Wilhelm Steinitz of Austria was the first world chess champion.
The current world chess champion is Viswanathan Anand
Bobby Fischer is not the current World Chess Champion. Anand is.
Chess World Champion
Max Euwe was a Dutch chess Grandmaster and the fifth World Chess Champion. He has written numerous chess books and articles, focusing on strategy and tactics in the game of chess.
TRUEBobby Fischer became world chess champion in 1972.
The "Lion of madras" Viswanathan Anand of India is the current World Chess Champion .
Viswanathan Anand is the current World Chess Champion as well as an Indian Grand Chess-master .
Boris Vasilievich Spassky , he was the 10th World Chess Champion .
'Deep Blue' defeated chess Grandmaster Garry Kasparov in May of 1997 .
Magnus Carlsen is the current World Chess Champion for 2013 . For a list of world Chess Champoins you'll need to refer to the related link below .
The brilliant Paul Morphy was both. He was recognized as the world chess champion but before there was a formal champion.