World Chess Championship ________________________ Matches before 1886 London 1834 (6 matches) La Bourdonnais - Mac Donnel +45-27=13 xxx100 111111 x11111 010101 1 +16-5=4 001001 110 +4-5=0 0x1011 110001 +6-5=1 1xx01x 10x1x0 x1x111 +8-3=7 x01011 1011-1 +7-4=1 011101 000 +4-5=0 London 1843 Saint Amant - Staunton +3-2=1 0x1011 Paris 1843 Staunton - Saint Amant +11-6=4 11x111 110101 0x10xx 001 London 1846 Staunton - Horwitz +14-7=3 101111 00111x x01011 011x01 London 1851 First International Tournament Final standing: 1. Anderssen; 2. Wyvill; 3. Williams; 4. Staunton; round 1 (2 wins) Staunton - Brodie 11 +2-0=0 Williams - Lowenthal 101 +2-1=0 Szen - Newham 11 +2-0=0 Horwitz - Bird x011 +2-1=1 Mucklow - C. Kennedy 11 +2-0=0 Anderssen - Kieseritzky 1x1 +2-0=1 Kennedy - Mayet 11 +2-0=0 Wyvill - Lowe 11 +2-0=0 round 2 (4 wins) Anderssen - Szen 100111 +4-2=0 Staunton - Horwitz 0101x11 +4-2=1 Wyvill - Kennedy 1001x011 +4-3=1 Williams - Mucklow 1111 +4-0=0 round 3 pl.1-4 Anderssen - Staunton 11101 +4-1=0 Wyvill - Williams 0001111 +4-3=0 pl.5-8 Szen - Horwitz 1111 +4-0=0 Kennedy - Mucklow 1111 +4-0=0 round 4 pl.1-2 Anderssen - Wyvill 1x01101 +4-2=1 pl.3-4 Williams - Staunton 100011x1 +4-3=1 pl.5-6 Szen - Kennedy x1111 +4-0=1 New York 1857 1.Morphy 2. Paulsen 3. Lichtenein 4. Raphael Morphy - Thompson 111 +3-0=0 Paulsen - Caltroph 111 +3-0=0 Raphael - Kennicott 01x011 +3-2=1 Montgomery - Allison 1011 +3-1=0 Meek - Fuller 1101 +3-1=0 Marache - Fiske 00111 +3-2=0 Lichtenein - Stanley 10011 +3-2=0 Perrin - Knott 01x011 +3-2=1 Morphy - Meek 111 +3-0=0 Paulsen - Montgomery 111 +3-0=0 Raphael - Marache 1x1001 +3-2=1 Lichtenein - Perrin 111 +3-0=0 Morphy - Lichtenein 11x1 +3-0=1 Paulsen - Raphael 1x101 +3-1=1 Morphy - Paulsen 1x0x1111 +5-1=2 Lichtenein - Raphael 111 +3-0=0 Manchester 1857 (tourn.) 4/final Anderssen - Harrwitz 1-0 Lowenthal - Horwitz 1-0 Pindar - Brien 1-0 Boden - Hamel 1-0 semifinals Lowenthal - Anderssen 1-0 Boden - Pindar 1-0 final Lowenthal - Boden 0.5-0.5 Birmingham 1858 (tourn.) 8/final Brien - Bird 2 - 1 Falkbeer - Inglebyd 2 - 0 Loewenthal - Kipping 2 - 0 Smith - Morphy 0 - 0 Owen - Hamptons 2 - 0 Saint Amant - Beetlestone 2 - 0 Salmon - Szabo 2 - 0 Staunton - Hughes 2 - 0 4/final Brien - Smith 2 - 0 Falkbeer - Saint Amants 2 - 1 Owen - Salmon 2 - 0 Lowenthal - Staunton 2 - 0 semifinals Falkbeer - Brien 3 - 2 Lowenthal - Owen 2.5-0.5 final Lowenthal - Falkbeer 5 -3 London 1858 Morphy - Lowenthal +9-3=2 x111 0110 1101 x1 Paris 1858 Morphy - Harrwitz +5-2=2 001111x1 Paris 1858 match 7 wins * Morphy - Anderssen +7-2=2 0x11111x101 Paris 1859 Morphy - Mongredien +7-0=1 x1111111 London 1861 Anderssen - Kolisch +4-3=2 1001 0x1x 1 London 1862 (tourn.) 1. Anderssen 12; 2. Paulsen 11; 3. Owen 10; 4. MacDonnel 9; 5. Dubois 9; 6. Steinitz 8; 7. Hannah 7; 8. Barnes 7; 9. Lowenthal 4; 10. Blackburne 4; 11. Mongredien 3; 12. Deacon 3; 13. Robey 2; 14. Green 2. London 1862 Anderssen - Paulsen +3-3=2 1x00 x011 London 1866 match 8 wins * Steinitz - Anderssen +8-6=0 01111000011011 London 1866 Steinitz -Bird +7-5=5 1x10 x101 100x 1xx0 1 London 1870 * Steinitz - Blackburne +5-0=1 11111x London 1872 * Steinitz - Zukertort +7-1=4 11xx11x011x1 London 1876 * Steinitz - Blackburne +7-0=0 1111111 London 1883 1. Zukertort 22; 2. Steinitz 19; 3. Blackburne 17.5 4. Cigorin 16; 5-7. Englisch, Mackenzie, Mason 15.5 8. Rosenthal 14; 9. Winawer 13; 10. Bird 12; 11. Noa 9.5; 12. Sellman 6.5; 13-14. Mortimer, Skipworth 3. Matches between 1886 and 1946 World Chess Championship Match Steinitz : WC champion; Zukertort : challenger (winner of the 1883 London tournament); Conditions for winning the match: 10 wins New York, New Orleans, St Louis 1886 * Steinitz - Zukertort +10-5=5 100001 1x1x11 0xx1x1 11 World Chess Championship Match 20 games Havana 1889 * Steinitz - Cigorin +10-6=1 0101100111010111x World Chess Championship Match 20 games