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Name
Year
Country
Anatoly Karpov
1993–1999
Russia
Alexander Khalifman
1999–2000
Viswanathan Anand
2000–2002
India
Ruslan Ponomariov
2002–2004
Ukraine
Rustam Kasimdzhanov
2004–2005
Uzbekistan
Veselin Topalov
2005–2006
Bulgaria
Variously, 12-game classical match format and double-round all-play-all tournament.
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Vladimir Kramnik
2006–2007
15
2007–present
Javan64
Tolya is my personal fave.
FIDE world champions 1993–till date
by Adriano_Man 9 months ago
FIDE world champions 1948–1993
World Champions pre-FIDE