# Cecil John Seddon Purdy (1950–53)# Viacheslav Ragozin (1956–59)# Albéric O'Kelly de Galway (1959–62)# Vladimir Zagorovsky (1962–65)# Hans Berliner (1965–68)# Horst Rittner (1968–71)# Yakov Estrin (1972–76)# Jørn Sloth (1975–80)# Tõnu Õim (1977–83)# Victor Palciauskas (1978–84)# Fritz Baumbach (1983–89) [https://www.iccf.com/event?id=38834]# Grigory Sanakoev (1984–91) [https://www.iccf.com/event?id=38835]# Mikhail Umansky (1989–98) [https://www.iccf.com/event?id=35601]# Tõnu Õim (1994–2000) [https://www.iccf.com/event?id=35602]# Gert Jan Timmerman (1996–2002) [https://www.iccf.com/event?id=35606]# Tunç Hamarat (1999–2004) [https://www.iccf.com/event?id=35610]# Ivar Bern (2002–07) [https://www.iccf.com/event?id=5329]# Joop van Oosterom (2003–05)# Christophe Léotard (2004–07)# Pertti Lehikoinen (2004–11)# Joop van Oosterom (2005–08)# Aleksandr Surenovich Dronov (2007–10)# Ulrich Stephan [https://www.iccf.com/player?id=82604] (2007–10)# Marjan Šemrl [https://www.iccf.com/player?id=480098] (2009–11)# Fabio Finocchiaro [https://www.iccf.com/player?id=240090] (2009-13)# Ron Langeveld [https://www.iccf.com/player?id=370930] (2010–14, 1 game in the tournament still on-going, but Langeveld's win is assured)# Aleksandr Surenovich Dronov (2011–14)==Ladies World Champions==# Olga Rubtsova (1968–72)# Lora Jakovleva (1972–77)# Ljuba Kristol (1978–84)# Liudmila Belavenets (1984–92)# Ljuba Kristol (1993–98)# Alessandra Riegler (2000–05)# Olga Mikhailovna Sukhareva (2002–06)# Olga Mikhailovna Sukhareva (2007–10)# Irina Vladimirovna Perevertkina (2011–14)==See also==*Correspondence Chess*World Chess Championship== References ==
Dopo essersi ritirato è diventato il segretario del miliardario Joop van Oosterom, il quale nel 2005 ha vinto il campionato del mondo di scacchi per corrispondenza.