World Chess Champion

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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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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 ⓘ
firstHolder Wilhelm Steinitz ⓘ
governingBody FIDE ⓘ
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 ⓘ
World Blitz Chess Champion ⓘ
World Rapid Chess Champion ⓘ
historicalOrganizer FIDE ⓘ
Professional Chess Association ⓘ
classical world championship line ⓘ
inception 1886 ⓘ
isConsidered most prestigious title in chess ⓘ
strongest chess player in the world ⓘ
notableHolder Alexander Alekhine ⓘ
Anatoly Karpov ⓘ
Boris Spassky ⓘ
Ding Liren ⓘ
Emanuel Lasker ⓘ
Garry Kasparov ⓘ
José Raúl Capablanca ⓘ
Magnus Carlsen ⓘ
Mikhail Botvinnik ⓘ
Mikhail Tal ⓘ
Robert James Fischer ⓘ
linked to: Bobby Fischer

Tigran Petrosian ⓘ
Vasily Smyslov ⓘ
Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
Vladimir Kramnik ⓘ
recognizedBy FIDE ⓘ
requires qualification through Candidates Tournament or equivalent ⓘ
sport chess ⓘ
symbolizes supremacy in over-the-board classical chess ⓘ
unifiedTitle 2006 ⓘ

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Emanuel Lasker → title → World Chess Champion ⓘ
Mikhail Tal → worldChampionTitle → World Chess Champion ⓘ
Viswanathan Anand → titleHeld → World Chess Champion ⓘ
Viswanathan Anand → titleHeld → FIDE World Champion ⓘ
linked to: World Chess Champion
Emanuel Lasker → heldTitle → World Chess Champion ⓘ
subject linked to: Lasker
Bobby Fischer → titleHeld → World Chess Champion ⓘ
Anatoly Karpov → worldChampionVersion → FIDE World Chess Champion ⓘ
linked to: World Chess Champion
Max Euweplein → namedForNotableTitle → World Chess Champion ⓘ
José Raúl Capablanca → positionHeld → World Chess Champion ⓘ
Wilhelm Steinitz → worldChampionTitle → World Chess Champion ⓘ
Wilhelm Steinitz → titleHeld → World Chess Champion ⓘ
Botvinnik chess school → produced → World Chess Champions ⓘ
linked to: World Chess Champion
World Chess Championship 1972 → titleContested → World Chess Champion ⓘ
World Chess Championship → titleAwarded → World Chess Champion ⓘ
World Rapid Chess Champion → distinguishedFrom → World Chess Champion (classical) ⓘ
linked to: World Chess Champion
Viswanathan Anand → notableAchievement → World Chess Champion ⓘ
subject linked to: Akhil Anand
Vishy → title → FIDE World Champion ⓘ
linked to: World Chess Champion
World Blitz Chess Champion → relatedCompetition → World Classical Chess Champion ⓘ
linked to: World Chess Champion
World Chess Championship 2007 → titleContested → World Chess Champion ⓘ
Vasily Borgov → title → World Chess Champion ⓘ
subject linked to: Vasily Borgov in Moscow
Chess → hasWorldChampionTitle → World Chess Champion ⓘ