Chapter 1 The early Giants
In this series, I will provide an overview of all the matches played for the World Championship. In addition to the regular FIDE World Championships, I will also cover the two matches that were played outside of FIDE, but are still considered the "real" World Championship matches. The series will be edited and expanded as we go along, so it may be worth keeping an eye on this menu item in the beginning.
Any analyses are taken from both chess programs (currently Stockfish 16, but it could be a completely different program by the time you read this) and grandmasters.
The World Chess Championship is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, world championships and has been played continuously to this day, albeit in different formats. However, there have always been matches with long time controls, and I will try to cover this as soon as enough data has been collected. There is no doubt that this series will showcase exceptional chess, as it has traditionally always been players in the highest echelon competing for the title. According to tradition (with the exception of 1886, which was the first, 1948 due to Alekhine's death, and 2023 when Carlsen voluntarily abdicated as World Champion), the reigning champion has always faced a challenger. But as promised we start off with the American: Paul Morphy.