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- Wilhelm Steinitz 1886 - 1894
- Emanuel Lasker 1894 - 1921
- Jose Raul Capablanca 1927 - 1935
- Alexander Alekhine 1935 - 1937
- Max Euwe 1935 - 1937
- Mikhail Botvinnik 1948 - 1957, 1958 - 1960, 1961 - 1963
- Vasily Smyslov 1957 - 1958
- Mikhail Tal 1960 - 1961
- Tigran V. Petrosian 1963 - 1969
- Boris Spassky 1969 - 1972
- Bobby Fischer 1972 - 1975
- Anatoly Karpov 1975 - 1985
- Garry Kasparov 1985 - 2000
- Vladimir Kramnik 2000 - 2007
- Viswanathan Anand 2007 - 2013
- Magnus Carlsen 2013 - 2023
- Ding Liren 2023 - present