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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

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

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