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Jacob Aagaard Jacob Aagaard (born 31 July 1973) is a Danish-Scottish chess grandmaster and the 2007 British Chess Champion. Biography In 2004, Aagaard took second place in the Scottish Chess Championship. In 2005, he took first place in the Scottish Champ ...
(Denmark, Scotland, born 1973) *
Manuel Aaron Manuel Aaron (born 30 December 1935) is the first Indian people , Indian chess chess master, master in the second half of the 20th century. He dominated chess in India in the 1960s to the 1980s, was the Indian Chess Championship , national c ...
(India, born 1935) *
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(Azerbaijan, born 1995) * István Abonyi (Hungary, 1886–1942) *
Gerald Abrahams Gerald Abrahams (15 April 1907 – 15 March 1980) was an English chess player, author, and barrister. Chess career He is best known for the Abrahams Defence of the Semi-Slav, also known as the Abrahams– Noteboom Variation, or the Noteboom ...
(England, 1907–1980) * Tatev Abrahamyan (Armenia, US, born 1988) *
Hasan Abbasifar Hasan Abbasifar (; born 11 August 1972) is an Iranian-Spanish Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster, titled in 2013. He was a member of the Iran chess national team. Awards Hassan Abbassifar is the first international grandmaster of Shiraz and ...
(Iran, born 1972) * Farid Abbasov (Azerbaijan, born 1979) * Jude Acers (US, born 1944) *
Péter Ács Péter Ács (born 10 May 1981 in Eger, Hungary) is a Hungarian chess grandmaster (GM). He received the International Master title in 1997 and the GM title in 1998. In 2001, he won the World Junior Chess Championship. In 2002, he won the Essent to ...
(Hungary, born 1981) * Weaver Adams (US, 1901–1963) * Tanitoluwa Adewumi (Nigeria, US, born 2010) *
Utut Adianto Utut Adianto Wahyuwidayat (born 16 March 1965), commonly known as Utut Adianto is an Indonesian politician and chess player, who is serving as a member of the People's Representative Council since 2009. A member of the Indonesian Democratic Part ...
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András Adorján András Adorján (born András Jocha; 31 March 1950 – 11 May 2023) was a Hungarian Chess Grandmaster (1973) and author. He adopted his mother's maiden name, Adorján, in 1968. Chess career In 1969–1970, Adorján secured the title of ...
(Hungary, 1950–2023) * Vladimir Afromeev (Russia, born 1954) *
Simen Agdestein Simen Agdestein (born 15 May 1967) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster, chess coach, author, and former professional footballer as a striker for the Norway national football team. Agdestein won nine Norwegian Chess Championships between 1982 a ...
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Evgeny Agrest Evgeny Agrest (born 15 August 1966 in Vitebsk, Belarus) is a Soviet-born Swedish chess grandmaster (1997). In 1994, he graduated with a degree in Economics and in the same year emigrated to Sweden. He is four-time Swedish champion (1998, 2001, ...
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Georgy Agzamov Georgy Tadzhikhanovich Agzamov (September 6, 1954, Tashkent – August 27, 1986, Sevastopol) was a Soviet chess Grandmaster, the first from Central Asia. He became an International Master in 1982 and was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1984. ...
(Uzbekistan, 1954–1986) *
Carl Ahues Carl Oscar Ahues (26 December 1883, Bremen – 31 December 1968, Hamburg) was a German chess International Master. Chess career He was Berlin champion in 1910 and shared 3rd place at the strong Berlin tournament of 1926 (Efim Bogoljubow won) ...
(Germany, 1883–1968) *
James Macrae Aitken James Macrae Aitken (27 October 1908 – 3 December 1983) was a Scottish chess player. Aitken was born in Calderbank, Lanarkshire, Scotland. In 1938 he received a PhD from Edinburgh University on the topic of 'The Trial of George Buchanan Before ...
(Scotland, 1908–1983) *
Ralf Åkesson Ralf Åkesson (born 8 February 1961) is a Swedish chess player. He was awarded by FIDE the titles of International Master (IM) in 1981 and Grandmaster (GM) in 1995, and by ICCF the title of Senior International Correspondence Master (SIM) in 2 ...
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Anna Akhsharumova Anna Akhsharumova (; born 9 January 1957, Moscow) is a Woman Grandmaster of chess. Chess career She won the Women's Soviet Chess Championship in 1976 and 1984, and won the 1987 U.S. Women's Chess Championship with a perfect score. She playe ...
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Varuzhan Akobian Varuzhan Akobian (, born 19 November 1983 in Yerevan, Soviet Union) is an Armenian-born American chess Grandmaster. Originally from Armenia, he now resides in St. Louis. He played on the bronze medal-winning U.S. team in the 2006 and 2008 Ches ...
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Vladimir Akopian Vladimir Akopian (, ; born December 7, 1971) is an Armenian- American chess Grandmaster. Career Akopian was born in Baku, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union. He won the World Under-16 Championship in 1986 at the age of 14 and ...
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Mohammed Al-Modiahki Mohammed Ahmed Al-Modiahki (; born June 1, 1974) is a chess Grandmaster. He was the first player in Qatar to earn the title of grandmaster, and is the country's highest ranked player. He was awarded the trophy of the ''Player of the Century with ...
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Semyon Alapin Semyon Zinovyevich Alapin (; – 15 July 1923) was a Russian chess player, openings analyst, and puzzle composer. He was also a linguist, railway engineer and a grain commodities merchant. Biography Born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, into a Je ...
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Vladimir Alatortsev Vladimir Alexeyevich Alatortsev (, pronounced "a LAH tart sev"; 14 May 1909 – 13 January 1987) was a Soviet chess player, author, and administrator. During his career, he became champion of both Leningrad and Moscow, and played in the S ...
(Russia, 1909–1987) *
Adolf Albin Adolf Albin (14 September 1848 – 22 March 1920) was a Romanian chess player. He is best known for the countergambit that bears his name and for authoring the first chess book written in Romanian. Life He was born in Bucharest, Romania t ...
(Romania, 1848–1920) *
Lev Alburt Lev Osipovich Alburt (born August 21, 1945) is an American chess Grandmaster, writer and coach. He was born in Orenburg, Russia, and became three-time Ukrainian Champion. After defecting to the United States in 1979, he became three-time U.S ...
(Russia, US, born 1945) *
Alexander Alekhine Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhine. He disliked when Russians sometimes pronounced the of as , , which he regarded as a Yiddish distortion of his name, and insisted that the correct Russian pronunciation was . (March 24, 1946) was a Russian ...
(Russia, France 1892–1946) *
Alexei Alekhine Alexei (Alexey) Alekhine (, ''Alekséy Aleksándrovich Alékhin'', 1888–1939) was a Russian chess master and the brother of World Chess Champion Alexander Alekhine. His father was a wealthy landowner, a Marshal of the Nobility and a member of ...
(Russia, 1888–1939) *
Grace Alekhine Grace Norton Eisler Peeke Freeman Bromley Alekhine (born Grace Norton Wishaar; 26 October 1876 – 21 February 1956) was an American-British- French artist, chess master, and the fourth and last wife of World Chess Champion Alexander Alekhine, w ...
(US, England, France 1876–1956) *
Aleksej Aleksandrov Aleksej Aleksandrov (born 11 May 1973) is a Belarusian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1997. Aleksandrov is a five-time Belarusian champion and played on the Belarusian national team at the Chess Olympiad, the Wor ...
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Kirill Alekseenko Kirill Alexeyevich Alekseenko (; born 22 June 1997) is a Russian-born chess grandmaster who currently plays for Austria. Personal life Alekseenko was born in Vyborg, and moved to Saint Petersburg as a child. His father was a soldier and his mo ...
(Russia, born 1997) * Evgeny Alekseev (Russia, born 1985) * Hugh Alexander (England, 1899–1974) *
Aaron Alexandre Aaron (Albert) Alexandre (, around 1765/68 in Hohenfeld, Franconia – 16 November 1850 in London, England) was a Germans, German–French people, French–English people, English chess player and writer. Aaron Alexandre, a Bavarian trained as a ...
(Germany, France, England 1765–1850) *
Nana Alexandria Nana Alexandria ( ka, ნანა გიორგის ასული ალექსანდრია, ''Nana Giorgis asuli Aleksandria''; born 13 October 1949) is a Georgian chess player. A three-time Soviet women's champion, she was the c ...
(Georgia, born 1949) * Johann Baptist Allgaier (Germany, Austria, 1763–1823) *
Zoltán Almási Zoltán Almási (born August 29, 1976) is a Hungarian chess player. Awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1993, he is a nine-time Hungarian champion, winning in 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2019. Almási has competed ...
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Izak Aloni Izak (Izhak, Itzchak) Aloni (Schächter) (; 5 April 1905 – 2 June 1985) was an Israeli chess master. Biography Aloni, born Schächter in Buchach, Galicia (then Austria-Hungary), was twice Lvov (Lemberg, Lwów, Lviv) champion (1936, 1939), a ...
(Poland, Israel, 1905–1985) *
Yoel Aloni Yoel Aloni (; September 30, 1937 – September 9, 2019) was an Israeli chess master and problemist. He was the twin brother of Hillel Aloni (1937–2017). He played twice for Israel in Chess Olympiads. * In 1964, at fourth board in 16th Chess ...
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Boris Alterman Boris Alterman (, ; born May 4, 1970) is a Ukrainian-born Israeli chess International Grandmaster, Grandmaster, FIDE Senior Trainer (2010), advisor of the Junior (chess program), Junior chess program. He started playing chess at the age of 7. H ...
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Friedrich Amelung Friedrich Ludwig Balthasar Amelung ( – ) was a Baltic German cultural historian, businessman and chess endgame composer. Amelung was born at Võisiku () manor in Governorate of Livonia of the Russian Empire (present-day Jõgeva County in Eston ...
(Estonia, Latvia, 1842–1909) *
Bassem Amin Bassem Amin (; born 9 September 1988) is an Egyptian chess grandmaster and medical doctor. He was awarded the Grandmaster title by FIDE in 2006. Amin is the highest rated Egyptian and African player and the only medical doctor to have a FIDE pea ...
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Farrukh Amonatov Farrukh Amonatov (; born 13 April 1978 in Dushanbe) is a Tajikistani chess grandmaster. Along with Magaram Magomedov, they are the only Grandmasters of Tajikistan. Amonatov is also the winner of many international tournaments and recently won ...
(Tajikistan, born 1978) * Bruce Amos (Canada, born 1946) * An Yangfeng (China, born 1963) *
Viswanathan Anand Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster. Anand is a five-time World Chess Champion, a two-time World Rapid Chess Champion, a two-time Chess World Cup Champion and a World Blitz Chess Cup Champion. ...
(India, born 1969) * Erik Andersen (Denmark, 1904–1938) * Frank Anderson (Canada, 1928–1980) * Hope Arthurine Anderson (Jamaica, 1950–2016) *
Adolf Anderssen Karl Ernst Adolf Anderssen (6 July 1818 – 13 March 1879)"Anderssen, Adolf" in ''Encyclopædia Britannica, The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 385. was a German chess master. ...
(Germany, 1818–1879) *
Ulf Andersson Ulf Andersson (born 27 June 1951) is a leading Swedish chess player. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1970 and the Grandmaster title in 1972. Chess career At his peak, Andersson reached number four on the FIDE rating list. ...
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Dmitry Andreikin Dmitry Vladimirovich Andreikin (, born 5 February 1990) is a Russian chess grandmaster, World Junior Chess Champion in 2010 and two-time Russian Chess Champion (2012 and 2018). He won the Tashkent leg of FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15 and finish ...
(Russia, born 1990) * Zaven Andriasian (Armenia, born 1989) *
Dejan Antić Dejan Antić (; born 9 December 1968) is a Serbian chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster. Biography In March 1988 he won the Belgrade Open. In 1989, Antic became a FIDE Master (FM). In 1991 he became an International Master (IM) a ...
(Serbia, born 1968) *
Rogelio Antonio Jr. Rogelio Antonio Jr. (born February 19, 1962) is a Filipino chess grandmaster, who was awarded the title in 1993. He is affectionately known as "Joey" Antonio or GM Joey. Antonio finished tied for 3rd-8th places in the 2009 Asian Chess Champion ...
(Philippines, born 1962) *
Vladimir Antoshin Vladimir Sergeyevich Antoshin (; 14 May 1929 in Moscow – 13 May 1994) was a Soviet chess Grandmaster, a theoretician and a national champion of correspondence chess. Student Olympiad performances As a young man, he was a high achiever, princ ...
(Russia, 1929–1994) * Oskar Antze (Germany, 1878–1962) * Manuel Apicella (France, born 1970) *
Izaak Appel Izaak (Isaak) Appel (1905–1941) was a Jewish-Polish chess master. Biography In 1926, he took 12th place in the Warsaw (1st POL-ch) competition, which was won by Dawid Przepiórka. In 1929, he took 2nd place, behind Teodor Regedziński, in the ...
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Fricis Apšenieks Fricis Apšenieks ( Old orthography: ''Fritzis Apscheneek''; 7 April 1894 in Tetele, Courland Governorate – 25 April 1941 in Riga, Latvian SSR) was a Latvian chess master. Biography * In 1924, Apšenieks finished 2nd place, behind Hermanis Mat ...
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Lev Aptekar Lev Isaakovich Aptekar (born 26 November 1936 in Kyiv, USSR) is a Soviet–New Zealand - Australian chess master, coach and writer. Career He finished 15th in the Kiev championship of 1963. In the mid-1970s, he left the Soviet Union for New Zea ...
(Ukraine, New Zealand, born 1936) *
José Joaquín Araiza José Joaquín Araiza Vázquez (23 March 1900 – 27 September 1971) was a Mexican chess master. In 1926 in Mexico City, Araiza took second place, behind Carlos Torre. In 1928, he tied for twelfth/fourteenth place in The Hague (Amateur World Cha ...
(Mexico, 1900–1971) *
Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (née Arakhamia; born ) is a Georgian (former Soviet Union)-born Scottish Chess Grandmaster. Chess career In 1985, she won the World Junior Chess Championship for Girls, held in Dobrna (and taking silver in Adelaide t ...
(Georgia, born 1968) * Mehrdad Ardeshi (Iran, born 1979) * Walter Arencibia (Cuba, born 1967) *
Alexander Areshchenko Alexander Areshchenko (; born June 15, 1986) is a Ukrainian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster in 2002. He has competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2005, 2009, 2013, 2015 and 2021. Career In 2000, Areshchenko won the Under 14 ...
(Ukraine, born 1986) *
Keith Arkell Keith Charles Arkell (born 8 January 1961) is an English chess Grandmaster. He won the English Chess Championship in 2008. In 2014 he was European Senior (50+) Champion, and, later in the year, tied for first in the World Senior (50+) Champio ...
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Romanas Arlauskas Romanas Arlauskas (11 June 1917 – 22 September 2009) was an Australian chess player of Lithuanian origin who held the ICCF title of Correspondence Chess Grandmaster. Arlauskas played at sixth board (+4 –7 =7) in an unofficial Chess Olympia ...
(Lithuania, Australia, 1917–2009) * Jón Árnason (Iceland, born 1960) * Dagur Arngrímsson (Iceland, born 1987) *
Levon Aronian Levon Grigori Aronian (; born 6 October 1982) is an Armenian chess grandmaster who has represented the United States since 2021. A chess prodigy, he earned the title of grandmaster in 2000, at the age of 17. He is a former world rapid and blit ...
(Armenia, born 1982) *
Lev Aronin Lev Solomonovich Aronin (; 20 July 1920, Kuibyshev – 4 October 1982, Moscow) was a Soviet International Master of chess. He was a meteorologist by profession. Early years Lev Solomonovich Aronin played in eight USSR Chess Championships, wh ...
(Russia, 1920–1983) *
Vladislav Artemiev Vladislav Mikhailovich Artemiev (; born 5 March 1998) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former chess prodigy. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster in 2014. Artemiev is the 2019 European Chess Champion. He won the individual board perform ...
(Russia, born 1998) *
Andreas Ascharin Andreas Ascharin (, ''Andrey Aleksandrovich Asharin''; in Pärnu – in Riga) was a Baltic German-Russian chess master. Ascharin's father was Russian, his mother was from a Baltic German family. He read law in Dorpat (now Tartu). Between 1875 ...
(Estonia, Latvia, 1843–1896) *
Jacob Ascher Jacob Gottschalk Ascher (18 February 1841, Plymouth, England – 12 October 1912, New York City, United States) was a British–Canadian chess master. He was the son of Isaac Gottschalk Ascher, and brother to Isidor, Albert, Hyman, and Eva. Asc ...
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Konstantin Aseev Konstantin Aseev (October 20, 1960 – August 22, 2004) was a Russian chess Grandmaster and trainer. Among his tournament successes were first at Leningrad 1989 with 9/13 (beating Leonid Yudasin and Alexander Khalifman among others) and second ...
(Russia, 1960–2004) *
Maurice Ashley Maurice Ashley (born March 6, 1966) is a Jamaican and American chess player, author, and commentator. In 1999, he earned the FIDE title of Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster (GM). Ashley is well known as a commentator for high-profile chess even ...
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Karen Asrian Karen Asrian (; 24 April 1980 – 9 June 2008) was an Armenian chess player. Awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1998, he was a three-time Armenian champion. Asrian was a member of the gold medal-winning Armenian team in the 37th Chess ...
(Armenia, 1980–2008) *
Bibisara Assaubayeva Bibisara Assaubayeva ( Kazakh: Бибісара Асаубаева, Bibısara Asaubaeva; born 26 February 2004) is a Kazakhstani chess player. Assaubayeva holds the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster. She is a two-time Women's ...
(Kazakhstan, Russia, born 2004) *
Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn al-‘Abbās al-Ṣūlī (Arabic: ) (born c. 870 Gorgan – died between 941 and 948 Basra) was a Turkic scholar and a court companion of three Abbāsid caliphs: al-Muktafī, his successor al-Muqtadir, and ...
(Abbasid Caliphate, c.880–946) *
Lajos Asztalos Lajos Asztalos (; 29 July 1889 – 1 November 1956) was a Hungarian- Yugoslavian chess International Master, professor, and teacher of languages. At the beginning of his career, he tied for sixth-eighth at the 1911 Hungarian Chess Championship; ...
(Austria-Hungary, Yugoslavia, Hungary, 1889–1956) *
Ekaterina Atalik Ekaterina Atalik (née Polovnikova; born 14 November 1982 in Kirov) is a Russian- Turkish chess player, who holds the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She won the European Youth Chess Championship in the under-1 ...
(Russia, Turkey, born 1982) *
Suat Atalık Suat Atalık (born October 10, 1964) is a Turkish-Bosnian chess grandmaster. He is a three-time Turkish Chess Champion and the first Turkish chess-player ever to obtain title of chess Grandmaster. Chess career He was born in Turkey in 1964, r ...
(Turkey, born 1964) * Henry Atkins (England, 1872–1955) * Arnold Aurbach (Poland, France, c.1888–1952) *
Yuri Averbakh Yuri Lvovich Averbakh (; 8 February 1922 – 7 May 2022) was a Russian chess grandmaster and author. He was chairman of the USSR Chess Federation from 1973 to 1978. Averbakh was the first centenarian FIDE Grandmaster. Despite his eyesight and ...
(Russia, c.1922–2022) *
Valeriy Aveskulov Valeriy Aveskulov (; born January 31, 1986, in Antratsyt, Ukraine) is a chess Grandmaster (2006) and Ukrainian Champion in 2007. In 2006, he won the Femida Tournament in Kharkiv and tied for 4th–6th with Mikhailo Oleksienko and Nazar Firma ...
(Ukraine, born 1986) * Herbert Avram (US, 1913–2006) *
Boris Avrukh Boris Leonidovich Avrukh (; born 10 February 1978 in Ukraine, Soviet Union) is a chess grandmaster, author, and buinessman. Avrukh has published several books, including ''The Classical Slav''. He was the World Under-12 champion in 1990. Books ...
(Israel, born 1978)