New York 1890-91 * Steinitz - Gunsberg +6-4=9 x1x0 011x x1x0 1xx0 x1x World Chess Championship Match 20 games + playoff 10 wins Havana 1892 * Steinitz - Cigorin +10-8=5 0xx1x100x01011010101x11 World Chess Championship Match 10 wins New York, Filadelfia, Montreal 1894 Lasker - Steinitz +10-5=4 1010xx11111x00110x1 World Chess Championship Match 10 wins Moscow 1896 Lasker - Steinitz +10-2=5 1111 x1xx x110 01x1 1 World Chess Championship Match 8 wins United States 1907 Lasker - Marshall +8-0=7 111xxxx1xxx1111 World Chess Championship Match 8 wins Munich, Dusseldorf 1908 Lasker - Tarrasch +8-3=5 11011x1xx0101xx1 Paris 1909 Lasker - Janowsky +2-2=0 1001 Paris 1909 Lasker - Janowsky +7-1=2 x111101x11 World Chess Championship Match 10 games Wien, Berlin 1910 Lasker - Schlechter +1-1=5 xxxx0xxxx1 World Chess Championship Match 8 wins Paris 1911 Lasker - Janowsky +8-0=3 1xx11x11111 World Chess Championship Match 10 wins or 24 games Havana 1921 Capablanca - Lasker +4-0=10 xxxx1xxxx11xx1 Lasker resigned after 14 games World Chess Championship Match 6 wins Buenos Aires 1927 Alekhine - Capablanca +6-3=25 1x0xxx 0xxx11 xxxxxx xx1xxx xxxx0x x1x1 World Chess Championship Match 30 games Germany, Netherlands 1929 Alekhine - Bogoliubov +11-5=9 1xx010 101x11 x0x110 1x11xx x World Chess Championship Match 30 games Germany 1934 Alekhine - Bogoliubov +8-3=15 x1x1xx xx101x xxx11x xx1x00 1x World Chess Championship Match 30 games Netherlands 1935 Euwe - Alekhine +9-8=13 0100xx0101x1x1x0xx011xxx110xxx World Chess Championship Match 30 games Netherlands 1937 Alekhine - Euwe +10-4=11 01xx0111x1xx01xx0xxx11x11 Alekhine died in 1946 - title vacant World Championship matches after 1946 World Chess Championship Tournament 5 participants: Botvinnik,Smyslov,Keres (URSS); Reshewsky (USA); Euwe (Netherlands); Fine (USA) resigned 5 - round robin tournament Hague, Moscow 1948 1. Botvinnik 14; 2. Smyslov 11; 3.-4. Reshewsky, Keres 10.5; 5. Euwe 4. Euwe - Keres 0 x 0 0 0 Smyslov - Reshewsky x x 1 x x Keres - Smyslov 1 1 x 0 x Botvinnik - Euwe 1 x 1 x x Botvinnik - Smyslov x x 1 x x Reshewsky - Keres 1 x 0 1 x Reshewsky - Botvinnik 0 x 1 0 0 Euwe - Smyslov 0 0 1 0 0 Botvinnik - Keres 1 1 1 1 0 Reshewsky - Euwe 1 x x 1 1 Botvinnik 3.5 6 9 12 14 Smyslov 2 4 5.5 8.5 11 Keres 2 4 6.5 7.5 10.5 Reshewsky 2.5 4.5 6 8.5 10.5 Euwe 0 1.5 3 3.5 4 World Chess Championship cycle 1949-51 Izt Saltsjoebaden 1949 1. Bronstein 13.5/19; 2. Szabo 12.5; 3. Boleslawsky 12; 4. Kotov 11.5; 5. Lilienthal 11; 6-9. Bondarewsky, Flohr, Najdorf, Stahlberg 10.5; 10. Trifunovic 10; 11-13. Pirc, Gligoric, Book 9.5; 14-15. Ragozin, Yanofsky 8.5; 16. Tartakower 8; 17. Pachman 7.5; 18. Stoltz 6.5; 19. Steiner 5.5; 20. Lundin 4.5 Ct Budapest 1950 (10 participants, 2 round robin) Already qualified: Keres, Smyslov + first 8 from izt Absent: Euwe, Fine, Reshewsky, Bondarewsky 1-2. Bronstein, Boleslawsky 12/18; 3. Smyslov 10; 4.Keres 9.5; 5.Najdorf 9; 6.Kotov 8.5; 7.Stahlberg 8; 8-10.Lilienthal,Szabo,Flohr 7. Bronstein - Boleslawsky +3-2=9 1xxxxx10xx0xx1 World Chess Championship Match 24 games Moscow 1951 Botvinnik - Bronstein +5-5=14 xxxx01 1xxx01 xxxx0x 1x001x World Chess Championship cycle 1952-54 Izt Stockholm 1952 1. Kotov 16.5/20; 2-3. Taimanov, Petrosian 13.5; 4. Geller 13; 5-8. Averbach, Gligoric, Szabo, Stahlberg 12.5; 9. Unzicker 11.5; 10. Eliskases 10.5; 11-13. Pilnik, Pachman, Steiner; 14. Matanovic 9; 15. Barcza 8; 16. Stoltz 7.5; 17. Sanchez 7; 18. Wade 6; 19. Vaitonis 5; 20-21. Golombek, Prins 4.5 Ct Zurich 1953 (15 participants, 2 round robin) 5 from previous Ct, 10 from Izt 1. Smyslov 18/28; 2-4. Bronstein, Keres, Reshewsky 16; 5. Petrosian 15; 6-7. Geller, Najdorf 14.5; 8-9. Taimanov,Kotov 14; 10-11. Averbach,Boleslavsky 13.5; 13. Gligoric 12.5; 14. Euwe 11.5; 15. Stahlberg 8. World Chess Championship Match 24 games Moscow 1954 Botvinnik - Smyslov +7-7=10 11x1xx 