The first is the winner of the match:
1866 Steinitz-Anderseen 18xx Steinitz-Zukertort 18xx Steinitz-Chigorin 18xx Steinitz-Chigorin 1894 Lasker-Steinitz 189x Lasker-Tarrasch 19xx Lasker-Schelecter 1921 Capablanca-Lasker 1927 Alekhine-Capablanca 1931?Alekhine-Bogoluybov 1933?Alekhine-Bogoluybov 1935 Euwe-Alekhine 1937 Alekhine-Euwe 1948 Botvinnik (win tournament) 1951 Botvinnik-Bronstein 1954 Botvinnik-Smyslov 1957 Smyslov-Botvinnik 1958 Botvinnik-Smyslov 1960 Tal-Botvinnik 1961 Botvinnik-Tal 1963 Petrosian-Botvinnik 1966 Petrosian-Spassky 1969 Spassky-Petrosian 1972 Fischer-Spassky 1975 Karpov-Fischer (absence) 1978 Karpov-Korchnoi 1981 Karpov-Korchnoi 1984 Karpov-Kasparov 1985 Kasparov-Karpov 1986 Kasparov-Karpov 1987 Kasparov-Karpov 1990 Kasparov-Karpov 1993 Karpov-Timman (FIDE) 1993 Kasparov-Short (PCA) 1995 Kasparov-Anand (PCA) 1998 Karpov-Anand (FIDE) 1999 Khalifman-Akopian (FIDE) 2000 Kramnik-Kasparov (Braingames) 2000 Anand-Shirov (FIDE)
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