World Championship Games

Games of the World Chess Championship. These are the games and the score of the World Championships until 2004.
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.

1886 Steinitz - Zukertort (New York/St.Louis /New Orleans, Jan-Mar 1886)

1886	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Total
Steinitz W.	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	=	1	=	1	1	0	=	=	1	=	1	1	1	12,5
Zukertort J.	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	=	0	=	0	0	1	=	=	0	=	0	0	0	7,5

1889 Steinitz - Chigorin (Havana, Jan-Feb 1889)

1889	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Total
Steinitz W.	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	=	10,5
Chigorin M.	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	=	6,5

1890 Steinitz - Gunsberg (New York, Dec 1890 - Jan 1891)

1890	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Total
Steinitz W.	=	1	=	0	0	1	1	=	=	1	=	0	1	=	=	0	=	1	=	10,5
Gunsberg I.	=	0	=	1	1	0	0	=	=	0	=	1	0	=	=	1	=	0	=	8,5

1892 Steinitz - Chigorin (Havana, Jan-Feb 1892)

1892	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	Total
Steinitz W.	0	=	=	1	=	1	0	0	=	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	=	1	1	12,5
Chigorin M.	1	=	=	0	=	0	1	1	=	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	=	0	0	10,5

1894 Lasker - Steinitz (New York/Philadelphia/Montreal, Mar-May 1894)

1894	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Total
Lasker E.	1	0	1	0	=	=	1	1	1	1	1	=	0	0	1	1	0	=	1	12,0
Steinitz W.	0	1	0	1	=	=	0	0	0	0	0	=	1	1	0	0	1	=	0	7,0

1896 Lasker - Steinitz (Moscow, Nov 1896 - Jan 1897)

1896	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Total
Lasker E.	1	1	1	1	=	1	=	=	=	1	1	0	0	1	=	1	1	12,5
Steinitz W.	0	0	0	0	=	0	=	=	=	0	0	1	1	0	=	0	0	4,5

1907 Lasker - Marshall (N. Y./Philadelphia/Baltimore/Chicago/Memphis, Jan-Apr 1907)

1907	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Total
Lasker E.	1	1	1	=	=	=	=	1	=	=	=	1	1	1	1	11,5
Marshall F.	0	0	0	=	=	=	=	0	=	=	=	0	0	0	0	3,5

1908 Lasker - Tarrasch (Dusseldorf/Munich, Aug-Sep 1908)

1908	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Total
Lasker E.	1	1	0	1	1	=	1	=	=	0	1	0	1	=	=	1	10,5
Tarrasch S.	0	0	1	0	0	=	0	=	=	1	0	1	0	=	=	0	5,5

1910 Lasker - Schlechter (Vienna/Berlin, Jan-Feb 1910)

1910	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
Lasker E.	=	=	=	=	0	=	=	=	=	1	5,0
Schlechter C.	=	=	=	=	1	=	=	=	=	0	5,0

1910 Lasker - Janowski (Berlin, Nov-Dec 1910)

1910	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
Lasker E.	1	=	=	1	1	=	1	1	1	1	1	9,5
Janowski D.	0	=	=	0	0	=	0	0	0	0	0	1,5

1921 Capablanca - Lasker (Havana, Mar-Apr 1921)

1921	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total
Capablanca J.	=	=	=	=	1	=	=	=	=	1	1	=	=	1	9,0
Lasker E.	=	=	=	=	1	=	=	=	=	1	1	=	=	1	5,0

1927 Alekhine - Capablanca (Buenos Aires, Sep-Nov 1927)

1927	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Alekhine A.	1	=	0	=	=	=	0	=	=	=	1	1	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	1	=	=	=
Capablanca J.	0	=	1	=	=	=	1	=	=	=	0	0	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	0	=	=	=

25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	Total
=	=	=	=	0	=	=	1	=	1	18,5
=	=	=	=	1	=	=	0	=	0	15,5

1929 Alekhine - Bogoljubow (Wiesbaden/Berlin/Amsterdam, Sep-Nov 1929)

1929	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	Total
Alekhine	1	=	=	0	1	0	1	1	=	1	=	1	0	0	=	1	1	0	1	=	1	1	=	=	=	15,5
Bogoljub.	0	=	=	1	0	1	0	0	=	0	=	0	1	1	=	0	0	1	0	=	0	0	=	=	=	9,5

1934 Alekhine - Bogoljubow (Germany, Apr-Jun 1934)

1934	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Alekhine A.	=	1	=	1	=	=	=	=	1	0	1	=	=	=	=	1	1	=	=	=	1	=	0	0
Bogoljubow E.	=	0	=	0	=	=	=	=	0	1	0	=	=	=	=	0	0	=	=	=	0	=	1	1

25	26	Total
1	=	15,5
0	=	10,5

1935 Euwe - Alekhine (Amsterdam/The Hague/Utrecht, Oct-Dec 1935)

1935	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Euwe M.	0	1	0	0	=	=	0	1	0	1	=	1	=	1	=	0	=	=	0	1	1	=	=	=
Alekhine A.	1	0	1	1	=	=	1	0	1	0	=	0	=	0	=	1	=	=	1	0	0	=	=	=

