Since 1886, there have been a number of World Championship matches. When looking at the following tables, a Black square indicates a win for the player on the left, and a White square indicates a win for the player on the right. Since 1950, when a World Championship match is played, it is between the previous World Champion and a challenger who is decided by a Candidates Tournament. In the event of a drawn match, the previous champion keeps his title. Click one of the following links to see the results of the tournament.
Johann Zukertort vs. Wilhelm Steinitz, 1886| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | ||
| Johann Zukertort (United Kingdom) | Wilhelm Steinitz (USA) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | ||
| Mikhail Chigorin (Russia) | C52 | D02 | C62 | D02 | C52 | D02 | C52 | D46 | C52 | D07 | C52 | D07 | C52 | D07 | C52 | A84 | C52 | Wilhelm Steinitz (USA) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | ||
| Wilhelm Steinitz (USA) | Isidor Gunsberg (United Kingdom) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | ||
| Mikhail Chigorin (Russia) | Wilhelm Steinitz (USA) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | ||
| Emanuel Lasker (Germany) | Wilhelm Steinitz (USA) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | ||
| Wilhelm Steinitz (USA) | Emanuel Lasker (Germany) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | ||
| Frank Marshall (USA) | Emanuel Lasker (Germany) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | ||
| Emanuel Lasker (Germany) | Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch (Germany) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
| Carl Schlechter (Austria) | Emanuel Lasker (Germany) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||
| Emanuel Lasker (Germany) | David Janowski (France) |
| 1 | ||
| Dr. Emanuel Lasker (Germany) | Jose Raul Capablanca (Cuba) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
| Jose Raul Capablanca (Cuba) | Dr. Emanuel Lasker (Germany) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | ||
| Jose Raul Capablanca (Cuba) | Alexander Alekhine (France) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | ||
| Alexander Alekhine (France) | Efim Bogoljubov (Germany) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | ||
| Efim Bogoljubov (Germany) | Alexander Alekhine (France) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | ||
| Alexander Alekhine (France) | Max Euwe (the Netherlands) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | ||
| Max Euwe (The Netherlands) | Alexander Alekhine (France) |
| Max Euwe Netherlands | Paul Keres USSR | Sammy Reshevsky USA | Vasily Smyslov USSR | |||||||||||||||||
| Mikhail Botvinnik (USSR) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Vasily Smyslov (USSR) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sammy Reshevsky (USA) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Keres (USSR) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | ||
| Mikhail Botvinnik (USSR) | David Bronstein (USSR) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | ||
| Vasily Smyslov (USSR) | Mikhail Botvinnik (USSR) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||
| Mikhail Botvinnik (USSR) | Vasily Smyslov (USSR) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | ||
| Vasily Smyslov (USSR) | Mikhail Botvinnik (USSR) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | ||
| Mikhail Tal (USSR) | Mikhail Botvinnik (USSR) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | ||
| Mikhail Botvinnik (USSR) | Mikhail Tal (USSR) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||
| Tigran Petrosian (USSR) | Mikhail Botvinnik (USSR) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | ||
| Boris Spassky (USSR) | Tigran Petrosian (USSR) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | ||
| Boris Spassky (USSR) | Tigran Petrosian (USSR) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | ||
| Boris Spassky (USSR) | Bobby Fischer (USA) |
| 1 | ||
| Bobby Fischer (USA) | Anatoly Karpov (USSR) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | ||
| Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland) | Anatoly Karpov (USSR) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | ||
| Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland) | Anatoly Karpov (USSR) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | ||
| Anatoly Karpov (USSR) | Garry Kasparov (USSR) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | ||
| Garry Kasparov (USSR) | Anatoly Karpov (USSR) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | ||
| Anatoly Karpov (USSR) | Garry Kasparov (USSR) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | ||
| Anatoly Karpov (USSR) | Garry Kasparov (USSR) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | ||
