 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Makwikwi epasi rose okutanga anozivikanwa nevakawanda akaitika muna 1886, apo vatambi vaviri vaitungamirira munyika, Wilhelm Steinitz naJohannes Zukertort, vakatamba mutambo, uyo wakakundwa naSteinitz. Kubva muna 1886 kusvika muna 1946, shasha yacho ndiyo yaigadza mitemo yacho, yaiti munhu wose aida kukwikwidza aifanira kuisa mari yakawanda uye kukunda shasha yacho mumutambo kuti azova shasha itsva yenyika. Pashure porufu rwomutambi wenyika akanga achitonga Alexander Alekhine muna 1946, FIDE International Chess Federation yakatora kutungamirirwa kweWorld Championship, ichironga makwikwi avo okutanga mumutambo wa1948. Muna 1993, shasha yaitonga Garry Kasparov yakaparadzana neFIDE, izvo zvakatungamira kune mumwe mukwikwidzi kuti atore zita reWorld Champion kwemakore gumi nematatu anotevera. Iwo mazita akabatanidzwa paWorld Chess Championship 2006, ine zita rakabatanidzwa zvakare rinotungamirirwa neFIDE. 