| PRIMEROS CAMPEONES EUROPEOS |
| (1530-1580) | RUY LÓPEZ DE SEGURA | ESP |
| (1542-1587) | GIOVANNI LEONARDO DA CUTRI | ITA |
| (1525-1598) | PAOLO BOI | ITA |
| 1600-1634 | GIOACCHINO GRECO "IL CALABRESE" | ITA |
| 1737-1747 | PHILIPPE STAMMA | SYR |
| 1747-1795 | FRANÇOIS ANDRÉ DANICAN PHILIDOR | FRA |
| CAMPEONES MUNDIALES |
| NO OFICIALES |
| AÑOS | CAMPEÓN | PAÍS |
| 1815-1824 | ALEXANDRE LOUIS HONORÉ HEBRETON DESCHAPELLES | FRA |
| 1824-1840 | LOUIS CHARLES MAHÉ DE LA BOURDONNAIS | FRA |
| 1840-1843 | PIERRE CHARLES FOURNIER DE SAINT-AMANT | FRA |
| 1843-1851 | HOWARD STAUNTON | GBR |
| 1851-1858 | ADOLF ANDERSEN | PRU |
| 1858-1860 | PAUL MORPHY | USA |
| 1860-1866 | ADOLF ANDERSEN | PRU |
| 1866-1886 | WILHELM STEINITZ | AUT |
| OFICIALES |
| 1886-1894 | WILHELM STEINITZ | AUT |
| 1894-1921 | EMMANUEL LASKER | GER |
| 1921-1927 | JOSÉ RAÚL CAPABLANCA | CUB |
| 1927-1935 | ALEXANDER ALEXANDROVICH ALEKHINE | URS |
| 1935-1937 | MACHGIELIS "MAX" EUWE | HOL |
| 1937-1946 | ALEXANDER ALEXANDROVICH ALEKHINE | URS |
| 1946-1957 | MIKHAIL MOISEEVICH BOTWINNKIK | URS |
| 1957-1958 | VASILY VASILIEVICH SMYSLOV | URS |
| 1958-1960 | MIKHAIL MOISEEVICH BOTWINNIK | URS |
| 1960-1961 | MIKHAIL NEKHEMEVICH TAL | URS |
| 1961-1963 | MIKHAIL MOISEEVICH BOTWINNIK | URS |
| 1963-1969 | TIGRAN VARTANOVICH PETROSIAN | URS |
| 1969-1972 | BORIS VASILIEVICH SPASSKY | URS |
| 1972-1975 | ROBERT JAMES FISCHER | USA |
| 1975-1985 | ANATOLI EVGENIEVICH KARPOV | URS |
| 1985-1993 | GARRY KIMOVICH KASPAROV | URS |
| F.I.D.E.WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP | P.C.A.WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP |
