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Current and past FIDE World Chess Champions

Photo gallery of current and past FIDE World Chess Champions. Feel free to click each player to go to their respective wiki's to learn more about them.

Magnus Carlsen — Magnus Carlsen (2013-Present*)

Viswanathan Anand — Viswanathan Anand (2000-2002 - 2007-2013)

Vladimir Kramnik — Vladimir Kramnik (2006-2007)

Veselin Topalov — Veselin Topalov (2005-2006)

Rustam Kasimdzhanov — Rustam Kasimdzhanov (2004-2005)

Ruslan Ponomariov — Ruslan Ponomariov (2002-2004)

Alexander Khalifman — Alexander Khalifman (1999-2000)

Anatoly Karpov — Anatoly Karpov (1993-1999)

Garry Kasparov — Garry kasparov (1985-1993)

*Magnus Carlsen is currently defending his title in the 2021 FIDE World Chess Championship against Ian Nepomniachtchi