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  2. List of World Chess Championships - Wikipedia

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    Emanuel Lasker (left) facing incumbent champion Wilhelm Steinitz (right) in Philadelphia during the 1894 World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship has taken various forms over time, including both match and tournament play. While the concept of a world champion of chess had already existed for decades, with several events considered by some to have established the world's foremost ...

  3. World Chess Championship - Wikipedia

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    The World Chess Championship is played to determine the world champion in chess. The current world champion is Gukesh Dommaraju, who defeated the previous champion Ding Liren in the 2024 World Chess Championship. The first event recognized as a world championship was the 1886 match between Wilhelm Steinitz and Johannes Zukertort. Steinitz won ...

  4. Women's World Chess Championship - Wikipedia

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    Current Women's World Chess Champion Ju Wenjun from China. The Women's World Chess Championship is a chess match played to determine the Women's World Chess Champion. It has been administered by FIDE since its inception in 1927, unlike the absolute World Chess Championship, which only came under FIDE's control in 1948.

  5. India's Gukesh Dommaraju crowned world champion of chess, the ...

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    Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest world chess champion on Thursday after beating reigning champion Ding Liren in the final match of the World Chess Championship in Singapore.. The 18-year-old ...

  6. List of FIDE chess world number ones - Wikipedia

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    These seven players include six undisputed world chess champions, with Topalov being the only player to achieve the number one ranking without becoming undisputed world champion, though he was FIDE world champion from 2005 to 2006, and is still an active player.

  7. World Chess Championship 2024 - Wikipedia

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    The World Chess Championship 2024 was a chess match between the reigning world champion Ding Liren and the challenger Gukesh Dommaraju to determine the World Chess Champion. The match took place between 25 November and 12 December 2024 in Singapore. It was played to a best of 14 games, with tiebreaks if required. [1]

  8. World Chess Champion Quits Competition After Refusing to ...

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    World chess champion Magnus Carlsen left the World Rapid and Blitz Championships on Friday, Dec. 27 after he refused to change out of his jeans in accordance with the International Chess ...

  9. Category:World Chess Championships - Wikipedia

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    World Chess Championship 2026; C. Candidates Tournament; Carlsen versus Nepomniachtchi, World Chess Championship 2021, Game 6; F. FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament; H.