World Chess Champion

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chess title sports title world championship title

The World Chess Champion is the player officially recognized as the strongest chess competitor in the world, holding the sport’s most prestigious title.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
FIDE World Champion 1
FIDE World Chess Champion 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chess title ⓘ
sports title ⓘ
world championship title ⓘ
associatedWith Elo rating leaders ⓘ
competitionType match play ⓘ
world championship cycle ⓘ
culturalSignificance iconic status in global sports and intellectual culture ⓘ
decidedBy world championship match between champion and challenger ⓘ
determinedBy World Chess Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstHolder Wilhelm Steinitz NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody FIDE NERFINISHED ⓘ
hadSplitTitlePeriod 1993–2006 ⓘ
hasFormatChange multiple times in history ⓘ
hasGenderCategory open ⓘ
women ⓘ
hasTitleHolderPrivileges automatic seeding into next championship cycle (in many eras) ⓘ
right to defend title in championship match ⓘ
hasVariant Women’s World Chess Champion NERFINISHED ⓘ
World Blitz Chess Champion NERFINISHED ⓘ
World Rapid Chess Champion NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalOrganizer FIDE NERFINISHED ⓘ
Professional Chess Association NERFINISHED ⓘ
classical world championship line ⓘ
inception 1886 ⓘ
isConsidered most prestigious title in chess ⓘ
strongest chess player in the world ⓘ
notableHolder Alexander Alekhine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Anatoly Karpov NERFINISHED ⓘ
Boris Spassky NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ding Liren NERFINISHED ⓘ
Emanuel Lasker NERFINISHED ⓘ
Garry Kasparov NERFINISHED ⓘ
José Raúl Capablanca NERFINISHED ⓘ
Magnus Carlsen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mikhail Botvinnik NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mikhail Tal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Robert James Fischer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tigran Petrosian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vasily Smyslov NERFINISHED ⓘ
Viswanathan Anand NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vladimir Kramnik NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedBy FIDE NERFINISHED ⓘ
requires qualification through Candidates Tournament or equivalent ⓘ
sport chess ⓘ
symbolizes supremacy in over-the-board classical chess ⓘ
unifiedTitle 2006 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Emanuel Lasker → title → World Chess Champion ⓘ
Mikhail Tal → worldChampionTitle → World Chess Champion ⓘ
Viswanathan Anand → titleHeld → World Chess Champion ⓘ
Viswanathan Anand → titleHeld → World Chess Champion ⓘ
this entity surface form: FIDE World Champion
Lasker → heldTitle → World Chess Champion ⓘ
subject surface form: Emanuel Lasker
Bobby Fischer → titleHeld → World Chess Champion ⓘ
Anatoly Karpov → worldChampionVersion → World Chess Champion ⓘ
this entity surface form: FIDE World Chess Champion