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Alexander Baburin Alexander Evgenyevich Baburin (, ''Aleksandr Yevgen'yevich Baburin''; born 19 February 1967) is a Russian-Irish grandmaster of chess. He was born in Gorky, and has been living in Dublin, Ireland since 1993. He is editor-in-chief of the e-mail d ...
(Russia, Ireland, born 1967) *
Étienne Bacrot Étienne Bacrot (; born 22 January 1983) is a French chess Grandmaster (chess), grandmaster, and as a child, a chess prodigy. He competed at the World Chess Championship 2007, Candidates Matches in 2007 and won the Aeroflot Open in 2009. He pas ...
(France, born 1983) *
Paul Baender Paul Baender, also known in Spanish as Pablo Baender (30 November 1906 – 18 December 1985), was a German–Bolivian chess player and functionary. Born in Rosdzin, now part of Katowice, Upper Silesia, he moved to Görlitz in 1921. When Nazis cam ...
(Germany, Bolivia, 1906–1985) *
Giorgi Bagaturov Giorgi Bagaturov (born November 28, 1964) is a Georgian-Armenian chess grandmaster. He is a three-time Georgian Chess Champion and won the World Senior Championship's over-50 section in 2016. Chess career In 1997, Bagaturov tied for first thr ...
(Georgia, born 1964) * Amir Bagheri (Iran, born 1978) *
Camilla Baginskaite Camilla Baginskaite (; born 24 April 1967) is a Lithuanian and American chess player. She was awarded the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) by FIDE in 2002. Biography Baginskate was born in Vilnius. Her mother is the painter Gintautėlė Laimut ...
(Soviet Union, Lithuania, US, born 1967) *
Vladimir Bagirov Vladimir Konstantinovich Bagirov (; ; August 16, 1936 – July 21, 2000) was a Soviet- Latvian chess player, author, and trainer. He played in ten USSR Championships, with his best result being fourth place in his debut in 1960. Bagirov was wo ...
(USSR, Latvia, 1936–2000) *
Mary Bain Mary Weiser Bain (August 8, 1904 – October 26, 1972) was an American chess master. Biography She was born in or near Ungvár, Kárpátalja, Hungary, which is now Uzhhorod, Zakarpattia oblast, Ukraine, into an assimilated Jewish family. Under ...
(US, 1904–1972) *
David Graham Baird David Graham Baird (3 December 1854 in New York City – 8 October 1913 in Elizabeth, New Jersey) was an American chess master. He was the brother of John Washington Baird, who was also an American chess master. A writer in the ''New York Times'', ...
(US, 1854–1913) *
Vladimir Baklan Vladimir Baklan (; 25 February 1978, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. Career In 2000 he won with the Ukrainian team a gold medal in the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Ukrainian team at t ...
(Ukraine, born 1978) *
Yuri Balashov Yuri Sergeyevich Balashov (; born 12 March 1949) is a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1973. Chess career Born in Shadrinsk, Balashov was awarded the grandmaster title in 1973. Balashov was champion of ...
(Russia, born 1949) * Rosendo Balinas Jr. (Philippines, 1941–1998) *
Zoltán von Balla Zoltán von Balla (31 August 1883, Budapest – 1 April 1945, Budapest) was a Hungarian chess champion. In 1904, Balla took 11th place in Coburg (14 DSB Congress, B tournament). In 1905, he took 10th place in Vienna. In 1906, he won the first H ...
(Hungary, 1883–1945) * Csaba Balogh (Hungary, born 1987) * János Balogh (Romania, Hungary, 1892–1980) * Julio Balparda (Uruguay, c. 1900–1942) * Amikam Balshan (Israel, born 1948) * Hristos Banikas (Greece, born 1978) *
Anatoly Bannik Anatoly Alexandrovich Bannik (December 1921, in Kyiv – 19 January 2013) was a Ukrainian chess Master. He was a five-time Ukrainian champion, and qualified for the Soviet Chess Championship final seven times. He was among the top half-dozen Ukra ...
(Ukraine, 1921–2013) *
David Baramidze David Baramidze ( ka, დავით ბარამიძე, ''Davit' Baramidze''; born September 27, 1988) is a German chess Grandmaster. Baramidze was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. He obtained the title of Grandmaster in 2004, which made him t ...
(Georgia, Germany, born 1988) *
Zsigmond Barász Zsigmond Barász (January 1878 – 28 May 1935, Budapest) was a Hungarian chess master. He took 2nd, behind Zoltán von Balla, at Győr in 1906 (the first Hungarian Championship) losing one match to him (0.5 : 2.5) there; took 9th at Budapest in ...
(Hungary, 1878–1935) * Abraham Baratz (Romania, France, 1895–1975) *
Gerardo Barbero Gerardo Fabián Barbero (21 August 1961 – 4 March 2001) was an Argentine chess grandmaster. He was born in Lanús, Buenos Aires, and raised in Rosario, Santa Fe. Barbero came fifth in the World Junior Chess Championship of 1978. He was Arg ...
(Argentina, Hungary, 1961–2001) * Oliver Barbosa (Philippines, born 1986) *
Gedeon Barcza Gedeon Barcza (August 21, 1911 – February 27, 1986) was a Hungarian chess Grandmaster (chess), grandmaster. He was eight-time Hungarian Chess Championship, chess champion of Hungary. Chess career In 1940, Barcza took third place, behind Max E ...
(Hungary, 1911–1986) *
Olaf Barda Olaf Barda (17 August 1909 – 2 May 1971 in Oslo), born Olaf M. Olsen, was a Norwegian chess player. He was the first Norwegian awarded the chess title of International Master, which he received in 1952. Barda won the Norwegian Chess Champion ...
(Norway, 1909–1971) *
Curt von Bardeleben Curt Carl Alfred von Bardeleben (4 March 1861 – 31 January 1924) was a German chess master, journalist, and member of the German nobility. Biography Curt von Bardeleben started playing chess when he was ten years old and quickly developed into ...
(Germany, 1861–1924) *
Leonard Barden Leonard William Barden (born 20 August 1929, in South Croydon, London) is an English chess master, writer, broadcaster, journalist, organizer and promoter. The son of a dustman, he was educated at Whitgift School, South Croydon, and Balliol ...
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Evgeny Bareev Evgeny Ilgizovich Bareev (; born 21 November 1966) is a Russian-Canadian chess player, trainer, and writer. Awarded the FIDE Grandmaster title in 1989, he was ranked fourth in the world in the international rankings in 1992 and again in 2003, w ...
(Russia, born 1966) *
Robert Henry Barnes Robert Henry Barnes (2 October 1849 – January 1916) was a British–German chess player. He played in Germany, at Frankfurt 1884 (4th scoring 7.5/11); at Frankfurt 1887 (5th DSB Congress, ''Hauptturnier A'', 1st scoring 8/9, and ''Sieger ...
(England, New Zealand 1849–1916) *
Thomas Wilson Barnes Thomas Wilson Barnes (1825–1874) was an English chess master, one of the leading British masters of his time. Chess history Barnes was one of the leading British chess masters at the time of Paul Morphy's visit to the UK in 1858. Barnes had ...
(England, 1825–1874) * Alexei Barsov (Uzbekistan, born 1966) *
Mateusz Bartel Mateusz Bartel (born 3 January 1985) is a Polish chess Grandmaster. He won the Polish Chess Championship in 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2012. Career Bartel learnt to play the game at the age of 6 from his father when he and his younger brother were ...
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John Bartholomew John Bartholomew Jr (25 December 1831 – 30 March 1893) was a Scottish cartographer. Life Bartholomew was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father, John Bartholomew Sr, started the cartographical establishment in Edinburgh, and he was train ...
(US, born 1986) * Dibyendu Barua (India, born 1966) * Cerdas Barus (Indonesia, born 1961) *
Michael Basman Michael John Basman (16 March 194626 October 2022) was an English chess player and author. He was awarded the title of International Master in 1980. Chess career Once described by Murray Chandler as "the most bizarre player in the universe", B ...
(England, born 1946) *
Christian Bauer Christian Bauer (born 11 January 1977) is a French chess grandmaster and author. He is a three-time French Chess Champion (1996, 2012, 2015). In 2005 he won the 2nd Calvia Chess Festival. In 2009, came first at Vicente Bonil ahead of 21 GMs an ...
(France, born 1977) *
Johann Hermann Bauer Johann Hermann Bauer (23 June 1861 – 5 April 1891) was an Austrian chess master. Biography Bauer was born on 23 June 1861 in Kotopeky in Bohemia, Austrian Empire (now the Czech Republic). His father was an estate owner in Kotopeky and a formal ...
(Bohemia, Austria, 1861–1891) * Friedrich Baumbach (Germany, 1935–2025) * Albert Becker (Austria, Germany, Argentina 1896–1984) *
Anjelina Belakovskaia Anjelina Mikhailovna Belakovskaia (born May 17, 1969) is an American chess player holding the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is a three-time U.S. women's champion, with victories in 1995, 1996, and 1999. Biography Belakovskaia grew ...
(Ukraine, US, born 1969) *
Liudmila Belavenets Liudmila Sergeyevna Belavenets (; also transliterated Lyudmila Sergeevna Belavenets; 7 June 1940 – 7 November 2021) was a Russian chess player. Biography Born in Moscow, she was the daughter of Russian chess master Sergey Belavenets. In cor ...
(Russia, 1940–2021) *
Sergey Belavenets Sergey Vsevolodovich Belavenets (; 18 July 19106 March 1942) was a Soviet chess master, theoretician, and chess journalist. Early life Belavenets was born in Smolensk to a noble family with a long history of serving in the Russian navy. He a ...
(Russia, 1910–1942) * Dina Belenkaya (Russia, Israel, born 1993) *
Alexander Beliavsky Alexander Genrikhovich Beliavsky (, , ; also romanized ''Belyavsky''; born December 17, 1953) is a Soviet, Ukrainian and Slovenian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1975. He is also a chess coach and in 2004 wa ...
(Ukraine, Slovenia, born 1953) * Slim Belkhodja (Tunisia, born 1962) *
Jana Bellin Jana Bellin (''née'' Malypetrová; born 9 December 1947) is a British, formerly Czechoslovak chess player. She was awarded the Woman International Master chess title in 1969 and the Woman Grandmaster title in 1982. Bellin was born in Prague, C ...
(Czechoslovakia, England, born 1947) * Zdzisław Belsitzmann (Poland, c. 1890–1920) * Levi Benima (Netherlands, 1837–1922) *
Clarice Benini Clarice Benini (8 January 1905 – 6 September 1976) was an Italian chess player. She was awarded the title International Woman Master by FIDE in 1950. Benini was born in Florence. In 1936, she finished second, behind Sonja Graf, in Semmering, A ...
(Italy, 1905–1976) *
Joel Benjamin Joel Lawrence Benjamin (born March 11, 1964) is an American chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM). In 1998, he was voted "Grandmaster of the Year" by the U.S. Chess Federation. Life and career Benjamin is a native of Bro ...
(US, born 1964) * Francisco Benkö (Germany, Argentina, 1910–2010) *
Pal Benko Pal Charles Benko (; July 15, 1928 – August 25, 2019) was a Hungarian and American chess grandmaster, author, and composer of endgame studies and chess problems. Early life Benko was born on July 15, 1928, in Amiens, France, where his ...
(France, Hungary, US, 1928–2019) *
Dávid Bérczes Dávid Bérczes (born 14 January 1990) is a Hungarian people, Hungarian chess Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 2005 and the Grandmaster title in 2008. Chess career He tied for 3rd–6th with Ev ...
(Hungary, born 1990) *
Emanuel Berg Emanuel Berg (born 28 December 1981) is a Swedish chess grandmaster. He is a two-time Swedish Chess Champion. First moves and playing style As a youngster, he made solid progress and was consequently selected to represent his country in the va ...
(Sweden, born 1981) *
Béla Berger Béla Berger (12 August 1931, Szombathely, Hungary – December 2005, Sydney, Australia) was a Hungarian-Australian chess master. He took 5th in the Hungarian Chess Championship, Hungarian Championship at Budapest 1953 (Béla Sándor won). In 1 ...
(Hungary, Australia, 1931–2005) *
Johann Berger Johann Nepomuk Berger (11 April 1845, Graz – 17 October 1933) was an Austrian chess master, theorist, endgame study composer, author and editor. In September 1870, he won the first tournament in the Austro-Hungarian Empire at Graz. In 1875, ...
(Austria, 1845–1933) *
Victor Buerger Victor Buerger (Berger) (29 January 1904 – 1996) was a Ukrainian–British chess player. Biography Buerger was born in Mykolaiv, Ukraine (then Russian Empire) and became a member of London Chess Club. Tournament results In 1923, Buerger tied ...
(Ukraine, England, 1904–1996) * Nils Bergkvist (Sweden, 1900–?) *
Teodors Bergs Teodors Bergs (Theodore Berg) (27 July 1902, in Riga – 3 October 1966, in Riga) was a Latvian chess master. In 1926, he took 2nd, behind Vladimirs Petrovs, and shared 2nd, behind Fricis Apšenieks in Riga. He took 3rd at Riga 1930 (Movsas Feig ...
(Latvia, 1902–1966) *
Hans Berliner Hans Jack Berliner (January 27, 1929 – January 13, 2017) was an American chess player, and was the World Correspondence Chess Champion, from 1965–1968. He was a Grandmaster of Correspondence Chess. Berliner was a Professor of Computer ...
(Germany, US, 1929–2017) *
Ivar Bern Ivar Bern (born 20 January 1967) is a Norwegian chess player, most famous for being the seventeenth World Correspondence Chess Champion, 2002–2007. In chess he received the FIDE title of International Master (IM) in 1990. In correspondence ch ...
(Norway, born 1967) *
Karl Berndtsson Karl Mathias Berndtsson Kullberg (16 March 1892 – 29 September 1943) was a Swedish chess master who was born and died in Gothenburg. He won at Copenhagen 1916, and lost a match for the Swedish Chess Championship to Gustaf Nyholm (1½–3½) in ...
(Sweden, 1892–1943) * Jacob Bernstein (US, ?–1958) *
Ossip Bernstein Ossip Samoilovich Bernstein (20 September 1882 – 30 November 1962) was a French chess player and businessman. He was one of the inaugural recipients of the title Grandmaster (chess), International Grandmaster from FIDE in 1950. Biography Born ...
(Ukraine, France, 1882–1962) *
Sidney Norman Bernstein Sidney Norman Bernstein (13 July 1911, in New York City – 30 January 1992, in New York City) was an American chess master. He tied for 2nd-4th in Marshall Chess Club Championship at New York 1930/31 (Arthur Dake won), tied for 6-7th in New York ...
(US, 1911–1992) *
Mario Bertok Mario Bertok (2 September 1929 – 20 August 2008) was a Croatian chess master and sports journalist, writing for the ''Sportske novosti'' daily sports newspaper. He was born in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. Bertok earned the International Master t ...
(Croatia, 1929–2008) * Katarina Beskow (Sweden, 1867–1939) * Louis Betbeder Matibet (France, 1901–1986) *
Kārlis Bētiņš Kārlis Bētiņš (; 27 October 1867, Bērzmuiža – 28 March 1943, Riga) was a Latvian chess master and composer of studies. He tied for 3rd-5th place at Riga 1899 (the 1st Baltic Congress, his brother Roberts Bētiņš won), took 3rd place at ...
(Latvia, 1867–1943) *
Siegmund Beutum Siegmund Beutum (8 April 1890 – 17 February 1966) was an Austrian chess master. He lived in Vienna, where he played in several tournaments. He won in 1926 (an unofficial Austrian Chess Championship), shared 4th (''Hexagonal'', Baldur Hönling ...
(Austria, 1890–1966) *
Vinay Bhat Vinay Subrahmanya Bhat (born June 4, 1984) is an American chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) Chess career Junior years Bhat first learned to play chess at the age of 6. His mother taught him and his older brother, H ...
(US, born 1984) *
Carlos Bielicki Carlos Bielicki (15 May 1940 – 9 September 2024) was an Argentine chess master. In 1958, he won the Argentine Junior Championship. In 1959, Bielicki was World Junior Chess Champion, winning the tournament in Münchenstein and earning the Inte ...
(Argentina, born 1940) *
Martin Bier Martin (Max) Bier (1 April 1854 – August 1934) was a German chess master. 168. Geburtstag von Martin Bier († 80) Schachmeister des 19. Jahrhunderts vom Hamburger SK. War mehr als 60 Jahre Mitglied im Verein. He won at Wesselburen 1879, took 4t ...
(Germany, 1854–1934) * Horace Bigelow (US, 1898–1980) *
István Bilek István Bilek (11 August 1932 – 20 March 2010) was a Hungarian chess grandmaster. He was a three-time Hungarian Chess Champion. Biography Bilek was a three-time Hungarian Champion (1963, 1965, and 1970), and he played in interzonals in 196 ...
(Hungary, 1932–2010) *
Paul Rudolf von Bilguer Paul Rudolf (or Rudolph) von Bilguer (21 September 1815 – 16 September 1840) was a German chess master and chess theoretician from Ludwigslust in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Bilguer, who was a lieutenant in the Prussian arm ...
(Germany, 1815–1840) *
Maurice Billecard Maurice (Moritz) Billecard (3 August 1876, in Lure – 8 December 1940) was a French chess master. He tied for 7-8th at Paris 1896 (Dawid Janowski won), tied for 14-15th at Munich 1900 (the 12th DSB Congress, Géza Maróczy, Harry Pillsbury and ...
(France, 1876–?) *
Reefat Bin-Sattar Reefat Bin-Sattar (born 25 July 1974) is a Bangladeshi chess grandmaster. Career Bin-Sattar earned the International Master title in 1993 and Grandmaster title in 2005. All three of his GM qualifying norms were obtained at tournaments held in D ...
(Bangladesh, born 1974) * Henry Bird (England, 1830–1908) *
Nathan Birnboim Nathan Birnboim (; born 27 November 1950, in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli chess International master. Birnboim played for Israel in five Chess Olympiads. * In 1976, at second reserve board in 22nd Olympiad in Haifa (+2 -1 =3); * In 1978, at first re ...
(Israel, born 1950) *
Klaus Bischoff Klaus Bischoff (born 9 June 1961 in Ulm) is a German chess player who was awarded the Grandmaster title by FIDE in 1990. In international tournaments, he has taken a share of first place on a number of occasions, including Kecskemét 1988, Ar ...
(Germany, born 1961) *
Arthur Bisguier Arthur Bernard Bisguier (October 8, 1929April 5, 2017) was an American chess player, chess promoter, and writer who held the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM). Bisguier won two U.S. Junior Championships (1948, 1949), three U.S. Open Chess Cham ...
(US, 1929–2017) * Peter Biyiasas (Greece, Canada, born 1950) * Dimitrije Bjelica (Serbia, born 1935) * Roy Turnbull Black (US, 1888–1962) *
Joseph Henry Blackburne Joseph Henry Blackburne (10 December 1841 – 1 September 1924) was a British chess player. Nicknamed "The Black Death", he dominated the British scene during the latter part of the 19th century. Blackburne learned the game at the relatively late ...
(England, 1841–1924) *
Armand Blackmar Armand Edward Blackmar, was born in Vermont in 1826, to parents Reuben Harmon and Amanda (Cushman) Blackmar. Armand, with his brother, Henry, was the founder of Blackmar Brothers, a music publishing company. Begun in 1860, this publishing company w ...
(US, 1826–1888) * Joseph Henry Blake (England, 1859–1951) *
Abram Blass Moshe Aba Blass (; born 1896, Łomża, Poland - 1971, Tel-Aviv, Israel) was a Polish-Israeli chess master. Born in Łomża (then Russian Empire), he moved to the US, staying from 1911 to 1924. After returning to Poland, he lived in Warsaw. In 192 ...
(Poland, Israel, 1895–1971) *
Ottó Bláthy Ottó Titusz Bláthy (11 August 1860 – 26 September 1939) was a Hungarian electrical engineer. During his career he became the co-inventor of the modern electric transformer, the voltage regulator, the AC watt-hour meter, the turbo genera ...
(Hungary, 1860–1939) *
Max Blau Max Blau (19 December 1918, Munich – 1984, Bern) was a Swiss chess master. He won the Swiss Chess Championship four times (1953, 1955, 1956, and 1967), and was awarded the International Master title in 1953. Blau represented Switzerland in Ches ...
(Germany, Switzerland, 1918–1984) *
Ludwig Bledow Dr Ludwig Erdmann Bledow (27 July 1795, Berlin – 6 August 1846, Berlin) was a German chess master and chess organizer (co-founder of the Berlin Pleiades). In 1846 he founded the first German chess magazine, ''Schachzeitung der Berliner Schachges ...
(Germany, 1795–1846) *
Paweł Blehm Paweł Blehm (born 17 April 1980 in Olkusz) is a Polish chess grandmaster (2001). He took part in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2000, but was knocked out in the first round by Smbat Lputian. He played for Poland in the Chess Olympiad of 200 ...
(Poland, born 1980) * Dirk Bleijkmans (Netherlands, Indonesia, 1875–?) * Yaacov Bleiman (Lithuania, Israel, 1947–2004) * Calvin Blocker (US, born 1955) *
Claude Bloodgood Claude Frizzell Bloodgood III (alias: Klaus Frizzel Bluttgutt III; July 14, 1937 – August 4, 2001) was a controversial American chess player. As a young man, he got into trouble with the law and was arrested several times. He was sentenced to ...
(US, 1937–2001) * Oscar Blum (Lithuania, France, born before 1910) *
Benjamin Blumenfeld Benjamin Blumenfeld (24 May 1884, Vilkaviškis – 5 March 1947, Moscow) was a Russian chess master. He was born in Vilkaviškis, in the Suwałki Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Lithuania). In 1905/06 he tied for second/third wit ...
(Belarus, Russia, 1884–1947) * Max Blümich (Germany, 1886–1942) * Boris Blumin (Russia, Canada, US, 1907–1998) *
Milko Bobotsov Milko Georgiev Bobotsov (; 30 September 1931, in Plovdiv – 3 April 2000, in Sofia, BulgariaПоч ...
(Bulgaria, 1931–2000) * Dmitry Bocharov (Russia, born 1982) *
Samuel Boden Samuel Standidge Boden (born 4 May 1826 in East Retford, Nottinghamshire; d. 13 January 1882 in Bedford Square, London) was an English professional chess master. The mating pattern "Boden's Mate" was named after the mate that occurred in one of ...
(England, 1826–1882) *
Fedor Bogatyrchuk Fedir Parfenovych Bohatyrchuk (also ''Bogatirchuk'', ''Bohatirchuk'', ''Bogatyrtschuk''; ; ; 27 November 1892 – 4 September 1984) was a Ukrainian–Canadian chess player, doctor of medicine (radiologist), political activist, and writer. Russ ...
(Ukraine, Canada, 1892–1984) *
Efim Bogoljubow Efim Bogoljubow, also known as Efim Dimitrijewitsch Bogoljubow (April 14, 1889 – June 18, 1952), was a Russian-born German Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster. Early career Bogoljubow learned how to play chess at 15 years old, and dev ...
(Ukraine, Germany, 1889–1952) *
Paolo Boi Paolo Boi (1528–1598) was an Italian chess player. He is considered to have been one of the greatest chess players of the 16th century. In 1549, he beat Pope Paul III in a chess match. Early life He was born in Syracuse, Italy, Syracuse, Sicil ...
(Italy, 1528–1598) *
Jacobo Bolbochán Jacobo Bolbochán (26 December 1906 – 29 July 1984) was an Argentine chess master. He played many times in the Argentine Chess Championships. He won twice (1931 and 1932), both ahead of Isaías Pleci. In 1933, he took 2nd, behind Luis Piazzini ...
(Argentina, 1906–1984) *
Julio Bolbochán Julio Bolbochán (20 March 1920 – 28 June 1996) was the Argentine chess champion in 1946 and 1948. Career He learned the game from his older brother, Jacobo Bolbochán, later an International Master. He represented Argentina in seven Chess ...
(Argentina, 1920–1996) *
Isaac Boleslavsky Isaac Yefremovich Boleslavsky (, ; 9 June 1919 – 15 February 1977) was a Soviet chess grandmaster and writer. Early career Born in Zolotonosha in Ukraine to Jewish parents, Boleslavsky taught himself chess at age nine. In 1933, he became sch ...
(Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, 1919–1977) *
Victor Bologan Victor (Viorel) Bologan (born 14 December 1971) is a List of Moldovans, Moldovan chess player and author. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster by FIDE in 1991. Career Bologan won the first two editions of the Poikovsky A ...
(Moldova, born 1971) *
Igor Bondarevsky Igor Zakharovich Bondarevsky (; May 12, 1913 – June 14, 1979) was a Soviet Russian chess player, trainer, and chess author. He held the title of Grandmaster in both over-the-board and correspondence chess. Bondarevsky shared the 1940 Soviet t ...
(Russia, 1913–1979) *
Eero Böök Eero Einar Böök (9 February 1910 – 7 January 1990) was a Finnish chess player and engineer. Chess career A five-time Finnish champion who represented his country six times in the Chess Olympiad, Böök was awarded the International Master ...
(Finland, 1910–1990) *
Valentina Borisenko Valentina Mikhaylovna Borisenko (née Belova; ; Cherepovets, 28 January 1920 – Saint Petersburg, 6 March 1993) was a Soviet chess player. She was a five-time winner of the Women's Soviet Championship: 1945, 1955, 1957, 1960, and 1961 (a recor ...
(Russia, 1920–1993) *
Olexandr Bortnyk Olexandr Bortnyk (born 18 October 1996) is a Ukrainian chess player. He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 2015, at the age of 19. A former chess prodigy, Bortnyk is considered one of the strongest online players in Blitz and Bullet. In 201 ...
(Ukraine, born 1996) *
Alexandra Botez Alexandra Valeria Botez ( ; born 1995) is an American-born Canadian chess player, poker player, online streamer and YouTuber. In chess, she holds the FIDE title of FIDE titles#Woman FIDE Master (WFM), Woman FIDE Master (WFM) and has a peak Elo rat ...
(US, Canada, born 1995) *
Andrea Botez Andrea Cecilia Cristina Botez ( ; born April 6, 2002) is a Canadian chess player, commentator, DJ and internet personality. She is mostly known as part of the BotezLive Twitch channel with her sister Alexandra Botez. She is also credited as one ...
(US, Canada, born 2002) * Tea Bosboom-Lanchava (Netherlands, Georgia, born 1974) * George Botterill (England, Wales, born 1949) *
Mikhail Botvinnik Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik (; ;  – May 5, 1995) was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who held five world titles in three different reigns. The sixth World Chess Champion, he also worked as an electrical engineer and computer sci ...
(Russia, 1911–1995) *
Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais (1795 – December 1840) was a French chess master, possibly the strongest player in the early 19th century. Early life La Bourdonnais was born on the island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean in 1795. He w ...
(France, 1795–1840) * César Boutteville (Vietnam, France, 1917–2015) * Olena Boytsun (Ukraine, born 1983) * Julius Brach (Czechoslovakia, 1881–1938) *
Gyula Breyer Gyula "Julius" Breyer (30 April 1893 Budapest – 9 November 1921) was a Hungarian chess player and 1912 Hungarian national champion. Chess career In 1912, Breyer won the Hungarian championship in Temesvar. In a 1920 tournament in Berlin, he f ...
(Hungary, 1893–1921) * Alfred Brinckmann (Germany, 1891–1967) *
Mirko Bröder Mirko (Imre) Bröder, or Broeder, Broder, Breder (1911–1943) was a Hungarian–born Yugoslav chess master. Born in Budapest, he grew up in Novi Sad, Voivodina (then Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes), where he studied law. He won a simu ...
(Hungary, Serbia, 1911–1943) *
Miklós Bródy Miklós Bródy (30 March 1877 – 17 December 1949) was a Hungarian–Romanian composer, conductor, and chess master. Bródy was born in Nagykároly, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary, now Carei, Romania; he died, aged 72, in Cluj-Napoca, ...
(Hungary, Romania, 1877–1949) *
Vladimir Bron Vladimir Akimovich Bron (14 September 1909, Mykolaiv – 1985, Sverdlovsk, USSR) was a Soviet chess master and problemist. Born into a Jewish family in Nikolaev (currently Mykolaiv), near Kherson, he was one of the leading scientists of the refrac ...
(Ukraine, 1909–1985) *
David Bronstein David Ionovich Bronstein (; February 19, 1924 – December 5, 2006) was a Soviet chess player. Awarded the title of International Grandmaster by FIDE in 1950, he narrowly missed becoming World Chess Champion in World Chess Championship 195 ...
(Ukraine, 1924–2006) *
Walter Browne Walter Shawn Browne (10 January 1949 – 24 June 2015) was an Australian-born American chess and poker player. Awarded the title Grandmaster (GM) by FIDE in 1970, he won the U.S. Chess Championship six times. Early years Browne was born to ...
(Australia, US, 1949–2015) *
Agnieszka Brustman Agnieszka Brustman (born 31 July 1962) is a Polish chess player holding the title of woman grandmaster. She has been the Polish women's champion four times and competed in the Candidates' tournament for the Women's World Championship twice. Biog ...
(Poland, born 1962) *
Lázaro Bruzón Lázaro Bruzón Batista (born 2 May 1982 in Holguín) is a Cuban-American chess grandmaster. He is a former World Junior Champion, two-times American Continental champion, two-time Iberoamerican champion and six-time Cuban champion. Bruzón ...
(Cuba, born 1982) *
Stellan Brynell Stellan Brynell (born September 28, 1962) is a Swedish chess grandmaster. He became Swedish champion in 1991 and in 2005. He represents the Swedish club Limhamns SK. Team events He represented Sweden in the Chess Olympiads of 1992, 1998, 2000, ...
(Sweden, born 1962) *
Bu Xiangzhi Bu Xiangzhi (; born December 10, 1985) is a Chinese chess player. In 1999, he became the 10th grandmaster from China at the age of 13 years, 10 months and 13 days, at the time the youngest in history. In April 2008, Bu and Ni Hua became the s ...
(China, born 1985) *
Henry Thomas Buckle Henry Thomas Buckle (24 November 1821 – 29 May 1862) was an English historian, the author of an unfinished ''History of Civilization'' and a strong amateur chess player. He is sometimes called "the Father of Scientific History". Early life a ...
(England, 1821–1862) * Gerardo Budowski (Germany, France, Venezuela, Costa Rica, 1925–2014) * Wincenty Budzyński (Poland, France, 1815–1866) *
Nataliya Buksa Nataliya Ihorivna Buksa (; born November 6, 1996) is a Ukrainian chess player. Career She won the Girls' World Junior Chess Championship in 2015. By doing so she became a Woman Grandmaster (WGM), and qualified for the Women's World Chess Champ ...
(Ukraine, born 1996) * Constant Ferdinand Burille (France, US, 1866–1914) *
Amos Burn Amos Burn (31 December 1848 – 25 November 1925) was an English chess player, one of the world's leading players at the end of the 19th century, and a chess writer. Burn was born on New Year's Eve, 1848, in Hull.Richard Forster, ''Amos Burn: ...
(England, 1848–1925) *
Algimantas Butnorius Algimantas Butnorius (20 February 1946 – 30 October 2017) was a Lithuanian chess grandmaster and world seniors champion in 2007. From 2014 he represented Monaco. Chess career He won the Lithuanian Chess Championship on ten occasions: in 1967, ...
(Lithuania, 1946–2017) *
Elisabeth Bykova Elisaveta Ivanovna Bykova (or ''Elisabeth Bykova'', Russian: Елизаве́та Ива́новна Бы́кова; 4 November 1913 – 8 March 1989) was a Soviet chess player and twice Women's World Chess Champion, from 1953 until 1956, and a ...
(Russia, 1913–1989) *
Donald Byrne Donald Byrne (June 12, 1930 – April 8, 1976) was an American university professor and chess player. He held the title International Master, and competed for his country in the Chess Olympiad on several occasions. Biography Born in New York Ci ...
(US, 1930–1976) * Robert Byrne (US, 1928–2013) * Bhupendra Niraula (Nepal, 1981)


