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  2. List of World Chess Championships - Wikipedia

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    Emanuel Lasker (left) facing incumbent champion Wilhelm Steinitz (right) in Philadelphia during the 1894 World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship has taken various forms over time, including both match and tournament play. While the concept of a world champion of chess had already existed for decades, with several events considered by some to have established the world's foremost ...

  3. Category:World Chess Championships - Wikipedia

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    World Chess Championship 1910 (Lasker–Schlechter) ... World Chess Championship 2021, Game 6; F. FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament; H. History of World Chess Championships; I.

  4. World Chess Championship - Wikipedia

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    The World Chess Championship is played to determine the world champion in chess. The current world champion is Gukesh Dommaraju, who defeated the previous champion Ding Liren in the 2024 World Chess Championship. The first event recognized as a world championship was the 1886 match between Wilhelm Steinitz and Johannes Zukertort. Steinitz won ...

  5. FIDE World Chess Championships (1998–2004) - Wikipedia

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    The FIDE World Chess Championships from 1998 to 2004 followed a similar knockout format, radically different from previous World Chess Championship events. Previous events had had long qualifying cycles, spread over more than a year, culminating in a long match (best of 20 or 24 games) between the incumbent champion and a challenger.

  6. List of chess games - Wikipedia

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    It was the first decisive classical game in a World Chess Championship in more than five years, ending the longest-ever streak of 19 draws in consecutive World Chess Championship classical games, [121] and the 136-move game became the longest in the history of the World Chess Championship. [122]

  7. Here's why world chess champion Magnus Carlsen is ... - AOL

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    In the chess community, this month will be remembered for only one thing: Magnus Carlsen vs. Hans Niemann. The reigning world chess champion and a top-50 ranked grandmaster have spent the past few ...

  8. World Team Chess Championship - Wikipedia

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    The World Team Chess Championship is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of 10 countries whose chess federations dominate their continent. It is played every two years. In chess, this tournament and the Chess Olympiads are the most important international tournaments for teams.

  9. List of strong chess tournaments - Wikipedia

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    Other factors were taken into account, but have less influence; for example the quality of chess played, the closeness of the contest and the number of world top 10 or 'big reputation' players who took part, and the time control (no fast chess tournaments are listed).