world chess champion
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concept
A world chess champion is the player who holds the officially recognized title as the strongest competitive chess player in the world, typically determined through a formal world championship cycle or match.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| World Chess Champion | 14 |
| chess title | 7 |
| world chess champion canonical | 3 |
| FIDE World Chess Champion | 1 |
Instances (25)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
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Vasily Borgov in Moscow
surface form:
Vasily Borgov
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— |
| Emanuel Lasker | World Chess Champion |
| Mikhail Botvinnik | World Chess Champion |
| Mikhail Tal | World Chess Champion |
| Viswanathan Anand | World Chess Champion |
|
Lasker
surface form:
Emanuel Lasker
|
World Chess Champion |
| Vladimir Kramnik | World Chess Champion |
| Bobby Fischer | World Chess Champion |
| Anatoly Karpov | World Chess Champion |
| Veselin Topalov | FIDE World Chess Champion |
| Wilhelm Steinitz | World Chess Champion |
| World Chess Champion | chess title |
| Grandmaster (retrospective) | chess title |
| José Raúl Capablanca | — |
| Alexander Alekhine | World Chess Champion |
|
The Magician from Riga
surface form:
Mikhail Tal
|
World Chess Champion |
| Boris Spassky | World Chess Champion |
| Garry Kasparov | — |
| World Rapid Chess Champion | chess title |
| Magnus Carlsen | World Chess Champion |
| Vishy | World Chess Champion |
| World Blitz Chess Champion | chess title |
|
Purdy
surface form:
World Correspondence Chess Champion
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chess title |
| World Correspondence Chess Champion | chess title |
| International Master of Correspondence Chess | chess title |