Unofficial World Champions Games

Games of the unofficial champions of the world. For many centuries (before 1886), there was no formal world chess championship, but a line of players regarded as the strongest or the most famous of their time were sometimes considered the world champions of the world.
All the games are in PGN (Portable Game Notation) format. To see the games you can download a program from the Download Zone or you can use a Chess Database Management program like ChessBase or Chess Assistant.

Ruy Lopez de Segura

Ruy Lopez de Segura

(Spain, 1530-1580)

Champion from 1559 to 1575

No photo

Giovanni Leonardo da Cutri

(Italy, 1542-1587)

Champion from 1575 to 1587

No photo

Paolo Boi (Il Siracusano)

(Italy, 1525-1598)

Champion from 1587 to 1598

No games

Alessandro Salvio

Alessandro Salvio

(Italy, 1570-1640)

Champion from 1598 to 1621

No games

No photo

Gioachino Greco (Il Calabrese)

(Italy, 1600-1634)

Champion from 1622 to 1634

No photo

Sire Kermur de Legal

(France, 1702-1792)

Champion from 1730 to 1747

François Andre Danican Philidor

François Andre Danican Philidor

(France, 1726-1795)

Champion from 1747 to 1795

No photo

Alexandre L. Honore Deschapelles

(France, 1780-1847)

Champion from 1800 to 1824

Louis C. Mahe de la Bourdonnais

Louis C. Mahe de la Bourdonnais

(France, 1795-1840)

Champion from 1824 to 1840

Pierre C. Fournier de Saint-Amant

Pierre C. Fournier de Saint-Amant

(France, 1800-1872)

Champion from 1840 to 1843

Howard Staunton

Howard Staunton

(England, 1810-1874)

Champion from 1843 to 1851

Adolf Anderssen

Adolf Anderssen

(Germany, 1818-1879)

Champion from 1851 to 1858 and 1863 to 1866

Paul Morphy

Paul Morphy

(USA, 1837-1884)

Champion from 1858 to 1863

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