| Anatoly Karpov (USSR) | Garry Kasparov (USSR) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | ||
| Garry Kasparov (Russia) | Nigel Short (UK) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | ||
| Jan Timman (The Netherlands) | Anatoly Karpov (Russia) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | ||
| Viswanathan Anand (India) | Garry Kasparov (Russia) |
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anatoly Karpov (Russia) | Karpov | Karpov | Karpov 6-3 | Anatoly Karpov 10.5-7.5 |
| bye | bye | |||
| Boris Gelfand (Israel) | Gelfand 5-3 | Gelfand 4.5-3.5 | ||
| Michael Adams (England) | ||||
| Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) | Kramnik 4.5-2.5 | |||
| Leonid Yudasin (Israel) | ||||
| Gata Kamsky (USA) | Kamsky 4.5-2.5 | Kamsky 6-4 | Kamsky 5.5-1.5 | |
| Paul van der Sterren (Netherlands) | ||||
| Vishy Anand (India) | Anand 4.5-2.5 | |||
| Artur Yusupov (Germany) | ||||
| Valery Salov (Russia) | Salov 4.5-3.5 | Salov 4.5-3.5 | ||
| Alexander Khalifman (Russia) | ||||
| Jan Timman (Netherlands) | Timman 4.5-3.5 | |||
| Joel Lautier (France) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | ||
| Anatoly Karpov (Russia) | Gata Kamsky (USA) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Anatoly Karpov (Russia) | Viswanathan Anand (India) |
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Khalifman (Russia) | Khalifman 3.5-2.5 | Khalifman 2.5-1.5 | Khalifman 1.5-.5 | Khalifman 2.5-1.5 | Khalifman 1.5-.5 | Khalifman 3.5-2.5 | Alexander Khalifman 3.5-2.5 |
| Dibyendu Barua (India) | |||||||
| Gata Kamsky (USA) | Kamsky | ||||||
| bye | |||||||
| Karen Asrian (Armenia) | Asrian 2.5-1.5 | Asrian 1.5-.5 | |||||
| Andres Rodriguez (Uruguay) | |||||||
| Matthew Sadler (England) | Sadler | ||||||
| bye | |||||||
| Boris Gelfand (Israel) | Gelfand | Gelfand 1.5-.5 | Gelfand 4-2 | ||||
| bye | |||||||
| Jonathan Speelman (England) | Speelman 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Pablo Ricardi (Argentina) | |||||||
| Joel Lautier (France) | Lautier 2-0 | Lautier 2.5-1.5 | |||||
| Watu Kobese (South Africa) | |||||||
| Konstantin Sakaev (Russia) | Sakaev | ||||||
| bye | |||||||
| Judit Polgar (Hungary) | J. Polgar | J. Polgar 1.5-.5 | J. Polgar 1.5-.5 | J. Polgar 3-1 | |||
| bye | |||||||
| Peter Heine Nielsen (Denmark) | Nielsen 4-3 | ||||||
| Joel Benjamin (USA) | |||||||
| Jordi Magem Badals (Spain) | Badals 2-0 | Badals 3-1 | |||||
| Vladimir Feldman (Australia) | |||||||
| Vladislav Tkachiev (France) | Tkachiev 2-0 | ||||||
| Alejandro Sergio Hoffman (Argentina) | |||||||
| Vadim Zvjaginsev (Russia) | Zvjaginsev | Zvjaginsev 2.5-1.5 | Zvjaginsev 1.5-.5 | ||||
| bye | |||||||
| Ulf Andersson (Sweden) | Andersson 2-0 | ||||||
| Esam Ahmed Nagib Mohamed (Egypt) | |||||||
| Michael Krasenkow (Poland) | Krasenkow | Krasenkow 2.5-1.5 | |||||
| bye | |||||||
| Anthony Miles (England) | Miles 2.5-1.5 | ||||||
| Ralf Akesson (Sweden) | |||||||
| Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Romania) | Nisipeanu 2-0 | Nisipeanu 2.5-1.5 | Nisipeanu 2.5-1.5 | Nisipeanu 2.5-1.5 | Nisipeanu 1.5-.5 | ||
| Stefan Djuric (Yugoslavia) | |||||||
| Zurab Azmaiparashvili (Georgia) | Azmaiparashvili | ||||||
| bye | |||||||
| Rafael Leitao (Brazil) | Leitao 1-0 | Leitao 1.5-.5 | |||||
| Amir Bagheri (Iran) | |||||||
| Bartlomiej Macieja (Poland) | Macieja 2.5-1.5 | ||||||
| Vadim Milov (Switzerland) | |||||||
| Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) | Ivanchuk | Ivanchuk 2-0 | Ivanchuk 2-0 | ||||
| bye | |||||||
| Matthias Wahls (Germany) | Wahls 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Altin Cela (Albania) | |||||||
| Sergei Shipov (Russia) | Shipov | Shipov 2.5-1.5 | |||||
| bye | |||||||
| Hannes Stefansson (Iceland) | Stefansson 3.5-2.5 | ||||||
| Alexander Zubarev (Ukraine) | |||||||
| Alexei Shirov (Spain) | Shirov | Shirov 2.5-1.5 | Shirov 3-1 | Shirov 1.5-.5 | |||
| bye | |||||||
| Ivan Sokolov (Bosnia & Herzegovina) | Sokolov 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Sergey Kudrin (USA) | |||||||
| Gilberto Milos (Brazil) | Milos 1.5-.5 | Milos 2-0 | |||||
| Alexander Ivanov (USA) | |||||||
| Valery Salov (Russia) | Salov | ||||||
| bye | |||||||
| Nigel Short (England) | Short | Short 1.5-.5 | Short 1.5-.5 | ||||
| bye | |||||||
| Daniel Fridman (Latvia) | Fridman 2-0 | ||||||
| Utut Adianto (Indonesia) | |||||||
| Alexander Beliavsky (Slovenia) | Beliavsky | Beliavsky 1.5-.5 | |||||
| bye | |||||||
| Hichem Hamdouchi (Morocco) | Hamdouchi 1-0 | ||||||
| Imad Hakki (Syria) | |||||||
| Vladimir Akopian (Armenia) | Akopian 1.5-.5 | Akopian 2.5-1.5 | Akopian 2.5-1.5 | Akopian 1.5-.5 | Akopian 2.5-1.5 | Akopian 2.5-.5 | |
| Maia Chiburdanidze (Georgia) | |||||||
| Rogelio Antonio Jr. (Philippines) | Antonio 2-0 | ||||||
| Alexander Kozak (Russia) | |||||||
