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Originally, it was a top tournament organized by FIDE for men and women with a prize fund of over US$ 400,000. The tournament was first organized in 2000 and 2002 using the KO format system. The first event organized in China was won by Vishy Anand and Xu Yuhua. India hosted the second event which

Organized for the first time in 1924, the championship came back in 1996 after a break of 68 years for the players without FIDE Title or published FIDE Rating above 2000 at the start of the tournament nor have such a rating for at least two years prior to the start of the event. 1924

1927-1944 Stevenson-Menchik, Vera Francerna (CSR-GB), b-day 06.02.1904, † 26.06.1944 1944-1950 Vacant 1950-1953 Rudenko, Liudmila (USSR), b-day 27.07.1904, † 26.02.1986 1953-1956 Bykova, Elisaveta (USSR), b-day 04.11.1913, † 08.03.1989 1956-1958 Rubtsova, Olga (USSR), b-day 20.08.1909, † 13.12.1994 1958-1961 Bykova, Elizaveta (USSR-GEO), b-day 04.11.1913, † 08.03.1989 1962-1978 Gaprindashvili, Nona (USSR-GEO), b-day 03.05.1941 1978-1991 Chiburdanidze Maya (USSR-GEO), b-day 17.01.1961 1991-1997 Xie,

The championship was organized for the first time in 1991 at the request of the German Chess Federation. The participants are to be over 60 for the men and over 50 for the women. Since 2014, the championship played in 11 rounds of Swiss system, is divided in two sections: +50 and +65. This annual

A Mega Open Tournament organized by Goichberg and his team mainly in Philadelphia since 1972. The prize fund was from $15,000 to 52,000 in 1980 and up to $ 300,000 in 2011. The winners were: 1973 Browne, 1974 Larsen, 1975 Benko and Trefler, 1976 Lein and Zuckerman, 1977 Fedorowicz, Henley, 1978 Biyiasas, Gheorghiu, Zuckerman, Westerinen,

After 2 major tries like in 1970 when Bobby Fischer won a very strong tournament in Yugoslavia or in 1988 when Mihail Tal won the first unofficial championship organized in St. John, Canada, it is only in 2005 that FIDE decided to organizer the World Championship on an annual basis with the participation of the

1948-1957 Botvinnik, Mikhail, USSR, b-day 17.08.1911, † 05.05.1995 1957-1958 Smyslov, Vasily, USSR, b-day 24.03.1921, † 27.03.2010 1958-1960 Botvinnik, Mikhail, USSR, b-day 17.08.1911, † 05.05.1995 1960-1961 Tal, Mikhail, USSR, b-day 09.11.1936, † 28.06. 1992 1961-1963 Botvinnik, Mikhail, USSR, b-day 17.08.1911, † 05.05.1995 1963-1969 Petrosian, Tigran, USSR, b-day 17.06.1929, † 13.08.1984 1969-1972 Spassky, Boris, USSR, b-day 30.01.1937 1972-1975 Fischer, Robert, USA, b-day 09.03.1943, † 17.01.2008

1886-1894     Steinitz, Wilhelm, USA, b-day 18.05.1836, †12.08.1900 1894-1921    Lasker, Emmanuel, USA, b-day 24.12.1868, † 11.01.1941 1921-1927     Capablanca, Jose Raul, CUB, b-day 19.11.1888, † 08.03.1942 1927-1935     Alekhine, Alexander, USSR (France), b-day 01.11.1892, † 25.03.1946 1935-1937     Euwe, Machgielis, NED, b-day 20.05.1901, † 26.11.1981 1937-1946     Alekhine, Alexander, France, b-day 01.11.1892, † 25.03.1946 1946-1948     Vacant

1954 (Oslo) 1. Czechoslovakia 1955 (Lyon) 1. USSR 1956 (Uppsala) 1. USSR 1957 (Reykjavik) 1. USSR 1958 (Varna) 1. USSR 1959 (Budapest) 1. Bulgaria 1960 (Leningrad) 1. USA 1961 (Helsinki) 1. USSR 1962 (Marianske) Lazne 1. USSR 1963 (Budva) 1. Czechoslovakia 1964 (Krakow) 1. USSR 1965 (Sinaia) 1. USSR 1966 (Orebro) 1. USSR 1967 (Harrachov) 1. USSR 1968 (Ybbs) 1. USSR 1969 (Dresden) 1. USSR 1970 (Haifa) 1. USA 1971 (Mayaguez) 1. USSR

1993-2000 Kasparov, Garry, RUS, b-day 13.04.1963 2000-2006 Kramnik, Vladimir, RUS, b-day 25.06.1975 Back to Tournaments