Hall Of Fame - 1: Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov was the world number 1 for 225 months.
Garry Kasparov was the world number 1 for 225 months.
Magnus Carlsen was the reigning World Champion when this series was recorded.
Robert James Fischer.
Emanuel Lasker remained World Champion for 27 years.
Alexander Alekhine defeated Capablanca in 1927 to become the 4th World Chess Champion.
Anatoly Karpov dominated chess throughout much of the 70s and early 80s.
Jose Raul Capablanca is remembered as a great champion and one of the most accurate players ever.
Mikhail Botvinnik won or drew 4 World Championships and stayed at or near the top of chess for 30 years.
Vishy Anand has won everything there is to win in chess.
Paul Morphy is one of the biggest phenomena the chess world has ever seen.
Kramnik defeated Kasparov in 2000 to become the Classical World Champion.
Tigran Petrosian was the World Champion from 1963 to 1969.
Wilhelm Steinitz is the first undisputed World Champion.
Smyslov is the 7th World Champion.
Mikhail Tal is the eighth World Champion.
Boris Spassky is the 10th World Champion.
Max Euwe is the fifth official World Champion.
Philidor is by far the greatest player of the 18th century.
Fabiano Caruana is the current World Number 2.
Viktor Korchnoi is widely considered one of the greatest players to never become World Champion.
Veselin Topalov was the FIDE World Champion in 2005 and lost World Championship matches against Vladimir Kramnik in 2006...
The Estonian master never got to the World Championship, but had an amazingly long and successful career.
Akiba Rubinstein was one of the world's best players in the early 20th century and leaves behing an impressive legacy of...
Howard Staunton was considered the world's leading player from 1843-1851. He also gave us the Staunton chess set and the...
David Bronstein is best known for tying the 1951 World Championship match against Botvinnik, while also giving the chess...