviet Union (Russia)
7	Vasily Smyslov	1957–1958	Soviet Union (Russia)
8	Mikhail Tal	1960–1961	Soviet Union (Latvia)
9	Tigran Petrosian	1963–1969	Soviet Union (Armenia)
10	Boris Spassky	1969–1972	Soviet Union (Russia)
11	Robert J. Fischer	1972–1975	United States
12	Anatoly Karpov	1975–1985	Soviet Union (Russia)
13	Garry Kasparov	1985–1993	Soviet Union Russia

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