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Chess Champions

Chess champions, their countries, and the start and duration of their title reigns.

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ID Champion First year Number of years Country
22 Gukesh Dommaraju 2024 2 India
21 Ding Liren 2023 1 China
20 Veselin Topalov 2005 1 Bulgaria
19 Rustam Kasimdzhanov 2004 1 Uzbekistan
18 Alexander Khalifman 1999 1 Russian Federation
17 Ruslan Ponomariov 2002 2 Ukraine
16 Magnus Carlsen 2013 10 Norway
15 Mikhail Tal 1960 1 Russian Federation
14 Vasily Smyslov 1957 1 Russian Federation
13 Max Euwe 1935 2 Netherlands

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Last checked against sources: October 14, 2026.

Last changed: July 17, 2026. This is when we last changed the data or its description. It doesn’t mean the data runs up to that date.

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