| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| champion of cause |
advocate
,
proponent
|
| Russian chess master who was world champion from 1975 until 1985 when he was defeated by Gary Kasparov (born in 1951) |
Anatoli Karpov
,
Anatoli Yevgenevich Karpov
,
Karpov
|
| United States chess master; world champion from 1972 to 1975 (born in 1943) |
Bobby Fischer
,
Fischer
,
Robert James Fischer
|
| Russian chess master who moved to Paris; world champion from 1969 to 1972 (born in 1937) |
Boris Spassky
,
Boris Vasilevich Spassky
,
Spassky
|
| competition at which a champion is chosen |
championship
|
| status of being a champion |
championship
,
title
|
| United States heavyweight boxing champion (1866-1933) |
Corbett
,
Gentleman Jim
,
James John Corbett
,
Jim Corbett
|
| award given to the champion |
crown
,
pennant
|
| United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (1895-1983) |
Dempsey
,
Jack Dempsey
,
Manassa Mauler
,
William Harrison Dempsey
|
| Azerbaijani chess master who became world champion in 1985 by defeating Anatoli Karpov (born in 1963) |
Gary Kasparov
,
Gary Weinstein
,
Kasparov
|
| United States lecturer and writer who was blind and deaf from the age of 19 months; Anne Sullivan taught her to read and write and speak; Helen Keller graduated from college and went on to champion the cause of blind and deaf people (1880-1968) |
Helen Adams Keller
,
Helen Keller
,
Keller
|
| United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (born in 1966) |
Michael Gerald Tyson
,
Mike Tyson
,
Tyson
|
| rights, protector and champion of |
tribune
|
| soccer tournament held every four years between national soccer teams to determine a world champion |
World Cup
|
