World Chess Championship

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The World Chess Championship is the premier global competition that determines the official world champion in chess, historically featuring matches between the strongest grandmasters in the world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chess competition ⓘ
world championship ⓘ
category international chess competitions ⓘ
world championships in board games ⓘ
eligibility top-level chess grandmasters ⓘ
firstChampion Wilhelm Steinitz ⓘ
firstHeld 1886 ⓘ
format classical time control ⓘ
head-to-head match ⓘ
founder Johannes Zukertort ⓘ
Wilhelm Steinitz ⓘ
frequency approximately every two years ⓘ
fullName World Chess Championship ⓘ
governingBody FIDE ⓘ
governingBodyHeadquarters Lausanne, Switzerland ⓘ
governingBodySince FIDE since 1948 ⓘ
hasSeparateEvent Women’s World Chess Championship ⓘ
World Blitz Chess Championship ⓘ
World Junior Chess Championship ⓘ
World Rapid Chess Championship ⓘ
historicalPhase Classical World Championship (1886–1946) ⓘ
FIDE World Championship (1948–1993) ⓘ
Reunified World Championship (since 2006) ⓘ
Split title era (1993–2006) ⓘ
languageOfOfficialRegulations English ⓘ
notableChampion Alexander Alekhine ⓘ
Anatoly Karpov ⓘ
Ding Liren ⓘ
Emanuel Lasker ⓘ
Garry Kasparov ⓘ
José Raúl Capablanca ⓘ
Magnus Carlsen ⓘ
Mikhail Botvinnik ⓘ
Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
Vladimir Kramnik ⓘ
Wilhelm Steinitz ⓘ
prizeType cash prize ⓘ
purpose to determine the official world chess champion ⓘ
qualificationSystem Candidates Tournament ⓘ
Grand Swiss ⓘ
World Cup ⓘ
rating qualification ⓘ
recognizedAs highest title in over-the-board chess ⓘ
recognizedBy FIDE ⓘ
shortName WCC ⓘ
sport chess ⓘ
sporting event series chess world championship cycle ⓘ
tieBreakFormat blitz games ⓘ
rapid games ⓘ
titleAwarded World Chess Champion ⓘ

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Pawn Sacrifice → hasSubject → World Chess Championship ⓘ
Chess (musical) → setting → world chess championship ⓘ
linked to: World Chess Championship
Vladimir Kramnik → defeatedInEvent → Classical World Chess Championship 2000 ⓘ
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Chess Oscar → relatedTo → World Chess Championship ⓘ
Lasker’s Manual of Chess → relatedTo → World Chess Championship ⓘ
World Chess Champion → determinedBy → World Chess Championship ⓘ
Carl Schlechter → titleContested → World Chess Championship ⓘ
World Chess Championship 1972 → category → World Chess Championship ⓘ
World Chess Championship → fullName → World Chess Championship ⓘ
World Chess Championship → historicalPhase → FIDE World Championship (1948–1993) ⓘ
linked to: World Chess Championship
Mind Master: Winning Lessons from a Champion’s Life → setting → World Chess Championship matches ⓘ
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World Rapid Chess Champion → relatedCompetition → World Chess Championship (classical) ⓘ
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Candidates Tournament → partOf → World Chess Championship cycle ⓘ
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Candidates Tournament → determines → World Chess Championship challenger ⓘ
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Candidates Tournament → relatedCompetition → World Chess Championship ⓘ
World Blitz Chess Champion → category → world chess championships ⓘ
linked to: World Chess Championship
World Blitz Chess Championship → relatedCompetition → World Classical Chess Championship ⓘ
linked to: World Chess Championship
World Correspondence Chess Championship → category → World championships in chess ⓘ
linked to: World Chess Championship
World Chess Championship 2000 → title → Classical World Chess Championship ⓘ
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World Chess Championship 2004 → titleContested → Classical World Chess Championship ⓘ
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World Chess Championship 2006 → category → World Chess Championships ⓘ
linked to: World Chess Championship