| Evgeny Bareev (Russia) | Bareev | Bareev 1.5-.5 | |||||
| bye | |||||||
| Jaan Ehlvest (Estonia) | Ehlvest 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Friso Nijboer (The Netherlands) | |||||||
| Kiril Georgiev (Bulgaria) | Georgiev | Georgiev 2-0 | Georgiev 1.5-.5 | ||||
| bye | |||||||
| Tal Shaked (USA) | Shaked 2.5-1.5 | ||||||
| Vlastimil Babula (Czech Republic) | |||||||
| Peter Svidler (Russia) | Svidler | Svidler 1.5-.5 | |||||
| bye | |||||||
| Aleksej Aleksandrov (Belarus) | Aleksandrov 2-0 | ||||||
| Julio Becerra Rivero (Cuba) | |||||||
| Sergei Movsesian (Czech Republic) | Movsesian | Movsesian 2-0 | Movsesian 2.5-1.5 | Movsesian 3.5-2.5 | |||
| bye | |||||||
| Goran Dizdar (Croatia) | Dizdar 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Liang Chong (China) | |||||||
| Peter Lékó (Hungary) | Lékó | Lékó 1.5-.5 | |||||
| bye | |||||||
| Christian Bauer (France) | Bauer 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan) | |||||||
| Alexei Fedorov (Belarus) | Fedorov | Fedorov 1.5-.5 | Fedorov 1.5-.5 | ||||
| bye | |||||||
| Boris Gulko (USA) | Gulko 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Dimitri Reinderman (The Netherlands) | |||||||
| Jan Timman (The Netherlands) | Timman | Timman 1.5-.5 | |||||
| bye | |||||||
| Levon Aronian (Armenia) | Aronian 2-0 | ||||||
| Eduardas Rozentalis (Lithuania) | |||||||
| Michael Adams (England) | Adams | Adams 2-0 | Adams 1.5-.5 | Adams 4-2 | Adams 4-2 | ||
| bye | |||||||
| Mihail Kobalija (Russia) | Kobalija 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Nick DeFirmian (USA) | |||||||
| Zoltan Almasi (Hungary) | Almasi | Almasi 3-1 | |||||
| bye | |||||||
| Peng Xiaomin (China) | Peng 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Darmen Sadvakasov (Kazakhstan) | |||||||
| Alexey Dreev (Russia) | Dreev 3.5-2.5 | Dreev 1.5-.5 | Dreev 1.5-.5 | ||||
| Robert Zelcic (Croatia) | |||||||
| Vasilios Kotronias (Cyprus) | Kotronias 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Slim Bouaziz (Tunisia) | |||||||
| Sergei Rublevsky (Russia) | Rublevsky | Rublevsky 3-1 | |||||
| bye | |||||||
| Alex Yermolinsky (USA) | Yermolinsky 2.5-1.5 | ||||||
| Kevin Spraggett (Canada) | |||||||
| Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) | Kramnik | Kramnik 1.5-.5 | Kramnik 1.5-.5 | Kramnik 3-1 | |||
| bye | |||||||
| Sergei Tiviakov (Russia) | Tiviakov 4.5-3.5 | ||||||
| Dmitry Gurevich (USA) | |||||||
| Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland) | Korchnoi | Korchnoi 4-2 | |||||
| bye | |||||||
| Sergey Dolmatov (Russia) | Dolmatov 2.5-1.5 | ||||||
| Pavel Kotsur (Kazakhstan) | |||||||
| Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) | Topalov | Topalov 4-2 | Topalov 2.5-1.5 | ||||
| bye | |||||||
| Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine) | Ponomariov 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Mohamad Al-Modiahki (Qatar) | |||||||
| Lev Psakhis (Israel) | Psakhis 2.5-1.5 | Psakhis 2.5-1.5 | |||||
| Alonso Zapata (Colombia) | |||||||
| Ilia Smirin (Israel) | Smirin | ||||||
| bye |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | ||
| Garry Kasparov (Russia) | Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) |
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viswanathan Anand (India) | Anand | Anand 1.5-.5 | Anand 1.5-.5 | Anand 1.5-.5 | Anand 3.5-2.5 | Anand 2.5-1.5 | Viswanathan Anand 3.5-.5 |
| bye | |||||||
| Viktor Bologan (Moldova) | Bologan 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Hannes Stefansson (Iceland) | |||||||
| Smbat Lputian (Armenia) | Lputian 1.5-.5 | Lputian 1.5-.5 | |||||
| Pawel Blehm (Poland) | |||||||
| Sergei Rublevsky (Russia) | Rublevsky | ||||||
| bye | |||||||
| Bartlomiej Macieja (Poland) | Macieja 2.5-1.5 | Macieja 5.5-4.5 | Macieja 3-1 | ||||
| Jonathan Speelman (England) | |||||||
| Michael Krasenkov (Poland) | Krasenkov | ||||||
| bye | |||||||
| Alexander Beliavsky (Slovenia) | Beliavsky | Beliavsky 1.5-.5 | |||||
| bye | |||||||
| Alexander Galkin (Russia) | Galkin 2-0 | ||||||
| Aleksandar Wohl (Australia) | |||||||
| Alexander Khalifman (Russia) | Khalifman | Khalifman 2.5-1.5 | Khalifman 4.5-3.5 | Khalifman 1.5-.5 | |||
| bye | |||||||
| Christopher Lutz (Germany) | Lutz 2.5-1.5 | ||||||
| Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (Iran) | |||||||
| Peter Lékó (Hungary) | Lékó | Lékó 1.5-.5 | |||||
| bye | |||||||
| Sergey Volkov (Russia) | Volkov 3.5-2.5 | ||||||
| Konstantin Sakaev (Russia) | |||||||
| Rafael Leitao (Brazil) | Leitao 1.5-.5 | Leitao 1.5-.5 | Leitao 1.5-.5 | ||||
| Joel Lautier (France) | |||||||
| Joel Benjamin (USA) | Benjamin 2-0 | ||||||
| Fabian Fiorito (Argentina) | |||||||
| Igor Nataf (France) | Nataf 1.5-.5 | Nataf 3.5-2.5 | |||||
| Emil Sutovsky (Israel) | |||||||
| Nigel Short (England) | Short | ||||||