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Florencio Campomanes Florencio Campomanes (22 February 1927 – 3 May 2010) was a Filipino political scientist, chess player, and chess organizer. Education Campomanes was born in Manila and earned his B.A. in political science from the University of the Philip ...
(Philippines, 1927–2010) *
Daniel Cámpora Daniel Hugo Cámpora (born 30 June 1957, in San Nicolás de los Arroyos) is an Argentine chess grandmaster and a twice Argentine champion, in 1986 and 1989. He finished runner-up in 1978 and 1987. Chess career In 1975 he became Argentine j ...
(Argentina, born 1957) *
Esteban Canal Esteban Canal (April 19, 1896 – February 14, 1981) was a leading Peruvian chess player who had his best tournament results in the 1920s and 1930s. Born in Chiclayo, Peru, he later lived in Italy, and died in Varese. As a chess player Canal wa ...
(Peru, Italy, 1896–1981) * Arianne Caoili (Australia, 1986–2020) *
José Raúl Capablanca José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera (19 November 1888 – 8 March 1942) was a Cuban chess player who was the third World Chess Championship, world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. A chess prodigy, he was widely renowned for his exceptional Chess ...
(Cuba, 1888–1942) *
Rodolfo Tan Cardoso Rodolfo Tan Cardoso (25 December 1937 – 21 August 2013) was a Filipino chess player. He was awarded the International Master title by FIDE in 1957, making him the first Asian to achieve it. Cardoso was born in Anda, Pangasinan. In 1956, he w ...
(Philippines, 1937–2013) *
Ruth Cardoso Ruth Vilaça Correia Leite Cardoso Ordem do Infante D. Henrique, GCIH (19 September 1930 – 24 June 2008) was a Brazilian anthropologist and a member of the faculty of philosophy, letters and human sciences at the University of São Paulo ( ...
(Brazil, 1934–2000) *
Carl Carls Carl Carls (16 September 1880, Varel – 11 September 1958, Bremen) was a German chess Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game ...
(Germany, 1880–1958) *
Magnus Carlsen Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen (born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster. Carlsen is a five-time World Chess Championship, World Chess Champion, five-time World Rapid Chess Championship, World Rapid Chess Champio ...
(Norway, born 1990) * Pontus Carlsson (Sweden, born 1982) *
Horatio Caro Horatio Caro (5 July 1862 – 15 December 1920) was an English chess player. Caro was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, but spent most of his chess career in Berlin, Germany having moved there when he was two years old. He played several m ...
(England, Germany, 1862–1920) * Berna Carrasco (Chile, 1914–2013) *
Pietro Carrera Pietro Carrera (July 12, 1573 – September 18, 1647) was an Italian chess player, historian, priest and author. Biography Pietro Carrera born in Sicily, in Militello in Val di Catania (Province of Catania), located in the Valley of Noto; here ...
(Sicily, 1573–1647) *
Fabiano Caruana Fabiano Luigi Caruana (born July 30, 1992) is an Italian and American chess grandmaster who is the reigning four-time United States Chess Champion. With a peak rating of 2844, Caruana is the third-highest-rated player in history. Born in Mia ...
(Dual citizenship: US and Italy, born 1992) *
Vincenzo Castaldi Vincenzo Castaldi (15 May 1916, Marradi – 6 January 1970, Florence) was an Italian chess master. He won the Italian Chess Championship seven times, (1936, 1937, 1947 (jointly), 1948, 1952 (jointly), 1953, and 1959), and was an Italian correspond ...
(Italy, 1916–1970) * Mariano Castillo (Chile, 1905–1970) * Mišo Cebalo (Croatia, born 1945) * Giovanni Cenni (Italy, 1881–1957) * Alfonso Ceron (Spain, 1535–?) * Oscar Chajes (Ukraine, Austria, US, 1873–1928) * Ferenc Chalupetzky (Hungary, 1886–1951) * Edward Chamier (England, France, 1840–1892) * Chan Peng Kong (Singapore, born 1956) * Sandipan Chanda (India, born 1983) * Chang Tung Lo (China, born before 1960) *
Murray Chandler Murray Graham Chandler (born 4 April 1960, Wellington, New Zealand) is a New Zealand chess Grandmaster (chess), grandmaster. In the 1980s, he gained British citizenship and represented England at six Chess Olympiads. He has since returned to Ne ...
(New Zealand, England, born 1960) * Pascal Charbonneau (Canada, born 1983) *
Rudolf Charousek Rudolf Charousek (; 19 September 1873 – 18 April 1900) was a Czech born Hungarian chess player. One of the top ten players in the world during the 1890s, he had a short career, dying at the age of 26 from tuberculosis. Reuben Fine wrote of h ...
(Hungary, 1873–1900) *
Chantal Chaudé de Silans Chantal Chaudé de Silans (9 March 1919, Versailles (city), Versailles – 6 September 2001, Grasse) was a French chess player and Woman International Master. She also participated in the Men's/Open competitions. She learned how to play the g ...
(France, 1919–2001) *
Valery Chekhov Valery Alexandrovich Chekhov (Russian: Валерий Чехов; born 27 November 1955) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Junior Chess Champion (1975). In the mid-1980s, Chekhov and his wife (who is also a professional chess playe ...
(Russia, born 1955) *
Vitaly Chekhover Vitaly Alexandrovich Chekhover (also spelled Tschechower or Czechower, pronounced "chekh a VYAIR") () (December 22, 1908 – February 11, 1965) was a Soviet chess player and chess composer. He was also a pianist. Composing career In the beg ...
(Russia, 1908–1965) * Chen De (China, born 1949) *
Ivan Cheparinov Ivan Cheparinov (; born November 26, 1986) is a Bulgarian chess Grandmaster (chess), grandmaster. He is a four-time Bulgarian Chess Championship, Bulgarian champion (2004, 2005, 2012, 2018). Cheparinov competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2005, 2007, ...
(Bulgaria, born 1986) * Alexander Cherepkov (Russia, 1920–2009) *
Irving Chernev Irving Chernev (January 29, 1900 – September 29, 1981) was a chess player and prolific Ukrainian-born American chess author. He was born in Pryluky, Ukraine, then a part of the Russian Empire and emigrated to the United States in 1905. Cherne ...
(Russia, US, 1900–1981) * Tykhon Cherniaiev (Ukraine, born 2010) *
Alexander Chernin Alexander Mikhailovich Chernin (; born 6 March 1960) is a Soviet-born Hungarian chess grandmaster and trainer. Tournaments and championships Born in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, as a youth he frequently succeeded in tournaments and climbed rapidly ...
(Ukraine, Hungary, born 1960) *
Konstantin Chernyshov Konstantin Valeryevich Chernyshov (, born June 11, 1967) is a Russian chess grandmaster (2000) and a chess coach. In 2008 he tied for 1st–8th with Vugar Gashimov, David Arutinian, Yuriy Kryvoruchko, Sergey Fedorchuk, Andrei Deviatkin, Vasil ...
(Russia, born 1967) *
André Chéron André Chéron may refer to: * André Chéron (chess player) (1895–1980), French chess player, theorist, and composer * André Cheron (actor) André Cheron (born André Louis Duval; 24 August 1880 – 26 January 1952) was a French-born Ameri ...
(France, 1895–1980) *
Maia Chiburdanidze Maia Chiburdanidze ( ka, მაია ჩიბურდანიძე; born 17 January 1961) is a Georgian chess Grandmaster. She is the sixth Women's World Chess Champion, a title she held from 1978 to 1991, and was the youngest one until ...
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Mikhail Chigorin Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin (also ''Tchigorin''; ; – ) was a Russian chess player. He played two World Championship matches against Wilhelm Steinitz, losing both times. The last great player of the Romantic chess style, he also served as a ma ...
(Russia, 1850–1908) *
Larry Christiansen Larry Mark Christiansen (born June 27, 1956) is an American chess player of Danish ancestry. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1977. Christiansen was the U.S. champion in 1980, 1983, and 2002. He competed in the FIDE World Champ ...
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Vladimir Chuchelov Vladimir Chuchelov (; born 28 September 1969 in Moscow) is a Belgian chess grandmaster and professional trainer. Biography He won the Belgian Chess Championship in 2000. He appeared four times in the FIDE top 100, with a peak rating of 2608. T ...
(Russia, Belgium, born 1969) *
Slavko Cicak Slavko Cicak (born 25 October 1969) is a Swedish chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2001. He played for Sweden in the Chess Olympiad in 2006, 2008 and 2010 and in the European Team Chess Championship in 2007. In 2005 ...
(Montenegro, Sweden, born 1969) * Roberto Cifuentes (Chile, Netherlands, Spain, born 1957) *
Victor Ciocâltea Victor Ciocâltea (January 16, 1932 – September 10, 1983) was a Romanian chess player. He was awarded the International Master title in 1957 and the International Grandmaster title in 1978. Among his notable games is the one at the 15th Ches ...
(Romania, 1932–1983) * Hermann Clemenz (Estonia, 1846–1908) *
Albert Clerc Albert Clerc (June 25, 1830, Besançon – June 10, 1918, Saint-Denis-en-Val) was a French chess master. Chess career He won at Paris 1856, tied for 9-10th at Paris 1878 (Johannes Zukertort and Szymon Winawer won), took 2nd, behind Samuel Rosent ...
(France, 1830–1918) *
Viktorija Čmilytė Viktorija may refer to: * Viktorija (given name), including a list of people with this name * Viktorija (singer), Serbian singer See also * Viktoriya * Viktoria (disambiguation) * Victoria (disambiguation) * Viktor (disambiguation) * Victor ...
(Lithuania, born 1983) * John Cochrane (England, 1798–1878) *
Erich Cohn Erich Cohn (, March 1, 1884, Berlin – August 28, 1918, France) was a German chess master. He won or tied for 1st in several tournaments in Berlin (1902, 1905, 1906, 1909/10, 1914). In strong tournaments, he tied for 11-12th at Berlin 1903 ( ...
(Germany, 1884–1918) * Wilhelm Cohn (Germany, 1859–1913) *
Edgard Colle Edgard Colle (18 May 1897 – 19 April 1932) was a Belgian chess master. He scored excellent results in major international tournaments, including first at Amsterdam 1926, ahead of Savielly Tartakower and future world champion Max Euwe; fi ...
(Belgium, 1897–1932) * John W. Collins (US, 1912–2001) * Eugene Ernest Colman (England, 1878–1964) * Camila Colombo (Uruguay, born 1990) *
Adrián García Conde Adrián García Conde (4 May 1886 – 13 May 1943) was a Mexican-British chess master. Born in Valladolid, Yucatán, Mexico, since age 4 he lived in Liverpool, Bradford, London, Hull, and then in London again. He won the Liverpool Chess Club Ta ...
(Mexico, England, 1886–1943) *
Stuart Conquest Stuart C. Conquest (born 1 March 1967 in Ilford, England) is an English chess Grandmaster, commentator and tournament director. Chess career In 1981, at the age of 14, he won the World Youth Chess Championship in the under-16 category. Conque ...
(England, born 1967) *
Anya Corke Anya Sun Corke (born 12 September 1990 in California, USA) is an American-born English chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She played for Hong Kong, where she was the top ranked chess player, until 2009. Career Corke e ...
(England, Hong Kong, born 1990) * Nicolaas Cortlever (Netherlands, 1915–1995) * Juan Corzo (Cuba, 1873–1941) * Carlo Cozio (Italy, c. 1715 – c. 1780) * Spencer Crakanthorp (Australia, 1885–1936) * Anna Cramling (Spain, Sweden, born 2002) *
Pia Cramling Pia Ann Rosa-Della Cramling (born 23 April 1963) is a Swedish chess grandmaster. Since the early 1980s, she has been one of the strongest female players in the world as well as the highest-rated woman in the FIDE World Rankings on three occasio ...
(Sweden, born 1963) * Robert Crépeaux (France, 1900–1994) * Walter Cruz (Brazil, 1910–1967) *
István Csom István Csom (2 June 1940 – 28 July 2021) was a Hungarian chess player who held the FIDE titles of Grandmaster and International Arbiter. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1967 and the Grandmaster title in 1973. He was Hun ...
(Hungary, 1940–2021) * Miguel Cuéllar (Colombia, 1916–1985) * Josef Cukierman (Poland, France, 1900–1941) * John Curdo (US, 1931–2022) * Ognjen Cvitan (Croatia, born 1961) * Hieronim Czarnowski (Poland, France, Austria-Hungary, 1834–1902) *
Moshe Czerniak Moshe Czerniak (born Moizes Czerniak, also knowns as Miguel Czerniak; ; 3 February 1910 – 31 August 1984) was a Polish-Israeli chess player. He was awarded the title of International Master (IM) by FIDE in 1952. Biography In 1930 Moshe Czern ...
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Arthur Dake Arthur William Dake (April 8, 1910 – April 28, 2000) was an American chess player. He was born in Portland, Oregon and died in Reno, Nevada. Biography Born Artur Darkowski, his father was of Polish and his mother of Norwegian ancestry (Edwar ...
(US, 1910–2000) *
Pedro Damiano Pedro Damiano (; ''Damiano'' is the Italian form, much like the Latin ''Damianus''; 1480–1544) was a Portuguese chess player. A native of Odemira, he was a pharmacist by profession. He wrote ''Questo libro e da imparare giocare a scachi et d ...
(Portugal, 1480–1544) *
Mato Damjanović Mato Damjanović (23 March 192712 February 2011) was a Croatian chess grandmaster who represented Yugoslavia in international team events. In 1964 he became the second Croatian grandmaster, after Mijo Udovčić. Damjanović represented Yugosla ...
(Croatia, 1927–2011) * Gösta Danielsson (Sweden, 1912–1978) *
Silvio Danailov Silvio Danailov (; born 21 April 1961) is a former Bulgarian chess player and International Master. He was a manager and coach of the Bulgarian men's national chess team (1993-2000) and manager and coach of two former FIDE world chess champions, ...
(Bulgaria, born 1961) * A. Polak Daniels (Netherlands, before 1855–after 1883) * Dawid Daniuszewski (Poland, 1885–1944) * Klaus Darga (Germany, born 1934) *
Alberto David Alberto David (born 26 March 1970) is a Luxembourgish-Italian chess grandmaster. He is a three-time Italian Chess Champion. Chess career David was born in Milan in 1970, and in 1974 moved with his parents to Luxembourg, where he learned to pla ...
(Luxembourg, born 1970) * Jacques Davidson (Netherlands, 1890–1961) * Nigel Davies (England, born 1960) * Boris de Greiff (Colombia, 1930–2011) *
Bogdan-Daniel Deac Bogdan-Daniel Deac (born 8 October 2001) is a Romanian chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he earned his grandmaster title at the age of 14 years, 7 months and 27 days. Deac crossed the 2700 barrier for the first time in September 2022, when he r ...
(Romania, born 2001) *
Frederick Deacon Frederick Horace Deacon (January 1829 – 20 November 1875, in Brixton, London) was a British chess master. He is mainly notable for spurious claims to have drawn against Paul Morphy, making himself both notorious and unpopular. He won a match ag ...
(Belgium, 1829–1875) * Chakkravarthy Deepan (India, born 1987) *
Nick de Firmian Nicholas Ernest de Firmian (born July 26, 1957) is an American chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1985. He is a three-time U.S. chess champion, winning in 1987 (with Joel Benjamin), 1995, and 1998. He also tied f ...
(US, born 1957) * Marigje Degrande (Belgium, born 1992) *
Aleksander Delchev Aleksander Delchev (; born 15 July 1971) is a Bulgarian chess player and writer currently representing Serbia. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1997. Delchev won the Bulgarian Chess Championship in 1994, 1996 and 2001. He playe ...
(Bulgaria, born 1971) *
Eugene Delmar Eugene Delmar (September 12, 1841, New York – February 22, 1909, New York), was one of the leading United States chess masters of the 19th century and the four-time New York State champion in 1890, 1891, 1895 and 1897. He won a match against R ...
(US, 1841–1909) *
Yelena Dembo Yelena Dembo (born December 8, 1983) is a Greek chess player, who holds the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster. She is also a chess teacher and author. Family background Dembo was born on December 8, 1983, in Penza, Russia. Sh ...
(Russia, Israel, Hungary, Greece, born 1983) *
Arnold Denker Arnold Sheldon Denker (February 21, 1914 – January 2, 2005) was an American chess player and author. He was U.S. champion in 1944 and 1946. In later years he served in various chess organizations, receiving recognition from the United States ...
(US, 1914–2005) * Erald Dervishi (Albania, 1979) * Alexandre Deschapelles (France, 1780–1847) * Andrei Deviatkin (Russia, born 1980) * Paul Devos (Belgium, 1911–1981) * André Diamant (Brazil, born 1990) * Mark Diesen (US, 1957–2008) * Julius Dimer (Germany, 1871–1945) * Nathan Divinsky (Canada, 1925–2012) * Rune Djurhuus (Norway, born 1970) *
Maxim Dlugy Maxim Alexandrovich Dlugy (born January 29, 1966) is an American chess player with the FIDE title of Grandmaster. He was born in Moscow, USSR, and arrived with his family in the United States in 1977. He was awarded the International Master ...
(Russia, US, born 1966) *
Josef Dobiáš Josef Dobiáš (24 December 1886 – 31 January 1981) was a Czech chess player. At the beginning of his career, he took 5th at Prague 1908 (B tournament), tied for 4–5th at Plzeň 1911, tied for 5–7th at Breslau 1912 (the 18th DSB Congress, ...
(Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, 1886–1981) * Yosef Dobkin (Russia, Israel, 1909–1977) * Stefan Docx (Belgium, born 1974) * Yury Dokhoian (Russia, 1964–2021) *
Sergey Dolmatov Sergey Viktorovich Dolmatov (born February 20, 1959) is a Russian Grandmaster of chess and former World Junior Chess Champion. Born in Kiselevsk in the former Soviet Union, Dolmatov's solid yet enterprising style of play was soon to launch h ...
(Russia, born 1959) * Lenier Dominguez (Cuba, born 1983) * Józef Dominik (Poland, 1894–1920) * Zadok Domnitz (Israel, born 1933) * Elena Donaldson (Russia, Georgia, US, 1957–2012) *
John W. Donaldson John William Donaldson (1924–2008) was a brigadier general in the United States Army. He served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. In the wake of the My Lai massacre conducted by units under the 11th Infantry Brigade that ...
(US, born 1958) *
Ivo Donev Ivo Donev (born 25 December 1959) is a Bulgarian, with Austrian passport, who is a professional chess and poker player. Chess His father, Hristo Donev was a national master at chess. Ivo Donev won the 1989 CSSR International Chess Tournament, ...
(Austria, born 1959) *
Jan Hein Donner Johannes Hendrikus (Hein) Donner (July 6, 1927 – November 27, 1988) was a Dutch chess grandmaster and writer. He was born in The Hague. His father Jan Donner was a prominent Dutch politician and judge. Donner won the Dutch Championship in 195 ...
(Netherlands, 1927–1988) * Iossif Dorfman (Ukraine, France, born 1952) *
Alexey Dreev Alexey Sergeyevich Dreev (, also transliterated as Aleksey or Alexei; born 30 January 1969) is a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster by FIDE in 1989. Career While being a promising young chess talent, ...
(Russia, born 1969) * Leonids Dreibergs (Latvia, US, 1908–1969) * Kurt Dreyer (Germany, South Africa, 1909–1981) * Tihomil Drezga (Croatia, US, 1903–1981) * Yuri Drozdovskij (Ukraine, born 1984) * Leroy Dubeck (US, born 1939) *
Serafino Dubois Serafino Dubois (10 October 1817 – 15 January 1899) was an Italian chess Master and chess writer. Dubois was certainly among the strongest players in the world during the 1850s. He was known for his writings on the game, and for his promotion o ...
(Italy, 1817–1899) *
Daniil Dubov Daniil Dmitrievich Dubov (; born 18 April 1996) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He achieved his final norm for the Grandmaster title at the age of 14 years, 11 months, 14 days in 2011. Dubov won the 2018 World Rapid Chess Championship held in S ...
(Russia, born 1996) *
Andreas Dückstein Andreas Dückstein (2 August 1927 – 28 August 2024) was an Austrian chess master. He was awarded the International Master title in 1956 and Honorary Grandmaster title in 2024. Dückstein was regarded as a dangerous attacker, as a win against W ...
(Hungary, Austria, born 1927) *
Jan-Krzysztof Duda Jan-Krzysztof Duda (; born 26 April 1998) is a Polish Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster. A Chess prodigy, prodigy, he achieved the grandmaster title in 2013 at the age of 15 years and . he is ranked No. 1 in Poland and No. 17 in the FIDE w ...
(Poland, born 1998) *
Jean Dufresne Jean Dufresne (14 February 1829 – 13 April 1893) was a German chess player and chess composer. He was a student of Adolf Anderssen, to whom he lost the "Evergreen game" in 1852. Life Dufresne was born and died in Berlin. The son of a wealthy J ...
(Germany, 1829–1893) * Andreas Duhm (Germany, Switzerland, 1883–1975) *
Dietrich Duhm Dietrich Duhm (1880 in Göttingen – 22 July 1954 in Gailingen am Hochrhein) was a German–Swiss chess master. Born in Göttingen, Germany, he was the brother of Hans Duhm and Andreas Duhm. His father, Bernhard Duhm, was a professor for Prote ...
(Germany, Switzerland, 1880–1954) * Hans Duhm (Germany, Switzerland, 1878–1946) *
Arthur Dunkelblum Arthur Dunkelblum (23 April 1906 – 27 January 1979) was a Polish-born Belgian chess master. Arthur Dunkelblum was born in Cracow (Kraków-Podgórze), Austria-Hungary. He played for Belgium in eleven Chess Olympiads: 1928, 1933, 1937, 1950, 19 ...
(Poland, Belgium, 1906–1979) *
Oldřich Duras Oldřich Duras (born Důras; 30 October 1882 – 5 January 1957) was a Czech chess master. He was among the leading chess masters of the early 20th century. Biography Duras was born on 30 October 1882 in Pchery, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. He cam ...
(Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, 1882–1957) * Fyodor Duz-Khotimirsky (Ukraine, 1879–1965) *
Mark Dvoretsky Mark Izrailevich Dvoretsky (; December 9, 1947 – September 26, 2016) was a Russian chess trainer, writer, and International Master. Biography Dvoretsky was born in Moscow in 1947. He learnt chess when he was around 5 or 6 years old. However, ...
(Russia, 1947–2016) * Joanna Dworakowska (Poland, born 1978) * Eduard Dyckhoff (Germany, 1880–1949) * Viacheslav Dydyshko (Belarus, born 1949) *
Boruch Israel Dyner Boruch Israël Dyner (27 September 1903 – 13 February 1979) was a Belgian–Israeli chess master. Born in Poland, he moved to Belgium. Dyner won thrice Belgian Chess Championship in 1932 (jointly with Victor Soultanbeieff), 1933 and 1935. He t ...
(Poland, Belgium, Israel, 1903–1979) * Semen Dvoirys (Russia, born 1958) *
Nana Dzagnidze Nana Dzagnidze ( ka, ნანა ძაგნიძე; born 1 January 1987) is a Georgian chess player. She was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2008. Dzagnidze was a member of the gold medal-winning Georgian team in the Women's Che ...
(Georgia, born 1987) *
Roman Dzindzichashvili Roman Yakovlevich Dzindzichashvili ( ka, რომან იაკობის-ძე ჯინჯიხაშვილი; pronounced ''jin-jee-khash-VEE-lee''; born May 5, 1944) is a Soviet-born Israeli-American chess player. He was awarded t ...
(Georgia, Israel, US, born 1944) *
Marat Dzhumaev Marat Dzhumaev (born 12 January 1976) is an Uzbekistani chess Grandmaster (2001) and twice national champion (2012, 2015). He played for Uzbekistan in the Chess Olympiads of 2000 and 2002, in the World Team Chess Championship of 2001 and in th ...
(Uzbekistan, born 1976) *
Ding Liren Ding Liren ( zh, c=丁立人; born 24October 1992) is a Chinese chess grandmaster who was the 17th World Chess Champion from 2023–24. He is also a three-time Chinese Chess Champion, was a member of the Chinese chess teams that won the Chess ...
(China, born 1992) * Emil Josef Diemer (Germany, 1908–1990)


