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This register covers qualifying tournaments which determined the next challenger for a World Chess Championship title match.
For an explanation of the World Championship qualifying cycle, see the link box to the right ('Glossary').
You will find more resources related to the World Chess Championship in the same link box.
Similar lists of Famous Tournaments covering specific periods can also be found under the to the right.
Famous Chess Tournaments
World Championship Qualifiers and Title Tournaments
| Year |
Event |
Type |
Winner(s) |
| 1948 |
Hague/Moscow |
World Championship |
Botvinnik |
| 1948 |
Saltsjobaden |
Interzonal |
Bronstein |
| 1950 |
Budapest |
Candidates |
Bronstein, Boleslavsky |
| 1952 |
Stockholm |
Interzonal |
Kotov |
| 1953 |
Zurich/Neuhausen |
Candidates |
Smyslov |
| 1955 |
Goteborg |
Interzonal |
Bronstein |
| 1956 |
Amsterdam |
Candidates |
Smyslov |
| 1958 |
Portoroz |
Interzonal |
Tal |
| 1959 |
Belgrade/Bled/Zagreb |
Candidates |
Tal |
| 1962 |
Stockholm |
Interzonal |
Fischer |
| 1962 |
Curacao |
Candidates |
Petrosian |
| 1964 |
Amsterdam |
Interzonal |
Smyslov, Larsen, Spassky, Tal |
| 1967 |
Sousse |
Interzonal |
Larsen |
| 1970 |
Palma de Mallorca |
Interzonal |
Fischer |
| 1973 |
Leningrad |
Interzonal |
Korchnoi, Karpov |
| 1973 |
Petropolis |
Interzonal |
Mecking |
| 1976 |
Biel |
Interzonal |
Larsen |
| 1976 |
Manila |
Interzonal |
Mecking |
| 1979 |
Riga |
Interzonal |
Tal |
| 1979 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Interzonal |
Portisch, Petrosian, Huebner |
| 1982 |
Las Palmas |
Interzonal |
Ribli |
| 1982 |
Moscow |
Interzonal |
Kasparov |
| 1982 |
Toluca |
Interzonal |
Portisch, Torre |
| 1985 |
Biel |
Interzonal |
Vaganian |
| 1985 |
Taxco |
Interzonal |
Timman |
| 1985 |
Tunis |
Interzonal |
Yusupov |
| 1985 |
Montpellier |
Candidates |
Yusupov, Vaganian, Sokolov |
| 1988 |
Subotica |
Interzonal |
Sax, Short, Speelman |
| 1988 |
Szirak |
Interzonal |
Salov, Hjartarson |
| 1988 |
Zagreb |
Interzonal |
Korchnoi |
| 1990 |
Manila |
Interzonal |
Gelfand, Ivanchuk |
| 1993 |
Biel |
Interzonal |
Gelfand |
| 1993 |
Groningen |
PCA Qualifier |
Adams, Anand |
| 1997 |
Groningen |
KO - Qualifier |
Anand |
| 1999 |
Las Vegas |
KO - Title |
Khalifman |
| 2000 |
New Delhi/Tehran |
KO - Title |
Anand |
| 2001-02 |
Moscow |
KO - Title |
Ponomariov |
| 2002 |
Dortmund |
Kramnik Qualifier |
Leko |
| 2004 |
Tripoli |
KO - Title |
Kasimdzhanov |
| 2005 |
San Luis ARG |
World Championship |
Topalov |
| 2005 |
Khanty-Mansiysk |
KO - Qualifier |
Aronian |
| 2007 |
Mexico City |
World Championship |
Anand |
| 2007 |
Khanty-Mansiysk |
KO - Qualifier |
Kamsky |
Note on 'Type': FIDE used the elimination format ('KO' = Knockout) sometimes to determine one or more challengers for the next stage ('KO - Qualifier') and sometimes to determine the new World Champion ('KO - Title').
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