| bye | |||||||
| Michael Adams (England) | Adams | Adams 3-1 | Adams 3-1 | Adams 2.5-1.5 | Adams 1.5-.5 | ||
| bye | |||||||
| Dao Thien Hai (Vietnam) | Hai 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine) | |||||||
| Alex Yermolinsky (USA) | Yermolinsky 1.5-.5 | Yermolinsky 1.5-.5 | |||||
| Mohamad Al-Modiahki (Qatar) | |||||||
| Xu Jun (China) | Xu | ||||||
| bye | |||||||
| Peter Svidler (Russia) | Svidler | Svidler 3-1 | Svidler 2.5-1.5 | ||||
| bye | |||||||
| Etienne Bacrot (France) | Bacrot 3-1 | ||||||
| Mikhail Rytshagov (Estonia) | |||||||
| Peng Xiaomin (China) | Peng | Peng 2.5-1.5 | |||||
| bye | |||||||
| Utut Adianto (Indonesia) | Adianto 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Imad Hakki (Syria) | |||||||
| Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) | Topalov | Topalov 1.5-.5 | Topalov 1.5-.5 | Topalov 4-2 | |||
| bye | |||||||
| Andrei Kharlov (Russia) | Kharlov 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Sune Berg Hansen (Denmark) | |||||||
| Kiril Georgiev (Bulgaria) | Georgiev | Georgiev 3.5-2.5 | |||||
| bye | |||||||
| Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Romania) | Nisipeanu | ||||||
| bye | |||||||
| Alexey Dreev (Russia) | Dreev | Dreev 4-2 | Dreev 1.5-.5 | ||||
| bye | |||||||
| Vladimir Malakhov (Russia) | Malakhov 2-0 | ||||||
| Aloyzas Kveinys (Lithuania) | |||||||
| Loek Van Wely (The Netherlands) | Van Wely 1.5-.5 | Van Wely 2-0 | |||||
| Karen Asrian (Armenia) | |||||||
| Krishnan Sasikiran (India) | Sasikiran 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Amon Simutowe (Zambia) | |||||||
| Alexei Shirov (Spain) | Shirov | Shirov 2.5-1.5 | Shirov 2.5-1.5 | Shirov 2.5-1.5 | Shirov 2.5-1.5 | Shirov 2.5-1.5 | |
| bye | |||||||
| Alexander Onischuk (Ukraine) | Onischuk 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Evgenij Agrest (Sweden) | |||||||
| Mikhail Gurevich (Belgium) | Gurevich | Gurevich 2.5-1.5 | |||||
| bye | |||||||
| Artashes Minasian (Armenia) | Minasian 4-2 | ||||||
| Bong Villamayor (Philippines) | |||||||
| Boris Gelfand (Israel) | Gelfand | Gelfand 2-0 | Gelfand 1.5-.5 | ||||
| bye | |||||||
| Emir Dizdarevic (Bosnia & Herzegovina) | Dizdarevic 4-3 | ||||||
| Lev Psakhis (Israel) | |||||||
| Jeroen Piket (The Netherlands) | Piket 2.5-1.5 | Piket 2-0 | |||||
| Gilberto Hernandez (Mexico) | |||||||
| Vladislav Nevednichy (Romania) | Nevednichy 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Ibrahim Hasan Labib (Egypt) | |||||||
| Evgeny Bareev (Russia) | Bareev | Bareev 4-2 | Bareev 2-0 | Bareev 1.5-.5 | |||
| bye | |||||||
| Rafael Vaganian (Armenia) | Vagania 2-0 | ||||||
| Hichem Hamdouchi (Morocco) | |||||||
| Alexej Alexandrov (Belarus) | Alexandrov 4.5-3.5 | Alexandrov 1.5-.5 | |||||
| Fouad El Taher (Egypt) | |||||||
| Vladimir Akopian (Armenia) | Akopian | ||||||
| bye | |||||||
| Boris Gulko (USA) | Gulko 2.5-1.5 | Gulko 3.5-2.5 | Gulko 1.5-.5 | ||||
| Alexei Bezgodov (Russia) | |||||||
| Alexander Chernin (Hungary) | Chernin 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Alexander Utnasunov (Russia) | |||||||
| Zurab Azmaiparashvili (Georgia) | Azmaiparashvili | Azmaiparashvili 1.5-.5 | |||||
| bye | |||||||
| Vladimir Baklan (Ukraine) | Baklan 3.5-2.5 | ||||||
| Ivan Zaja (Croatia) | |||||||
| Alexander Grischuk (Russia) | Grischuk 2.5-1.5 | Grischuk 3-1 | Grischuk 1.5-.5 | Grischuk 2.5-1.5 | Grischuk 2.5-1.5 | ||
| Darcy Lima (Brazil) | |||||||
| Ilia Smirin (Israel) | Smirin | ||||||
| bye | |||||||
| Grigory Serper (USA) | Serper 1.5-.5 | Serper 2-0 | |||||
| Amir Bagheri (Iran) | |||||||
| Alexander Ivanov (USA) | Ivanov 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Alexei Fedorov (Belarus) | |||||||
| Jaan Ehlvest (Estonia) | Ehlvest 4-2 | Ehlvest 2.5-1.5 | Ehlvest 4-2 | ||||
| Jesus Noguieras (Cuba) | |||||||
| Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) | Ivanchuk | ||||||
| bye | |||||||
| Sergei Movsesian (Czech Republic) | Movsesian | Movsesian 4-2 | |||||
| bye | |||||||
| Viorel Iordachescu (Moldova) | Iordachescu 2.5-1.5 | ||||||
| Michele Godena (Italy) | |||||||
| Vladislav Tkachiev (France) | Tkachiev | Tkachiev 1.5-.5 | Tkachiev 2.5-1.5 | Tkachiev 1.5-.5 | |||
| bye | |||||||
| Alexandre Lesiege (Canada) | Lesiege 2-0 | ||||||
| Rodrigo Vasquez (Chile) | |||||||
| Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan) | Kasimdzhanov | Kasimdzhanov 2.5-1.5 | |||||
| bye | |||||||
| Pavel Tregubov (Russia) | Tregubov 3.5-2.5 | ||||||
| Alexander Rustemov (Russia) | |||||||
| Alexander Morozevich (Russia) | Morozevich | Morozevich 2-0 | Morozevich 1.5-.5 | ||||
| bye | |||||||
| Gilberto Milos (Brazil) | Milos 2.5-1.5 | ||||||
| Abhijit Kunte (India) | |||||||
| Evgeny Vladimirov (Kazakhstan) | Vladimirov 2-0 | Vladimirov 2.5-1.5 | |||||
| Dibyendu Barua (India) | |||||||
