Hall Of Fame - 11: Vladimir Kramnik
Kramnik defeated Kasparov in 2000 to become the Classical World Champion.
Hall Of Fame - 12: Tigran Petrosian
Tigran Petrosian was the World Champion from 1963 to 1969.
Hall Of Fame - 13: Wilhelm Steinitz
Wilhelm Steinitz is the first undisputed World Champion.
Hall Of Fame - 14: Vasily Smyslov
Smyslov is the 7th World Champion.
Hall Of Fame - 15: Mikhail Tal
Mikhail Tal is the eighth World Champion.
Hall Of Fame: 16: Boris Spassky
Boris Spassky is the 10th World Champion.
Hall Of Fame - 17: Max Euwe
Max Euwe is the fifth official World Champion.
Hall Of Fame - 18: François-André Danican Philidor
Philidor is by far the greatest player of the 18th century.
Hall Of Fame - 19: Fabiano Caruana
Fabiano Caruana is the current World Number 2.
Hall Of Fame - 20: Viktor Korchnoi
Viktor Korchnoi is widely considered one of the greatest players to never become World Champion.
Hall Of Fame - 21: Veselin Topalov
Veselin Topalov was the FIDE World Champion in 2005 and lost World Championship matches against Vladimir Kramnik in 2006...
Hall Of Fame - 22: Paul Keres
The Estonian master never got to the World Championship, but had an amazingly long and successful career.
Hall Of Fame - 23: Akiba Rubinstein
Akiba Rubinstein was one of the world's best players in the early 20th century and leaves behing an impressive legacy of...
Hall Of Fame - 24: Howard Staunton
Howard Staunton was considered the world's leading player from 1843-1851. He also gave us the Staunton chess set and the...
Hall Of Fame - 25: David Bronstein
David Bronstein is best known for tying the 1951 World Championship match against Botvinnik, while also giving the chess...
Hall Of Fame - 26: Adolf Anderssen
Anderssen won two big tournaments in 1851 and 1862, as well as giving the world the "Immortal Game".
Hall Of Fame - 27: Johannes Zukertort
Zukertort lost to Steinitz in the first World Championship match in 1886, but was a dominant player in the 1870s and 1880s.
Hall Of Fame - 28: Louis Charles Mahe de la Bourdonnais
The French master was considered to be the strongest player in the world in the early 1800s.
Hall Of Fame - 29: Bent Larsen
The Great Dane makes the Top 30. Another Great Dane explains why.
Hall Of Fame - 30: Samuel Reshevsky
Reshevsky was a contender for the World Championship from the mid-1930s to the mid-60s.
Hall Of Fame - 31: Efim Bogoljubov
Another veteran, who played two World Championship matches.
Hall Of Fame - 32: Reuben Fine
He did just fine in 1938.
Hall Of Fame - 33: Levon Aronian
The Armenian Superstar requires no introduction
Hall Of Fame - 34: Siegbert Tarrasch
Dr. Tarrasch was maybe the world's best player in the 1890s.
Hall Of Fame - 35: Vasyl Ivanchuk
Widely considered a chess genius, Ivanchuk enters the list.