Campeões de Xadrez (tabela)

2007: Viswanathan Anand
2006 : Vladimir Kramnik pela FIDE

2005-2006: Veselin Topalov pela FIDE
2004-2006: Vladimir Kramnik pela WCC
2003-2004: Rustam Kasimdzhanov pela FIDE

2001-2002: Ruslan Ponomariov pela FIDE

2000-2001: Viswanathan Anand pela FIDE

2000-2003: Vladimir Kramnik pela WCC
1999-2000: Alexander Khalifman pela FIDE
1993-1999: Anatoly Karpov pela FIDE

1993-2000: Garry Kasparov pela PCA

1985-1993: Garry Kasparov

1975-1985: Anatoly Karpov

1972-1975: Bobby Fischer

1969-1972: Boris Spassky

1963-1969 :Tigran Petrosian

1961-1963: Mikhail Botvinnik

1960-1961: Mikhail Tal

1958-1960: Mikhail Botvinnik
1957-1958: Vasily Smyslov

1948-1957: Mikhail Botvinnik

1946-1948: vago pela morte de Alexander Alekhine

1937-1946: Alexander Alekhine

1935-1937: Max Euwe

1927-1935: Alexander Alekhine

1921-1927: José Raul Capablanca