This collection features major contributions from the chess elite, including 15 world champions: Euwe (2 games), Botvinnik (72), Smyslov (604), Tal (963), Petrosian (531), Spassky (760), Fischer (221), Karpov (1611), Kasparov (1193), Kramnik (876), Khalifman (645), Anand (1052), Ponomariov (308), Kasimdzhanov (256) and Topalov (676), 7 women world champions: Gaprindashvili (185), Chiburdanidze (262), Xie Jun (146), Zs. Polgar (201), Zhu Chen (33), Stefanova (37), Xu Yuhua (5) plus Korchnoi (1709), Timman (1703), Beliavsky (1620), Portisch (1184), Shirov (1151), M. Gurevich (1087), Ivanchuk (1047), Gelfand (1007), Miles (999), Ljubojevic (990), I. Sokolov (985), Short (967), Adams (937), Polugaevsky (887), Larsen (887), Jussupow (879), Tukmakov (860), Romanishin (850), Hort (831), Van Wely (829), Gligoric (828), Huebner (802), Andersson (795), Piket (779), Vaganian (777), Sax (760), Bareev (751), Leko (739), Gulko (732), Lautier (719), Van der Wiel (701), Ftacnik (693), Geller (687), Nunn (671), P. Nikolic (665), Uhlmann (662), Psakhis (641), Browne (634), Seirawan (623), Sveshnikov (622), Ki. Georgiev (619), Gheorghiu (604), Matulovic (603), Ehlvest (600), Svidler (599), Dreev (584), Speelman (572), J. Polgar (578), Krasenkow (565), Bologan (556), Glek (549), Kupreichik (547), Ribli (539), Yudasin (523), S. Atalik (520), Jansa (516), Velimirovic (512), Ivkov (504), and many others.
The number of published games annotated by world champions: Euwe (1 game), Botvinnik (29), Smyslov (128), Tal (367), Petrosian (509), Spassky (17), Fischer (10), Karpov (579), Kasparov (620), Kramnik (409), Khalifman (209), Anand (456), Ponomariov (136), Kasimdzhanov (117), Topalov (55), Gaprindashvili (61), Chiburdanidze (127), Xie Jun (29), Zs. Polgar (99), Zhu Chen (7), Stefanova (2).
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