0x0001 1011xx x0xx0x World Chess Championship cycle 1955-57 Izt Goteborg 1955 1. Bronstein 15/20; 2. Keres 13.5; 3. Panno 13; 4. Petrosian 12.5; 5-6. Geller, Szabo 12; 7-9. Pilnik, Filip, Spassky 11; 10-11. Llivitsky, Pachman 10.5; 12-13. Najdorf, Guimard 9.5; 14-15. Rabar, Fuderer 9; 16. Unzicker 8.5; 17-18. Stahlber, Bisguier 8; 19-21. Medina Garcia, Donner, Sliwa 5.5 Llivitsky-Pachman 3.5-2.5 xxxxx1 (reserve place in Ct) Ct Amsterdam 1956 (10 participants, double round robin) Already qualified: Smyslov 1. Smyslov 11.5/18; 2. Keres 10; 3-7. Szabo,Spassky, Petrosian,Bronstein,Geller 9.5; 8-9. Filip,Panno 8; 10. Pilnik 5. World Chess Championship Match 24 games Moscow 1957 Smyslov - Botvinnik +6-3=13 1xx001 x1xxxx xxxx1x x1 World Chess Championship Match 24 games Moscow 1958 Botvinnik - Smyslov +7-5=11 111x01 xxxx01 1x0xx1 0xx0x World Chess Championship cycle 1958-60 Izt Portorose 1958 1. Tal 13.5/20; 2. Gligoric 13; 3-4. Benko, Petrosian 12.5; 5-6. Fischer, Olafsson; 7-11. Bronstein, Averbach, Matanovic, Szabo, Pachman 11.5; 12-13. Panno, Filip 11; 14. Sanguinetti 10; 15. Neikirkh 9.5; 16. Larsen 8.5; 17. Sherwin 7.5; 18. Rossetto 7; 19. Carodso 6; 20. De Greiff 4.5; 21. Fuster 2 Ct Bled, Zagreb, Belgrado 1959 (8 participants, 4 round robin) 1.Tal 20; 2.Keres 18; 3-4. Petrosian,Smyslov 15; 5-6. Fischer,Gligoric 12; 7.Olafsson 10; 8. Benko 8. World Chess Championship Match 24 games Moscow 1960 Tal - Botvinnik +6-2=13 1xxxx1 100x1x xxxx1x 1xx World Chess Championship Match 24 games Moscow 1961 Botvinnik - Tal +10-5=6 101xxx 101110 1x1x01 0x1 World Chess Championship cycle 1961-63 Izt Stockholm 1962 1. Fischer 17.5/22; 2-3. Geller, Petrosian 15; 4. Filip 14; 5. Korcnoj 13.5; 6-8. Benko, Gligoric, Stein 13.5; 9-10. Uhlmann, Portisch 12.5; 11-12. Pomar, Olafsson 12; 13. Bolbochan 11.5; 14-15. Barcza, Bilek 11; 16. Bisguier 9.5; 17-18. Yanofsky, Bertok 7.5; 19-20. German, Schweber 7; 21. Teschner 6.5; 22. Cuellar 5.5; 23. Aaron 4 Play off: Stein 3/4; Benko 2.5, Gligoric 0.5 Qualified: Benko (Stein is the 4th soviet) Ct Curacao 1962 (8 participants, 4 round robin) 1.Petrosian 17.5; 2.-3.Keres, Geller 17; 4.Fischer 14; 5.Korcnoj 13.5; 6.Benko 11; 7.Tal 8; 8.Filip 7. Playoff: Keres - Geller xx1xx0x1 4.5-3.5 World Chess Championship Match 24 games Moscow 1963 Petrosian - Botvinnik +5-2=15 0xxx1x 1xxxxx x01xx1 1xxx World Chess Championship cycle 1964-66 Izt Amsterdam 1964 1-4. Smyslov, Spassky, Tal, Larsen 17/23; 5. Stein (excluded, 4th. soviet)16.5; 6. Bronstein 16 (excluded); 7. Ivkov 15; 8-9. Portisch, Reshewsky 14.5; 10. Gligoric 14; 11. Darga 13.5; 12. Lengyel 13; 13. Pachman 12.5; 14. Evans 10; 15. Tringov 9.5; 16. Benko 9; 17-19. Rossetto, Foguelman, Bilek 8; 20. Quinones 7; 21. Porath 5.5; 22. Perez 5; 23. Berger 4.5; 24. Vranesic 4 Play off Portisch - Reshewsky 2.5-0.5 1x1 Already qualified: Keres, Geller (replaces Botvinnik) Ct 1965 (8 participants, KO elimination) Spassky - Keres 6-4 (0x111xx0x1) Geller - Smyslov 5.5-2.5 (1x1x1xxx) Larsen - Ivkov 5.5-2.5 (1xx11x01) Tal - Portisch 5.5-2.5 (x101xx11) Spassky - Geller 5.5-2.5 (x1xxxx1x1) Tal - Larsen 5.5-4.5 (01xx01xxx1) Spassky - Tal 7-4 (x01xxxxx111) World Chess Championship Match 24 games Moscow 1966 Petrosian - Spassky +4-3=17 xxxxxx 1xx1xx 0xxxxx 01x10x World Chess Championship cycle 1967-69 Izt Sousse 1967 1. Larsen 15.5/21; 2-4. Geller, Gligoric, Korcnoj 14; 5. Portisch 13.5; 6-8. Stein, Hort, Reshewsky 13; 9. Matulovic 12.5; 10. Matanovic 12; 11-12. Ivkov, Mecking 11; 13-14. Gipslis, Kavalek 10; 15. Suttles 9.5; 16. Bilek 9; 17. Barczay 8; 18. Byrne 7.5; 19-20. Cuellar, Miagmasuren 6.5; 21. Sarapu 4; 22. Bouazis 3.4; (Fischer 8.5/10 withdrawn) Play off: Reshwesky 4/8, Hort 4, Stein 4 Qualified: Reshewsky Ct 1968 (8 participants, KO elimination) Spassky - Geller 5.5-2.5 (x1x1x1xx) Tal - Gligoric 5.5-3.5 (0xxxx11x1) Korcnoj - Reshewsky 5.5-2.5 (x1x1x1xx) Larsen - Portisch 5.5-4.5 (x110xx0xx1) Korcnoj - Tal 5.5-4.5 (xxx110xxxx) Spassky - Larsen 5.5-2.5 (111x0x1x) Spassky - Korcnoj 6-3 (x1x1x011xx) World Chess Championship Match 24 games Moscow 1969 Spassky - Petrosian +6-4=13 0xx11x x1x00x xxxx1x 101xx World Chess Championship cycle 1970-72 Izt Palma de Majorca 1970 1. Fischer 18.5/24; 2-4. Geller, Hubner, Larsen 15; 5-6. Taimanov, Uhlmann 14; 7-8. Portisch, Smyslov 13.5; 9-10. Gligoric, Polugaiewsky 13; 11-12. Mecking, Panno 12.5; 13. Hort 11.5; 14. Ivkov 10.5; 15-16. Minic, Suttles 10; 17. Reshewsky 9.5; 18-19. Addison, Matulovic 9; 20-22. Filip, Naranja, Ujtumen 8.5; 23. Rubinetti 6; 24. Jimenez 5.5 Ct 1971 (8 participants, KO elimination) Petrosian - Hubner 4-3 (xxxxxx1) Korcnoj - Geller 5.5-2.5 (1xx01x11) Fischer - Taimanov 6-0 (111111) Larsen - Uhlmann 5.5-3.5 (10x1x1x01) Petrosian - Korcnoj 5.5-4.5 (xxxxxxxx1x) Fischer - Larsen 6-0 (111111) Fischer - Petrosian 6.5-2.5 (10xxx1111) World Chess Championship Match 24 games Reykjavik 1972 Fischer - Spassky +7-3=11 001x11 x1x10x 1xxxxx xx1 World Chess Championship cycle 1973-75 Izt Leningrad 1973 1-2. Karpov (+10-0=7), Korcnoj (+11-1=5) 13.5; 3. Byrne (+9-1=7) 12.5; 4. Smejkal 11; 5-6. Larsen, Hubner 10; 7. Kuzmin 9.5; 8-10. Gligoric, Taimanov, Tal 8.5; 11-12. Quinteros, Radulov 7.5; 13-14. Uhlmann, Torre 7; 15. Rukavina 6.5; 16. Tukmakov 6; 17. Estevaz 4.5; 18. Cuellar 1.5 Izt Petropolis 1973 1. Mecking (+7-0=10) 12.5; 2-4. Geller (+7-1=9), Portisch (+7-1=9), Polugaiewsky (+7-1=9) 11.5; 5. Smyslov 11; 6. Bronstein 10.5; 7. Hort 10; 8. Savon 9.5; 9-10. Ivkov, Liubojevic 9; 11. Reshewsky 8.5; 12-13. Keres, Panno 8; 14. Gheorghiu 7.5; 15. Biyasas 6.5; 16-18. Kagan, Tan, Hug 3 Play off Portorose: Portisch - Polugaiewsky 11xx Portisch - Geller x1xx Polugaiewsky - Geller 110x 1. Portisch 5.5; 2. Polugaiewsky 3.5; 3. Geller 3 Qualified: Portisch, Polugaiewsky Ct 1974 (8 participants, KO elimination: at 3 wins or best result over 16 games in the quartes finals, 4 wins or 20 games in the semifinals and 5 wins or 24 games in the final) Participants: Spassky, Petrosian, + first 3 from each izt Spassky - Byrne +3-0=3 (xx11x1) Karpov - Polugaiewsky +3-0=5 (xxx1x1x1) Petrosian - Portisch +3-2=8 (xxxx1xxx10x01) Korcnoj - Mecking +3-1=9 (xxxx1x1xxxx01) Korcnoj - Petrosian +3-1=1 (1x101) Karpov - Spassky +4-1=6 (0x1xx1xx1x1) Moscow 1974 Karpov - Korcnoj +3-2=19 x1xxx1 xxxxxx xxxx1x 0x0xxx World Chess Championship Match Karpov - Fischer Fischer forfeits Karpov becomes world champion World Chess Championship cycle 1976-78 Izt Manila 1976 1. Mecking 13/19; 2-3. Hort, Polugaiewsky 12.5; 4. Zeshkowsky 12; 5-6. Liubojevic, Ribli 11.5; 7-9. Panno, Kavalek, Balasov 10.5; 10-13. Uhlmann, Mariotti, Spassky, Gheorghiu 10; 14. Quinteros 9; 15. Browne 8.5; 16. Torre 7; 17. Biyasas 6; 18-20. Harandi, Pachman, Tan 5 Izt Biel 1976 1. Larsen 12.5/19; 2-4. Petrosian, Portisch, Tal 12; 5-7 Byrne, Hubner, Smyslov 11.5; 8. Andersson 10.5; 9-11. Csom, Geller, Smejkal 10; 12. Sosonko 9.5; 13-15. Liberzon, Rogoff, Gulko 9; 16. Sanguinetti 8.5; 17. Matanovic 8; 18. Castro 6; 19. Lombard 5; 20. Diaz 2.5 Play off Varese: 1. Petrosian 4.5; 2. Portisch 4; 3. Tal 3.5 Qualified: Petrosian, Portisch Ct 1977 (8 participants, KO elimination) Participants: Spassky, Korcnoj, + first 3 from each izt Korcnoj - Petrosian 6.5-5.5 (xxxx10x1xxxx) Polugaiewsky - Mecking 6.5-5.5 (x1xxxxxxxxxx) Spassky - Hort 7.5-6.5 (xx1xxxxxx0xxx1) Portisch - Larsen 6.5-3.5 (1x01x101x1) Korcnoj - Polugaiewsky 8.5-4.5 (111xx110xxxxx) Spassky - Portisch 8.5-6.5 (xx0x1xx01xxx11x) Korcnoj - Spassky 10.5-7.5 (x11xxx11x10000xx11) World Chess Championship Match 6 wins Bagujo City 1978 Karpov - Korcnoj +6-5=21 xxxxxx x1xx0x 11xx1x xx0xxx xx100x 01 World Chess Championship cycle 1979-81 Izt Riga 1979 1. Tal 14/17; 2. Polugaiewsky 11.5; 3-4. Adorjan, Ribli 11; 5-6. Romanishin, Gheorghiu 