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James Eade James V. Eade (born March 23, 1957) is an American chess master, chess administrator, chess tournament organizer, and chess book publisher. He holds the title of FIDE Master. He is best known for the books ''Chess for Dummies'' (1996) and ''The ...
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Zahar Efimenko Zahar Oleksandrovych Efimenko (; born 3 July 1985) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Ukrainian team at the 2010 Chess Olympiad. Efimenko competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2005, 2009 and 2011. Chess c ...
(Ukraine, born 1985) *
Marsel Efroimski Marsel Efroimski (; born February 13, 1995) is an Israeli chess player. She was awarded the title of International Master (IM) by FIDE in 2021. She is currently (December 2021) the top rated Israeli woman chess player. She was introduced to che ...
(Israel, born 1995) *
Jaan Ehlvest Jaan Ehlvest (born 14 October 1962) is an Estonian-American chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1987. Ehlvest was Estonian champion in 1986. Since 2006, he has represented the United States. He was named Estonian Athl ...
(Estonia, born 1962) * Louis Eichborn (Germany, 1812–1882) *
Rakhil Eidelson Rakhil Solomonovna Eidelson (born 14 November 1958) is a Belarusian chess Woman Grandmaster. She won the Belarusian Women's Chess Championship ten times (1980, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2003, and 2004). She played for Belarus in ...
(Belarus, born 1958) * Vereslav Eingorn (Ukraine, born 1956) *
Louis Eisenberg Louis R. Eisenberg (born 1876 – died ?) was a Ukrainian-American chess master. He was born in Odesa in 1876. After graduating from Nicholas College, he pursued journalism until, in 1901-1902, he won a chess tournament at Odesa 1901, and journ ...
(Ukraine, US, 1876–after 1909) * Bengt Ekenberg (Sweden, 1912–1986) *
Folke Ekström Nils Johan Folke Ekström (12 October 1906, in Lund – 25 January 2000, in Saltsjobaden) was a Swedish International Master (IM) of chess and of correspondence chess (IMC). He won the Swedish Championships in 1947 and 1948; Swedish Correspondenc ...
(Sweden, 1906–2000) *
Erich Eliskases Erich Gottlieb Eliskases (15 February 1913 – 2 February 1997) was a chess player who represented Austria, Germany and Argentina in international competition. In the late 1930s he was considered a potential contender for the World Championship. ...
(Austria, Germany, Argentina, 1913–1997) *
Pavel Eljanov Pavel Eljanov (; born 10 May 1983) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. He has won two team gold medals and one individual silver medal at the Chess Olympiads. He acted as a second for Boris Gelfand in the World Chess Championship 2007, Candidates ...
(Ukraine, born 1983) * Moissei Eljaschoff (Lithuania, 1870–1919) * John Emms (England, born 1967) * Peter Enders (Germany, 1963–2025) * Lūcijs Endzelīns (Estonia, Latvia, Australia, 1909–1981) *
Jens Enevoldsen Jens Evald Enevoldsen-Elsing (23 September 1907 – 23 May 1980) was a Danish chess master born in Copenhagen. Chess career Enevoldsen won the Danish Chess Championship five times (1940, 1943, 1947, 1948, and 1960). In 1939 he shared first but l ...
(Denmark, 1907–1980) *
Ludwig Engels Ludwig Engels (11 December 1905, Düsseldorf, Germany – 10 January 1967, São Paulo, Brazil) was a German–Brazilian chess master. Biography In 1928, Engels tied for 1st-2nd with van Nüss in Düsseldorf. In 1929, he took 4th in Cologne. In 192 ...
(Germany, Brazil, 1905–1967) *
Berthold Englisch Berthold Englisch (9 July 1851 in Hotzenplotz – 19 October 1897 in Vienna) was a chess master from Austria-Hungary. Englisch was born in Austrian Silesia, Austrian Empire into a Jewish family. He earned his living as a stock-market agent. He ...
(Austria, 1851–1897) *
David Enoch David Enoch (; 1901–1949) was an Israeli chess player. Biography David Enoch was born in Oświęcim in 1901. He emigrated to Berlin after the First World War. He tied for 6-7th at Berlin 1927 ( Alfred Brinckmann won), and took 10th at Berlin ...
(Israel, 1901–1949) *
Vladimir Epishin Vladimir Epishin (born 11 July 1965 in Leningrad) is a Russian chess grandmaster. Tournament play He finished third in the 58th USSR Chess Championship in 1991. He won the 1987 St. Petersburg Championship. Other tournament successes include ...
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Stefan Erdélyi Ștefan (Stefan, Stepan) Erdélyi (17 November 1905, in Temesvár (now Timișoara) – 26 October 1968, in Reșița) was a Hungarian–Romanian chess master. Born in Temesvár (then Austria-Hungary), he lived in Romania after World War I. He took ...
(Hungary, Romania, 1905–1968) * Hanna Ereńska (Poland, born 1946) *
Arjun Erigaisi Arjun Kumar Erigaisi (born 3 September 2003) is an Indian chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he earned the title of grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 11 months, 13 days. In September 2024 he became India's top rated player, and in December 2 ...
(India, born 2003) * Evgenij Ermenkov (Bulgaria, Palestine, born 1949) * Wilhelm Ernst (Germany, 1905–1952) * John Angus Erskine (New Zealand, Australia, 1873–1960) *
Andrey Esipenko Andrey Evgenyevich Esipenko (; born 22 March 2002) is a Russian Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster. He won the European Youth Chess Championship, European U10 Chess Championship in 2012, and both the European Youth Chess Championship, Europea ...
(Russia, born 2002) *
Yakov Estrin Yakov Borisovich Estrin (Russian: Я́ков Бори́сович Эстрин, April 21, 1923 – February 2, 1987) was a Russian chess player, chess theoretician, writer, and World Correspondence Chess Champion who held the chess titles of In ...
(Russia, 1923–1987) *
Max Euwe Machgielis "Max" Euwe (; May 20, 1901 – November 26, 1981) was a Dutch chess player, mathematician, author, and chess administrator. He was the fifth player to become World Chess Championship, World Chess Champion, a title he held from 1935 ...
(Netherlands, 1901–1981) * Larry M. Evans (US, 1932–2010) *
William Davies Evans Captain William Davies Evans (27 January 1790 – 3 August 1872) was a seafarer and inventor best known today for the Evans Gambit, a chess opening. Biography Early life Evans was born at St Dogwells, Pembrokeshire, Wales. He almost certain ...
(Wales, 1790–1872) * Alexander Evensohn (Ukraine, 1892–1919) *
Győző Exner Győző (Gyözö) R. Exner (December 22, 1864 – October 14, 1945) was a Hungarian chess master. Born in Beregszász (Berehove, ''Yiddish'': בערעגסאז), Carpathian Ruthenia (then Hungary, now Ukraine), he moved to Budapest. He shared 2nd ...
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* Samuel Factor (Poland, US, 1883–1949) * Louisa Matilda Fagan (Italy, England, 1850–1931) * Hugo Fähndrich (Hungary, Austria, 1851–1930) *
Hans Fahrni Hans Fahrni (1 October 1874 in Prague – 28 May 1939 in Ostermundigen) was a Swiss chess master. In 1902, he took 12th in Hanover ( DSB Congress, B tournament, Walter John won). In 1904, he won in Coburg (DSB-Congress, B tournament). In 190 ...
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William Fairhurst William Albert Fairhurst (21 August 1903 – 13 March 1982) was an English bridge designer and international chess master. He was highly accomplished in both disciplines and for many years successfully divided his time between two careers. He ...
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Sammi Fajarowicz Sammi Fajarowicz (5 June 1908 in Möckern/Leipzig – 4 July 1940 in Leipzig) was a German chess master. Fajarowicz was born into a Jewish family with Ukrainian roots. He played several times in Leipzig championships; took 3rd in 1928, 2nd in 1929 ...
(Germany, 1908–1940) * Raphael Falk (Russia, 1856–1913) *
Ernst Falkbeer Ernst Karl Falkbeer (June 27, 1819 – December 14, 1885) was an Austrian chess Chess master, master and journalist. Life and chess career Falkbeer was born in Brünn in Austrian Empire (today known as Brno in the Czech Republic). He moved to Vi ...
(Austria-Hungary, 1819–1885) * Stefan Fazekas (Hungary, Czechoslovakia, England, 1898–1967) * Sergey Fedorchuk (Ukraine, born 1981) * Alexei Fedorov (Belarus, born 1972) *
John Fedorowicz John Peter Fedorowicz (born September 27, 1958) is an American chess player, coach, and writer from The Bronx, New York. Chess career Fedorowicz learned to play chess in 1972, inspired by the Fischer–Spassky World Championship Match coverage ...
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Vladimir Fedoseev Vladimir Vasilyevich Fedoseev (; born 16 February 1995) is a Russian chess grandmaster playing for Slovenia. He is the reigning European champion in Rapid chess and Chess960. He competed in the Chess World Cup in 2015, 2017, 2021 and 2023. Ca ...
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Movsas Feigins Movsas Feigins or Movša Feigin (28 February 1908 – 11 August 1950) was a Latvian chess master. Biography Movsas Feigins was born in Dvinsk (then Russian Empire, now Daugavpils, Latvia). He won at Riga 1930, and was Latvian Champion in 1932 (af ...
(Latvia, Argentina, 1908–1950) *
Rafał Feinmesser Rafał Feinmesser (1895 – ?) was a Polish chess master. He was murdered in the Holocaust in Warszawa. He played several times in the Warsaw championships. He tied for 5-6th in 1926 (Abram Blass and Paulin Frydman won), tied for 6-7th in 1927 ...
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Florin Felecan Florin Felecan (born April 7, 1981, in Brasov) is a chess International Master. Born in Romania, he resides in Skokie, Illinois, having moved there on July 17, 1997, along with his family. Chess career Felecan is a multiple-time former junior n ...
(Romania, US, born 1980) * Virgilio Fenoglio (Argentina, 1902–1990) * Arthur Feuerstein (US, born 1935) *
Alexandr Fier Alexandr Hilário Takeda Sakai dos Santos Fier (born 11 March 1988) is a Brazilian chess grandmaster. He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2023. Career Fier won five gold medals at the Pan American Youth Chess F ...
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Martha Fierro Martha Lorena Fierro Baquero (born September 6, 1977) is an American-born Ecuadorian chess player holding the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster, and FIDE International Organizer. She won the American Continental Women's Che ...
(Ecuador, born 1977) *
Miroslav Filip Miroslav Filip (27 October 1928 – 27 April 2009) was a Czech chess grandmaster. Filip was awarded the title of International Master in 1953, and the Grandmaster title in 1955. Filip represented Czechoslovakia in 12 consecutive Chess Olympiad ...
(Czech Republic, 1928–2009) *
Anton Filippov Anton Filippov (born 6 December 1986 in Tashkent) is an Uzbekistani chess Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster (2008). Career He won the Asian Junior Chess Championship, Asian Under 16 Chess Championship 2001 in Doha, and the Asian U18 Athletics Cha ...
(Uzbekistan, born 1986) *
Reuben Fine Reuben C. Fine (October 11, 1914 – March 26, 1993) was an American chess player, psychologist, university professor, and author of many books on both chess and psychology. He was one of the strongest chess players in the world from the mi ...
(US, 1914–1993) *
Ben Finegold Benjamin Philip Finegold (born September 6, 1969) is an American chess grandmaster and YouTuber/ Twitch streamer. He had previously been nicknamed the "strongest International Master in the United States" until receiving his Grandmaster (GM) t ...
(US, born 1969) * Julius Finn (Poland, US, 1871–1931) *
Nick de Firmian Nicholas Ernest de Firmian (born July 26, 1957) is an American chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1985. He is a three-time U.S. chess champion, winning in 1987 (with Joel Benjamin), 1995, and 1998. He also tied f ...
(US, born 1957) *
Alireza Firouzja Alireza Firouzja (, ; born 18 June 2003) is an Iranian and French Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster. Firouzja is the youngest player to have surpassed a FIDE Elo rating system, rating of 2800, beating the previous record set by Magnus Carls ...
(Iran, France, born 2003) * Robert James Fischer (US, Iceland, 1943–2008) *
Alex Fishbein Alexander Gregory Fishbein (born May 8, 1968 in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR as Aleksandr Grigoryevich Fishbein, Russian: Александр Григорьевич Фишбейн) is an American chess player with the FIDE title of Grandmaster ...
(US, born 1968) * Alexander Flamberg (Poland, 1880–1926) *
Alfred Flatow Alfred Flatow (3 October 1869 – 28 December 1942) was a Jews, Jewish Germany, German gymnastics, gymnast. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. He was murdered in the Holocaust. Biography Flatow was a successful competitor in 18 ...
(Germany, Australia, born 1937) *
Glenn Flear Glenn Curtis Flear (born 12 February 1959 in Leicester, England) is a British chess grandmaster now living in Montpellier, France. He is the author of several books, some on chess openings and some on the endgame. He was awarded the Internat ...
(England, born 1959) * Ernst Flechsig (Germany, 1852–1890) *
Bernhard Fleissig Bernhard (Bernát) Fleissig (1853 in Austrian Empire – 7 March 1931 in Vienna) was an Austrian chess master. Fleissig took 18th in the Vienna 1882 chess tournament (Wilhelm Steinitz and Szymon Winawer won), took 2nd, behind Vincenz Hruby, at Vi ...
(Hungary, Austria, 1853–1931) * Max Fleissig (Hungary, Austria, 1845–after 1882) *
János Flesch János Flesch (30 September 1933 – 9 December 1983) was a chess Grandmaster, chess writer and coach, born in Budapest, Hungary. He is best known for claiming a world record simultaneous blindfold exhibition when he played 52 opponents in Budap ...
(Hungary, 1933–1983) *
Salo Flohr Salomon Mikhailovich Flohr (November 21, 1908 – July 18, 1983) was a Czechoslovak and Soviet chess player and writer. He was among the first recipients of the title International Grandmaster from FIDE in 1950. Flohr dominated many tournam ...
(Ukraine, Czechoslovakia, Russia, 1908–1983) * Rodrigo Flores (Chile, 1913–2007) * Alberto Foguelman (Argentina, 1923–2013) *
Jan Foltys Jan Foltys (13 October 1908 – 11 March 1952) was a Czech chess International Master. Biography Foltys was born on 13 October 1908 in Svinov. In 1933, he tied for 8-12th in Mnichovo Hradiště (13th Czech championships). In 1933, he tied for ...
(Czechoslovakia, 1908–1952) * George Salto Fontein (Netherlands, 1890–1963) *
Leó Forgács Leó Forgács (né Léo Fleischmann) (5 October 1881 in Budapest – 17 August 1930 in Berettyóújfalu, Hungary) was a Hungarian chess player. Biography Fleischmann began his international career at Hanover 1902 where he won ''Haupturnier B'' i ...
(Hungary, 1881–1930) *
Győző Forintos Győző Victor Forintos (30 July 1935 – 5 December 2018) was a Hungarian chess player and by profession, an economist. He was awarded the titles International Master, in 1963, and Grandmaster, in 1974, by FIDE. He first participated in the ...
(Hungary, 1935–2018) * Albert Fox (US, 1881–1964) * Maurice Fox (Ukraine, Canada, 1898–1988) *
Selim Franklin Selim Franklin, Esquire (1814–1885) was an American pioneer, auctioneer, real estate agent, chess master, and Canadian legislator. Selim is listed in the Pioneer Club of San Francisco and The Society of California Pioneers. Franklin Street i ...
(England, US, 1814–1884) *
Zenon Franco Zenon may refer to Industry * ZENON Environmental, a Canadian water treatment company based in Oakville, Ontario * Zenon Petroleum and Gas, importer of fuel products Fiction * '' Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (film) '' * '' Zenon: The Zeq ...
(Paraguay, born 1956) *
Laurent Fressinet Laurent Fressinet (; born 30 November 1981 in Dax) is a French chess grandmaster. He is a two-time French Chess Champion. Career He won the French Chess Championship in 2010 and 2014. In 2012 he finished second in the European Individual Ches ...
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Sergey von Freymann Sergey von Freymann (Freyman, Frejman, Freiman) (1882–1946) was a Russian-Uzbekistani chess master. In 1906, von Freymann took 2nd, behind Semyon Alapin, in Sankt Petersburg. In 1907, he tied for 6-7th in St Petersburg (Eugene Znosko-Borovs ...
(Russia, Uzbekistan, 1882–1946) * Joel Fridlizius (Sweden, 1869–1963) *
Daniel Fridman Daniel Fridman (; born February 15, 1976) is a Latvian-German chess player. Awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2001, he was Latvian champion in 1996 and German champion in 2008, 2012 and 2014. Early chess career Fridman was born in ...
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Frederic Friedel Frederic Alois Friedel (born 1945) studied Philosophy and Linguistics at the University of Hamburg without graduating. He joined the American sceptical society CSICOP (now the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry). In 1985, he met Garry Kasparov and soo ...
(Germany, born 1945) * Gunnar Friedemann (Estonia, 1909–1943) * David Friedgood (South Africa, England, born 1946) *
Henryk Friedman Henryk Friedman (Friedmann) (1903–1942) was a Polish chess master. He lived in Lviv (Lwów, Lemberg). In 1926–1934, Friedman won seven times in succession the Championship of Lviv but 1930, when he took 2nd place behind Stepan Popel. Friedman ...
(Poland, 1903–1942) *
Alexander Fritz Alexander Fritz (15 January 185722 April 1932) was a German chess master. He tied for fifth/sixth with Wilfried Paulsen at Frankfurt 1878 (the 12th WDSB-Congress, Louis Paulsen won), took 9th at Braunschweig 1880 (the 13th WDSB-Congress, L. Pau ...
(Germany, 1857–1932) *
Martin Severin From Martin Severin Janus From (8 April 1828 – 6 May 1895) was a Danish chess master known for creating From's Gambit. From's Gambit is a sharp response to Bird's Opening, requiring precision from both players. Personal life Born in Nakskov, F ...
(Denmark, 1828–1895) * Achilles Frydman (Poland, 1905–1940) *
Paulino Frydman Paulino (Paulin) Frydman (26 May 1905 in Warsaw, Poland – 2 February 1982 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was a Polish chess master. Career In 1922, Paulin Frydman took 2nd place, behind Kazimierz Makarczyk in Warsaw. In 1923, he tied for 2nd- ...
(Poland, Argentina, 1905–1982) *
Ľubomír Ftáčnik Ľubomír Ftáčnik (born October 30, 1957, in Bratislava) is a Slovak chess Grandmaster (chess), grandmaster and a former European Junior Chess Championship, European Junior Champion. Chess career He became European Junior Chess Championship, ...
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Andrija Fuderer Andrija Fuderer (13 May 1931, Subotica, Yugoslavia – 2 October 2011, Palamós, Spain) was a Yugoslavian chess master. At the beginning of his career, he won the Yugoslav Junior Chess Championship in 1947. He was the Croatian champion in 1 ...
(Vojvodina, Belgium, 1931–2011) *
Semyon Furman Semyon Abramovich Furman (December 1, 1920 – March 17, 1978) was a Soviet chess player and trainer of Belarusian Jewish origin. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1966. Furman is best known for developing Anatoly Karpov into a ...
(Russia, 1920–1978) * Ivana Maria Furtado (India, born 1999) *
Géza Füster Géza Füster (February 19, 1910 – December 30, 1990) was a Hungarian-Canadian chess master. A winner of the Hungarian championship, he later represented Canada at Chess Olympiads and at an interzonal tournament for the world chess champions ...
(Hungary, Canada, 1910–1990) * Roy Fyllingen (Norway, born 1975)


