1886, 1889, 1890, 1892 (Steinitz) • 1894, 1896, 1907, 1908, 1910 (Jan–Feb), 1910 (Nov–Dez) (Lasker) • 1921 (Capablanca) • 1927, 1929, 1934 (Aljechin) • 1935 (Euwe) • 1937 (Aljechin)

1948, 1951, 1954 (Botwinnik) • 1957 (Smyslow) • 1958 (Botwinnik) • 1960 (Tal) • 1961 (Botwinnik) • 1963, 1966 (Petrosjan) • 1969 (Spasski) • 1972 (Fischer) • 1975, 1978, 1981 (Karpow) • 1984 (abgebrochen) • 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990 (Kasparow)

2006 (Kramnik) • 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012 (Anand) • 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021 (Carlsen) • 2023 (Ding), 2024