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Do you consider the Fide World Champions as "World Champions"

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King343
King343
Aug 27, 2017
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#1

in the period of 1993-2006

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship#World_champions

 

Anatoly Karpov 1993–1999 upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" alt="" width="23" height="15" /> Russia 42–48
Alexander Khalifman 1999–2000 upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" alt="" width="23" height="15" /> Russia 33
Viswanathan Anand 2000–2002 upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" alt="" width="23" height="15" /> India 31–33
Ruslan Ponomariov 2002–2004 upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" alt="" width="23" height="15" /> Ukraine 19–21
Rustam Kasimdzhanov 2004–2005 upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png 2x" alt="" width="23" height="12" /> Uzbekistan 25
Veselin Topalov
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Ofgeniuskind_closed
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Aug 27, 2017
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#2
Chess Genius:
No I do not honestly, most world champions are not as good as others, although Magnus Carlsen and Bobby Fischer are 2 exceptions, most of them are just strong chess players.