10.5; 7. Larsen 10; 8-10. Kuzmin, Zeshkowsky, Miles 9; 11. Tarjan 8; 12. Gruenfeld 7.5; 13. Ljubojevic 6.5; 14-16. Van Riemsdijk, Bouaziz, Mednis 5.5; 17. Trois 5; 18. Rofriguez 4 Play off: Adorjan-Ribli 3-3 0x011x (Adorjan qualified) Izt Rio de Janeiro 1979 1-3. Portisch, Petrosian, Hubner 11.5/17; 4. Timman 11; 5-6. Sunye, Ivkov 9.5; 7-9. Balashov, Torre, Sax 9; 10-11. Shamkovic, Smejkal 8.5; 12. Vaganian 8; 13-14. Garcia Gonzalez, Velimirovic 7.5; 15. Harandi 6.5; 16. Bronstein 6; 17-18. Hebert, Kagan 4.5 (Mecking 1/2 withdrawn) Ct 1980 (8 participants, KO elimination) Participants: Korcnoj, Spassky, + first 3 from each izt Korcnoj - Petrosian 5.5-3.5 (xxxx1xxx1) Hubner - Adorjan 5.5-4.5 (xx1x10xxxx) Polugaiewsky - Tal 5.5-2.5 (11xxxx1x) Portisch - Spassky 7-7 (0xxxxxxx1xxxxx) Korcnoj - Polugaiewsky 7.5-6.5 (xxx1x0x1xxxx01) Hubner - Portisch 6.5-4.5 (xxxxxxxx11x) Korcnoj - Hubner 4.3-3.5 (01x0xx11**) World Chess Championship Match 6 wins Merano 1981 Karpov - Korcnoj +6-2=10 11x1x0 xx1xxx 01xxx1 World Chess Championship cycle 1982-84 Izt Moscow 1982 1.Kasparov 10/13; 2.Beliawsky 8.5; 3-4. Tal, Anderson 8; 5-6. Geller, Garcia Gonzales 7.5; 7. Murey 6.5; 8-9. Sax, Christiansen 6; 10. Velimirovic 5.5; 11-12. Van Der Wiel, Gheorghiu 5; 13. Rodriguez 4.5; 14. Quinteros 3 Izt Toluca 1982 1-2. Portisch,Torre 8.5/13; 3. Spassky 8; 4-7. Ivanov, Yusupov, Polugaewsky, Seirawan 7.5; 8. Nunn 7; 9-10. Balashov, Adorjan 6.5; 11. Hulak 5.5; 12-13. Rubinetti, Rodriguez 4; 14. Kouatly 2.5 Izt Las Palmas 1982 1.Ribli 9/13; 2.Smyslov 8.5; 3. Suba 8; 4-5. Tukmakov, Petrosian 7.5; 6-7. Timman, Larsen 6.5; 8-10. Pinter, Mestel, Psakhis 6; 11-13. Karlsson, Bouaziz, Sunye 5.5; 14. Browne 3 Ct 1983 (8 participants, KO elimination) Participants: Korcnoj, Hubner, + first 2 from each izt Kasparov - Beljawsky 5.5-2.5 (x1x01xx11) Korcnoj - Portisch 6-3 (1x11xxx01) Ribli - Torre 6-4 (xxxx110xx1) Smyslow - Hubner 7-7 (xxx1xxxx0xxxxx) Kasparov - Korcnoj 7-4 (0xxxx11x1x1) Smyslow - Ribli 6.5-4.5 (10xx1x1xxxx) Kasparov - Smyslov 8.5-4.5 (xx11xxxx1xx1x) World Chess Championship Match 6 wins Moscow 1984 Karpov - Kasparov +5-3=40 xx1xx1 1x1xxx xxxxxx xxxxxx xx1xxx x0xxxx xxxxxx xxxx00 match cancelled after 48 games World Chess Championship Match 24 games Moscow 1985 Kasparov - Karpov +5-3=16 1xx00x xxxx1x xxx1xx 1xx0x1 World Chess Championship Match 24 games London, Leningrad 1986 Kasparov - Karpov +5-4=15 xxx10x x1xxxx x1x100 0xx1xx World Chess Championship cycle 1985-87 Izt Tunisi 1985 1. Yusupov 11.5/16; 2. Beliawsky 11; 3. Portisch 10; 4. Chernin, Gavrikov 9.5; 6-8. Hort, Sosonko, Dlugy 9; 9. De Firmian 8.5; 10-12. Nikolic, Suba, Miles 8; 13. Morovic 7.5; 14-15. Zapata, Ermenkov 6.5; 16. Afifi 3.5; 17. Hmadi 1 (Bouaziz 0.5/6 withdrawn) Playoff: Chernin-Gavrikov 3.5-2.5 1xx101 Izt Montetaxco 1985 1.Timman 12/15; 2.Nogueiras 10.5; 3.Tal 10; 4. Spragget 9; 5.Speelman 8; 6-7. Agdestein, Cebalo 7.5; 8. Alburt 7; 9-13. Browne, Pinter, Qi Jinguan, Romanishin, Sisniega 6.5; 14. Prandstetter 6; 15. Saeed 5.5; 16. Balashov 4.5 (Balashov withdrew after 11 rounds) Izt Biel 1985 1. Vaganian 12.5/17; 2. Seirawan 11.5; 3. Sokolov 11; 4-6 .Short, Van der Wiel, Torre 10.5; 7-9. Polugaewsky, Ljubojevic, Andersson 9.5; 10-11. Rodriguez, Sax 8; 12-13. Jansa, Quinteros 7.5; 14. Petursson 7; 15. Gutman 6.5; 16. Li Zunian 6; 17. Partos 4; 18. Martin Gonzalez 3.5 Playoff tourn.:Short,Van der Wiel 3.5/6; Torre 2 Ct Montpellier 1985 (tournament) Korcnoj,Ribli,Smyslov from previous ct, Spassky chosen by the organizing federation, + 4 from each izt 1.Yusupov,Vaganian,Sokolov 9/15; 4.Timman,Tal 8.5; 6.Spassky,Beliawsky 8; 8.Smyslov,Chernin 7.5; 10. Seirawan,Short,Portisch 7; 13.Korcnoj,Ribli 6.5; 15.Nogueiras 6; 16.Spraggett 5. Play off: Timman-Tal 3-3 (Timman qualified, more wins in the tournament) Ct 1986-87 (KO elimination, winner must play against Karpov) Yussupov - Timman 6-3 (0xxx111x1) Sokolov - Vaganjan 6-2 (x111xxx1) Sokolov - Yussupov 7.5-6.5 (0x0xxx1x0x111x) Karpov - Sokolov,A 7.5-3.5 (x1xxx1xxx11) World Chess Championship Match 24 games Seville 1987 Kasparov - Karpov +4-4=16 x0x10x x1xx1x xxx0xx xxxx01 World Chess Championship cycle 1988-90 Izt Subotica 1987 1-3.Sax,Short,Speelman 10.5/15; 4-5. Tal, Ribli 10; 6. Rodriguez 8.5; 7. Marjanovic 8; 8-9. Smyslov, Chernin 7.5; 10. Popovic 7; 11. Ernst 7; 12. Zapata 6.5; 13. Alburt 5.5; 14. Xu Jun 5; 15. Prasad 4; 16. Hamed 3 (Kavalek 3/6 withdrew) Izt Szirak 1987 1-2. Salov,Hjartarson 12.5/17; 3-4. Portisch,Nunn 12; 5. Beliawsky 11; 6. Andersson 10.5; 7. Ljubojevic 10; 8. Christiansen 9; 9-10. Benjamin, Todorcevic 8.5; 11-12. Marin, Velimirovic 7.5; 13-14. Adorjan, Milos 7; 15. Flear 6; 16. De La Villa 5.5; 17. Bouaziz 4.5; 18. Allan 1.5 Play off: Portisch-Nunn 4-2 11xxx Izt Zagreb 1987 1.Korcnoj 11/16; 2-3. Ehlvest,Seirawan 10; 4-6. Nogueiras, Nikolic, Granda Zuniga 9.5; 7. Torre 9; 8-11. Polugaewsky, Eingorn,Gruenfeld, Pinter 8.5; 12. Hulak 7.5; 13. Inkiov 7; 14. Miles 6.5; 15. Barlov 6; 16. Hickl 5; 17. Baragar 1.5 Playoff for reserve place: Nikolic 6/8, Granda Zuniga 4, Nogueiras 2 Ct 1989-90 First 4 from previous ct + Spragget (chosen by the org. fed.) + 3 from each izt Speelman-Seirawan 4-1 (1x1xx) Short-Sax 3.5-1.5 (11xxx) Yusupov-Ehlvest 3.5-1.5 (1x1xx) Timman-Salov 3.5-2.5 (xxxxx1) Portisch-Vaganian 3.5-2.5 (xx1xxx) Hjartarson-Korcnoj 4.5-3.5 (1xx100x1) Spraggett-Sokolov 6.5-5.5 (x0xx1xxxxxx0) (karpov already qual.) Karpov - Hjartarson 3.5-1.5 (x11xx) Speelman - Short 3.5-1.5 (xx11x) Timman - Portisch 3.5-2.5 (xx0x11) Yusupov - Spragget 5-4 (x01xxxxx1) Karpov - Yusupov 4.5-3.5 (xxx0x11x) Timman - Speelman 4.5-3.5 (x1x0xx01) Karpov - Timman 6.5-2.5 (1xx1xxx11) World Chess Championship Match 24 games New York, Lyon 1990 Kasparov - Karpov +4-3=17 x1xxxx 0xxxxx xxx101 x1xx0x World Chess Championship cycle 1991-93 Izt Manila 1990 1-2. Gelfand,Ivanchuk 9/13; 3-4. Anand,Short 8.5; 5-11. Sax,Korcnoj,Hubner,Nikolic,Yudasin,Dolmatov, Dreev 8; 12-20. Gurevitch, Damljanovic, Gheorghiev, Ljubojevic, Ehlvest, Khalifman, Seirawan, Shirov, Hjartarson 7.5; 21-28. De Firmian, Rechlis, Spasov, Stohl, Adams, Dzindzihashvili, Ftacnik, Gulko 7; 29-39. Lautier, Lputian, Illescas, Ivanovic, Torre, Agdestein, Marin, Tal, Miles, Sunye, Sokolov 6.5; 40-47. Popovic, Cabrilo, Spragget, Zapata, Ye Rongguang, Lobron, Rachels, Petursson 6; 48-53. Portisch, Rogers, Vaganian, Kamsky, Lin Ta, Smyslov 5.5; 54-57. Chandler, Mascarinas, Arencibia, Van Riemsdijk 5; 58-59. El Taher, Juarez Florez 4; 60-63. Piasetski, Hmadi, Afifi, Salov 3.5; 64. Thipsay 1 Ct 1991-92 Timman,Yusupov,Speelman from previous ct + 11 from izt Ivanchuk - Yudasin 4.5-0.5 (1111x) Gelfand - Nikolic 5.5-4.5 (x01xx1x0x1) Short - Speelman 4-4 (1x0x01xx) Anand - Dreev 4.5-1.5 (1x0111) Timman - Huebner 4.5-2.5 (xx1x1xx) Yusupov - Dolmatov 6.5-5.5 (xxxx0xx1011x) Korcnoj - Sax 5.5-4.5 (xxxx10xx1x) (Karpov seeded) Short - Gelfand 5-3 (011x10x1) Karpov - Anand 4.5-3.5 (xxx1x0x1) Timman - Korcnoj 4.5-2.5 (x11xxxx) Yusupov - Ivanchuk 5.5-4.5 (x10x0xx11x) Short - Karpov 6-4 (0xx1x101x1) Timman - Yusupov 6-4 (0xx101x1x1) Short - Timman 7.5-5.5 (x011xx0x1101x) Reykjiavic rematch 10 wins Sveti Stefan, Belgrad 1992 Fischer - Spassky +10-5=15 1xx0 0x11 1x10 xxx1 1xx0 1xxx 10xx x1 World Chess Championship Match PCA 24 games London 1993 Kasparov - Short +6-1=13 1x11xx 1x1xxx xx10xx xx World Chess Championship Match FIDE 24 games Arnhem,Zwolle,Amsterdam,Jakarta, 1993 Karpov - Timman +6-2=13 10xxx1 xxx1xx x111xx x0x World Chess Championship cycle 1993-95 FIDE Izt Biel 1993 (FIDE) 1. Gelfand 9/13; 2-9. Van der Sterren, Kamsky Khalifman, Adams, Yudasin, Salov, Lautier, Kramnik 8.5; 10-15. Anand, Epishin, Lputian, Shirov, Ivanchuk, Sokolov I. 8; 16-20. Portisch, Bareev, Sveshnikov, Abramovic, Polgar