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Merab Gagunashvili Merab Gagunashvili ( ka, მერაბ გაგუნაშვილი; born 3 January 1985) is a Georgian chess grandmaster. He is a two-time Georgian Chess Champion. Chess career In 2001, he won the silver medal in the World Junior Chess ...
(Georgia, born 1985) * Aleksandr Galkin (Russia, born 1979) *
Joseph Gallagher Joseph Gerald Gallagher (born in London, 4 May 1964) is a British-born Swiss chess player and writer. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1990 and has been the national champion of both Britain and Switzerland. Career Born to ...
(England, Switzerland, born 1964) *
Alisa Galliamova Alisa Mikhailovna Galliamova (, ; born 18 January 1972 in Kazan) is a Russian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is twice runner-up at the Women's World Chess Championship, in 19 ...
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Surya Shekhar Ganguly Surya Shekhar Ganguly (born 24 February 1983) is an Indian chess Grandmaster (chess), grandmaster. His peak ELO rating was 2676 (July 2016). Ganguly became an International Master at the age of 16 and a Grandmaster (chess), grandmaster at the a ...
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Nona Gaprindashvili Nona Gaprindashvili ( ka, ნონა გაფრინდაშვილი; born 3 May 1941) is a Georgian chess Grandmaster. Noted for her aggressive style of play, she was the women's world chess champion from 1962 to 1978, and in 1978 ...
(Georgia, born 1941) * Valeriane Gaprindashvili (Georgia, born 1982) * Carlos Garcia Palermo (Argentina, Italy, born 1953) *
Raimundo García Raimundo García (27 May 1936 – 13 October 2020) was an Argentine chess master. Career At the beginning of his career, he took 7th at Santa Fe 1956 (Miguel Najdorf won). Then he tied for 10-11th in Argentine Chess Championship (Hermann Pilnik w ...
(Argentina, 1936–2020) *
Timur Gareev Timur Gareyev (sometimes spelled ''Gareev''; born March 3, 1988) is an Uzbekistani and American chess grandmaster. Biography He was born in Tashkent to Tatar parents. Gareyev was a part of the University of Texas at Brownsville's chess team, whe ...
(Uzbekistan, born 1988) *
Eldar Gasanov Eldar Gasanov (born 26 September 1982) is a Ukrainian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (2007). Gasanov graduated from University of Kharkiv The V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (), also known as Kharkiv National ...
(Ukraine, born 1982) *
Vugar Gashimov Vugar Gasim oghlu Hashimov (; 24 July 1986 – 11 January 2014), known internationally as Vugar Gashimov, was an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster. He was a noted player of blitz chess. At his peak ranking, he was No. 6 in the world, achieved in ...
(Azerbaijan, 1986–2014) * Anna Gasik (Poland, born 1988) * Einar Gausel (Norway, born 1963) *
Viktor Gavrikov Viktor Nikolaevich Gavrikov (; 29 July 1957 – 27 April 2016) was a Lithuanian-Swiss chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1984. Gavrikov shared first place with Gintautas Piešina in the 1978 Lithuanian Champions ...
(Lithuania, Switzerland, 1957–2016) * Tamaz Gelashvili (Georgia, born 1978) *
Boris Gelfand Boris Abramovich Gelfand (; born 24 June 1968) is a Belarusian-Israeli chess player. A six-time World Championship candidate (1991, 1994–95, 2002, 2007, 2011, 2013), he won the Chess World Cup 2009 and the 2011 Candidates Tournament, mak ...
(Belarus, Israel, born 1968) *
Efim Geller Efim Petrovich Geller (; ; 8 March 1925 – 17 November 1998) was a Soviet chess player and world-class grandmaster at his peak. He won the Soviet Championship twice (in 1955 and 1979) and was a Candidate for the World Championship on six occa ...
(Ukraine, 1925–1998) *
Uzi Geller Uzi Geller (; 27 January 1931 – 2 June 2024) was an Israeli chess master. Geller was Israeli Chess Championship, Israeli Champion in 1971–72. He tied for 7–10th at Netanya 1968 (Bobby Fischer won), tied for 9–10th at Netanya 1969 (Samue ...
(Israel, born 1931) * Petar Genov (Bulgaria, born 1970) *
Kiril Georgiev Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev (; born 28 November 1965 in Petrich) is a Bulgarian and Macedonian chess grandmaster, and seven-time Bulgarian Chess Champion. From 2002 to 2004, he was affiliated to the Macedonian Chess Federation, to which he ret ...
(Bulgaria, born 1965) * Krum Georgiev (Bulgaria, born 1958) *
Ernő Gereben Ernő Gereben (18 June 1907 – 16 May 1988) was a Hungary, Hungarian–Switzerland, Swiss chess master whose half-century career extended from the mid-1920s to the late 1970s. Born in Sopron, a Hungarian town at the Austrian border, Ernő Gereb ...
(Hungary, Switzerland 1907–1988) *
Regina Gerlecka Regina Gerlecka (2 March 1913 – 12 March 1983) was a Polish chess player. In January 1935, she won the Warsaw championships. In June, Gerlecka won the inaugural Polish women's championship, which took place in Warsaw. Two months later, she fi ...
(Poland, 1913–1983) *
Eugênio German Eugênio Maciel German (24 October 1930 – 1 April 2001) was a Brazilian International chess master. German was born in Ubá, Brazil. In 1949, Eugênio German won a match against Jayme Schreibman Moses in Belo Horizonte (+2 –1 =1). In 1949, ...
(Brazil, 1930–2001) * Theodor Germann (Latvia, 1879–1935) *
Alik Gershon Alik Gershon (; born 3 June 1980, in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine) is an Israeli chess grandmaster. On 21 October 2010 he set the Guinness World Record for simultaneous games after playing 523 opponents in Tel Aviv. After 18 hours and 30 minutes, h ...
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Edward Gerstenfeld Edward (Eduard) Issakovich Gerstenfeld (January 1915 in Lemberg – December 1943 (?) in Rostov-on-Don, USSR) was a Polish chess master. Born into a Jewish family in Lviv, Galicia (then Austria-Hungary), he came 3rd, behind Henryk Friedman an ...
(Poland, Ukraine 1915–1943) *
Georgy Geshev Georgy (Georgi) Geshev (Geschew) () (born October 8, 1903, in Sofia – died July 15, 1937) was a Bulgarian chess master. At the beginning of his career, he tied for 6-7th at Varna 1926 (K. Atanasov, G. Slavchev, and A. Telegin won), shared 1st ...
(Bulgaria, 1903–1937) *
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami (; born 11 August 1982) is an Iranian chess grandmaster (2000). He is the record holder of the Iranian Chess Championship with 13 titles. On the September 2011 FIDE list, he had an Elo rating of 2583. In 2004, he finished ...
(Iran, born 1982) *
Tigran Gharamian Tigran Gharamian (, born 24 July 1984) is an Armenian-French chess grandmaster. He won the French Chess Championship in 2018. Chess career Gharamian played for Armenia in the Children's Chess Olympiads of 1999 and 2000. He came first at Fourmi ...
(France, born 1984) *
Ameet Ghasi Ameet K. Ghasi (born 4 February 1987) is an English chess player who received the FIDE title of International Master (IM) in September 2012 and the FIDE title FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédérati ...
(England, born 1987) *
Florin Gheorghiu Florin Gheorghiu (born 6 April 1944) is a Romanian Chess, chess player and has been a university lecturer in foreign languages. Born in Ploiești, on 6 April 1944, while the American bombers Bombing of Bucharest in World War II, attacked the coun ...
(Romania, born 1944) *
Amédée Gibaud Amédée (Aimé) Gibaud (5 March 1885, in Rochefort-sur-Mer – 18 August 1957, in Rochefort-sur-Mer) was a French chess master. He won the French Chess Championship four times (1928, 1930, 1935, 1940) and won the French correspondence championsh ...
(France, 1885–1957) *
Johannes Giersing Johannes Hjalmar Giersing (18 November 1872, Odense – 11 November 1954, Copenhagen) was a Danish chess master. At the beginning of his career, he tied for 4-5th in Copenhagen 1895 ( Andreas Rosendahl won). Giersing played several times in No ...
(Denmark, 1872–1954) * Ellen Gilbert (US, 1837–1900) *
Jessie Gilbert Jessica "Jessie" Laura Cory Gilbert (30 January 1987 – 26 July 2006) was a British chess player. She was women's world amateur champion in 1999. Biography Jessica was the daughter of Angela and Ian Gilbert and was raised in Woldingham, S ...
(England, 1987–2006) *
Karl Gilg Karl Gilg (20 January 1901, in Mankovice (Mankendorf), Austrian Silesia – 4 December 1981, in Kolbermoor, Bavaria) was a German chess International Master from Czechoslovakia. Biography Gilg played for Czechoslovakia in several Chess Olympiads. ...
(Czechoslovakia, Germany, 1901–1981) *
Aivars Gipslis Aivars Gipslis (February 8, 1937 – April 13, 2000) was a Latvian chess player, writer, editor and coach, who held the FIDE title of Grandmaster and the ICCF title of Correspondence Chess Grandmaster. Chess biography Born in Riga, he was ch ...
(Latvia, 1937–2000) *
Anish Giri Anish Kumar Giri (; ; born 28 June 1994) is a Dutch chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves no hidden information and no elements of chance. It is played on ...
(Netherlands, born 1994) * Matteo Gladig (Italy, 1880–1915) * Eduard Glass (Austria, 1902–after 1980) *
Evgeny Gleizerov Evgeny Gleizerov (; born March 20, 1963) is a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1993. Together with 43 other Russian chess players, Gleizerov signed an open letter to Russian president Vladimir Putin, prote ...
(Russia, born 1963) *
Igor Glek Igor Vladimirovich Glek (; born 7 November 1961) is a Russian chess player, trainer, writer and theorist. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1990. Biography Glek was born in Moscow. Completing his University of Moscow engineeri ...
(Russia, Germany, born 1961) *
Svetozar Gligorić Svetozar Gligorić ( sr-Cyrl, Светозар Глигорић; 2 February 1923 – 14 August 2012) was a Serbian and Yugoslav chess grandmaster and musician. He won the championship of Yugoslavia a record 11 times, and is considered the best ...
(Serbia, 1923–2012) *
Fernand Gobet Fernand Gobet (born February 12, 1962, in Switzerland) is a cognitive scientist and a cognitive psychologist, currently Professorial Research Fellow at the London School of Economics and Professor of Cognitive Psychology at the University of Roe ...
(Switzerland, born 1962) * Michele Godena (Italy, born 1967) * Carl Goering (Germany, 1841–1879) *
Alphonse Goetz Alphonse Goetz (aka A. Geoffroy-Dausay; 15 March 1865, in Strasbourg – 12 July 1934, in Chaumont-en-Vexin) was a French chess master. Born in Strasbourg, France, he was a refugee after the Franco-Prussian War and the annexation of Alsace–Lorra ...
(France, 1865–1934) * Leonid Gofshtein (Israel, 1953–2015) * Jason Goh Koon-Jong (Singapore, born 1989) * Goh Weiming (Singapore, born 1983) *
Samuel Gold Samuel Gold (July 2, 1835, Kővágó-Örs, Zala, Hungary, Austrian Empire – November 9, 1920, New York City, United States) was a Hungarian physician, journalist and composer of chess problems. Biography He was born into a Jewish family in K ...
(Hungary, Austria, US, 1835–1920) * Alexander Goldin (Russia, born 1964) *
Rusudan Goletiani Rusudan Goletiani ( ka, რუსუდან გოლეთიანი; born September 8, 1980) is a Georgian-American chess player with the FIDE titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster. She was three-time world girls' champion ...
(Georgia, US, born 1980) *
Celso Golmayo Torriente Celso (Celsito) Golmayo y de la Torriente (1879, in Havana – 22 January 1924, in Seville) was a Cuban–Spanish chess master. He was the son of Celso Golmayo y Zúpide and the brother of Manuel Golmayo y de la Torriente. Celsito Golmayo won t ...
(Cuba, Spain, 1879–1924) *
Celso Golmayo Zúpide Celso Golmayo y Zúpide (24 April 1820, in Logroño, Spain – 1 April 1898, in Havana) was a Spanish–Cuban chess master. He was the first Cuban player to participate in European Tournaments. He had been generally accepted as Cuban Chess Champi ...
(Spain, Cuba, 1820–1898) *
Manuel Golmayo Torriente Manuel Golmayo y de la Torriente (12 June 1883 – 7 March 1973) was a Spanish chess master. Born into a 'chess family' (father Celso Golmayo Zúpide, elder brother Celso Golmayo Torriente), he was Spanish Champion on numerous occasions (190 ...
(Cuba, Spain, 1883–1973) *
Vitali Golod Vitali Matveyevich Golod (; born 23 June 1971) is a Soviet-born Israeli chess player. He holds the title of Grandmaster, which FIDE awarded him in 1996. Chess career Golod was Ukrainian champion in 1991. He then moved to Israel. In 2004, he ...
(Ukraine, Israel born 1971) *
Harry Golombek Harold "Harry" Golombek OBE (1 March 1911 – 7 January 1995) was a British chess player, chess author, and wartime codebreaker. He was three times British chess champion, in 1947, 1949, and 1955 and finished second in 1948. Biography He was ...
(England, 1911–1995) *
Alexander Goloshchapov Alexander Goloshchapov (; born 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian chess player and trainer. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1999. Career In 2001 he tied for 1st–3rd with Alexander Riazantsev and Teimour Radjabov in the Alushta S ...
(Ukraine, born 1978) * Alexander Ferdinand von der Goltz (Germany, 1819–1858) * Valentina Golubenko (Estonia, Croatia, born 1990) *
Mikhail Golubev Mikhail Golubev (born 30 May 1970, Odesa) is a Ukrainian chess Grandmaster (1996), journalist and author. Chess career Golubev began playing chess at the age of six and played his first tournament a year later in 1977. He played several times ...
(Ukraine, born 1970) * Aleksei Goncharov (Russia, 1879–1913) * Gong Qianyun (China, born 1985) * Jayson Gonzales (Philippines, born 1969) * José González García (Mexico, born 1973) *
Juan Carlos González Zamora Juan Carlos González Zamora (born June 24, 1968) is a Cuban-born Mexican chess grandmaster. He is the fourth Mexican to be awarded the Grandmaster title by FIDE The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly refe ...
(Mexico, born 1968) * David S. Goodman (England, US, born 1958) * Stephen J. Gordon (England, born 1986) *
Danny Gormally Daniel William Gormally (born 4 May 1976) is an English chess Grandmaster. His peak rating is 2573, achieved in the January 2006 rating list. Chess career Daniel was born in Hertford hospital, but soon moved to London. He first learned the m ...
(England, born 1976) *
Aleksandra Goryachkina Aleksandra Yuryevna Goryachkina (; born 28 September 1998) is a Russian chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster (GM). She is the No. 4 ranked woman in the world by FIDE rating and is also the fourth-highest rated wo ...
(Russia, born 1998) * George H. D. Gossip (US, England, 1841–1907) * Solomon Gotthilf (Russia, 1903–1967) *
Hermann von Gottschall Hermann von Gottschall (16 October 1862, Posen – 7 March 1933, Görlitz) was a German chess master, son of the poet Rudolf Gottschall (since 1877: ''von Gottschall'') who was also a noted chess player. He took 3rd at Nuremberg 1883 (the 3rd DS ...
(Germany, 1862–1933) * Boris Grachev (Russia, born 1986) *
Alexander Graf Alexander Graf (''né'' Nenashev; born 25 August 1962) is an Uzbekistani-German chess grandmaster. He was Uzbekistani Chess Champion in 1989 and German Chess Champion in 2004. Chess career He won the Uzbekistani Chess Championship in 1989. N ...
(Uzbekistan, Germany, born 1962) *
Sonja Graf Susanna "Sonja" Graf (December 16, 1908 – March 6, 1965) was a German and American chess player. She was a women's world championship runner-up and a two-time U.S. women's champion. In 2016, she was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame. ...
(Germany, Argentina, US, 1908–1965) * Julio Granda Zuniga (Peru, born 1967) *
Roberto Grau Roberto Gabriel Grau (18 March 1900 – 12 April 1944) was an Argentine chess master. He was born and died in Buenos Aires. In the late 1920s he was Argentina's strongest chess-player. Chess career Grau played in many Argentine championship ...
(Argentina, 1900–1944) *
Gioachino Greco Gioachino Greco ( – ), surnamed Cusentino and more frequently ''il Calabrese'', was an Italian chess player and writer. He recorded some of the earliest chess games known in their entirety. His games, which never indicated players, were q ...
(Italy, 1600 – c. 1634) * Ewen McGowen Green (New Zealand, born 1950) * Alon Greenfeld (US, Israel, born 1964) *
John Grefe John Alan Grefe (September 6, 1947 – December 22, 2013) was an American International Master of chess. Biography Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, his best result was a tie for first with Lubomir Kavalek in the 1973 U.S. Championship. FIDE awarded ...
(US, 1947–2013) * Bernhard Gregory (Estonia, Germany, 1879–1939) *
Gisela Kahn Gresser Gisela Kahn Gresser (February 8, 1906 Detroit, Michigan – December 4, 2000)"Gisela Kahn Gresser", ''Chess Life'', March 2001, p. 40. was an American chess player. She dominated women's chess in the United States, winning the U.S. Women's Ches ...
(US, 1906–2000) * Helgi Grétarsson (Iceland, born 1977) *
Richard Griffith Richard Griffith may refer to: * Sir Richard Griffith, 1st Baronet (1784–1878), Irish geologist and surveyor * Richard Griffith (general) (1814–1862), United States general * Richard Griffith (chess player) (1872–1955), English chess player * ...
(England, 1872–1955) *
Nikolay Grigoriev Nikalai (Nikolay) Dmitrievich Grigoriev () was a Russian chess player and a composer of endgame studies. He was born on 14 August 1895 in Moscow, and he died there in 1938. His father was a professional musician in the Bolshoi Theatre orchestra. ...
(Russia, 1895–1935) *
Avetik Grigoryan Avetik Nikolayi Grigoryan (, born January 27, 1989) is an Armenian chess Grandmaster (2008). He was born in Yerevan, Armenia in 1989. He achieved his International Master title at the age of 18 and became a Grandmaster at 19. He is the founder an ...
(Armenia, born 1989) *
Vincent Grimm Vincent (Vincenz, Vince) Grimm (1800, Vienna – 15 January 1872, Budapest) was a Hungarian chess master. Born in Vienna, he moved to Pest, Hungary in 1823. Grimm had a wide variety of professions and hobbies throughout his life. He was an artis ...
(Austria, Hungary, 1800–1872) *
Alexander Grischuk Alexander Igorevich Grischuk (born October 31, 1983) is a Russian chess grandmaster. Grischuk was the Russian champion in 2009. He is also a three-time world blitz chess champion (in 2006, 2012 and 2015). He has competed in five Candidates To ...
(Russia, born 1983) *
Efstratios Grivas Efstratios Grivas (born March 30, 1966) is a Greek chess player who holds the titles of Grandmaster, FIDE Senior Trainer, International Arbiter, and FIDE International Organizer. Early years He was born in Egio, Achaia and grew up in Athens, ...
(Greece, born 1966) *
Henri Grob Henri Grob (4 June 1904) was a Swiss chess player, artist, and painter. He was Swiss chess champion twice, and was awarded the title of International Master in 1950 at its inauguration. Grob pioneered eccentric chess openings, in particular 1.g ...
(Switzerland, 1904–1974) *
Aristide Gromer Aristide Gromer (11 April 1908 in Dunkirk – ?) was a French chess master. Gromer was thrice French Champion (1933, 1937, and 1938). He tied for 5-6th at Paris 1923 (Victor Kahn won), took 3rd at Biarritz 1926 (André Chéron (chess player), And ...
(France, 1908–1966) *
Adriaan de Groot Adrianus Dingeman (Adriaan) de Groot ( Santpoort, 26 October 1914 – Schiermonnikoog, 14 August 2006) was a Dutch chess master and psychologist, who conducted some of the most famous chess experiments of all time in the 1940s-60. In 1946 he ...
(Netherlands, 1914–2006) *
Ernst Grünfeld ---- Ernst Franz Grünfeld (November 21, 1893 – April 3, 1962) was an Austrian chess player and writer, mainly on chess opening, opening Chess theory, theory. He was among the inaugural recipients of the Grandmaster (chess), grandmaster t ...
(Austria, 1893–1962) *
Yehuda Gruenfeld Yehuda Gruenfeld (; born 18 February 1956) is an Israeli chess player, who holds the title of grandmaster. Career He was born in Dzierżoniów, Poland. In 1974, Gruenfeld won the Israeli championship for youth players. In 1978, he tied for 2n ...
(Poland, Israel, born 1956) * James Grundy (England, US, 1855–1919) *
Izaak Grynfeld Izaak Grynfeld (; born 12 February 1912, date of death unknown), later known as Ignacy Branicki , was a Polish-born Israeli chess master. Biography Grynfeld was born in Łódź, Poland in February 1912. Before the late 1950s, Grynfeld lived in The ...
(Poland, Israel, born 1920) * Gu Xiaobing (China, born 1985) *
Ion Gudju Ion Gudju (14 July 1897 – 1988) was a Romanian chess master. Gudju represented Romania in 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad at Paris, where he became one of 15 founders of ''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'' (FIDE). He played thrice in Chess ...
(Romania, 1897–1988) *
Eduard Gufeld Eduard Yefimovich Gufeld (; 19 March 1936 – 23 September 2002) was a Soviet/American International Grandmaster of chess, and a chess author. Chess career Gufeld began participating in chess tournaments in 1953 and won the junior championship ...
(Ukraine, US, 1936–2002) * Ilse Guggenberger (Colombia, born 1942) *
Carlos Guimard Carlos Enrique Guimard (6 April 1913 – 11 September 1998) was an Argentine chess Grandmaster. He was born in Santiago del Estero. His granddaughter Isabel Leonard is a celebrated mezzo-soprano. Biography Guimard was thrice Argentine Champ ...
(Argentina, 1913–1998) *
Vidit Gujrathi Vidit Gujrathi (born 24 October 1994) is an Indian chess grandmaster. Gujrathi attained the title of grandmaster in January 2013, becoming the 30th player from India to do so. He is the fourth Indian player to have crossed the Elo rating of 27 ...
(India, born 1994) *
Boris Gulko Boris Franzevich Gulko ( rus, Борис Францевич Гулько, p=bɐˈrʲiz ɡʊlʲˈko; born February 9, 1947) is a Soviet- American Grandmaster in chess. Notably, he is the only person to win both the Soviet Chess Championship and ...
(Russia, US, born 1947) * Gunnar Gundersen (France, Norway, Australia, 1882–1943) *
Isidor Gunsberg Isidor Arthur Gunsberg (also spelled ''Günzberg'', ; 1 November 1854 – 2 May 1930) was a Hungarian chess player, best known for narrowly losing the 1891 World Chess Championship match to Wilhelm Steinitz. Biography Gunsberg began his caree ...
(Hungary, England, 1854–1930) *
Abhijeet Gupta Abhijeet Gupta (born 16 October 1989) is an Indian chess player with the title of Grandmaster (GM). Gupta is the first player to win the Commonwealth Chess Championship five times. He completed his early education from A's Steward Senior Seco ...
(India, born 1989) * Dmitry Gurevich (Russia, US, born 1956) * Ilya Gurevich (Ukraine, US, born 1972) * Mikhail Gurevich (Ukraine, Belgium, Turkey, born 1959) *
Bukhuti Gurgenidze Bukhuti (Buchuti) Ivanovich Gurgenidze ( ka, ბუხუტი გურგენიძე; November 13, 1933 – May 24, 2008) was a Georgian chess Grandmaster, born in Surami, Georgia. He was a multiple Georgian Champion, and played in eigh ...
(Georgia, 1933–2008) *
Jan Gustafsson Jan Gustafsson (born 25 June 1979) is a German chess player, analyst and trainer. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2003. He co-founded the Chess24.com website, for which he frequently appeared as a broadcaster and commentator. ...
(Germany, born 1979) * Emanuel Guthi (Israel, born 1938) *
Lev Gutman Lev Gutman (, ; born 26 September 1945 in Riga) is a Latvian, Israeli, and German chess grandmaster. Chess career At the beginning of his career, Gutman tied for 11–12th at Riga 1967 (LAT-ch; Jānis Klovāns won), which was the first of man ...
(Latvia, Israel, Germany, born 1945) *
Fritz Gygli Fritz Gygli (12 November 1896 in Villachern – 27 April 1980 in Zürich) was a Swiss chess master. He tied for 3rd-4th at St. Gallen 1920, tied for 4-8th at Neuchâtel 1922, shared 2nd at Interlaken 1924, took 2nd at Zurich 1925, tied for 3rd-4t ...
(Switzerland, 1896–1980) *
Alfred William Gyles Alfred William Gyles (7 March 1888 – 15 May 1967) was a New Zealand chess champion on two occasions—1930/31 and 1935/36. Gyles was born in Wellington, New Zealand Wellington is Capital of New Zealand, the capital city of New Zealand. ...
(New Zealand, 1888–1967)


