From Bobby Fischer to Magnus Carlsen: 22 of the most famous world chess championship games

<p>The 138-year history of the world chess championship is filled with games of rare precision, imagination and brilliance. Go move by move through 22 of them below</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/nov/23/world-chess-championship-2024-ding-liren-v-gukesh-dommaraju-pre-match-questions-answered">Explainer: World Chess Championship 2024</a></li></ul><p>From the middle of the 16th century, there have come down to us the names of chess players who have been widely regarded as the strongest of their time. The earliest of these was the Spanish priest Ruy López de Segura, after whom <a href="https://www.chess.com/openings/Ruy-Lopez-Opening">one of the most popular openings</a> of modern times is named. Others who followed include the Calabrese <a href="https://www.chessgames.com/player/gioachino_greco.html">Gioachino Greco</a>, <a href="https://www.chessgames.com/player/philidor.html">François-André Danican Philidor</a>, <a href="https://www.chessgames.com/player/louis_charles_mahe_de_la_bourdonnais.html">Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais</a>, <a href="https://www.chessgames.com/player/alexander_mcdonnell.html">Alexander McDonnell</a>, <a href="https://www.chessgames.com/player/howard_staunton.html">Howard Staunton</a>, <a href="https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=10342">Adolf Anderssen</a>, <a href="https://www.chessgames.com/player/mikhail_chigorin.html">Mikhail Chigorin</a> and <a href="https://www.chessgames.com/player/paul_morphy.html">Paul Morphy</a>, each of whom are lionized for their contributions to the development of theory and strategy as well as their dominance over their board during their respective eras.</p><p>But not until Wilhelm Steinitz and Joha