Emanuel Lasker
(World Champion 1894 - 1921)
Jose Raul Capablanca
(World Champion 1921 - 1927)
Alexander Alekhine
(World Champion 1927 - 1935, 1937 - 1946)
Max Euwe
(World Champion 1935 - 1937)
Mikhail Botvinnik
(World Champion 1948-1958, 1961-1963)
Vasily Smyslov
(World Champion 1957-1958)
Mikhail Tal
(World Champion 1960-1961)
Tigran Petrosian
(World Champion 1963 - 1969)
Boris Spassky
(World Champion 1969 - 1972)
Robert James Fischer
(World Champion 1972 - 1975)
Anatoly Karpov
(World Champion 1975 - 1985, 1993 - 1999)
Garry Kasparov
(World Champion 1985 - 1993, World Champion according to APC 1993 - 2000)
Alexander Khalifman
(World Champion 1999 - 2000)
Vladimir Kramnik
(World Champion according to "Brain- Game" and "Einstein-Group" from 2000)
Viswanathan Anand
(World Chess Champion 2000-2002)
Ruslan Ponomariov
(World Chess Champion 2002-2004)
Rustam Kasimdzhanov
(World Chess Champion 2004-2005)
اول مسلم بطلا للعالم !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Veselin Topalov
(World Champion from 2005