Viswanathan Anand wins world chess title for 4th time

FIDE world champions 1993–2006 # Name Year Country Age 13 Anatoly Karpov 1993–1999  Russia 42–48 14 Alexander Khalifman 1999–2000  Russia 33 15 Viswanathan Anand 2000–2002  India 31–33 16 Ruslan Ponomariov 2002–2004  Ukraine 19–21 17 Rustam Kasimdzhanov 2004–2005  Uzbekistan 25 18 Vesselin Topalov 2005–2006  Bulgaria 30

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Classical world champions 1993–2006

#	Name	Year	Country	Age
13	Garry Kasparov	1993–2000	Russia	30–37
14	Vladimir Kramnik	2000–2006	Russia	25–31

Undisputed world champions 2006–present

#	Name	Year	Country	Age
14	Vladimir Kramnik	2006–2007	Russia	31
15	Viswanathan Anand	2007–present	India	38