Hier is ‘n lys van verskeie wêreldkampioene in skaak. Kliek op ‘n skakel hieronder om meer te leer omtrent hierdie legandariese skaakmeesters!
- Wilhelm Steinitz, 1886-1894
- Emanuel Lasker,1894–1921
- José Raúl Capablanca, 1921–1927
- Alexander Alekhine,1927–1935, 1937–1946
- Max Euwe,1935–1937
- Mikhail Botvinnik,1948–1957, 1958–1960, 1961–1963
- Vasily Smyslov, 1957–1958
- Mikhail Tal, 1960–1961
- Tigran Petrosian, 1963–1969
- Boris Spassky, 1969–1972
- Bobby Fischer, 1972–1975
- Anatoly Karpov, 1975–1985
- Garry Kasparov, 1985–1993
- Vladimir Kramnik, 2006–2007
- Viswanathan Anand, 2007-2013
- Magnus Carlsen, 2013-