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| Standing: R Fine, Dr. S Tartakower, Dr. M. Vidmar, E.D. Bogoljuboff, T.H.Tylor, C.H. Alexander, S. Flohr, S. Reshevsky, M. Bottvinnik, A.J. Mackenzie. Seated: Sir. G.A. Thomas, Dr. E Lasker, J.R. Capablanca, Ald. J.H.Derbyshire, Mrs. Derbyshire, Dr. M. Euwe, Dr. A Alekhine, W. Winter |
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| Wilhelm Steinitz |
| Emanuel Lasker |
| Jose' Raul Capablanca |
| Alexander Alekhine |
| Max Euwe |
| Mikhail Botvinnik |
| Vasily Smyslov |
| Mikhail Tal |
| Tigran Petrosian |
| Boris Spassky |
| Robert (Bobby) Fischer |
| Anatoly Karpov |
| Gary Kasparov |
| Wilhelm Steinitz |
| Emanuel Lasker |
| Jose' Raul Capablanca |
| Alexander Alekhine |
| Max Euwe |
| Mikhail Botvinnik |
| Vasily Smyslov |
| Mikhail Tal |
| Tigran Petrosian |
| Boris Spassky |
| Robert (Bobby) Fischer |
| Anatoly Karpov |
| Gary Kasparov |
| NAME |
| BORN |
| COUNTRY |
| REIGN |
| 1834 - 1900 |
| Czechoslovakia |
| 1886 - 1894 |
| 1868 - 1941 |
| Germany |
| 1894 - 1921 |
| 1888 - 1942 |
| Cuba |
| 1921 - 1927 |
| 1892 - 1946 |
| USSR |
| 1927 - 1935 |
| 1937 - 1946 |
| 1901 - 1981 |
| Netherlands |
| 1935 - 1937 |
| 1911 - 1995 |
| USSR |
| 1948 - 1957 |
| 1958 - 1960 |
| 1961 - 1963 |
| 1921 - |
| USSR |
| 1957 - 1958 |
| 1936 - 1993 |
| USSR |
| 1960 - 1961 |
| 1929 - 1984 |
| USSR |
| 1963 - 1969 |
| 1937 - |
| USSR |
| 1969 - 1972 |
| 1943 - |
| USA |
| 1972 - 1975 |
| 1951 - |
| USSR |
| 1975 - 1985 |
| 1963 - |
| USSR |
| 1985 - 1993 |
| FIDE Champion 1993 - |
| PCA Champion 1993 - |
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