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* Anna Hahn (Latvia, US, born 1976) * Vitaly Halberstadt (Ukraine, France, 1903–1967) * Alexander Halprin (Russia, Austria, 1868–1921) *
Tunç Hamarat Tunç Hamarat (born December 1, 1946) is a Turkish chess player living in Austria and the sixteenth ICCF World Champion, 1999–2004. Born in Istanbul, Hamarat attended the Austrian St. Georgs-Kolleg high school in Istanbul, and then graduated ...
(Turkey, Austria, born 1946) *
Hichem Hamdouchi Hichem Hamdouchi (Arabic هشام الحمدوشی; born 8 October 1972, in Tangier) is a Moroccan chess grandmaster. Hamdouchi has won the Moroccan Chess Championship eleven times, first in 1988 at 15 years old, when he was first allowed to p ...
(Morocco, born 1972) * Rani Hamid (Bangladesh, born 1944) *
Jon Ludvig Hammer Jon Ludvig Nilssen Hammer (born 2 June 1990) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster and three-time Norwegian Chess Champion. He was the main second for Magnus Carlsen in the World Chess Championship 2013. Chess career At the 38th Chess Olympiad in ...
(Norway, born 1990) *
Carl Hamppe Carl Hamppe (1814 in Switzerland – 17 May 1876, in Gersau, Canton of Schwyz) was a senior government official in Vienna as well as a Swiss-Austrian chess master and theoretician. He played matches with Johann Löwenthal (4 : 5) in 1846, Ernst Fa ...
(Switzerland, Austria, 1814–1876) *
Milton Hanauer Milton Loeb Hanauer (5 August 1908 – 16 April 1988) was a public school principal, chess master and Marshall Chess Club official. Born in Harrison, New York, He is best known for running the New York school competition that became known as the H ...
(US, 1908–1988) * James Hanham (US, 1840–1923) * Hermann von Hanneken (Germany, 1810–1886) * Curt Hansen (Denmark, born 1964) *
Wilhelm Hanstein Wilhelm Hanstein (3 August 1811 in Berlin – 14 October 1850 in Magdeburg) was a German chess player and writer. He was also a civil servant. Hanstein was one of the Berlin Pleiades. He helped found ''Berliner Schachzeitung'', later to become ...
(Germany, 1811–1850) * Khosro Harandi (Iran, 1950–2019) * Dronavalli Harika (India, born 1991) *
Pendyala Harikrishna Pentala Harikrishna (born 10 May 1986) is an Indian chess grandmaster. He achieved a peak world ranking of 10 in November 2016, and a peak Elo rating of 2770 in December 2016. On 17 August 2001, he became the youngest Indian to attain the t ...
(India, born 1986) * Max Harmonist (Germany, 1864–1907) *
Daniel Harrwitz Daniel Harrwitz (22 February 1821 – 2 January 1884) was a German chess master. Harrwitz was born in Breslau (Wrocław) in the Prussian Province of Silesia. Harrwitz's correct birth and death dates (22 February 1821 and 2 January 1884 respecti ...
(Germany, France, 1823–1884) *
William Hartston William Roland Hartston (born 12 August 1947) is an English journalist who has written the Beachcomber column in the ''Daily Express'' since 1998. He is also a chess player who played competitively from 1962 to 1987 and earned a highest Elo ra ...
(England, born 1947) * Wolfgang Hasenfuss (Latvia, 1900–1944) * Stewart Haslinger (England, born 1981) * Arnaud Hauchard (France, born 1971) * Cécile Haussernot (France, born 1998) * Kornél Havasi (Hungary, 1892–1945) *
Jonathan Hawkins Jonathan Hawkins (born 1 May 1983) is an England, English chess Grandmaster (chess), grandmaster. He was the British Chess Championship, British Chess Champion in 2015, having outscored David Howell (chess player), David Howell, with whom he sha ...
(England, born 1983) * Mark Hebden (England, born 1958) *
Bartłomiej Heberla Bartłomiej Heberla (born 19 June 1985) is a Polish chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster. As of January 2021, he was ranked 15th among all Polish players. Chess career Bartłomiej Heberla was the Polish U16 champion in 2001. ...
(Poland, born 1985) *
Jean Hébert Jean Hébert (born November 11, 1957, in Quebec City) is a Canadian chess player, writer, journalist, and commentator who holds the ICCF title of Correspondence Chess Grandmaster and the FIDE title of International Master. The winner of the Canad ...
(Canada, born 1957) * Hans-Joachim Hecht (Germany, born 1939) *
Jonny Hector Jonny Hector (born 13 February 1964) is a Swedish chess player. In chess, he received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1991. In correspondence chess, he earned the ICCF title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1999. Born in Malmö, Sweden, Hector ...
(Sweden, born 1964) *
Fenny Heemskerk Fenny Heemskerk (3 December 1919 in Amsterdam – 8 June 2007 in Amersfoort) was a Dutch chess player. Biography She won the female Dutch Chess Championship ten times (1937, 1939, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958 and 1961). Heemskerk won ...
(Netherlands, 1919–2007) * Wolfgang Heidenfeld (Germany, South Africa, Ireland, 1911–1981) * Jakub Heilpern (Poland, 1850–1910) *
Herbert Heinicke Herbert Heinicke (14 March 1905, Porto Alegre, Brazil – 4 April 1988, Hamburg) was a German chess master. Biography He, like Carlos Otto Junge and Klaus Junge, left South America for Hamburg, Germany. In 1930, he took 2nd, behind Heinrich Wagn ...
(Brazil, Germany, 1905–1988) * Arved Heinrichsen (Lithuania, 1879–1900) *
Dan Heisman Dan Heisman (born July 8, 1950) is a United States Chess Federation National Master, author and instructor. Education Heisman graduated from Hatboro-Horsham High School in Pennsylvania as the co-valedictorian in 1968, and was elected to the sc ...
(US, born 1950) * Grigory Helbach (Russia, 1863–1930) *
Karl Helling Karl Helling (10 August 1904, Luckenwalde, Brandenburg – 15 August 1937, Berlin) was a German chess master. In 1928, he shared 1st with Kurt Richter in the Berlin City Chess Championship, and won a play-off match for the title against him (2 : ...
(Germany, 1904–1937) * Johan Hellsten (Sweden, born 1975) *
Hermann Helms Hermann Helms (1870, New York USA – 1963, Brooklyn) was an American chess player, writer, and promoter. He is a member of the United States Chess Hall of Fame, organized as part of the World Chess Hall of Fame. Biography Chess competition Hel ...
(US, 1870–1963) * Ron Henley (US, born 1956) *
Moriz Henneberger Moriz Henneberger (16 October 1878, Bümpliz – 7 April 1959, Basel) was a Swiss chess Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of ...
(Switzerland, 1878–1959) * Walter Henneberger (Switzerland, 1883–1969) * Deen Hergott (Canada, born 1962) *
Sigmund Herland Sigmund Herland (September 27, 1865 – August 15, 1954) was a Romanian chess master and composer. Career Herland drew a match with Jacques Mieses in 1890. He tied for 11-12th at Breslau 1912 (the 18th DSB Congress, ''Hauptturnier A'', Bernhard ...
(Romania, 1865–1954) *
Róża Herman Róża Maria Herman (16 January 1902 – 7 March 1995) was a Polish chess player. She was awarded the title FIDE titles#Woman International Master, International Woman Master by FIDE in 1950. In June 1935, she took 4th place at the first Polish C ...
(Poland, 1902–1995) *
Gilberto Hernández Guerrero Gilberto Hernández Guerrero (born February 4, 1970, in Ébano, San Luis Potosí) is a Mexican chess grandmaster. On the July 2008 FIDE rating list he has an Elo rating of 2550, making him the second highest ranked player on the Mexican ELO-li ...
(Mexico, born 1970) * Robert Hess (US, born 1991) *
Tiger Hillarp Persson Tiger Hillarp Persson is a Swedish chess grandmaster. He is a Swedish Chess Champion. In Go he attained the level of amateur 1-Dan on KGS in 2015 and 3-Dan in the EGF ratings in 2023. Chess career He won tournaments in Gentofte (VISA Nord ...
(Sweden, born 1970) * Wilhelm Hilse (Germany, 1878–1940) * Moshe Hirschbein (Poland, 1894–1940) * Moses Hirschel (Germany, 1754 – c. 1823) * Philipp Hirschfeld (Germany, 1840–1896) * Jóhann Hjartarson (Iceland, born 1963) *
Hoang Thanh Trang Hoàng Thanh Trang (born 25 April 1980) is a Vietnamese-born Hungarian chess grandmaster. She was Asian women's champion in 2000 and European women's champion in 2013. Hoang competed in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2000, 2001, 2004 ...
(Vietnam, Hungary, born 1980) * Albert Hodges (US, 1861–1944) *
Julian Hodgson Julian Michael "Jules" Hodgson (born 25 July 1963 in London) is a British chess player, grandmaster, and former British chess champion. Biography He first came to the notice of the chess world for his achievements as a junior, whilst at H ...
(England, born 1963) *
Leopold Hoffer Leopold Hoffer (1842 in Hungary – 28 August 1913 in England) was an English chess player and journalist. He left Budapest for Switzerland. From 1867, he lived in Paris, where he won matches against, among others, Ignatz von Kolisch, Samuel R ...
(Hungary, France, England, 1842–1913) *
Karl Holländer Karl Holländer (Hollaender, Hollander) (2 August 1868 – ?) was a German chess master. He lived in Berlin, where he played in local tournaments. He tied for 11-12th in 1888 (Horatio Caro won), took 5th in 1889 (Theodor von Scheve won), was a win ...
(Germany, 1868–? ) *
Edith Holloway Edith Martha Holloway (6 December 1867 – 8 May 1956) was a volunteer nurse in Serbia during World War I and a British chess player. She was the daughter of sculptor John Denton Crittenden (1834–1877), who exhibited at the Royal Academy. Win ...
(England, 1868–1956) *
Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska (5 February 1931 – 29 November 2006) was a Polish chess player. She was awarded the titles Woman International Master in 1955 and Woman Grandmaster in 1984 by FIDE. Born in Lviv, she was nine-time Polish women's cham ...
(Poland, 1931–2006) * Walther von Holzhausen (Austria, Germany, 1876–1935) * Baldur Hönlinger (Austria, Germany, 1905–1990) * Bill Hook (US, British Virgin Islands, 1925–2010) *
Vlastimil Hort Vlastimil Hort (12 January 1944 – 12 May 2025) was a Czech and German chess grandmaster. During the 1960s and 1970s he was one of the world's strongest players and reached the World Chess Championship 1978, 1977–78 Candidates Tournament for ...
(Czechoslovakia, Germany, born 1944) *
Israel Horowitz Israel Albert Horowitz (often known as I. A. Horowitz or Al Horowitz) (November 15, 1907 – January 18, 1973) was an American International Master of chess. He is most remembered today for the books he wrote about chess. In 1989, he was indu ...
(US, 1907–1973) *
Bernhard Horwitz Bernhard Horwitz (1807 in Neustrelitz – 1885 in London) was a German and British chess master, chess writer and chess composer. Horwitz was born in Neustrelitz and went to school in Berlin, where he studied art. From 1837 to 1843, he was part ...
(Germany, England, 1807–1885) * Henry Hosmer (US, 1837–1892) *
Enamul Hossain Enamul Hossain (; born 1981) is a Bangladeshi chess grandmaster. He is the fifth chess player from Bangladesh to become a Grandmaster. No other player from his country has earned the title since he attained it in 2008. He defeated Pavel Eljan ...
(Bangladesh, born 1981) *
Hou Yifan Hou Yifan ( ; born 27 February 1994) is a Chinese chess Grandmaster (chess), grandmaster, three-time Women's World Chess Champion and professor at Peking University. She is the second highest Elo rating system, rated female player of all time.
(China, born 1994) *
Jovanka Houska Jovanka Houska (born 10 June 1980) is an English chess player with the titles International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is a nine-time British Chess Championship, British Women's Chess Champion. Formative years Born in south L ...
(England, born 1980) * Clarence Howell (US, 1881–1936) * David Howell (England, born 1990) *
James Howell James Howell ( – ) was a Welsh writer and historian. The son of a Welsh clergyman, he was for much of his life in the shadow of his elder brother Thomas Howell (bishop), Thomas Howell, who became Lord Bishop of Bristol. Education In 1613 he ...
(England, born 1967) *
Zbyněk Hráček Zbyněk Hráček (born 9 September 1970) is a Czech chess grandmaster. He was Czech Chess Champion in 1994, won the Zonal tournament Odorhea 1995 and the tournaments Pardubice (Open) 1993, Altensteig 1995 and Lippstadt 2000. Career Hráček p ...
(Czech Republic, born 1970) * Karel Hromádka (Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, 1887–1956) * Vincenz Hruby (Bohemia, Austria, Italy, 1856–1917) * Hsu Li Yang (Singapore, born 1972) * Huang Qian (China, born 1986) * Robert Hübner (Germany, 1948–2025) * Werner Hug (Switzerland, born 1952) * Krunoslav Hulak (Croatia, 1951–2015) * Koneru Humpy (India, born 1987) * Harriet Hunt (England, born 1978) * Niclas Huschenbeth (Germany, born 1992) * Alexander Huzman (Ukraine, Israel, born 1962)


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* Ildar Ibragimov (Russia, US, born 1967) * Bella Igla (Russia, Israel, born 1985) * Juan Iliesco (Romania, Argentina, 1898–1968) * Rolando Illa (US, Cuba, Argentina, 1880–1937) * Miguel Illescas Córdoba (Spain, born 1965) * Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky (Russia, 1894–1941) * Ernesto Inarkiev (Kyrgyzstan, Russia, born 1985) * Viorel Iordăchescu (Moldova, born 1977) * Nana Ioseliani (Georgia, born 1962) * Alexander Ipatov (Ukraine, Spain, Turkey, born 1993) * Andrei Istrățescu (Romania, born 1975) * Eduardo Iturrizaga (Venezuela, Spain, born 1989) * Saidali Iuldachev (Uzbekistan, born 1968) * Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine, born 1969) * Ivan Ivanišević (Serbia, born 1977) * Alexander Ivanov (chess player), Alexander Ivanov (US, born 1956) * Igor Ivanov (chess player), Igor Ivanov (Russia, Canada, US, 1947–2005) * Božidar Ivanović (Montenegro, born 1946) * Borislav Ivkov (Serbia, born 1933) * Stefan Izbinsky (Ukraine, 1884–1912) * Zviad Izoria (Georgia, born 1984)


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* Jana Jacková (Czech Republic, born 1982) * Egil Jacobsen (Denmark, 1897–1923) * Ernst Jacobson (Sweden, ?–?) * Carl Jaenisch (Finland, Russia, 1813–1872) * Charles Jaffe (Russia, US, 1883–1941) * Jerzy Jagielski (Poland, Germany, 1897–1955) * Dmitry Jakovenko (Russia, born 1983) * Lora Jakovleva (Russia, born 1932) * Dragoljub Janošević (Serbia, 1923–1993) * Chaim Janowski (Poland, Germany, Japan, c.1868–1935) * Dawid Janowski (Poland, France, 1868–1927) * Vlastimil Jansa (Czech Republic, born 1942) * Nicolai Jasnogrodsky (Ukraine, England, US, 1859–1914) * Carlos Jáuregui (chess player), Carlos Jáuregui (Chile, Canada, 1932–2013) * Florian Jenni (Switzerland, born 1980) * Eleazar Jiménez (Cuba, 1928–2000) * Baadur Jobava (Georgia, born 1983) * Leif Erlend Johannessen (Norway, born 1980) * Svein Johannessen (Norway, 1937–2007) * Darryl Johansen (Australia, born 1959) * Walter John (Poland, Germany, 1879–1940) * Hans Johner (Switzerland, 1889–1975) * Paul Johner (Switzerland, 1887–1938) * Gawain Jones (England, born 1987) * Iolo Jones (Wales, 1947–2021) * Paul Journoud (France, 1821–1882) * Ju Wenjun (China, born 1991) * Max Judd (Poland, US, 1851–1906) * Klaus Junge (Chile, Germany, 1924–1945) * Otto Junge (Chile, Germany, 1887–1978) * Miervaldis Jurševskis (Latvia, Canada, 1921–2014)


K

* Bernhard Kagan (Poland, Germany, 1866–1932) * Shimon Kagan (Israel, born 1942) * Victor Kahn (Russia, France, 1889–1971) * Mir Sultan Khan, Sultan Khan (British India, 1903) * Gregory Kaidanov (Ukraine, Russia, US, born 1959) * Osmo Kaila (Finland, 1916–1991) * Charles Kalme (Latvia, Germany, US, 1939–2003) * Gata Kamsky (Russia, US, born 1974) * Ilya Kan (Russia, 1909–1978) * Marcus Kann (Austria, 1820–1886) * Albert Kapengut (Belarus, US, born 1944) * Julio Kaplan (Argentina, Puerto Rico, US, born 1950) * Darja Kapš (Slovenia, born 1981) * Mona May Karff (Moldova, Russia, Palestine, US, 1914–1998) * Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine, born 1990) * Anastasiya Karlovich (Ukraine, born 1982) * Anatoly Karpov (Russia, born 1951) * Isaac Kashdan (US, 1905–1985) * Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan, born 1979) * Garry Kasparov (Azerbaijan, Russia, born 1963) * Genrikh Kasparyan (Armenia, 1910–1995) * Miroslav Katětov (Czechoslovakia, 1918–1995) * Arthur Kaufmann (Romania, Austria, 1872–1940) * Lubomir Kavalek (Czechoslovakia, US, 1943–2021) * Raymond Keene (England, born 1948) * Hermann Keidanski (Poland, Germany, 1865–1938) * Dieter Keller (Switzerland, born 1936) * Edith Keller-Herrmann (Germany, 1921–2010) * Rudolf Keller (Germany, 1917–1993) * Brian Kelly (chess player), Brian Kelly (Ireland, born 1978) * Emil Kemény (Hungary, US, 1860–1925) * Edvīns Ķeņģis (Latvia, born 1959) * Hugh Alexander Kennedy (Ireland, England, 1809–1878) * Paul Keres (Estonia, 1916–1975) * Alexander Kevitz (US, 1902–1981) * Rohini Khadilkar (India, born 1963) * Alexander Khalifman (Russia, born 1966) * Mir Sultan Khan (India, Pakistan, 1905–1966) * Andrei Kharlov (Russia, 1968–2014) * Murtas Kazhgaleyev (Kazakhstan, born 1973) * Abram Khavin (Ukraine, 1914–1974) * Igor Khenkin (Russia, Germany, born 1968) * Denis Khismatullin (Russia, born 1984) * Ratmir Kholmov (Russia, Belarus, Lithuania, 1925–2006) * Natalia Khoudgarian (Russia, Canada, born 1973) * Nino Khurtsidze (Georgia, 1975–2018) * Feliks Kibbermann (Estonia, 1902–1993) * Georg Kieninger (Germany, 1902–1975) * Lionel Kieseritzky (Estonia, France, 1806–1853) * R.K. Kieseritzky (Estonia, Russia, c. 1870 – after 1922) * Daniel King (chess player), Daniel King (England, born 1963) * Olof Kinnmark (Sweden, 1897–1970) * Ove Kinnmark (Sweden, 1944–2015) * Georg Klaus (Germany, 1912–1974) * Jan Kleczyński Jr. (Poland, 1875–1939) * Jan Kleczyński Sr. (Poland, 1837–1895) * Ernest Klein (chess player), Ernst Klein (Austria, England, 1910–1990) * Paul Klein (chess player), Paul Klein (Germany, Ecuador, 1915–1992) * Josef Kling (Germany, 1811–1876) * Jānis Klovāns (Latvia, 1935–2010) * Gyula Kluger (Hungary, 1914–1994) * Hans Kmoch (Austria, Netherlands, US, 1894–1973) * Rainer Knaak (Germany, born 1953) * Viktor Knorre (Russia, 1840–1919) * Mikhail Kobalia (Russia, born 1978) * Alexander Koblencs (Latvia, 1916–1993) * Berthold Koch (Germany, 1899–1988) * Alexander Kochyev (Russia, born 1956) * Artur Kogan (Ukraine, Israel, born 1974) * Boris Kogan (Russia, US, 1940–1993) * Anton Kohler (Germany, c. 1907–1961) * Stanisław Kohn (Poland, 1895–1940) * Friedrich Köhnlein (Germany, 1879–1916) * Dmitry Kokarev (chess player), Dmitry Kokarev (Russia, born 1982) * Atanas Kolev (Bulgaria, born 1967) * Ignác Kolisch (Slovakia, Austria-Hungary, 1837–1899) * Jakub Kolski (Poland, 1899–1941) * George Koltanowski (Belgium, US, 1903–2000) * Henrijeta Konarkowska-Sokolov (Poland, Serbia, born 1938) * Humpy Koneru (India, born 1987) * Imre König (Hungary, Yugoslavia, England, US, 1899–1992) * Jerzy Konikowski (Poland, Germany, born 1947) * Alexander Konstantinopolsky (Ukraine, 1910–1990) * Danny Kopec (US, 1954–2016) * Viktor Korchnoi (Russia, Switzerland, 1931–2016) * Akshayraj Kore (India 1988) * Anton Korobov (Ukraine, born 1985) * Imre Korody (Hungary, 1905–1969) * Alexey Korotylev (Russia, born 1977) * Yona Kosashvili (Georgia, Israel, born 1970) * Gary Koshnitsky (Moldova, Australia, 1907–1999) * Nadezhda Kosintseva (Russia, born 1985) * Tatiana Kosintseva (Russia, born 1986) * Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia, born 1984) * Boris Kostić (Austria-Hungary, Yugoslavia, 1887–1963) * Jan Kotrč (Czechoslovakia, 1862–1943) * Vasilios Kotronias (Greece, born 1964) * Pavel Kotsur (Kazakhstan, born 1974) * Alexander Kotov (Russia, 1913–1981) * Čeněk Kottnauer (Czechoslovakia, England, 1910–1996) * Bachar Kouatly (Syria, Liban, France, born 1958) * Vlatko Kovačević (Croatia, born 1942) * Alexander Kovchan (Ukraine, born 1983) * Boris Koyalovich (Russia, 1867–1941) * Valentina Kozlovskaya (Russia, born 1938) * Zdenko Kožul (Croatia, born 1966) * Jesse Kraai (US, born 1972) * Yair Kraidman (Israel, born 1932) * Adolf Kraemer (Germany, 1898–1972) * Adolf Kramer (Germany, 1871–1934) * Haije Kramer (Netherlands, 1917–2004) * Vladimir Kramnik (Russia, born 1975) * Michał Krasenkow (Russia, Poland, born 1963) * Orla Hermann Krause (Denmark, 1867–1935) * Martyn Kravtsiv (Ukraine, born 1990) * Boris Kreiman (Russia, US, born 1976) * Josef Krejcik (Austria, 1885–1957) * Leon Kremer (Poland, 1901–1941) * Martin Kreuzer (Germany, born 1962) * Ljuba Kristol (Russia, Israel, born 1944) * Stanislav Kriventsov (Russia, US, born 1973) * Nikolai Krogius (Russia, born 1930) * Paul Krüger (chess player), Paul Krüger (Germany, 1871–1939) * Irina Krush (Ukraine, US, born 1983) * Yuriy Kryvoruchko (Ukraine, born 1986) * Arvid Kubbel (Russia, 1889–1938) * Leonid Kubbel (Russia, 1891–1942) * Sergey Kudrin (Russia, US, born 1959) * Adam Kuligowski (Poland, born 1955) * Kaido Külaots (Estonia, born 1976) * Abhijit Kunte (India, born 1977) * Abraham Kupchik (Belarus, US, 1892–1970) * Viktor Kupreichik (Belarus, 1949–2017) * Bojan Kurajica (Bosnia and Herzegovina, born 1947) * Igor Kurnosov (Russia, 1985–2013) * Alla Kushnir (Russia, Israel, 1941–2013) * Gennady Kuzmin (Russia, 1946–2020) * Yuriy Kuzubov (Ukraine, born 1990) * Jan Kvicala (Czechoslovakia, 1868–1939)