J. 7.5; 21-34. Dreev, Wolff, Seirawan, Gurevitch, Oll, Barua, Piket, Korcnoi, Gulko, Xu Jun, Huebner, Hjartarson, Granda Zuniga, Ye Jiang 7; 35-41. Lobron, Smyslov, Speelman, Gurevitch, Kozul, Gheorghiev, Hansen 6.5; 42-54. Pigusov, Rogers, Ftacnik, Van Vely, Spasov, Akopian, Ehlvest, Nogueriras, Agdestein, Nikolic, Smirin, Frolov, Lima 6; 55-64. Arencibia, Illescas, Malishauskas, Hellers, Nalbandian, Brunner, Sherzer, Dvoiris, Topalov, Hamdouchi 5.5; 65-69. Gurevitch, Bagatorov, Kakagaldyev, Hug, Lesiege 5; 70-71. Zarnicki, Gluckman 4.5; 72-73. Kalesis, Moutousis 4 Ct 1993-94 (FIDE) First 10 from izt + Timman, Yusupov (from last ct) Timman - Lautier 4.5-3.5 (x10x1xxx) Gelfand - Adams 5-3 (xxx101x1) Kramnik - Yudasin 4.5-2.5 (1xxx1xx) Salov - Khalifman 5-1 (1x11x1) Kamsky - Van der Sterren 4.5-2.5 (1011xxx) Anand - Yusupov 4.5-2.5 (x1101xx) Salov - Timman 4.5-3.5 (0xx1xx1x) Kamsky - Anand 4-4 (xx00x11x 11) Gelfand - Kramnik 4.5-3.5 (xx01xxx1) (Karpov seeded) Kamsky - Salov 5.5-1.5 (1x1x11x) Karpov - Gelfand 6-3 (xx01x11x1) World Chess Championship FIDE (20 games) Elista 1996 Karpov - Kamsky +6-3=9 10x1 x11x 10xx x1x0 xx World Chess Championship cycle 1993-95 PCA Izt Groningen 1993 (PCA) 1. Adams 7.5/11; 2. Anand 7.5; 3. Kamsky 7; 4. Tiviakov 7; 5. Kramnik 7; 6. Gulko 7; 7. Romanishin 7; 8-19. Shirov, Dolmatov, Lobron, Sokolov, Huebner, Piket, Granda Zuniga, Vaganjan, Nikolic, Polgar J., Oll, Ehlvest 6.5; 20-21. Benjamin, Topalov 6; 22-28. Beliavsky, Bareev, Kaidanov, Hodgson, Alterman, Vyzmanavin, Ljuobjevic 5.5; 29-43. Yudasin, Serper, Smirin, Cherin, Tukmakov, Malaniuk, Korcnoi, Azamaiparashvili, Hansen, Illescas, Akopian, Ribli, Rozenthalis, Yermolinsky, Polugaewsky 5; 44-47. Khalifman, Gheorghiev, Gurevitch, Lutz 4.5; 48-50. Van Wely, Hjartarson, Wolff 4; 51-53. Ruban, Agdestein, Nijboer 3.5; 54. Polgar Zsu. 3 Ct 1993-1994 (PCA) First 7 from izt + Short Short - Gulko 4-4 (x01xxxxx xx1x) Kamsky - Kramnik 4.5-1.5 (11xxx1) Anand - Romanishin 5-2 (x11xxx1) Adams - Tiviakov 4-4 (1100x10x xxxx x1) Anand - Adams 5.5-1.5 (111x1xx) Kamsky - Short 5.5-1.5 (111011x) Anand - Kamsky 6.5-4.5 (0x1xxxxx1x1) World Chess Championship Match PCA 20 games New York 1995 Kasparov - Anand +4-1=13 xxxx xxxx 011x 11xx xx Match 6 games Philadelphia 1996 Kasparov - Deep Blue +3-1=2 01xx11 Match 6 games New York 1997 Deep Blue - Kasparov +2-1=3 01xxx1 FIDE KO Championship Groningen 1997 2-game matches+playoff Round 1: 68 players Round 2: 62 players Round 3: 32 players Round 4: 16 players Round 5 Gelfand-Dreev xx x1 Anand-Shirov 1x Short-Krasenkov 11 Adams-Van Wely xx x1 Round 6 Anand-Gelfand x1 Adams-Short 10 xx xx 1 Round 7 (5 games) Anand-Adams xxxx xx xx 1 Final-Lausanne 1998 6 games Karpov-Anand +2-2=2 10x1x0 11 Ct 1998 PCA Shirov-Kramnik 5.5-3.5 xxx1xxxx1 FIDE KO Championship Las Vegas 1999 2 games matches + playoff Round 1: 72 players Round 2: 64 players Round 3: 32 players Round 4: 16 players Round 5: Adams-Kramnik xx xx 11 Akopian-Movsesian xx 1x Khalifman-J.Polgar 1x Nisipeanu-Shirov x1 Round 6 (4games matches + playoff) Khalifman-Nisipeanu xx10 1x Akopian-Adams 1x1 Round 7 (6 games) Khalifman-Akopian 1x01xx World Chess Championship Match 16 games London 2000 Kramnik-Kasparov +2-0=13 x1xxxxxxx1xxxxx FIDE KO Championsip New Delhi 2000 2 game matches + playoff Round 1: 72 players Round 2: 64 players Round 3: 32 players Round 4: 16 players Round 5: Anand-Khalifman xx xx 1x Adams-Topalov 1x Grishuk-Tkachiev xx x1 Shirov-Bareev 10 1x Round 6 (4 games + playoff) Anand-Adams x1xx Shirov-Grishuk 101x Final Teheran 2000 6 games Anand-Shirov +3-0=1 x111 Memorial Botvinnik Moscow 2001 Kasparov-Kramnik +0-0=4 xxxx 1xxxx0 1xxxx1110x FIDE KO Championsip Moscow 2001 2 game matches + playoff Round 1: 128 players Round 2: 64 players Round 3: 32 players Round 4: 16 players Round 5: Anand-Shirov 1x Svidler-Gelfand xx xx 1x