List of FIDE chess world number ones - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_FIDE_chess_worldA total of seven chess players have been the chess world number one on the official FIDE rating list since it was first published in July 1971. The first world number one, in July 1971, was Bobby Fischer. In January 1976 Anatoly Karpov became the highest-rated player on the FIDE list, FIDE having dropped Fischer from the list due to inactivity. In January 1984, the third world number one was Garry Kasparov. Anatoly Karpov briefly held the world number one ranking in July 1985, and the fourth wor