| Zoltan Almasi (Hungary) | Almasi | ||||||
| bye |
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine) | Ponomariov 1.5-.5 | Ponomariov 3-1 | Ponomariov 2-0 | Ponomariov 2.5-1.5 | Ponomariov 3-1 | Ponomariov 2.5-1.5 | Ruslan Ponomariov 4.5-2.5 |
| Li Wenliang (China) | |||||||
| Sergei Tiviakov (The Netherlands) | Tiviakov 3-1 | ||||||
| Larry Christiansen (USA) | |||||||
| Kiril Georgiev (Bulgaria) | Georgiev 3-1 | Georgiev 3-1 | |||||
| Fouad El Taher (Egypt) | |||||||
| Lazaro Bruzon (Cuba) | Bruzon 4-3 | ||||||
| Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Romania) | |||||||
| Alexander Morozevich (Russia) | Morozevich 1.5-.5 | Morozevich 1.5-.5 | Morozevich 1.5-.5 | ||||
| Nugzar Zeliakov (Russia) | |||||||
| Krishnan Sasikiran (India) | Sasikiran 2.5-1.5 | ||||||
| Vereslav Eingorn (Ukraine) | |||||||
| Mikhail Gurevich (Belarus) | M. Gurevich 1.5-.5 | M. Gurevich 2.5-1.5 | |||||
| Dorian Rogozenko (Romania) | |||||||
| Rafael Vaganian (Armenia) | Vaganian 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Slim Belkhodja (Tunisia) | |||||||
| Evgeny Bareev (Russia) | Bareev 2-0 | Bareev 1.5-.5 | Bareev 3-1 | Bareev 2-0 | |||
| Mikhail Gluzman (Australia) | |||||||
| Vladimir Baklan (Ukraine) | Baklan 3.5-2.5 | ||||||
| Joel Benjamin (USA) | |||||||
| Konstantin Sakaev (Russia) | Sakaev 3.5-2.5 | Sakaev 1.5-.5 | |||||
| Andrei Volokitin (Ukraine) | |||||||
| Igor Nataf (France) | Nataf 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Viktor Bologan (Moldova) | |||||||
| Jaan Ehlvest (Estonia) | Ehlvest 3.5-2.5 | Ehlvest 1.5-.5 | Ehlvest 4-3 | ||||
| Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) | |||||||
| Daniel Campora (Argentina) | Campora 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Nigel Short (England) | |||||||
| Ilia Smirin (Israel) | Smirin 2-0 | Smirin 1.5-.5 | |||||
| Amon Simutowe (Zambia) | |||||||
| Thomas Luther (Germany) | Luther 3-1 | ||||||
| Sergey Volkov (Russia) | |||||||
| Peter Svidler (Russia) | Svidler 1.5-.5 | Svidler 2.5-1.5 | Svidler 2-0 | Svidler 3.5-2.5 | Svidler 3.5-2.5 | ||
| Alejandro Hoffman (Argentina) | |||||||
| Sarunas Sulskis (Lithuania) | Sulskis 3-1 | ||||||
| Alexander Graf (Germany) | |||||||
| Vadim Milov (Switzerland) | Milov 3.5-2.5 | Milov 2.5-1.5 | |||||
| Alex Yermolinsky (USA) | |||||||
| Judit Polgar (Hungary) | Polgar 2-0 | ||||||
| Mohamad Al-Modiahki (Qatar) | |||||||
| Michael Adams (England) | Adams 2-0 | Adams 1.5-.5 | Adams 3-1 | ||||
| Gaetan Sarthou (France) | |||||||
| Mihail Kobalija (Russia) | Kobalija 3-1 | ||||||
| Konstantin Aseev (Russia) | |||||||
| Vadim Zvjaginsev (Russia) | Zvjaginsev 1.5-.5 | Zvjaginsev 1.5-.5 | |||||
| Jacek Gdanski (Poland) | |||||||
| Xu Jun (China) | Xu 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Suat Atalik (Bosnia & Herzegovina) | |||||||
| Boris Gelfand (Israel) | Gelfand 1.5-.5 | Gelfand 1.5-.5 | Gelfand 2-0 | Gelfand 3.5-2.5 | |||
| Alexis Cabrera (Cuba) | |||||||
| Leinier Dominguez (Cuba) | Dominguez 2.5-1.5 | ||||||
| Pavel Kotsur (Kazakhstan) | |||||||
| Aleksander Delchev (Bulgaria) | Delchev 1.5-.5 | Delchev 2.5-1.5 | |||||
| Georgy Timoshenko (Ukraine) | |||||||
| Alexander Beliavsky (Slovenia) | Beliavsky 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Pentala Harikrishna (India) | |||||||
| Zurab Azmaiparashvili (Georgia) | Azmaiparashvili 1.5-.5 | Azmaiparashvili 2.5-1.5 | Azmaiparashvili 2.5-1.5 | ||||
| Saidali Iuldachev (Uzbekistan) | |||||||
| Sergei Movsesian (Czech Republic) | Movsesian 2.5-1.5 | ||||||
| Vadim Malakhatko (Ukraine) | |||||||
| Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan) | Kasimdzhanov 1.5-.5 | Kasimdzhanov 2.5-1.5 | |||||
| Nikolai Vlassov (Russia) | |||||||
| Igor Khenkin (Germany) | Khenkin 3.5-2.5 | ||||||
| Karen Asrian (Armenia) | |||||||
| Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) | Ivanchuk 1.5-.5 | Ivanchuk 3-1 | Ivanchuk 1.5-.5 | Ivanchuk 1.5-.5 | Ivanchuk 3.5-2.5 | Ivanchuk 2.5-1.5 | |
| Baatr Shovunov (Russia) | |||||||
| Bartlomiej Macieja (Poland) | Macieja 2-0 | ||||||
| Boris Avrukh (Israel) | |||||||
| Emil Sutovsky (Israel) | Sutovsky 4-3 | Sutovsky 2-0 | |||||
| Alonso Zapata (Colombia) | |||||||
| Francisco Vallejo Pons (Spain) | Vallejo Pons 2.5-1.5 | ||||||
| Stanislav Savchenko (Ukraine) | |||||||
| Ye Jiangchuan (China) | Ye 3-1 | Ye 2.5-1.5 | Ye 1.5-.5 | ||||
| Alexei Barsov (Uzbekistan) | |||||||
| Lev Psakhis (Israel) | Psakhis 2.5-1.5 | ||||||
| Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland) | |||||||
| Loek Van Wely (The Netherlands) | Van Wely 1.5-.5 | Van Wely 2-0 | |||||
| Ruben Felgaer (Argentina) | |||||||
| Smbat Lputian (Armenia) | Lputian 2-0 | ||||||
| Michal Krasenkow (Poland) | |||||||
| Joel Lautier (France) | Lautier 2-0 | Lautier 2.5-1.5 | Lautier 3-1 | Lautier 3-1 | |||