Ponomariov-Bareev xx 11 Ivanchuk-Lautier xx xx 1x Round 6 (4 games + playoff) Ponomariov-Svidler xx1x Ivanchuk-Anand xxx1 Moscow 2002 Round 7 (8 games) Ponomariov-Ivanchuk +2-0=5 1xxx1xx Ct Dortmund 2002 Group 1: Topalov 4/6, Shirov 4, Gelfand 2.5, Lutz 1.5 Group 2: Bareev 4/6, Leko 3.5, Adams 2.5, Morozevich 2 Leko - Shirov 2.5-0.5 1x1 Topalov - Bareev 2-2 (Playoff 1.5-0.5) 1001 x1 Leko - Topalov 2.5-1.5 110x Bahrein 2002 Kramnik - Deep Fritz +2-2=4 x11x00xx New York 2003 Kasparov - Deep Junior +1-1=4 1x0xxx New York 2003 Kasparov - X3DFritz +1-1=2 x01x FIDE KO Championship Tripoli 2004 2 game matches + playoff Round 1: 120 players Round 2: 64 players Round 3: 32 players Round 4: 16 players Round 5: Topalov - Kharlov 11 Kasimdzhanov - Grishuk 10 11 Rdjabov - Dominguez 01 xx xx x Adams - Akopian 1x Round 6 (4 games + playoff) Kasimdzhanov - Topalov xxxx 11 Adams - Radjabov 1xxx Round 7 (8 games + playoff) Kasimdzhanov - Adams x1010x 1x World Chess Championship Match 14 games Brissago 2004 Kramnik-Leko +2-2=10 1xxx 0xx0 xxxx x1 FIDE Championship Tourn. double round robin San Luis 2005 1.Topalov 10/14 (+6=8-0); 2-3. Svidler, Anand 8.5; 4. Morozevich 7; 5. Leko 6.5; 6-7. Kasimdzhanov, Adams 5.5; 8. Polgar 4.5 World Chess Championship Match 12 games (+ 4g rapid playoff) Elista 2006 Kramnik-Topalov 11xx 0xx0 01xx x101 +3-3=6 Bonne 2006 Kramnik-Deep Fritz +0-2=4 x0xxx0 Candidates s/f Elista 2007 (6 games; playoff: 4 rapid + 2 blitz + 1 armageddon) Aronian-Carlssen 1x010x 1xx0 11 7-5 Leko-Gurevitch x111 3.5-0.5 Rublevsky-Ponomariov xx1xxx 5.5-2.5 Gelfand-Kasimdzhanov xxxxxx 1x1 5.5-3.5 Kamsky-Bacrot x111 3.5-0.5 Grishuk-Malakhov 1xx1x 3.5-1.5 Bareev-Polgar x1x10x 3.5-2.5 Shirov-Adams xxx0x1 11x 5.5-3.5 Candidates finals Elista 2007 Aronian-Shirov 1xxxxx 3.5-2.5 Leko-Bareev 1x1xx 3.5-1.5 Grishuk-Rublevsky 1xx0xx 1x1 5.5-3.5 Gelfand-Kamsky xx1x1 3.5-1.5 World Chess Championship Tournament, Mexico City 2007 (2 round robin) 1. Anand, Vishwanathan 9/14 (+4-0=10);2. Kramnik 8; 3. Gelfand 8; 4. Leko 7; 5. Svidler 6.5; 6. Morozevich 6; 7. Aronian 6; 8. Grishuk 5.5 World Chess Championship Match 12 games Bonn 2008 Anand - Kramnik xx1x 11xx x0x +3-1=7 6.5-4.5 Ct 2009 Sofia Topalov - Kamsky +3-1=3 4.5-2.5 x1x 01x 1 World Chess Championship Match 12 games Sofia 2010 Anand - Topalov +3-2=7 6.5-5.5 01x1 xxx0 xxx1 Candidates Kazan 2011 Kamsky - Topalov x1xx 2.5-1.5 Gelfand - Memedyarov xx1x 2.5-1.5 Grishuk - Aronian xxxx 2-2 2.5-1.5 Kramnik - Radjabov xxxx 2-2 4.5-3.5 Gelfand - Kamsky xxxx 2-2 4-2 Grishuk - Kramnik xxxx 2-2 3.5-2.5 Gelfand - Grishuk xxxxx1 3.5-2.5 World Chess Championship Match 12 games (4g rapid playoff) Moscow 2012 Anand - Gelfand +1-1=10 6-6 xxxx xx01 xxxx x1xx Candidates London 2013 1. Carlsen 8.5 ( 5 wins); 2. Kramnik 8.5 (4 wins); 3. Svidler 8; 4. Aronian 8; 5. Gelfand 6.5; 6. Grishuk 6.5; 7. Ivanchuk 6; 8 Radjabov 4. World Chess Championship Match 12 games (4g rapid playoff; 2 blitz) Chennai 2013 Carlsen- Anand +3-0=7 6.5-3.5 xxxx 11xx 1x Candidates Khanty-Mansiysk 2014 1. Anand 8.5; 2-5. Karjakin, Kramnik, Mamedyarov, Andreikin 7; 6-7. Aronian, Svidler 6.5; 8. Topalov 6. World Chess Championship Match 12 games Sochi 2014 Carlsen - Anand +3-1=7 6.5-4.5 x10x x1xx xx1 Candidates Moscow 2016 1. Karjakin 8.5; 2-3. Caruana, Anand 7.5; 4-7. Giri, Svidler, Aronian, Nakamura 7; 8. Topalov 4.5 World Chess Championship Match 12 games (4g rapid playoff) New York 2016 Carlsen - Karjakin +1-1=10 6-6 xxxx xxx0 x1xx xx11 Candidates Berlin 2018 1. Caruana 9; 2-3. Karjakin, Memedyarov 8; 4. Ding 7.5; 5-6. Grishuk, Kramnik 6.5; 7. So 6; 8. Aronian 4.5 World Chess Championship Match 12 games (4 rapid playoff) London 2018 Carlsen - Caruana +0-0=12 6-6 +3-0=0 xxxx xxxx xxxx 111 Candidates Yekaterinburg 2021 1. Neopmniachtchi 8.5; 2. Vachier-Lagrave 8: 3. Giri, Caruana 7.5; 5. Ding, Grishuk 7; 7. Alekseenko 5.5; 8. Wang 5