L

* Kateryna Lahno (Ukraine, born 1989) * Bogdan Lalić (Yugoslavia/Croatia, England, born 1964) * Erwin l'Ami (Netherlands, born 1985) * Frank Lamprecht (Germany, born 1968) * Konstantin Landa (Russia, 1972–2022) * Salo Landau (Poland, Netherlands, 1903–1944) * Gary Lane (chess player), Gary Lane (England, Australia, born 1964) * Lisa Lane (US, born 1938) * Max Lange (Germany, 1832–1899) * Salomon Langleben (Poland, 1862–1939) * Bent Larsen (Denmark, 1935–2010) * Ernst Larsson (Sweden, 1897–1963) * Baron Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa (Prussia/Germany, 1818–1899) * Berthold Lasker (Germany, 1860–1928) * Edward Lasker (Poland, Germany, US, 1885–1981) * Emanuel Lasker (Germany, Russia, US, 1868–1941) * Milda Lauberte (Latvia, 1918–2009) * Leho Laurine (Estonia, Sweden, 1904–1998) * Jessica Lauser (American) * Joël Lautier (Canada, France, born 1973) * Darwin Laylo (Philippines, born 1980) * Frédéric Lazard (France, 1883–1948) * Gustave Lazard (France, 1876–1949) * Milunka Lazarević (Serbia, 1932–2018) * Viktor Láznička (Czech Republic, born 1988) * Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam, born 1991) * Sergey Lebedev (chess player), Sergey Lebedev (Russia, 1868–1942) * Peter Lee (chess player), Peter Lee (England, born 1943) * Peter Leepin (Switzerland, 1920–1995) * Legall de Kermeur (France, 1702–1792) * Anatoly Lein (Russia, US, 1931–2018) * Péter Lékó (Hungary, born 1979) * Giovanni Leonardo (Italy, 1542–1587) * Paul Saladin Leonhardt (Poland, Germany, 1877–1934) * Alex Lenderman (US, born 1989) * James A. Leonard (US, 1841–1862) * Konstantin Lerner (Ukraine, 1950–2011) * Jean-Pierre Le Roux (chess player), Jean-Pierre Le Roux (France, born 1982) * Alexandre Lesiège (Canada, born 1975) * Norman Lessing (US, 1911–2001) * René Letelier (Chile, 1915–2006) * Grigory Levenfish (Poland, Russia, 1889–1961) * Aleksandr Levin (Russia, 1871–1929) * Jacob Levin (chess player), Jacob Levin (US, 1904–1992) * Naum Levin (Ukraine, Australia, born 1933) * Caleb Levitan (South Africa, born 2010) * Yuliya Levitan (USA, born 1973) * Irina Levitina (Russia, US, born 1954) * Stepan Levitsky (Russia, 1876–1924) * David Levy (chess player), David Levy (Scotland, born 1945) * Jerzy Lewi (Poland, Sweden, 1949–1972) * Moritz Lewitt (Germany, 1863–1936) * Li Chao (chess player), Li Chao (China, born 1989) * Li Ruofan (Singapore, born 1978) * Li Shilong (China, born 1977) * Li Shongjian (China, born 1939) * Li Wenliang (chess player), Li Wenliang (China, born 1967) * Li Zunian (China, born 1958) * Liang Chong (China, born 1980) * Liang Jinrong (China, born 1960) * Vladimir Liberzon (Russia, Israel, 1937–1996) * Theodor Lichtenhein (Germany, US, 1829–1874) * Espen Lie (Norway, born 1984) * Kjetil Aleksander Lie (Norway, born 1980) * Andor Lilienthal (Hungary, Russia, 1911–2010) * Darcy Lima (Brazil, born 1962) * Lin Ta (China, born 1963) * Lin Weiguo (China, born 1970) * Paul Lipke (Germany, 1870–1955) * Isaac Lipnitsky (Ukraine, 1923–1959) * Samuel Lipschütz (Hungary, US, 1863–1905) * Georgy Lisitsin (Russia, 1909–1972) * Paul List (Ukraine, Germany, England, 1887–1954) * Marta Litinskaya-Shul (Ukraine, born 1949) * John Littlewood (chess player), John Littlewood (England, 1931–2009) * Liu Shilan (China, born 1962) * Liu Wenzhe (China, 1940–2010) * Ljubomir Ljubojević (Serbia, born 1950) * Eric Lobron (US, Germany, born 1960) * Josef Lokvenc (Austria, 1899–1974) * Giambattista Lolli (Italy, 1698–1769) * Rudolf Loman (Netherlands, 1861–1932) * William Lombardy (US, 1937–2017) * Ruy López de Segura (Spain, c. 1530 – c. 1580) * Edward Löwe (England, 1794–1880) * Otto Löwenborg (Sweden, 1888–1969) * Johann Löwenthal (Hungary, England, 1810–1876) * Leopold Löwy, Jr (Austria, 1871–after 1909) * Leopold Löwy, Sr (Austria, 1840–after 1904) * Moishe Lowtzky (Ukraine, Poland, 1881–1940) * Sam Loyd (US, 1841–1911) * Smbat Lputian (Armenia, born 1958) * Luis Ramirez Lucena (Spain, c. 1465 – c. 1530) * Markas Luckis (Lithuania, Argentina, 1905–1973) * Andrey Lukin (Russia, born 1948) * Stig Lundholm (Sweden, 1917–2009) * Erik Lundin (Sweden, 1904–1988) * Francisco Lupi (Portugal, before 1910–1954) * Constantin Lupulescu (Romania, born 1984) * Thomas Luther (Germany, born 1969) * Christopher Lutz (Germany, born 1971)


M

* Gottlieb Machate (Germany, 1904–1974) * Aleksandras Machtas (Lithuania, Israel, 1892–1973) * Bartłomiej Macieja (Poland, born 1977) * George Henry Mackenzie (Scotland, US, 1837–1891) * Nicholas MacLeod (Canada, 1870–1965) * Carlos Maderna (Argentina, 1910–1976) * Ildikó Mádl (Hungary, born 1969) * Elmar Magerramov (Azerbaijan, born 1958) * Joanna Majdan (Poland, born 1988) * Kazimierz Makarczyk (Poland, 1901–1972) * Vladimir Makogonov (Azerbaijan 1904–1993) * Gyula Makovetz (Hungary, 1860–1903) * Vadim Malakhatko (Ukraine, Belgium, born 1977) * Vladimir Malakhov (chess player), Vladimir Malakhov (Russia, born 1980) * Vidmantas Mališauskas (Lithuania, born 1963) * Vladimir Malaniuk (Russia, Ukraine, 1957–2017) * Boris Maliutin (Russia, 1883–1920) * Nidjat Mamedov (Azerbaijan, born 1985) * Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan, born 1985) * Rauf Mamedov (Azerbaijan, born 1988) * Maria Manakova (Serbia, born 1974) * Karmen Mar (Slovenia, born 1987) * Napoleon Marache (France, US, 1818–1875) * Max Marchand (Netherlands, 1888–1957) * Georg Marco (Romania, Austria, 1863–1923) * Alisa Marić (Serbia, born 1970) * Mirjana Marić (Serbia, born 1970) * Mihail Marin (Romania, born 1965) * Beatriz Marinello (Chile, born 1964) * Sergio Mariotti (Italy, born 1946) * Ján Markoš (Slovakia, born 1985) * Tomasz Markowski (chess player), Tomasz Markowski (Poland, born 1975) * Robert Markuš (Serbia, born 1983) * Géza Maróczy (Hungary, 1870–1951) * Davide Marotti (Italy, 1881–1940) * Dražen Marović (Croatia, born 1938) * Frank Marshall (chess player), Frank Marshall (US, 1877–1944) * Dion Martinez (Cuba, US, 1837–1928) * Giovanni Martinolich (Italy, 1884–1910) * Rico Mascariñas (Philippines, born 1953) * Houshang Mashian (Iran, Israel, born 1938) * James Mason (chess player), James Mason (Ireland, US, England, 1849–1905) * Dimitrios Mastrovasilis (Greece, born 1983) * Aleksandar Matanović (Serbia, born 1930) * Hermanis Matisons (Latvia, 1894–1932) * Milan Matulović (Serbia, 1935–2013) * Svetlana Matveeva (Russia, born 1969) * Carl Mayet (Germany, 1810–1868) * Isaak Mazel (Belarus, Russia, 1911–1943) * Neil McDonald (chess player), Neil McDonald (England, born 1967) * Alexander McDonnell (chess player), Alexander McDonnell (Ireland, 1798–1835) * Colin McNab (Scotland, born 1961) * Luke McShane (England, born 1984) * Henrique Mecking (Brazil, born 1952) * Antonio Medina García, Antonio Medina (Spain, 1919–2003) * Edmar Mednis (Latvia, US, 1937–2002) * Susanto Megaranto (Indonesia, born 1987) * Philipp Meitner (Austria, 1838–1910) * Hrant Melkumyan (Armenia, born 1989) * Olga Menchik (Russia, Czechoslovakia, England, 1908–1944) * Vera Menchik (Russia, Czechoslovakia, England, 1906–1944) * Julius Mendheim (Germany, 1788–1836) * Jonathan Mestel (England, born 1957) * Johannes Metger (Germany, 1850–1926) * Voldemārs Mežgailis (Latvia, 1912–1998) * Paul Michel (chess player), Paul Michel (Germany, Argentina, 1905–1977) * Walter Michel (Switzerland, 1888–after 1935) * Reginald Pryce Michell (England, 1873–1938) * Jacques Mieses (Germany, England, 1865–1954) * Samuel Mieses (Germany, 1841–1884) * Vladas Mikėnas (Estonia, Lithuania, 1910–1992) * Adrian Mikhalchishin (Ukraine, Slovenia, born 1954) * Victor Mikhalevski (Belarus, Israel, born 1972) * Igor Miladinović (chess player), Igor Miladinović (Serbia, born 1974) * Tony Miles (England, 1955–2001) * Zdravko Milev (Bulgaria, 1929–1984) * Borislav Milić (Yugoslavia, 1925–1986) * Sophie Milliet (France, born 1983) * Stuart Milner-Barry (England, 1906–1995) * Vadim Milov (Russia, Israel, Switzerland, born 1972) * Artashes Minasian (Armenia, born 1987) * Johannes Minckwitz (Germany, 1843–1901) * Nikolay Minev (Bulgaria, US, 1931–2017) * Dragoljub Minić (Montenegro, 1936–2005) * Evgenij Miroshnichenko (Ukraine, born 1978) * Azer Mirzoev (Azerbaijan, born 1978) * Vesna Mišanović (Bosnia, born 1964) * Abhimanyu Mishra (US, born 2009) * Kamil Mitoń (Poland, born 1984) * Jack Mizzi (Malta, born 2006) * Lilit Mkrtchian (Armenia, born 1982) * Stasch Mlotkowski (US, 1881–1943) * Abram Model (Latvia, Russia, 1896–1976) * Charles Moehle (US, 1859–1898) * Ariah Mohiliver (Poland, Israel, 1904–1996) * Stefan Mohr (Germany, born 1967) * Alexander Moiseenko (Ukraine, born 1980) * Baldur Möller (Iceland, 1914–1999) * Jørgen Møller (Denmark, 1873–1944) * Augustus Mongredien (England, 1807–1888) * Léon Monosson (Belarus, France, 1892–1943) * Julius du Mont (France, England, 1881–1956) * Mario Monticelli (Italy, 1902–1995) * María Teresa Mora (Cuba, 1902–1980) * Elshan Moradi (Iran, born 1985) * Luciana Morales Mendoza (Peru, born 1987) * Kalikst Morawski (Poland, 1859 – c. 1939) * Bruno Moritz (Germany, Ecuador, 1898–?) * Iván Morovic (Chile, born 1963) * Alexander Moroz (Ukraine, 1961–2009) * Alexander Morozevich (Russia, born 1977) * Paul Morphy (US, 1837–1884) * John Morrison (chess player), John Morrison (Canada, 1889–1975) * Paul Motwani (Scotland, born 1962) * Alexander Motylev (Russia, born 1979) * Sergei Movsesian (Armenia, Slovakia, born 1978) * Paul Mross (Poland, Germany, 1910–1991) * Martin Mrva (Slovakia, born 1971) * Fatos Muço (Albania, 1949) * André Muffang (France, 1897–1989) * Hans Müller (chess player), Hans Müller (Austria, 1896–1971) * Karsten Müller (Germany, born 1970) * César Muñoz (Ecuador, 1929–2000) * Piotr Murdzia (Poland, born 1975) * Jacob Murey (Russia, Israel, born 1941) * Augusto de Muro (Argentina, ? –1959) * Niaz Murshed (Bangladesh, born 1966) * Phiona Mutesi (Uganda, birthdate unknown) * Anna Muzychuk (Ukraine, Slovenia, born 1990) * Mariya Muzychuk (Ukraine, born 1992) * Lhamsuren Myagmarsuren (Mongolia, born 1938) * Hugh Myers (US, 1930–2008)


N

* Ashot Nadanian (Armenia, born 1972) * Arkadij Naiditsch (Latvia, Germany, born 1985) * Oskar Naegeli (Switzerland, 1885–1959) * Géza Nagy (Hungary, 1892–1953) * Miguel Najdorf (Poland, Argentina, 1910–1997) * Hikaru Nakamura (Japan, US, born 1987) * William Ewart Napier, William Napier (England, US, 1881–1952) * Mario Napolitano (Italy, 1910–1995) * Renato Naranja (Philippines, born 1940) * Srinath Narayanan (India, born 1994) * Daniel Naroditsky (US, born 1995) * David Navara (Czech Republic, born 1985) * Vera Nebolsina (Russia, born 1989) * Ozren Nedeljković (Serbia, 1903–1984) * Gastón Needleman (Argentina, born 1990) * Parimarjan Negi (India, born 1993) * Iivo Nei (Estonia, born 1931) * Oleg Neikirch (Georgia, Bulgaria, 1914–1985) * Kateřina Němcová (Czech Republic, born 1990) * Vladimir Nenarokov (Russia, 1880–1953) * Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia, born 1990) * Vincenzo Nestler (Italy, 1912–1988) * Augustin Neumann (Austria, 1879–1906) * Gustav Neumann (Germany, 1838–1881) * Vladislav Nevednichy (Romania, born 1969) * Valeriy Neverov (Ukraine, born 1964) * Rashid Nezhmetdinov (Russia, 1912–1974) * Ni Hua (China, born 1983) * Arno Nickel (Germany, born 1952) * Bryon Nickoloff (Canada, 1956–2004) * Bjørn Nielsen (Denmark, 1907–1949) * Peter Heine Nielsen (Denmark, born 1973) * Torkil Nielsen (Faroe Islands, born 1964) * Hans Niemann (US, born 2003) * Walter Niephaus (Germany, 1923–1992) * Aleksandr Nikitin (chess player), Aleksandr Nikitin (Russia, 1935–2022) * Yuri Nikolaevsky (Ukraine, 1937–2004) * Ioannis Nikolaidis (Greece, born 1971) * Predrag Nikolić (Bosnia and Herzegovina, born 1960) * Allan Nilsson (Sweden, 1899–1949) * Aron Nimzowitsch (Latvia, Denmark, 1886–1935) * Ning Chunhong (China, born 1968) * Bhupendra Niraula (Nepal, born 1981) * Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Romania, born 1976) * Josef Noa (Hungary, 1856–1903) * Jesús Nogueiras (Cuba, born 1959) * Federico Norcia (Italy, 1904–1985) * Holger Norman-Hansen (Denmark, 1899–1984) * David Norwood (England, born 1968) * Daniël Noteboom (Netherlands, 1910–1932) * Igor Novikov (chess player), Igor Novikov (Ukraine, US, born 1962) * Nikolay Novotelnov (Russia, 1911–2006) * Heinz Nowarra (Germany, 1897–c. 1945) * John Nunn (England, born 1955) * Friedrich Nürnberg (Germany, 1909–1984) * Tomi Nybäck (Finland, born 1985) * Gustaf Nyholm (Sweden, 1880–1957) * Illia Nyzhnyk (Ukraine, born 1996)


O

* Kevin O'Connell (chess player), Kevin O'Connell (England, Ireland, born 1949) * Handszar Odeev (Turkmenistan, born 1972) * Leif Øgaard (Norway, born 1952) * John O'Hanlon (chess player), John O'Hanlon (Ireland, 1876–1960) * Tõnu Õim (Estonia, born 1941) * Kaarle Ojanen (Finland, 1918–2009) * Albéric O'Kelly de Galway (Belgium, 1911–1980) * Friðrik Ólafsson (Iceland, 1935–2025) * Helgi Ólafsson (Iceland, born 1956) * Mikhailo Oleksienko (Ukraine, born 1986) * Lembit Oll (Estonia, 1966–1999) * Adolf Georg Olland (Netherlands, 1867–1933) * Anton Olson (Sweden, 1881–after 1928) * Alexander Onischuk (Ukraine, US born 1975) * Karel Opočenský (Czechoslovakia, 1892–1975) * Wilhelm Orbach (Germany, 1894–1944) * Menachem Oren (Poland, Israel, 1901–1962) * Gerard Oskam (Netherlands, 1880–1952) * Berge Østenstad (Norway, born 1964) * John Owen (chess player), John Owen (England, 1827–1901) * Karlis Ozols (Latvia, Australia, 1912–2001)


P

* Luděk Pachman (Czechoslovakia, Germany, 1924–2003) * Nikola Padevsky (Bulgaria, born 1933) * Elisabeth Pähtz (Germany, born 1985) * Mladen Palac (Croatia, born 1971) * Sam Palatnik (Ukraine, US, born 1950) * Luis Palau (chess player), Luis Palau (Argentina, 1897–1971) * Victor Palciauskas (Lithuania, US, born 1941) * Richard Palliser (England, born 1981) * Rudolf Palme (Austria, 1910–2005) * Ryan Palmer (chess player), Ryan Palmer (Jamaica, born 1974) * Davor Palo (Denmark, born 1985) * Eero Paloheimo (Finland, born 1936) * Oscar Panno (Argentina, born 1935) * Vasily Panov (Russia, 1906–1973) * Mark Paragua (Philippines, born 1984) * Shadi Paridar (Iran, born 1986) * Mircea Pârligras (Romania, born 1980) * Bruno Parma (Slovenia, born 1941) * Frank Parr (England, 1918–2003) * Louis Paulsen (Germany, 1833–1891) * Wilfried Paulsen (Germany, 1828–1901) * Duško Pavasovič (Croatia, Slovenia, born 1976) * Max Pavey (US, 1918–1957) * Rahul Srivatshav Peddi (US, born 2002) * Jiří Pelikán (chess player), Jiří Pelikán (Czechoslovakia, Argentina, 1906–1985) * Yannick Pelletier (Switzerland, born 1976) * Roman Pelts (Ukraine, Canada, born 1937) * Peng Xiaomin (China, born 1973) * Peng Zhaoqin (China, born 1968) * Jonathan Penrose (England, 1933–2021) * Corina Peptan (Romania, born 1978) * Julius Perlis (Poland, Austria, 1880–1913) * Frederick Perrin (England, US, 1815–1889) * Raaphi Persitz (England, Israel, Switzerland, 1934–2009) * Nick Pert (England, born 1981) * John Peters (chess player), John Peters (US, born 1951) * Jusefs Petkevich (Latvia, born 1940) * Arshak Petrosian (Armenia, born 1953) * Davit G. Petrosian (Armenia, born 1984) * Tigran Petrosian (Armenia, Georgia, USSR, 1929–1984) * Alexander Petrov (chess player), Alexander Petrov (Russia, 1794–1867) * Vladimirs Petrovs (Latvia, 1907–1943) * Gerhard Pfeiffer (Germany, 1923–2000) * Helmut Pfleger (Germany, born 1943) * François-André Danican Philidor (France, 1726–1795) * Luis Piazzini (Argentina, 1905–1980) * Jeroen Piket (Netherlands, born 1969) * Harry Nelson Pillsbury (US, 1872–1906) * Hermann Pilnik (Germany, Argentina, 1914–1981) * Karol Piltz (Poland, 1903–1939) * Albert Pinkus (US, 1903–1984) * József Pintér (Hungary, born 1953) * Vasja Pirc (Slovenia, 1907–1980) * Rudolf Pitschak (Czechoslovakia, US, 1902–1988) * Karl Pitschel (Austria, 1829–1883) * Aaron Pixton (US, born 1986) * Ján Plachetka (Slovakia, born 1945) * Albin Planinc (Slovenia, 1944–2008) * James Plaskett (England, Spain, born 1960) * Kazimierz Plater (Poland, 1915–2004) * Igor Platonov (Ukraine, 1934–1995) * Joseph Platz (Germany, US, 1905–1981) * Isaías Pleci (Argentina, 1907–1979) * David Podhorzer (Austria, 1907–1998) * Natalia Pogonina (Russia, born 1985) * Henryk Pogorieły (Poland, 1908–1943) * Ernest Pogosyants (Ukraine, 1935–1990) * Iosif Pogrebyssky (Ukraine, 1906–1971) * Amos Pokorný (Czechoslovakia, 1890–1949) * Rudolph Pokorny (Bohemia, Mexico, US, 1880–after 1920) * Giulio Polerio (Italy, 1548–1612) * Judit Polgár (Hungary, born 1976) * Zsuzsa Polgar (Hungary, US, born 1969) * Zsofia Polgar (Hungary, Israel, born 1974) * Elisabeta Polihroniade (Romania, 1935–2016) * David Polland (US, born 1915) * William Pollock (chess player), William Pollock (United Kingdom, 1859–1896) * Lev Polugaevsky (Belarus, Russia, 1934–1995) * Arturo Pomar (Spain, 1931–2016) * Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine, 1983) * Domenico Ponziani (Italy, 1719–1796) * Stepan Popel (Poland, France, US, 1909–1987) * Ignatz von Popiel (Austria-Hungary, Poland, 1863–1941) * Petar Popović (chess player), Petar Popović (Yugoslavia, Serbia, born 1959) * Artur Popławski (Poland, Switzerland, 1860–1918) * Yosef Porat (Germany, Israel, 1909–1996) * Moritz Porges (Bohemia/Austria-Hungary, 1857–1909) * Lajos Portisch (Hungary, born 1937) * Ehrhardt Post (Germany, 1881–1947) * Evgeny Postny (Israel, born 1981) * Peter Potemkine (Russia, France, 1886–1926) * Vladimir Potkin (Russia, born 1982) * Ludovit Potuček (Slovakia, 1912–1982) * Christian Poulsen (chess player), Christian Poulsen (Denmark, 1912–1981) * Atousa Pourkashiyan (Iran, born 1988) * R Praggnanandhaa (India, born 2005) * Borki Predojević (Bosnia, born 1987) * Edith Charlotte Price (England, 1872–1952) * Lodewijk Prins (Netherlands, 1913–1999) * Svetlana Prudnikova (Russia, born 1967) * Dawid Przepiórka (Poland, 1880–1942) * Lev Psakhis (Russia, Israel, born 1958) * Lenka Ptáčníková (Czechoslovakia, Iceland, born 1976) * Stojan Puc (Slovenia, 1921–2004) * Viktors Pupols (Latvia, US, born 1934) * Cecil Purdy (New Zealand, Australia, 1906–1979) * John Purdy (chess player), John Purdy (Australia, 1935–2011)


Q

* Qi Jingxuan (China, born 1947) * Qin Kanying (China, born 1974) * Oscar Quiñones (chess player), Oscar Quiñones (Peru, born 1941) * Miguel Quinteros (Argentina, born 1947)


