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The following is a list of world chess championship matches (see World Chess Championship). The winner of each match is listed first. The notation (+x -y =z) means that the first player won x games, lost y games, and drew z games. For example, in the 1858 Morphy-Anderssen match, Morphy won with 7 wins, two losses, and 2 draws.

Unofficial events

1834 LaBourdonnais-McDonnell
1843 Staunton
-St. Amant
1846 Staunton
-Horwitz
1858 Morphy-Anderssen
(+7 -2 =2)
1866 Steinitz
-Anderssen
(+8 -6 =0)

Official events

1886 Steinitz
-Zukertort (+10 -5 =5)
1889 Steinitz
-Chigorin
(+10 -6 =1)
1890/91 Steinitz
-Gunsberg
(+6 -4 =9)
1892 Steinitz
-Chigorin
(+10 -8 =5)
1894 Lasker
-Steinitz
(+10 -5 =4)
1896/97 Lasker
-Steinitz
(+10 -2 =5)
1907 Lasker
-Marshall (+8 -0 =7)
1909 Lasker
-Janowski (+7 -1 =2)
1910 Lasker
-Schlechter
(+1 -1 =8)
1910 Lasker
-Janowski (+8 -0 =3)
1921 Capablanca
-Lasker
(+4 -0 =10)
1927 Alekhine-Capablanca
(+6 -3 =25)
1929 Alekhine-Bogoljubow
(+11 -5 =9)
1934 Alekhine-Bogoljubow
(+8 -3 =15)
1935 Euwe
-Alekhine (+9 -8 =13)
1937 Alekhine-Euwe
(+10 -4 =11)

FIDE-sanctioned events

1948 Botvinnik
(tournament) (14/20, 5 participants, 5 games round robin) (FIDE)
1951 Botvinnik
-Bronstein
(+5 -5 =14) (FIDE)
1954 Botvinnik
-Smyslov (+7 -7 =10) (FIDE)
1957 Smyslov-Botvinnik
(+6 -3 =13) (FIDE)
1958 Botvinnik
-Smyslov (+7 -5 =11) (FIDE)
1960 Tal
-Botvinnik
(+6 -2 =13) (FIDE)
1961 Botvinnik
-Tal
(+10 -5 =6) (FIDE)
1963 Petrosian
-Botvinnik
(+5 -2 =15) (FIDE)
1966 Petrosian
-Spassky
(+4 -3 =17) (FIDE)
1969 Spassky
-Petrosian
(+6 -4 =13) (FIDE)
1972 Fischer-Spassky
(+7 -3 =11) (FIDE)
1975 Karpov
-Fischer (by default) (FIDE)
1978 Karpov
-Korchnoi
(+6 -5 =21) (FIDE)
1981 Karpov
-Korchnoi
(+6 -2 =10) (FIDE)
1984 Karpov
-Kasparov
(+5 -3 =40) (FIDE)
1985 Kasparov
-Karpov
(+5 -3 =16) (FIDE)
1986 Kasparov
-Karpov
(+5 -4 =15) (FIDE)
1987 Kasparov
-Karpov
(+4 -4 =16) (FIDE)
1990 Kasparov
-Karpov
(+4 -3 =17) (FIDE)

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