The History Of Chess: The World Chess Championship

Learn about the champions who have defined the game such as Paul Morphy, Bobby Fischer, Garry Kasparov, and Magnus Carlsen from some of the game's greatest players and commentators, including Viswanathan Anand, Bruce Pandolfini, Ben Finegold, and Danny Rensch. Follow us here 😀: ✅ Join the world's largest chess community: http://www.Chess.com 💜 Check us out on Twitch:   / chess   📸 Follow us on Instagram:   / wwwchesscom   📱 Like us on Facebook:   / chess   🎶 Follow us on TikTok:   / chess   💙 Follow us on Twitter:   / chesscom   Executive Producer: Dean J. Andrews Producer: Michael Pennywark Director: Dean J. Andrews Narrator: Jonathan Corblah Contributors: Alexandra Kostenyuk (Women's World Chess Champion 2008-2010) Andrey Terekhov Ph.D. (FIDE Master) Ben Finegold (Grandmaster) Bruce Pandolfini (USCF National Master) Danny Rensch (International Master) Dejan Bojkov (Grandmaster) Jonathan Tisdall (Grandmaster) Nigel Short (Grandmaster) Paul van der Sterren (Dutch Chess Champion 1985 & 1993) Viswanathan Anand (Five Time World Chess Champion) Editing & Post Production: Ironik Design & Post Michael Pennywark Special Thanks: Getty Images Alamy.com F.I.D.E. Peter Doggers Sam Copeland Yury Solomatin Emily Cole *26:25 Bogoljubov first defeated Lasker in a tournament game in 1934 (Zurich) and never won a game vs Capablanca. He did however finish ahead of Capablanca and Lasker in Moscow in 1924, and ahead of Capablanca again in Bad Kissingen in 1928. 00:00 Origins of Chess 05:15 The First World Chess Championship 09:39 The Lasker Reign 20:01 Viva Cuba 24:02 The Alekhine Era 27:28 Pre-War Tensions 29:40 Enter FIDE 32:15 Soviet Dominance Part 1 42:22 Soviet Dominance Part 2 44:00 Finding Bobby Fischer 50:36 Chess Moves Off the Table 52:39 Kasparov v. Karpov 56:53 The Split Titles 01:00:56 The Anand Reign 01:08:55 The Magnus Era #chess #historyofchess #chesshistory