World Chess Championship - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_ChampionshipThe World Chess Championship is played to determine the world champion in chess. The current world champion is Magnus Carlsen of Norway. The first generally recognized world championship took place in 1886, when the two leading players in the world, Wilhelm Steinitz and Johannes Zukertort, played a match, which was won by Steinitz. From 1886 to 1946, the champion set the …