| Dibyendu Barua (India) | |||||||
| Sergei Shipov (Russia) | Shipov 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Alexandre Lesiege (Canada) | |||||||
| Alexander Khalifman (Russia) | Khalifman 3-1 | Khalifman 3-1 | |||||
| Surya Shekhar Ganguly (India) | |||||||
| Alexander Shabalov (USA) | Shabalov 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Gregory Kaidanov (USA) | |||||||
| Predrag Nikolic (Bosnia & Herzegovina) | Nikolic 1.5-.5 | Nikolic 2.5-1.5 | Nikolic 1.5-.5 | ||||
| Shukhrat Safin (Uzbekistan) | |||||||
| Rustem Dautov (Germany) | Dautov 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Dmitry Gurevich (USA) | |||||||
| Ashot Anastasian (Armenia) | Anastasian 1.5-.5 | Anastasian 2.5-1.5 | |||||
| Alexei Fedorov (Belarus) | |||||||
| Peter Léko (Hungary) | Léko 2.5-1.5 | ||||||
| Watu Kobese (South Africa) | |||||||
| Viswanathan Anand (India) | Anand 2.5-1.5 | Anand 1.5-.5 | Anand 2.5-1.5 | Anand 1.5-.5 | Anand 1.5-.5 | ||
| Olivier Touzane (France) | |||||||
| Peter Heine Nielsen (Denmark) | Nielsen 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Alexander Goldin (USA) | |||||||
| Vladislav Tkachiev (France) | Tkachiev 3-1 | Tkachiev 1.5-.5 | |||||
| Hichem Hamdouchi (Morocco) | |||||||
| Nguyen Anh Dung (Vietnam) | Dung 3-1 | ||||||
| Sergei Rublevsky (Russia) | |||||||
| Alexey Dreev (Russia) | Dreev 1.5-.5 | Dreev 1.5-.5 | Dreev 1.5-.5 | ||||
| Khvicha Supatashvili (Georgia) | |||||||
| Gilberto Milos (Brazil) | Milos 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Dao Thien Hai (Vietnam) | |||||||
| Evgeny Pigusov (Russia) | Pigusov 1.5-.5 | Pigusov 2-0 | |||||
| Alexander Ivanov (USA) | |||||||
| Zhang Pengxiang (China) | Zhang P. 3-1 | ||||||
| Anatoly Karpov (Russia) | |||||||
| Alexei Shirov (Spain) | Shirov 2-0 | Shirov 1.5-.5 | Shirov 3.5-2.5 | Shirov 4-3 | |||
| Aimen Rizouk (Algeria) | |||||||
| Zoltan Gyimesi (Hungary) | Gyimesi 4-3 | ||||||
| Stuart Conquest (England) | |||||||
| Alexander Motylev (Russia) | Motylev 1.5-.5 | Motylev 1.5-.5 | |||||
| Liang Chong (China) | |||||||
| Alexander Grischuk (Russia) | Grischuk 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Esam Ghaem Maghami (Iran) | |||||||
| Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) | Topalov 2-0 | Topalov 1.5-.5 | Topalov 1.5-.5 | ||||
| Facundo Pierrot (Argentina) | |||||||
| Giovanni Vescovi (Brazil) | Vescovi 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Boris Gulko (USA) | |||||||
| Zhong Zhang (China) | Zhong 3-1 | Zhong 1.5-.5 | |||||
| Yu Shaoteng (China) | |||||||
| Alexander Lastin (Russia) | Lastin 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Ognjen Cvitan (Croatia) |
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan) | Kasimdzhanov 2.5-1.5 | Kasimdzhanov 1.5-.5 | Kasimdzhanov 2.5-1.5 | Kasimdzhanov 2-0 | Kasimdzhanov 3-1 | Kasimdzhanov 4-2 | Rustam Kasimdzhanov 4.5-3.5 |
| Alejandro Ramirez (Costa Rica) | |||||||
| Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (Iran) | Ghaem Maghami 2-0 | ||||||
| Rafael Vaganian (Armenia) | |||||||
| Vasily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) | Ivanchuk 2-0 | Ivanchuk 3-1 | |||||
| Adlane Arab (Algeria) | |||||||
| Pentala Harikrishna (India) | Harikrishna 2.5-1.5 | ||||||
| Xu Jun (China) | |||||||
| Zoltan Almasi (Hungary) | Almasi 2-0 | Almasi 2.5-1.5 | Almasi 1.5-.5 | ||||
| Mohamad Al-Modiahki (Qatar) | |||||||
| Francisco Vallejo Pons (Spain) | Vallejo Pons 3.5-2.5 | ||||||
| Rodrigo Vasquez (Chile) | |||||||
| Ye Jiangchuan (China) | Ye 2.5-1.5 | Ye 4-3 | |||||
| Carlos Garcia Palermo (Argentina) | |||||||
| Ni Hua (China) | Ni 4-3 | ||||||
| Evgeny Vladimirov (Kazakhstan) | |||||||
| Alexander Grischuk (Russia) | Grischuk 1.5-.5 | Grischuk 2-0 | Grischuk 4-2 | Grischuk 3.5-2.5 | |||
| Kenneth Solomon (South Africa) | |||||||
| Vasilios Kotronias (Cyprus) | Kotronias 2.5-1.5 | ||||||
| Giorgi Kacheishvili (Georgia) | |||||||
| Valerij Filippov (Russia) | Filippov 1.5-.5 | Filippov 4-2 | |||||
| Daniel Campora (Argentina) | |||||||
| Loek Van Wely (The Netherlands) | Van Wely 3-1 | ||||||
| Alexander Ivanov (USA) | |||||||
| Alexander Beliavsky (Slovenia) | Beliavsky 2.5-1.5 | Beliavsky 2.5-1.5 | Beliavsky 1.5-.5 | ||||
| Alexei Barsov (Uzbekistan) | |||||||
| Mikhail Kobalia (Russia) | Kobalia 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine) | |||||||
| Ashot Anastasian (Armenia) | Anastasian 1.5-.5 | Anastasian 2.5-1.5 | |||||
| Bu Xiangzhi (China) | |||||||
| Das Neelotpal (India) | Neelotpal 1-0 | ||||||
| Vadim Milov (Switzerland) | |||||||
| Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) | Topalov 2-0 | Topalov 2-0 | Topalov 1.5-.5 | Topalov 2-0 | Topalov 2-0 | ||
| Tarik Abulhul (Libya) | |||||||
| Aleksander Delchev (Bulgaria) | Delchev 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Alexander Galkin (Russia) | |||||||
