1st World Championship: Game 19 Zukertort vs Steinitz, 1886   (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 0-1 2nd World Championship: Game 8 Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1889  (D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 38 moves, 1-0 3rd World Championship: Game 12 Gunsberg vs Steinitz, 1891  (C52) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0 4th World Championship: Game 5 Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 28 moves, 1-0 5th World Championship: Game 7 Lasker vs Steinitz, 1894  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 46 moves, 1-0 6th World Championship: Game 17 Steinitz vs Lasker, 1897  (D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 63 moves, 0-1 7th World Championship: Game 7 Marshall vs Lasker, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2 8th World Championship: Game 3 Lasker vs Tarrasch, 1908  (C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 44 moves, 0-1 9th World Championship: Game 10 Lasker vs Schlechter, 1910   (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 71 moves, 1-0 10th World Championship: Game 9 Lasker vs Janowski, 1910  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 43 moves, 1-0 11th World Championship: Game 11 Capablanca vs Lasker, 1921   (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 48 moves, 1-0 12th World Championship: Game 34 Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1927  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 82 moves, 1-0 13th World Championship: Game 18 Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1929  (C11) French, 51 moves, 1-0 14th World Championship: Game 21 Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1934  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 63 moves, 0-1 15th World Championship: Game 26 Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935  (A90) Dutch, 47 moves, 1-0 16th World Championship: Game 6 Alekhine vs Euwe, 1937  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 23 moves, 1-0 17th World Championship (tournament): Round 19 Reshevsky vs Botvinnik, 1948  (C18) French, Winawer, 47 moves, 0-1 18th World Championship, Game 23 Botvinnik vs Bronstein, 1951  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 57 moves, 1-0 19th World Championship: Game 14 Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1954  (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 33 moves, 0-1 20th World Championship, Game 17 Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1957  (A15) English, 69 moves, 0-1 21st World Championship, Game 19 Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1958  (B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 35 moves, 1-0 22nd World Championship: Game 6 Botvinnik vs Tal, 1960  (E69) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line, 47 moves, 0-1 23rd World Championship: Game 20 Tal vs Botvinnik, 1961  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 121 moves, 1/2-1/2 24th World Championship: Game 5 Petrosian vs Botvinnik, 1963  (D94) Grunfeld, 48 moves, 1-0 25th World Championship: Game 10 Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 30 moves, 1-0 26th World Championship: Game 11 Spassky vs Petrosian, 1969  (E12) Queen's Indian, 56 moves, 0-1 27th World Championship: Game 13 Spassky vs Fischer, 1972  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 74 moves, 0-1 28th World Championship (candidates final): Game 2 Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1974  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 27 moves, 1-0 29th World Championship: Game 8 Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1978  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 28 moves, 1-0 30th World Championship: Game 6 Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1981  (C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 0-1 31st World Championship: Game 9 Karpov vs Kasparov, 1984  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 70 moves, 1-0 32nd World Championship: Game 16 Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985  (B44) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1 33rd World Championship: Game 22 Kasparov vs Karpov, 1986  (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 46 moves, 1-0 34th World Championship: Game 24 Kasparov vs Karpov, 1987   (A13) English, 64 moves, 1-0 35th World Championship: Game 16 Kasparov vs Karpov, 1990  (C45) Scotch Game, 102 moves, 1-0 36th World Championship: Game 8 Short vs Kasparov, 1993  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2 37th World Championship: Game 10 Kasparov vs Anand, 1995  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 38 moves, 1-0 38th World Championship: Game 4 Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2000  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 74 moves, 1/2-1/2 39th World Championship: Game 8 Kramnik vs Leko, 2004   (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 32 moves, 0-1 40th World Championship: Game 2 Topalov vs Kramnik, 2006  (D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 63 moves, 0-1 41st World Championship (tournament): Round 2 Kramnik vs Morozevich, 2007  (E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 27 moves, 1-0 42nd World Championship: Game 10 Kramnik vs Anand, 2008  (E20) Nimzo-Indian, 29 moves, 1-0 43rd World Championship: Game 4 Anand vs Topalov, 2010  (E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 32 moves, 1-0 44th World Championship: Game 8 Anand vs Gelfand, 2012  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 17 moves, 1-0 45th World Championship: Game 9 Anand vs Carlsen, 2013  (E25) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 28 moves, 0-1 46th World Championship: Game 3 Anand vs Carlsen, 2014  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 34 moves, 1-0 47th World Championship: Game 16 (rapid) Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2016  (B54) Sicilian, 50 moves, 1-0 48th World Championship: Game 6 Carlsen vs Caruana, 2018  (C42) Petrov Defense, 80 moves, 1/2-1/2 48 games