Gallery of Champions

Welcome to the Gallery of Champions.  All of these players have left the imprint of their unique styles on our chess culture.  We invite you to examine the character of their play.  Decide for yourself what it was that so inspired these artists to bring them to the top.  Our gallery includes the thirteen official world champions and two additions, Paul Morphy at the beginning, and Deep Blue at the end.  Both of these warriors brought chess into a new era.  And so we include them here in our gallery as a testament to the rich cultural history of chess and the infinity of possibilities that lie ahead. 

To see their amazing games visit the tutorial section of this site. 
A Note on the Games:  In many of the games the champions seem to sacrifice much of their army.  Don't try this at home kids. 
 

Paul Morphy Morphy  Wilhelm Steinitz Steinitz  Emanuel Lasker Lasker  Jose Capablanca Capablanca  Alexander Alekhine Alekhine 
Max Euwe Euwe  Mikhail Botvinnik Botvinnik  Vassily Smyslov Smyslov  Mikhail Tal Tal  Tigran Petrosian Petrosian 
Boris Spassky Spassky  Bobby Fischer Fischer  Anatoly Karpov Karpov  Garry Kasparov Kasparov  Deep Blue Deep Blue 
 
 
 
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