World Correspondence Chess Championship

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The World Correspondence Chess Championship determines the World Champion in correspondence chess. Men and women of any age are eligible to contest the title. The official World Correspondence Chess Championship is managed by the International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF).

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The world championship comprises four stages: Preliminaries, Semi-Finals, Candidates' Tournament, and Final. ICCF tournament rules define which players can access each stage. The first-, second- and third-placed finishers from the previous Final, and the first- and second-placed finishers from the Candidates' Tournaments have access to the World Correspondence Chess Championship Final.

The ICCF also manages the Ladies World Correspondence Chess Championships, that comprises Semi-Finals and Final.

World Champions

Dates given are the period in which the final of the championship took place, as given on the ICCF website. [1] [2]

N°YearsChampionRunner-up
01.1950–1953 [3] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cecil Purdy Flag of Sweden.svg Harald Malmgren
02.1956–1959 [4] Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Viacheslav Ragozin Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lucius Endzelins
03.1959–1962 [5] Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Albéric O'Kelly de Galway Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Piotr Dubinin
04.1962–1965 [6] Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vladimir Zagorovsky Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Georgy Borisenko
05.1965–1968 [7] Flag of the United States.svg Hans Berliner Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jaroslav Hybl
06.1968–1971 [8] Flag of Germany.svg Horst Rittner Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vladimir Zagorovsky
07.1972–1976 [9] Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Yakov Estrin Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jozef Boey
08.1975–1980 [10] Flag of Denmark.svg Jørn Sloth Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vladimir Zagorovsky
09.1977–1983 [11] Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Tõnu Õim Flag of East Germany.svg Fritz Baumbach
10.1978–1984 [12] Flag of the United States.svg Victor Palciauskas Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Morgado
11.1983–1989 [13] Flag of East Germany.svg Fritz Baumbach Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Gennadi Nesis
12.1984–1991 [14] Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Grigory Sanakoev Flag of Slovakia.svg Josef Franzen
13.1989–1998 [15] Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Mikhail Umansky Flag of Denmark.svg Eric Bang
14.1994–2000 [16] Flag of Estonia.svg Tõnu Õim Flag of Denmark.svg Ove Ekebjaerg
15.1996–2002 [17] Flag of the Netherlands.svg Gert Jan Timmerman Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joop van Oosterom
16.1999–2004 [18] Flag of Turkey.svg Tunç Hamarat Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rudolf Maliangkay
17.2002–2007 [19] Flag of Norway.svg Ivar Bern Flag of Germany.svg Wolfgang Rohde
18.2003–2005 [20] Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joop van Oosterom Flag of Germany.svg Hans Elwert
19.2004–2007 [21] Flag of France.svg Christophe Léotard Flag of Germany.svg Frank Gerhardt
20.2004–2011 [22] Flag of Finland.svg Pertti Lehikoinen Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Winge
21.2005–2008 [23] Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joop van Oosterom Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alexander Ugge
22.2007–2010 [24] Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Dronov Flag of Germany.svg Jürgen Bücker
23.2007–2010 [25] Flag of Germany.svg Ulrich Stephan [26] Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Winckelmann
24.2009–2011 [27] Flag of Slovenia.svg Marjan Šemrl [28] Flag of Germany.svg Hans-Dieter Wunderlich
25.2009–2013 [29] Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Finocchiaro [30] Flag of England.svg Richard Hall
26.2010–2014 [31] Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ron Langeveld [32] Flag of Romania.svg Florin Serban
27.2011–2014 [33] Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Dronov Flag of Germany.svg Matthias Kribben
28.2013–2016 [34] Flag of Croatia.svg Leonardo Ljubičić Flag of Portugal.svg Horacio Neto
29.2015–2018 [35] Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Dronov Flag of Poland.svg Jacek Oskulski
30.2017–2019 [36] Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Kochemasov Flag of Russia.svg Enver Mikhailovich Efendiyev
Flag of Germany.svg Detlef Buse
Flag of Germany.svg Fred Kunzelmann
31.2019–2022 [37] Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ron Langeveld
Flag of Austria.svg Christian Muck
Flag of Poland.svg Fabian Stanach 		N/A
32.2020–2022 [38] Flag of the United States.svg Jon Edwards Flag of France.svg Michel Lecroq
Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Adolfovich Osipov
Flag of Portugal.svg Horácio Neto

Ladies World Champions

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First World Championship (1968/71)
N°YearsChampionRunner-up
01.1968–1972 [39] Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Olga Rubtsova Flag of Austria.svg Gertrude Schoisswohl
02.1972–1977 [40] Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Lora Jakovleva Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Olga Rubtsova
03.1978–1984 [41] Flag of Israel.svg Ljuba Kristol Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Merike Rotova
04.1984–1992 [42] Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Liudmila Belavenets Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nina Orlova
05.1993–1998 [43] Flag of Israel.svg Ljuba Kristol Flag of Latvia.svg Ingrida Priedite
06.2000–2005 [44] Flag of Italy.svg Alessandra Riegler Flag of Croatia.svg Maja Zelcic
07.2002–2006 [45] Flag of Russia.svg Olga Mikhailovna Sukhareva Flag of England.svg Mary Jones
08.2007–2010 [46] Flag of Russia.svg Olga Mikhailovna Sukhareva Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Marie Bazantová
09.2011–2014 [47] Flag of Russia.svg Irina Vladimirovna Perevertkina Flag of Russia.svg Maria Lisitcina
10.2014–2017 [48] Flag of Russia.svg Irina Vladimirovna Perevertkina Flag of Ukraine.svg Tetiana Moyseenko
11.2017–2020 [49] Flag of Russia.svg Irina Vladimirovna Perevertkina Flag of Lithuania.svg Vilma Dambrauskaitè

ICCF World Cup

Nr.YearsChampion
01.1973–1977 Flag of Germany.svg Karl Maeder [50]
02.1977–1983 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Gennadi Nesis [51]
03.1981–1986 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolai Rabinovich [52]
04.1984–1989 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Albert Popov [53]
5A.1987–1994 Flag of Ukraine.svg Alexandr Frolov [54]
5B.1987–1994 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Gert Timmerman [55]
06.1994–1999 Flag of Latvia.svg Olita Rause [56]
07.1994–2001 Flag of Ukraine.svg Alexei Lepikhov [57]
08.1998–2002 Flag of Germany.svg Horst Staudler [58]
09.1998–2001 Flag of Germany.svg Edgar Prang [59]
10.2001–2005 Flag of Germany.svg Frank Schroder [60]
11.2008–2011 Flag of Germany.svg Reinhardt Moll [61]
12E2005–2007 Flag of Germany.svg Reinhardt Moll [62]
12P2009–2013 Flag of Germany.svg Matthias Gleichmann [63]
13.2009–2012 Flag of Germany.svg Reinhardt Moll [64]
14.2009–2012 Flag of Germany.svg Reinhardt Moll [65]
15.2012–2015 Flag of Slovenia.svg Klemen Sivic [66]
16.2013–2016 Flag of Germany.svg Uwe Nogga [67]
17.2014–2017 Flag of Germany.svg Matthias Gleichmann [68]

ICCF Chess 960 World Cup

Nr.YearsChampion
01.2014–2015 Flag of Poland.svg Fabian Stanach [69]
02.2015–2016 Flag of Slovenia.svg Darko Babič [70]
03.2016–2018 Flag of France.svg Jean Banet [71]
04.2018–2019 Flag of Russia.svg Ivan Panitevsky [72]
05.2019–2021 Flag of Russia.svg Aleksey Voll [73]

See also

References

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