Current World Chess Champion

The current World Chess Champion is Viswanathan Anand.


Viswanathan ANAND
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Oldest Living Chess Grandmaster

The oldest living chess Grandmaster is Andor Lilienthal.

Andor Lilienthal (born May 15, 1911) recently celebrated his 98th birthday.

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Oldest Continually Running Chess Event

The oldest continually running chess event in the world is the Scottish Chess Championship.

There has apparently been an unbroken link in the event since 1884.

Links:
Scottish Chess Championship 2009 (Edinburgh City Chambers) & Past Winners

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Oldest World Chess Champion

Answer - Wilhelm Steinitz



Details:
Wilhelm Steinitz was the oldest world chess champion, defeating Johannes Hermann Zukertort in 1886 at the age of 50 years. Steinitz retained the title until he was beaten by Emanuel Lasker in 1894 aged 58 years and 10 days.

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Youngest World Chess Champion

The youngest undisputed World Chess Champion is Garry Kasparov who won the title at the age of 22 years after beating Anatoly Karpov in the second Karpov-Kasparov match (Moscow, 1985). Kasparov won this match (9th November 1985) with a score of 13-11 after winning with the black pieces (Sicilian defence) in the 24th game.

Honorable Mentions:

• Previous to Kasparov, the record holder was Mikhail Tal, in 1960 World Chess Championship, who defeated Mikhail Botvinnik at the age of 23 years.

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ALCHEssMIST Chess Records Index

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Oldest World Chess Champion
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ALCHEssMIST Chess Records Blog

A new blog by ALCHEssMIST about Chess Records.

This site will serve as a repository about chess related:

• Records
• Esoteric facts
• Lists.

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