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Per title. I'm interested in all time controls. This record isn't in the Wikipedia list of Chess records.

Related: Youngest Player to beat a reigning World Champion? which asks for the youngest player.

Allure
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  • [classical, rapid, blitz but only regular open chess not women's, women's WFRCC or open WFRCC right?](https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/33832/what-are-all-the-world-chess-championships-such-that) – BCLC Feb 13 '23 at 06:02
  • Yeah, the question is about the world champion, not the women's world champion (although that could be a natural follow-up question). – Allure Feb 13 '23 at 06:53
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    Start with Korchnoi and then work yourself up (in age) :-) – Hauke Reddmann Feb 15 '23 at 20:19
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    Specifically, my best search result [age 63] was https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1038811 – Hauke Reddmann Feb 15 '23 at 20:28

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The best I could find:

  • Former World Champion Emanuel Lasker at 67 years, 8 months, 1 day defeating Max Euwe in Nottingham (1936).
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