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WC-LIBS

***** WC-LIBS *****

Libraries of all world chess championships! Thanks to CDavis and
other volunteers who created those libraries so you can play over all
those games. "help libraries" has info on how libraries work. For
information about a particular library, do "finger " like in
"finger WCLasker-Tarr".

Do "liblist " to see the list of games in the library.
Do "finger " to see some info about the games or a crosstable.
Do "examine  %5" to examine game 5 in one of the libraries.
Do "mailstore  %5" to email game 5 to yourself.

Please note that library game numbers have a % (percent) sign in front.

The following files contain even more library names:
"help Cool-libs"           For current, and past major events 
"help hist-libs"           Historical chess events   

 ** World Championships 1886 - 1992 **

1886: "finger WCSt-Zuk"         1889: "finger WCSt-Chig"        
1890: "finger WCSt-Guns"        1892: "finger WCSt-ChigII"
1894: "finger WCSt-Lasker"      1896: "finger WCLasker-StII"
1907: "finger WCLasker-Marsh"   1908: "finger WCLasker-Tarr"
1909: "finger WCLasker-Jano"    1910: "finger WCLasker-Schlec"
1910: "finger WCLasker-JanoII"  1921: "finger WCLasker-Capa"
1927: "finger WCCapa-Alek"      1929: "finger WCAlek-Bogo"
1934: "finger WCAlek-BogoII"    1935: "finger WCAlek-Euwe"
1937: "finger WCEuwe-AlekII"    1948: "finger WCTourn48"
1951: "finger WCBot-Bron"       1954: "finger WCBot-Smys"
1957: "finger WCBot-SmysII"     1958: "finger WCSmys-BotIII"
1960: "finger WCBot-Tal"        1961: "finger WCTal-BotII"
1963: "finger WCBot-Petro"      1966: "finger WCPetro-Spass"
1969: "finger WCPetro-SpassII"  1972: "finger WCSpass-Fischer"
1975: "finger WCKarp-Korch"     1978: "finger WCKarp-KorchII"
1981: "finger WCKarp-KorchIII"  1984: "finger WCKarp-Kasp"
1985: "finger WCKarp-KaspII"    1986: "finger WCKasp-KarpIII"
1987: "finger WCKasp-KarpIV"    1990: "finger WCKasp-KarpV"

In the years of 1993-2005, the World Championships title
became split. The official FIDE world title, and the
PCA world title.

 ** FIDE World Championships 1993-2005 **

1996: "finger WCKarp-Kamsky"    1998: "finger WCKarp-Anand"
1999: "finger WCKhal-Akop"      2000: "finger WCAnand-Shirov"
2001: "finger WCPono-Ivan"      2004: "finger WCKasi-Adams"
2005: "finger WCTopalov05" (Topalov wins 8 player final) 

 ** PCA Braingames World Championships 1993-2005 **

1993: "finger WCKasp-Short"     1995: "finger WCKasp-Anand"
2000: "finger WCKram-Kasp"      2004: "finger WCKram-Leko"


In late 2006, the title was reunified.    
2006: "finger WCKram-Topa" (Reunification match)


 ** World Chess Champions 2007 to present **

2008: "finger WCAnand-Kram"               2010: "finger WCAnand-Topa"
2012: "finger WCAnand-Gelf"               2013:  Anand-Carlsen "finger WorldChamp13"
2014: Carlsen-Anand "finger WorldChamp14"


See also:  libraries, Cool-libs, hist-libs, search, history, examine, sposition