Chess

From 1985 to 1993, Garry Kasparov was the Undisputed world chess champion. Some say he was a champion till year 2000. He is perhaps the most famous chess champion of all time.

There are many well-known chess champions and role-models for young chess players. One can think of the amazing Cuban José Raúl Capablanca, and the fantastic attacking player Mikhail Tal ("The magician from Riga"), not to mention the incomparable Bobby Fischer who was world champion from 1972 to 1975.

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From 2006 to 2007, the world champion was the relatively unknown Russian Vladimir Kramnik. Since then the championship has gone to the Indian Viswanathan Anand.