Steinitz - 1886 to 1894
Steinitz vs Rainer, 1885  (C41) Philidor Defense, 14 moves, 1-0
Lasker - 1894 to 1921
NN vs Lasker / Maroczy, 1900  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 12 moves, 0-1
Capablanca - 1921 to 1927
Capablanca vs Marshall, 1918  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 36 moves, 1-0
Alekhine - 1927 to 1935, 1937 to 1946
Alekhine vs M Vasic Miles, 1931  (C15) French, Winawer, 11 moves, 1-0
Euwe - 1935 to 1937
Colle vs Euwe, 1926  (E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 19 moves, 0-1
Botvinnik - 1948 to 1957, 1958 to 1960, 1961 to 1963
Botvinnik vs G Kasparian, 1938  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 14 moves, 1-0
Smyslov - 1957 to 1958
Smyslov vs M Kamyshov, 1945  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 17 moves, 1-0
Tal - 1960 to 1961
Tal vs NN, 1958  (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 18 moves, 1-0
Petrosian - 1963 to 1969
Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
Spassky - 1969 to 1972
Larsen vs Spassky, 1970  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1
Fischer - 1972 to 1975
R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 21 moves, 0-1
Karpov - 1975 to 1985
Timman vs Karpov, 1984  (C45) Scotch Game, 26 moves, 0-1
Kasparov - 1985 to 2000
Kasparov vs D Letterman, 1989  (B01) Scandinavian, 23 moves, 1-0
Kramnik - 2000 to 2007
Kramnik vs A Beliavsky, 1995  (A06) Reti Opening, 18 moves, 1-0
Anand - 2007 to 2013
Aronian vs Anand, 2013  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 23 moves, 0-1
Carlsen - 2013 to present
J L Hammer vs Carlsen, 2003  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 0-1
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