25	26	27	28	29	30	Total
1	1	0	=	=	=	15,5
0	0	1	=	=	=	14,5

1937 Alekhine - Euwe (Netherlands, Oct-Dec 1937)

1937	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	Total
Alekhine	0	1	=	=	0	1	1	1	=	1	=	=	0	1	=	=	0	=	=	=	1	1	=	1	1	15,5
Euwe M.	1	0	=	=	1	0	0	0	=	0	=	=	1	0	=	=	1	=	=	=	0	0	=	0	0	9,5

1948 FIDE World Championship Tournament (The Hague/Moscow, Apr-May 1948)

1948	1	2	3	4	5	Total	Des.
Botvinnik M.		==1== (3.0)	1=011 (3.5)	11110 (4.0)	1=1== (3.5)	14.0
Smyslov V.	==0== (2.0)		==1== (3.0)	00=1= (2.0)	11011 (4.0)	11.0
Reshevsky S.	0=100 (1.5)	==0== (2.0)		1=01= (3.0)	1==11 (4.0)	10.5	90.50
Keres P.	00001 (1.0)	11=0= (3.0)	0=10= (2.0)		1=111 (4.0)	10.5	86.00
Euwe M.	0=0== (1.5)	00100 (1.0)	0==00 (1.0)	0=000 (0.5)		4.0

1951 Botvinnik - Bronstein (Moscow, Mar-May 1951)

1951	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Total
Botvinnik M.	=	=	=	=	0	1	1	=	=	=	0	1	=	=	=	=	0	=	1	=	0	0	1	=	12,0
Bronstein D.	=	=	=	=	1	0	0	=	=	=	1	0	=	=	=	=	1	=	0	=	1	1	0	=	12,0

1954 Botvinnik - Smyslov (Moscow, Mar-May 1954)

1954	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Total
Botvinnik M.	1	1	=	1	=	=	0	=	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	=	=	=	0	=	=	0	=	12,0
Smyslov V.	0	0	=	0	=	=	1	=	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	=	=	=	1	=	=	1	=	12,0

1957 Smyslov - Botvinnik (Moscow, Mar-Apr 1957)

1957	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	Total
Smyslov V.	1	=	=	0	0	1	=	1	=	=	=	1	0	=	=	=	1	=	=	1	=	=	12,5
Botvinnik M.	0	=	=	1	1	0	=	0	=	=	=	0	1	=	=	=	0	=	=	0	=	=	9,5

1958 Botvinnik - Smyslov (Moscow, Mar-May 1958)

1958	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	Total
Botvinnik M.	1	1	1	=	0	1	=	=	=	=	0	1	=	1	0	=	=	1	0	=	=	0	=	12,5
Smyslov V.	0	0	0	=	1	0	=	=	=	=	1	0	=	0	1	=	=	0	1	=	=	1	=	10,5

1960 Tal - Botvinnik (Moscow, Mar-May 1960)

1960	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Total
Tal M.	1	=	=	=	=	1	1	0	0	=	1	=	=	=	=	=	1	=	1	=	=	12,5
Botvinnik M.	0	=	=	=	=	0	0	1	1	=	0	=	=	=	=	=	0	=	0	=	=	8,5

1961 Botvinnik - Tal (Moscow, Mar-May 1961)

1961	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Total
Botvinnik M.	1	0	1	=	=	=	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	=	1	=	0	1	0	=	1	13,0
Tal M.	0	1	0	=	=	=	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	=	0	=	1	0	1	=	0	8,0

1963 Petrosian - Botvinnik (Moscow, Mar-May 1963)

1963	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	Total
Petrosian T.	0	=	=	=	1	=	1	=	=	=	=	=	=	0	1	=	=	1	1	=	=	=	12,5
Botvinnik M.	1	=	=	=	0	=	0	=	=	=	=	=	=	1	0	=	=	0	0	=	=	=	9,5

1966 Petrosian - Spassky (Moscow, Apr-Jun 1966)

1966	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Total
Petrosian T.	=	=	=	=	=	=	1	=	=	1	=	=	0	=	=	=	=	=	0	1	=	1	0	=	12,5
Spassky B.	=	=	=	=	=	=	0	=	=	0	=	=	1	=	=	=	=	=	1	0	=	0	1	=	11,5

1969 Spassky - Petrosian (Moscow, Apr-Jun 1969)

1969	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	Total
Spassky B.	0	=	=	1	1	=	=	1	=	0	0	=	=	=	=	=	1	=	1	0	1	=	=	12,5
Petrosian T.	1	=	=	0	0	=	=	0	=	1	1	=	=	=	=	=	0	=	0	1	0	=	=	10,5