| Sergei Movsesian (Slovakia) | Movsesian 2.5-1.5 | Movsesian 4-2 | |||||
| Konstantin Landa (Russia) | |||||||
| Peter Acs (Hungary) | Acs 2.5-1.5 | ||||||
| Predrag Nikolic (Bosnia & Herzegovina) | |||||||
| Zdenko Kozul (Croatia) | Kozul 2-0 | Kozul 1.5-.5 | Kozul 2-0 | ||||
| Thien Hai Dao (Vietnam) | |||||||
| Mikhail Gurevich (Belgium) | Gurevich 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Darryl Johansen (Australia) | |||||||
| Sergei Rublevsky (Russia) | Rublevsky 3-1 | Rublevsky 3.5-2.5 | |||||
| Ahmed Adly (Egypt) | |||||||
| Viorel Iordachescu (Moldova) | Iordachescu 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Ivan Morovic Fernandez (Chile) | |||||||
| Andrei Kharlov (Russia) | Kharlov 2.5-1.5 | Kharlov 1.5-.5 | Kharlov 1.5-.5 | Kharlov 4-3 | |||
| Rustem Dautov (Germany) | |||||||
| Ivan Sokolov (The Netherlands) | Sokolov 2-0 | ||||||
| Amon Simutowe (Zambia) | |||||||
| Rafael Leitao (Brazil) | Leitao 1.5-.5 | Leitao 1.5-.5 | |||||
| Zhang Zhong (China) | |||||||
| Leonid Kritz (Germany) | Kritz 2-0 | ||||||
| Krishnan Sasikiran (India) | |||||||
| Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Romania) | Nisipeanu 1.5-.5 | Nisipeanu 1.5-.5 | Nisipeanu 2.5-1.5 | ||||
| Ronald Dableo (Philippines) | |||||||
| Sergei Tiviakov (The Netherlands) | Tiviakov 4-3 | ||||||
| Gabriel Sargissian (Armenia) | |||||||
| Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) | Mamedyarov 3-1 | Mamedyarov 4-3 | |||||
| Valeriy Neverov (Ukraine) | |||||||
| Smbat Lputian (Armenia) | Lputian 2-0 | ||||||
| Merab Gagunashvili (Georgia) | |||||||
| Michael Adams (England) | Adams 2-0 | Adams 1.5-.5 | Adams 1.5-.5 | Adams 1.5-.5 | Adams 1.5-.5 | Adams 2.5-1.5 | |
| Hussien Asabri (Libya) | |||||||
| Karen Asrian (Armenia) | Asrian 2.5-1.5 | ||||||
| Evgenij Agrest (Sweden) | |||||||
| Hichem Hamdouchi (Morocco) | Hamdouchi 1.5-.5 | Hamdouchi 4-3 | |||||
| Alexander Motylev (Russia) | |||||||
| Sergey Kudrin (USA) | Kudrin 1-0 | ||||||
| Johann Hjartarson (Iceland) | |||||||
| Hikaru Nakamura (USA) | Nakamura 3-1 | Nakamura 1.5-.5 | Nakamura 1.5-.5 | ||||
| Sergei Volkov (Russia) | |||||||
| Aleksej Aleksandrov (Belarus) | Aleksandrov 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Essam El Gindy (Egypt) | |||||||
| Alexander Lastin (Russia) | Lastin 1.5-.5 | Lastin 2.5-1.5 | |||||
| Robert Kempinski (Poland) | |||||||
| Zurab Azmaiparashvili (Georgia) | Azmaiparashvili 3-1 | ||||||
| Morteza Mahjoob (Iran) | |||||||
| Vladimir Akopian (Armenia) | Akopian 1.5-.5 | Akopian 1.5-.5 | Akopian 1.5-.5 | Akopian 1.5-.5 | |||
| Jose Gonzalez Garcia (Mexico) | |||||||
| Udut Adianto (Indonesia) | Adianto 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Evgeny Alekseev (Russia) | |||||||
| Alexander Moiseenko (Ukraine) | Moiseenko 1.5-.5 | Moiseenko 2.5-1.5 | |||||
| Sergey Dolmatov (Russia) | |||||||
| Viktor Bologan (Moldova) | Bologan 3-1 | ||||||
| Mark Paragua (Philippines) | |||||||
| Michal Krasenkow (Poland) | Krasenkow 1.5-.5 | Krasenkow 1.5-.5 | Krasenkow 1.5-.5 | ||||
| Gilberto Milos (Brazil) | |||||||
| Nigel Short (England) | Short 2-0 | ||||||
| Hameed Mansour Ali Kadhi (Yemen) | |||||||
| Vadim Zvjaginsev (Russia) | Zvjaginsev 2-0 | Zvjaginsev 2.5-1.5 | |||||
| Darcy Lima (Brazil) | |||||||
| Aleksander Wojtkiewicz (USA) | Wojtkiewicz 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Kiril Georgiev (Macedonia) | |||||||
| Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) | Radjabov 2-0 | Radjabov 4-3 | Radjabov 2.5-1.5 | Radjabov 3.5-2.5 | Radjabov 3.5-3.5 | ||
| Mateusz Bartel (Poland) | |||||||
| Peter Heine Nielsen (Denmark) | Nielsen 2-0 | ||||||
| Surya Ganguly (India) | |||||||
| Etienne Bacrot (France) | Bacrot 2-0 | Bacrot 1.5-.5 | |||||
| Pascal Charbonneau (Canada) | |||||||
| Darmen Sadvakasov (Kazakhstan) | Sadvakasov 2-0 | ||||||
| Pavel Kotsur (Kazakhstan) | |||||||
| Pavel Smirnov (Russia) | Smirnov 2.5-1.5 | Smirnov 2-0 | Smirnov 4-3 | ||||
| Lazaro Bruzon (Cuba) | |||||||
| Abobker Elarbi (Libya) | Elarbi 1-0 | ||||||
| Alexander Morozevich (Russia) | |||||||
| Levon Aronian (Armenia) | Aronian 2.5-1.5 | Aronian 2-0 | |||||
| Magnus Carlsen (Norway) | |||||||
| Gadir Guseinov (Azerbaijan) | Guseinov 2.5-1.5 | ||||||
| Giovanni Vescovi (Brazil) | |||||||
| Leinier Dominguez (Cuba) | Dominguez 2.5-1.5 | Dominguez 4-3 | Dominguez 2-0 | Dominguez 2.5-1.5 | |||
| Ernesto Inarkiev (Russia) | |||||||
| Vladimir Malakhov (Russia) | Malakhov 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Kivanc Haznedaroglu (Turkey) | |||||||
| Vladislav Tkachiev (France) | Tkachiev 1-0 | Tkachiev 1.5-.5 | |||||
| Yury Shulman (USA) | |||||||
| Alexander Graf (Germany) | Graf 2-0 | ||||||
| Dibyendu Barua (India) | |||||||
