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World Chess Championship
Match and tournament highlights

The links on this page are to positions and anecdotes from World Chess Championship events.
Unofficial events
1834 Labourdonnais - McDonnell
1843 Staunton - Saint-Amant
1851 London Tournament
1858 Morphy - Anderssen
1858 Morphy - Harrwitz
1866 Steinitz - Anderssen
Pre-FIDE events
1886 Steinitz - Zukertort
1892 Steinitz - Chigorin
1894 Lasker - Steinitz
1896 Lasker - Steinitz
1907 Lasker - Marshall
1908 Lasker - Tarrasch
(1909 Lasker - Janowski)
1910 Lasker - Schlechter
1921 Capablanca - Lasker
1927 Alekhine - Capablanca
1929 Alekhine - Bogoljubov
1934 Alekhine - Bogoljubov
1935 Euwe - Alekhine
1937 Alekhine - Euwe
1948-51
1948 Title Tournament
1948 Interzonal (Saltsjobaden)
1950 Candidates (Budapest)
1951 Botvinnik - Bronstein
1952-54
1952 Interzonal (Stockholm)
1953 Candidates (Zurich)
1954 Botvinnik - Smyslov
1955-57
1955 Interzonal (Goteborg)
1956 Candidates (Amsterdam)
1957 Smyslov - Botvinnik
1958 Botvinnik - Smyslov
1958-60
1958 Interzonal (Portoroz)
1959 Candidates (Yugoslavia)
1960 Tal - Botvinnik
1961 Botvinnik - Tal
1961-63
1962 Interzonal (Stockholm)
1962 Candidates (Curacao)
1963 Petrosian - Botvinnik
1964-66
1964 Interzonal (Amsterdam)
1965 Geller - Smyslov Candidates quarterfinal
1965 Spassky - Keres Candidates quarterfinal
1965 Tal-Portisch Candidates quarterfinal
1965 Tal-Larsen Candidates semifinal
1966 Petrosian - Spassky
1967-69
1967 Interzonal (Sousse)
1967 Interzonal (R.Fischer)
1968 Korchnoi-Reshevsky Candidates quarterfinal
1968 Spassky - Geller Candidates quarterfinal
1968 Tal-Gligoric Candidates quarterfinal
1968 Spassky-Korchnoi Candidates final
1969 Spassky - Petrosian
1970-72
1970 Interzonal (Palma de Mallorca)
1971 Fischer - Taimanov Candidates quarterfinal
1971 Fischer - Larsen Candidates semifinal
1971 Fischer - Petrosian Candidates final
1972 Fischer - Spassky
1973-75
1973 Interzonal (Leningrad)
1973 Interzonal (Petropolis)
1974 Karpov-Polugaevsky Candidates quarterfinal
1974 Korchnoi-Petrosian Candidates semifinal
1974 Karpov-Spassky Candidates semifinal
1974 Karpov-Korchnoi Candidates final
1976-78
1976 Interzonal (Biel)
1976 Interzonal (Manila)
1977 Korchnoi - Petrosian Candidates quarterfinal
1977 Spassky - Hort Candidates quarterfinal
1977 Korchnoi - Polugaevsky Candidates semifinal
1977 Spassky - Portisch Candidates semifinal
1977 Korchnoi - Spassky Candidates final
1978 Karpov - Korchnoi
1979-81
1979 Interzonal (Riga)
1981 Karpov - Korchnoi
1982-84
1983 Smyslov - Huebner Candidates quarterfinal
1983 Kasparov - Beliavsky Candidates quarterfinal
1983 Kasparov - Korchnoi Candidates semifinal
1983 Smyslov - Ribli Candidates semifinal
1984 Kasparov - Smyslov Candidates final
1984 Karpov - Kasparov
1985 Kasparov - Karpov
1986 Kasparov - Karpov
1985-87
1985 Candidates (Montpellier)
1987 Kasparov - Karpov
1988-90
1987 Interzonal (Subotica)
1987 Interzonal (Szirak)
1987 Interzonal (Zagreb)
1989 Karpov-Hjartarson Candidates quarterfinal
1989 Karpov-Yusupov Candidates semifinal
1990 Karpov-Timman Candidates final
1990 Kasparov - Karpov
1991-93
1990 Interzonal (Manila)
1991 Karpov - Anand Candidates quarterfinal
1991 Yusupov - Ivanchuk Candidates quarterfinal
1992 Short - Karpov Candidates semifinal
1993 Short - Timman Candidates final
1993 Karpov - Timman (FIDE)
1993 Kasparov - Short (PCA)
1994-95 PCA
1993 PCA Qualifiers (Groningen)
1994 Anand-Romanishin PCA Candidates quarterfinal
1994 Adams-Tiviakov PCA Candidates quarterfinal
1994 Kamsky-Kramnik PCA Candidates quarterfinal
1994 Short-Gulko PCA Candidates quarterfinal
1995 Anand-Kamsky PCA Candidates final
1995 Kasparov - Anand (PCA)
1994-96 FIDE
1993 FIDE Interzonal (Biel)
1994 Gelfand - Adams FIDE Candidates quarterfinal
1994 Gelfand - Kramnik FIDE Candidates semifinal
1994 Kamsky - Anand FIDE Candidates semifinal
1994 Salov - Timman FIDE Candidates semifinal
1995 Kamsky - Salov FIDE Candidates final
1995 Karpov - Gelfand FIDE Candidates final
1996 Karpov - Kamsky (FIDE)
1997-2002 FIDE
1997 Groningen Knockout Matches
1998 Karpov - Anand
1999 Las Vegas Knockout Matches
2000 New Delhi/Tehran Knockout Matches
2001 Moscow Knockout Matches
2000 Braingames
2000 Kasparov - Kramnik
Recent unofficial events
1992 Fischer - Spassky rematch
1996 Kasparov - Deep Blue
1997 Deep Blue - Kasparov

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