1972 Fischer - Spassky (Reykjavik, Jul-Aug 1972)

1972	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Total
Fischer R.	0	(0)	1	=	1	1	=	1	=	1	0	=	1	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	1	12,5
Spassky B.	1	(1)	0	=	0	0	=	0	=	0	1	=	0	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	0	8,5

1978 Karpov - Korchnoi (Baguio, Jul-Oct 1978)

1978	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Karpov A.	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	1	=	=	0	=	1	1	=	=	1	=	=	=	0	=	=	=
Korchnoi V.	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	0	=	=	1	=	0	0	=	=	0	=	=	=	1	=	=	=

25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	Total
=	=	1	0	0	=	0	1	16,5
=	=	0	1	1	=	1	0	15,5

1981 Karpov - Korchnoi (Meran, Oct-Nov 1981)

1981	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
Karpov A.	1	1	=	1	=	0	=	=	1	=	=	=	0	1	=	=	=	1	11,0
Korchnoi V.	0	0	=	0	=	1	=	=	0	=	=	=	1	0	=	=	=	0	7,0

1984 Karpov - Kasparov (Moscow, Sep 1984 - Feb 1985)

1984	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Karpov A.	=	=	1	=	=	1	1	=	1	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=
Kasparov G.	=	=	0	=	=	0	0	=	0	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=

25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	Total
=	=	1	=	=	=	=	0	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	0	0	25,0
=	=	0	=	=	=	=	1	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	1	1	23,0

1985 Kasparov - Karpov (Moscow, Sep-Nov 1985)

1985	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Total
Kasparov G.	1	=	=	0	0	=	=	=	=	=	1	=	=	=	=	1	=	=	1	=	=	0	=	1	13,0
Karpov A.	0	=	=	1	1	=	=	=	=	=	0	=	=	=	=	0	=	=	0	=	=	1	=	0	11,0

1986 Kasparov - Karpov (London/Leningrad, Jul-Oct 1986)

1986	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Total
Kasparov G.	=	=	=	1	0	=	=	1	=	=	=	=	=	1	=	1	0	0	0	=	=	1	=	=	12,5
Karpov A.	=	=	=	0	1	=	=	0	=	=	=	=	=	0	=	0	1	1	1	=	=	0	=	=	11,5

1987 Kasparov - Karpov (Seville, Oct-Dec 1987)

1987	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Total
Kasparov G.	=	0	=	1	0	=	=	1	=	=	1	=	=	=	=	0	=	=	=	=	=	=	0	1	12,0
Karpov A.	=	1	=	0	1	=	=	0	=	=	0	=	=	=	=	1	=	=	=	=	=	=	1	0	12,0

1990 Kasparov - Karpov (New York/Lyon, Oct-Dec 1990)

1990	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Total
Kasparov G.	=	1	=	=	=	=	0	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	1	0	1	=	1	=	=	0	=	12,5
Karpov A.	=	0	=	=	=	=	1	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	0	1	0	=	0	=	=	1	=	11,5

1993 PCA Kasparov - Short (London, Sep-Oct 1993)

1993	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Total
Kasparov G.	1	=	1	1	=	=	1	=	1	=	=	=	=	=	1	0	=	=	=	=	12,5
Short N.	0	=	0	0	=	=	0	=	0	=	=	=	=	=	0	1	=	=	=	=	7,5

1993 Karpov - Timman (Zwolle/Arnhem/Amsterdam/Djakarta, Sep-Nov 1993)

1993	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Total
Karpov A.	1	0	=	=	=	1	=	=	=	1	=	=	=	1	1	1	=	=	=	0	=	12,5
Timman J.	0	1	=	=	=	0	=	=	=	0	=	=	=	0	0	0	=	=	=	1	=	8,5

1995 PCA Kasparov - Anand (New York, Sep-Oct 1995)

1995	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
Kasparov G.	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	0	1	1	=	1	1	=	=	=	=	10,5
Anand V.	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	1	0	0	=	0	0	=	=	=	=	7,5

1996 Karpov - Kamsky (Elista, Jun-Jul 1996)

1996	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
Karpov A.	1	0	=	1	=	1	1	=	1	0	=	=	=	1	=	0	=	=	10,5
Kamsky G.	0	1	=	0	=	0	0	=	0	1	=	=	=	0	=	1	=	=	7,5

1998 Karpov - Anand (Lausanne, Jan 1998)

1998	1	2	3	4	5	6	D1	D2	Total
Karpov A.	1	0	=	1	=	0	1	1	5,0
Anand V.	0	1	=	0	=	1	0	0	3,0

2000 Classical Kramnik - Kasparov (London, Oct-Nov 2000)

2000	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Total
Kramnik V.	=	1	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	1	=	=	=	=	=	8,5
Kasparov G.	=	0	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	0	=	=	=	=	=	6,5

2004 Classical Kramnik - Leko (Brissago, Sep-Oct 2004)

2004	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total
Leko P.	0	=	=	=	1	=	=	1	=	=	=	=	=	0	7
Kramnik V.	1	=	=	=	0	=	=	0	=	=	=	=	=	1	7

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