| Alexey Dreev (Russia) | Dreev 2-0 | Dreev 2-0 | Dreev 4-3 | ||||
| Mohamed Tissir (Morocco) | |||||||
| Ruben Felgaer (Argentina) | Felgaer 4-3 | ||||||
| Baadur Jobava (Georgia) | |||||||
| Konstantin Sakaev (Russia) | Sakaev 1.5-.5 | Sakaev 2-0 | |||||
| Dimitrios Mastrovasilis (Greece) | |||||||
| Sarunas Sulskis (Lithuania) | Sulskis 1.5-.5 | ||||||
| Bartlomiej Macieja (Poland) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
| Peter Léko (Hungary) | Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) |
| Judit Polgar Hungary | Michael Adams England | Rustam Kasimszhanov Uzbekistan | Peter Lékó Hungary | Alexander Morozevich Russia | Peter Svidler Russia | Viswanathan Anand India | ||||||||
| Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) | ||||||||||||||
| Viswanathan Anand (India) | ||||||||||||||
| Peter Svidler (Russia) | ||||||||||||||
| Alexander Morozevich (Russia) | ||||||||||||||
| Peter Lékó (Hungary) | ||||||||||||||
| Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan) | ||||||||||||||
| Michael Adams (England) | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | ||
| Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) | Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) |
Viswanathan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Svidler, and Alexander Morozevich were seeded directly into the final round. To determine the other 4 players, a candidates match was held in Elista, Russia
A black square indicates a win for the player at the top, and a white square indicates a win for the player along the side.| Alexander Grischuk Russia | Levon Aronian Armenia | Alexander Morozevich Russia | Peter Svidler Russia | Péter Lékó Hungary | Boris Gelfand Israel | Vladimir Kramnik Russia | ||||||||
| Viswanathan Anand (India) | ||||||||||||||
| Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) | ||||||||||||||
| Boris Gelfand (Israel) | ||||||||||||||
| Péter Lékó (Hungary) | ||||||||||||||
| Peter Svidler (Russia) | ||||||||||||||
| Alexander Morozevich (Russia) | ||||||||||||||
| Levon Aronian (Armenia) | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||
| Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) | Viswanathan Anand (India) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||
| Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) | Viswanathan Anand (India) |
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| Viswanathan Anand (India) | Boris Gelfand (Israel) |
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| Magnus Carlsen (Norway) | A07 | B18 | A09 | C67 | D10 | C60 | C60 | C67 | E25 | B27 | Viswanathan Anand (India) |
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| Viswanathan Anand (India) | D85 | C65 | D37 | A07 | E15 | B41 | C67 | D37 | C67 | D97 | C67 | Magnus Carlsen (Norway) |
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| Magnus Carlsen (Norway) | Sergey Karjakin (Russia) |
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| Fabiano Caruana (USA) | Magnus Carlsen (Norway) |
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| Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) | Magnus Carlsen (Norway) |
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| Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) | Ding Liren (China) |
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| Gukesh Dommaraju (India) | Ding Liren (China) |
| Number | World champion | Reign | Birth | Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilhelm Steinitz | 1886-1894 | N/A | Lasker |
| 2 | Emanuel Lasker | 1894-1920 | N/A | Alekhine |
| 3 | José Raúl Capablanca | 1920-1927 | Steinitz | Alekhine |
| 4 | Alexander Alekhine | 1927-1935, 1937-1946 | Steinitz | Alekhine |
| 5 | Max Euwe | 1935-1937 | Lasker | Karpov |
| 6 | Mikhail Botvinnik | 1948-1957, 1958-1960, 1961-1963 | Lasker | Karpov |
| 7 | Vasily Smyslov | 1957-1958 | Capablanca | Anand |
| 8 | Mikhail Nekhemyevich Tal | 1960-1961 | Euwe | Kasparov |
| 9 | Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian | 1963-1969 | Alekhine | Karpov |
| 10 | Boris Spassky | 1969-1972 | Euwe | Dommaraju |
| 11 | Bobby James Fischer | 1972-1975 | Alekhine | Anand |
| 12 | Anatoly Karpov | 1975-1985, 1993-1999 | Botvinnik | N/A |
| 13 | Garry Kasparov | 1985-1993 (1993-2000) | Botvinnik | N/A |
| 14 | Alexander Khalifman | 1999-2000 | Petrosian | N/A |
| 15 | Viswanathan Anand | 2000-2002, 2007-2013 | Spassky | N/A |
| 16 | Ruslan Ponomariov | 2002-2004 | Karpov | N/A |
| 17 | Rustam Kasimdzhanov | 2004-2005 | Karpov | N/A |
| 18 | Veselin Topalov | 2005-2006 | Fischer | N/A |
| 19 | Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik | (2000-2006) 2006-2007 | Karpov | N/A |
| 20 | Magnus Carlsen | 2013-2023 | Kasparov | N/A |
| 21 | Ding Liren | 2023-2024 | Kasparov | N/A |
| 22 | Gukesh Dommaraju | 2024- | Topalov | N/A |