R

* Braslav Rabar (Croatia, 1919–1973) * Abram Rabinovich (Lithuania, Russia, 1878–1943) * Ilya Rabinovich (Russia, 1891–1942) * Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan, born 1987) * Ivan Radulov (Bulgaria, born 1939) * Markus Ragger (Austria, born 1988) * Viacheslav Ragozin (Russia, 1908–1962) * Ziaur Rahman (chess player), Ziaur Rahman (Bangladesh, born 1974) * Maurice Raizman (Moldova/Russia, France 1905–1974) * Iweta Rajlich (Poland, born 1981) * Ramachandran Ramesh (India, born 1976) * Alejandro Ramírez (chess player), Alejandro Ramírez (Costa Rica, born 1988) * Richárd Rapport (Hungary, born 1996) * Nukhim Rashkovsky (Russia, born 1946) * Ilmar Raud (Estonia, Argentina, 1913–1941) * Vsevolod Rauzer (Ukraine, 1908–1941) * Yuri Razuvayev (Russia, 1945–2012) * Damian Reca (Argentina, 1894–1937) * Hans Ree (Netherlands, born 1944) * Brian Reilly (France, England, Ireland, 1901–1991) * Dimitri Reinderman (Netherlands, born 1972) * Fred Reinfeld (US, 1910–1964) * Heinrich Reinhardt (Germany, Argentina, 1903–1990) * Salome Reischer (Austria, Palestine, US, 1899–1980) * Teodor Regedziński (Poland, 1894–1954) * Arturo Reggio (Italy, 1863–1917) * Josef Rejfíř (Czechoslovakia, 1909–1962) * Ludwig Rellstab (chess player), Ludwig Rellstab (Germany, 1904–1983) * Georges Renaud (France, 1893–1975) * Samuel Reshevsky (Poland, US, 1911–1992) * Pál Réthy (Hungary, 1905–1962) * Richard Réti (Austria-Hungary, Czechoslovakia, 1889–1929) * Ramón Rey Ardid (Spain, 1903–1988) * Alexander Riazantsev (chess player), Alexander Riazantsev (Russia, born 1985) * Zoltán Ribli (Hungary, born 1951) * Pablo Ricardi (Argentina, born 1962) * Isaac Rice (businessman), Isaac Rice (US, 1850–1915) * Kurt Richter (Germany, 1900–1969) * Antonio Rico (Spain, 1908–1988) * Alessandra Riegler (Italy, born 1961) * Fritz Riemann (Germany, 1859–1932) * Friedl Rinder (Germany, 1905–2001) * Horst Rittner (Germany, 1930–2021) * Nikolai Riumin (Russia, 1908–1942) * Jules Arnous de Rivière (France, 1830–1905) * Karl Robatsch (Austria, 1929–2000) * Walter Robinow (Germany, 1867–1938) * Ray Robson (US, born 1994) * Ludwig Rödl (Germany, 1907–1970) * Maxim Rodshtein (Israel, born 1989) * Hans Roepstorff (Germany, 1910–1945) * Ian Rogers (chess player), Ian Rogers (Australia, born 1960) * Gustav Rogmann (Germany, 1909–1947) * Kenneth Rogoff (US, born 1953) * Dorian Rogozenko (Romania, born 1973) * Ivan Vladimir Rohaček (Slovakia, 1909–1977) * Michael Rohde (chess player), Michael Rohde (US, born 1959) * Michael Roiz (Russia, Israel born 1983) * Oleg Romanishin (Ukraine, born 1952) * Alexander Romanovsky (chess player), Alexander Romanovsky (Lithuania, Russia, 1880–1943) * Peter Romanovsky (Russia, 1892–1964) * Max Romih (Croatia, Italy, 1893–1979) * Chris de Ronde (Netherlands, Argentina, 1912–1996) * Catharina Roodzant (Netherlands, 1896–1999) * Salme Rootare (Estonia, 1913–1987) * Vidrik Rootare (Estonia, c.1900–1985) * Jakob Rosanes (Ukraine/Austria-Hungary, Germany, 1842–1922) * Bernardo Roselli (Uruguay, born 1965) * Leon Rosen (Poland, US, 1869–1942) * Andreas Rosendahl (Denmark, 1864–1909) * Karl Wilhelm Rosenkrantz (Latvia, Russia, 1876–after 1928) * Jacob Rosenthal (US, 1881–1954) * Samuel Rosenthal (Poland, France 1837–1902) * Laura Ross (chess player), Laura Ross (US, born 1988) * Stefano Rosselli del Turco (Italy, 1877–1947) * Héctor Rossetto (Argentina, 1922–2009) * Nicolas Rossolimo (Ukraine, France, US, 1910–1975) * Gersz Rotlewi (Poland, 1889–1920) * Eugène Rousseau (chess player), Eugéne Rousseau (France, c. 1810 – c. 1870) * Jonathan Rowson (Scotland, born 1977) * Shreyas Royal (India, England, born 2009) * Solomon Rozental (Lithuania, Belarus, Russia, 1890–1955) * Eduardas Rozentalis (Lithuania, born 1963) * Vesna Rožič (Slovenia, 1987–2013) * Levy Rozman (US, born 1995) * Ruan Lufei (China, born 1987) * Serge Rubanraut (China, Australia, 1948–2008) * Karl Ruben (Denmark, 1903–1938) * Jorge Rubinetti (Argentina, 1945–2016) * Akiba Rubinstein (Poland, Germany, Belgium, 1880–1961) * Emanuel Rubinstein (Poland, 1897–?) * José Rubinstein (Argentina, 1940–1997) * Simon Rubinstein (chess player), Simon Rubinstein (Austria, South Africa, c. 1910–1942) * Solomon Rubinstein (Poland, US, 1868–1931) * Sergei Rublevsky (Russia, born 1974) * Olga Rubtsova (Russia, 1909–1994) * Iosif Rudakovsky (Ukraine, 1914–1947) * Lyudmila Rudenko (Ukraine, Russia, 1904–1986) * Mary Rudge (England, 1842–1919) * Nikoly Rudnev (Ukraine, Uzbekistan, 1895–1944) * Anna Rudolf (Hungary, born 1987) * Alexander Rueb (Netherlands, 1882–1959) * Mikhail Rytshagov (Estonia, born 1967)


S

* Peter Alexandrovich Saburov (Russia, 1835–1918) * Peter Petrovich Saburov (Russia, Switzerland, 1880–1932) * Antonio Sacconi (Italy, 1895–1968) *Tania Sachdev (India, 1986) * Matthew Sadler (England, born 1974) * Darmen Sadvakasov (Kazakhstan, born 1979) * Yousof Safvat (Iran, 1940–2003) * Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant (France, 1800–1872) * Jaroslav Šajtar (Czechoslovakia, 1921–2003) * Konstantin Sakaev (Russia, born 1974) * Yuri Sakharov (Ukraine, 1922–1981) * Valery Salov (Russia, born 1964) * Alessandro Salvio (Italy, c. 1570 – c. 1640) * Gersz Salwe (Poland, 1862–1920) * Friedrich Sämisch, Friedrich (Fritz) Sämisch (Germany, 1896–1975) * Sergiu Samarian (Romania, Germany, 1923–1991) * Grigory Sanakoev (Russia, 1935–2021) * Luis Augusto Sánchez (Colombia, 1917–1981) * Albert Sandrin Jr. (US, 1923–2004) * Raúl Sanguineti (Argentina, 1933–2000) * Anthony Santasiere (US, 1904–1977) * Emmanuel Sapira (Romania, Belgium, 1900–1943) * Ortvin Sarapu (Estonia, New Zealand, 1924–1999) * Jonathan Sarfati (Australia, New Zealand, born 1964) * Gabriel Sargissian (Armenia, born 1983) * Ivan Šarić (chess player), Ivan Šarić (Croatia, born 1990) * Nihal Sarin (India, born 2004) * Zoltan Sarosy (Hungary, Canada, 1906–2017) * Jacob Sarratt (England, 1772–1819) * Jeff Sarwer (Canada, born 1978) * Krishnan Sasikiran (India, born 1981) * Harold Saunders (chess player), Harold Saunders (England, 1875–1950) * Stanislav Savchenko (Ukraine, born 1967) * Vladimir Savon (Ukraine, 1940–2005) * Gyula Sax (Hungary, 1951–2014) * Emil Schallopp (Germany, 1843–1919) * Morris Schapiro (Lithuania, US, 1903–1996) * Willem Schelfhout (Netherlands, 1874–1951) * Theodor von Scheve (Germany, 1851–1922) * Emanuel Schiffers (Russia, 1850–1904) * Willi Schlage (Germany, 1888–1940) * Carl Schlechter (Austria, 1874–1918) * Roland Schmaltz (Germany, born 1974) * Carl Friedrich Schmid (Latvia, 1840–1897) * Lothar Schmid (Germany, 1928–2013) * Paul Felix Schmidt (Estonia, Germany, US, 1916–1984) * Włodzimierz Schmidt (Poland, born 1943) * Ludwig Schmitt (Germany, 1902–1980) * Wilhelm Schönmann (Germany, 1889–1970) * Georg Schories (Germany, 1874–1934) * Karl Schorn (Germany, 1803–1850) * Arnold Schottländer (Germany, 1854–1909) * František Schubert (Czechoslovakia, 1894–1940) * John William Schulten (US, 1821–1875) * Jan Schulz (Czechoslovakia, 1899–1953) * Aaron Schwartzman (Argentina, 1908–2013) * Gabriel Schwartzman (Romania, US, born 1976) * Leon Schwartzmann (Poland, France, 1887–1942) * Paulette Schwartzmann (Latvia, France, Argentina, 1894–1953?) * Adolf Schwarz (Hungary, Austria, 1836–1910) * Jacques Schwarz (Austria, 1856–1921) * Samuel Schweber (Argentina, 1936–2017) * Marie Sebag (France, born 1986) * Yasser Seirawan (Syria, US, born 1960) * Adolf Seitz (Germany, Argentina 1898–1970) * Alexey Selezniev (Russia, France, 1888–1967) * Lidia Semenova (Ukraine, born 1951) * Olav Sepp (Estonia, born 1969) * Edward Guthlac Sergeant (England, 1881–1961) * Philip Walsingham Sergeant (England, 1872–1952) * Aleksandr Sergeyev (chess player), Aleksandr Sergeyev (Russia, 1897–1970) * Dražen Sermek (Slovenia, born 1969) * Gregory Serper (Uzbekistan, US, born 1969) * Samuel Sevian (US, born 2000) * Alexander Shabalov (Latvia, US, born 1967) * Eglantina Shabanaj (Albania, born 1979) * Greg Shahade (US, born 1978) * Jennifer Shahade (US, born 1980) * Leonid Shamkovich (Russia, Israel, US, 1923–2005) * Gauri Shankar (chess player), Gauri Shankar (India, born 1992) * Samuel Shankland (US, born 1991) * Andrey Shariyazdanov (Russia, born 1976) * Elizabeth Shaughnessy (Ireland, US, born 1937) * Shen Yang (chess player), Shen Yang (China, born 1989) * James Sherwin (US, England, born 1933) * Sergei Shipov (Russia, born 1966) * Kamran Shirazi (Iran, US, France, born 1952) * Alexei Shirov (Latvia, Spain, born 1972) * Nigel Short (England, born 1965) * Jackson Showalter (US, 1860–1935) * Yury Shulman (Belarus, US, born 1975) * Ilya Shumov (Russia, 1819–1881) * Polina Shuvalova (Russia, born 2001) * Félix Sicre (Cuba, 1817–1871) * Bruno Edgar Siegheim (Germany, South Africa, 1875–1952) * Guðmundur Sigurjónsson (Iceland, born 1947) * Jeremy Silman (US, 1954–2023) * Vladimir Simagin (Russia, 1919–1968) * Albert Simonson (US, 1914–1965) * Amon Simutowe (Zambia, born 1982) * Marcel Sisniega Campbell (Mexico, 1959–2013) * Stanislaus Sittenfeld (Poland, France, 1865–1902) * Sanan Sjugirov (Russia, born 1993) * Karel Skalička (Czechoslovakia, Argentina, 1896–1979) * Almira Skripchenko (Moldova, France, born 1976) * Bogdan Śliwa (Poland, 1922–2003) * Sam Sloan (United States, born 1944) * Roman Slobodjan (Germany, born 1975) * Jørn Sloth (Denmark, born 1944) * Jan Smeets (Netherlands, born 1985) * Jan Smejkal (Czechoslovakia, born 1946) * David Smerdon (Australia, born 1984) * Shlomo Smiltiner (Israel, 1915–2015) * Ilya Smirin (Belarus, Israel, born 1968) * Pavel Smirnov (Russia, born 1982) * Stephen Francis Smith (Canada, England, 1861–1928) * Vasily Osipovich Smyslov (Russia, 1881–1943) * Vasily Smyslov (Russia, 1921–2010) * Wesley So (Philippines, born 1993) * Bartosz Soćko (Poland, born 1978) * Monika Soćko (Poland, born 1978) * Andrei Sokolov (Russia, France, born 1963) * Ivan Sokolov (chess player), Ivan Sokolov (Bosnia, Netherlands, born 1968) * Alexey Sokolsky (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, 1908–1969) * Dragan Šolak (chess player), Dragan Šolak (Serbia, 1980) * Alexander Solovtsov (Russia, 1847–1923) * Andrew Soltis (US, born 1947) * Ariel Sorín (Argentina, born 1967) * Genna Sosonko (Russia, Netherlands, born 1943) * Victor Soultanbeieff (Russia, Belgium, 1895–1972) * Vladimir Sournin (Russia, US, 1875–1942) * João de Souza Mendes (Brazil, 1892–1969) * Hugo Spangenberg (Argentina, born 1975) * Vasil Spasov (chess player), Vasil Spasov (Bulgaria, born 1971) * Boris Spassky (Russia, France, 1937–2025) * Jon Speelman (England, born 1956) * Abraham Speijer (Netherlands, 1873–1956) * Rudolf Spielmann (Austria, Sweden, 1883–1942) * Kevin Spraggett (Canada, born 1954) * Ana Srebrnič (Slovenia, born 1984) * Gideon Ståhlberg (Sweden, 1908–1967) * Wilhelm von Stamm (Latvia, ?–1905) * Philipp Stamma (Syria, England, France, 1705–1755) * Nikolaus Stanec (Austria, born 1968) * Charles Stanley (Chess player), Charles Stanley (England, US, 1819–1901) * Nava Starr (Latvia, Canada, born 1949) * Howard Staunton (England, 1810–1874) * Michael Stean (England, born 1953) * Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria, born 1979) * Hannes Stefánsson (Iceland, born 1972) * Elias Stein (chess player), Elias Stein (Alsace, Netherlands, 1748–1812) * Leonid Stein (Ukraine, 1934–1973) * Endre Steiner (Hungary, 1901–1944) * Lajos Steiner (Hungary, Australia 1903–1975) * Herman Steiner (Slovakia/Hungary, US, 1905–1955) * Wilhelm Steinitz (Bohemia, Austria, England, US, 1836–1900) * Daniël Stellwagen (Netherlands, born 1987) * Károly Sterk (Hungary, 1881–1946) * Adolf Stern (chess player), Adolf Stern (Germany, 1849–1907) * Agnes Stevenson (England, before 1901–1935) * Lara Stock (Croatia, born 1992) * Mark Stolberg (Russia, 1922–1943) * Gösta Stoltz (Sweden, 1904–1963) * Leon Stolzenberg (Poland, US, 1895–1974) * Zurab Sturua (Georgia, born 1959) * Mihai Șubă (Romania, born 1947) * Mladen Šubarić (Croatia, 1908–1991) * Hugo Süchting (Germany, 1874–1916) * Alexey Suetin (Russia, 1926–2001) * Berthold Suhle (Poland, Germany, 1837–1904) * Franciszek Sulik (Poland, Argentina, Australia, 1908–2000) * Šarūnas Šulskis (Lithuania, born 1972) * Aaron Summerscale (England, born 1969) * Anne Sunnucks (England, 1927–2014) * Jaime Sunye Neto (Brazil, born 1957) * Emil Sutovsky (Azerbaijan, Israel, born 1977) * Duncan Suttles (Canada, born 1945) * Evgeny Sveshnikov (Latvia, 1950–2021) * Dmitry Svetushkin (Moldova, 1980–2020) * Peter Svidler (Russia, born 1976) * Rudolf Swiderski (Germany, 1878–1909) * Eugenio Szabados (Hungary, Italy, 1898–1974) * László Szabó (chess player), László Szabó (Hungary, 1917–1998) * Gedali Szapiro (Poland, Israel, 1929–1972) * Salomon Szapiro (Poland, 1882–1944) * Rudolph Sze (China, US, c.1890–1938) * József Szén (Hungary, 1805–1857) * József Szily (Hungary, 1913–1976) * Jorge Szmetan (Argentina, 1950–2015) * Aleksander Sznapik (Poland, born 1951) * Abram Szpiro (Germany, Poland, 1912–1943)


T

* Mark Taimanov (Ukraine, Russia, 1926–2016) * Sándor Takács (Hungary, 1893–1932) * Mikhail Tal (Latvia, 1936–1992) * Tan Chengxuan (China, born 1963) * Hiong Liong Tan (Indonesia, Netherlands, 1938–2009) * Lian Ann Tan (Singapore, born 1947) * Tan Zhongyi (China, born 1991) * László Tapasztó (Hungary, Venezuela, US, born 1930) * James Tarjan (US, born 1952) * Siegbert Tarrasch (Germany, 1862–1934) * Savielly Tartakower (Austria/Poland, France, 1887–1956) * Jean Taubenhaus (Poland, France, 1850–1919) * Lev Taussig (Czechoslovakia, 1880–?) * Povilas Tautvaišas (Lithuania, US, 1916–1980) * Jan Willem te Kolsté (Netherlands, 1874–1936) * Richard Teichmann (Germany, 1868–1925) * Oscar Tenner (Germany, US, 1880–1948) * Rudolf Teschner (Germany, 1922–2006) * Vitaly Teterev (Belarus, born 1983) * Praveen Thipsay (India, born 1959) * Murugan Thiruchelvam (England, born 1988) * George Alan Thomas (Turkey, England, 1881–1972) * James Thompson (chess player), James Thompson (England, US, 1804–1870) * Theophilus Thompson (US, 1855 – after 1940?) * Tian Tian (chess player), Tian Tian (China, born 1983) * Viktor Tietz (Czechoslovakia, 1859–1937) * Hans Tikkanen (Sweden, born 1985) * Jan Timman (Netherlands, born 1951) * Gert Jan Timmerman (Netherlands, born 1956) * Artyom Timofeev (chess player), Artyom Timofeev (Russia, born 1985) * Samuel Tinsley (England, 1847–1903) * Sergei Tiviakov (Russia, Netherlands, born 1973) * Jonathan Tisdall (US, Norway, born 1958) * Vladislav Tkachiev (Russia, Kazakhstan, France born 1973) * Miodrag Todorcevic (Serbia, France, born 1940) * Alexander Tolush (Russia, 1910–1969) * Evgeny Tomashevsky (Russia, born 1987) * Vasilije Tomović (Montenegro, 1906–?) * Tong Yuanming (China, born 1972) * Alice Tonini (Italy, ?) * Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria, born 1975) * Eugenio Torre (Philippines, born 1951) * Carlos Torre Repetto (México, 1904–1978) * Yury Toshev (Bulgaria, 1907–1974) * Izaak Towbin (Ukraine, Poland, 1899–1941) * Karel Traxler (Czechoslovakia, 1866–1936) * Lawrence Trent (England, born 1986) * František Treybal (Czechoslovakia, 1882–1942) * Karel Treybal (Czechoslovakia, 1885–1941) * George Treysman (US, 1881–1959) * Petar Trifunović (Croatia, Serbia, 1910–1980) * Georgi Tringov (Bulgaria, 1937–2000) * Paul Truong (Vietnam, US, born 1965) * Cindy Tsai (US, born 1985) * Anatol Tschepurnoff (Finland, 1871–1942) * Mark Tseitlin (Russia, Israel, born 1943) * Mikhail Tseitlin (Belarus, Russia, born 1947) * Vitaly Tseshkovsky (Russia, 1944–2011) * Alexander Tsvetkov (Bulgaria, 1914–1990) * Leon Tuhan-Baranowski (Poland, Germany, 1907–1954) * Vladimir Tukmakov (Ukraine, born 1946) * Johannes Türn (Estonia, 1899–1993) * Abe Turner (US, 1924–1962) * Maxim Turov (Russia, born 1979) * Isador Samuel Turover (Belgium, US, 1892–1978) * Theodore Tylor (England, 1900–1968) * Dimitri Tyomkin (Canada, born 1977) * Alexandru Tyroler (Romania, 1891–1990)


U

* Louis Uedemann (US, 1854–1912) * Shinsaku Uesugi (Japan, born 1991) * Wolfgang Uhlmann (Germany, 1935–2020) * Tüdeviin Üitümen (Mongolia, 1939–1993) * Maximilian Ujtelky (Hungary/Slovakia, 1915–1979) * Mikhail Ulibin (Russia, born 1971) * Mikhail Umansky (Russia, 1952–2010) * Wolfgang Unzicker (Germany, 1925–2006) * Anna Ushenina (Ukraine, born 1985)


V

* Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France, born 1990) * Rafael Vaganian (Armenia, born 1951) * Samuil Vainshtein (Russia, 1894–1942) * Anatoly Vaisser (Kazakhstan, France, born 1949) * Povilas Vaitonis (Lithuania, Canada, 1911–1983) * Árpád Vajda (Hungary, 1896–1967) * Francisco Vallejo Pons (Spain, born 1982) * Michael Valvo (US, 1942–2004) * Johannes van den Bosch (chess player), Johannes van den Bosch (Netherlands, 1906–1994) * Arnold van den Hoek (Netherlands, 1921–1945) * Paul van der Sterren (Netherlands, born 1956) * John van der Wiel (Netherlands, born 1959) * Dirk van Foreest (Netherlands, 1862–1956) * Jorden van Foreest (Netherlands, born 1999) * Lucas van Foreest (Netherlands, born 2001) * Norman van Lennep (Netherlands, 1872–1897) * Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk (Netherlands, Brazil, born 1948) * Theo van Scheltinga (Netherlands, 1914–1994) * Louis van Vliet (Netherlands, 1870–1932) * Loek van Wely (Netherlands, born 1972) * Cyril Vansittart (England, Italy, 1852–1887) * Zoltán Varga (chess player), Zoltán Varga (Hungary, born 1970) * Egon Varnusz (Hungary, 1933–2008) * Evgeni Vasiukov (Russia, 1933–2018) * Petar Velikov (Bulgaria, born 1951) * Dragoljub Velimirović (Serbia, 1942–2014) * Gavriil Veresov (Russia, 1912–1979) * Beniamino Vergani (Italy, 1863–1927) * Giovanni Vescovi (Brazil, born 1978) * Boris Verlinsky (Ukraine, Russia, 1888–1950) * Milan Vidmar (Slovenia, 1885–1962) * Milan Vidmar Jr. (Slovenia, 1909–1980) * Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi (India, born 1979) * Benito Villegas (Argentina, 1877–1952) * Yakov Vilner (Ukraine, 1899 – c. 1930) * William Samuel Viner (Australia, 1881–1933) * Fernando Visier Segovia (Spain, born 1943) * Isakas Vistaneckis (Lithuania, Israel, 1910–2000) * Nikita Vitiugov (Russia, born 1987) * Alvis Vītoliņš (Latvia, 1946–1997) * Evgeny Vladimirov (Kazakhstan, born 1957) * Erwin Voellmy (Switzerland, 1886–1951) * Sergey Volkov (chess player), Sergey Volkov (Russia, born 1974) * Andrei Volokitin (Ukraine, born 1986) * Larissa Volpert (Russia, 1926–2017) * Andrey Vovk (Ukraine, born 1991) * Yuri Vovk (Ukraine, born 1988) * Zvonko Vranesic (Croatia, Canada, born 1938) * Milan Vukcevich (Serbia, US, 1937–2003) * Milan Vukić (Serbia, Bosnia, born 1942) * Vladimir Vuković (Croatia, 1898–1975) * Konstantin Vygodchikov (Belarus, Russia, 1892–1941) * Alexey Vyzmanavin (Russia, 1960–2000)


W

* Robert Wade (chess player), Robert Wade (New Zealand, England, 1921–2008) * Alexander Wagner (Poland, 1868–1942) * Heinrich Wagner (Germany, 1888–1959) * Victor Wahltuch (England, 1875–1953) * Josh Waitzkin (United States, born 1976) * Carl August Walbrodt (Netherlands, Germany, 1871–1902) * George Walker (chess player), George Walker (England, 1803–1879) * Max Walter (Slovakia, 1896–1940) * Wang Hao (chess player), Wang Hao (China, born 1989) * Wang Lei (chess player), Wang Lei (China, born 1975) * Wang Pin (China, born 1974) * Puchen Wang (China, New Zealand, born 1990) * Wang Rui (chess player), Wang Rui (China, born 1978) * Wang Yu (chess player), Wang Yu (China, born 1982) * Wang Yue (chess player), Wang Yue (China, born 1987) * Chris Ward (chess player), Chris Ward (England, born 1968) * Preston Ware (US, 1821–1891) * Cathy Warwick (England, born 1968) * Miyoko Watai (Japan, born 1945) * John L. Watson (US, born 1951) * William Watson (chess player), William Watson (England, born 1962) * William Wayte (England, 1829–1898) * Simon Webb (chess player), Simon Webb (England, 1949–2005) * Tom Wedberg (Sweden, born 1953) * Henri Weenink (Netherlands, 1892–1931) * Otto Wegemund (Germany, 1870–1928) * Wei Yi (China, born 1999) * Wolfgang Weil (Austria, 1912–1945) * Max Weiss (Hungary, Austria, 1857–1927) * Peter Wells (chess player), Peter Wells (England, born 1965) * Carl Wemmers (Germany, 1845–1882) * Wen Yang (chess player), Wen Yang (China, born 1988) * Jan Werle (Netherlands, born 1984) * Guy West (Australia, born 1958) * Heikki Westerinen (Finland, born 1944) * Bernardo Wexler (Romania, Argentina, 1925–1992) * Kasimir de Weydlich (Poland, 1859–1913) * Norman Tweed Whitaker (US, 1890–1975) * Michael Wiedenkeller (Sweden, born 1963) * Arthur Wijnans (Indonesia, Netherlands, 1920–1945) * Elijah Williams (chess player), Elijah Williams (England, 1810–1854) * Simon Williams (chess player), Simon Williams (England, born 1979) * Szymon Winawer (Poland, 1838–1920) * Karl Gottlieb von Windisch (Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, 1725–1793) * Peter Winston (chess player), Peter Winston (US, born 1958) * William Winter (chess player), William Winter (England, 1898–1955) * Victor Winz (Germany, Israel, Argentina, 1906-?) * John Wisker (England, 1846–1884) * Alexander Wittek (Croatia, Austria, 1852–1894) * Aleksandar Wohl (Australia, born 1963) * Antoni Wojciechowski (Poland, 1905–1938) * Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland, born 1987) * Aleksander Wojtkiewicz (Latvia, Poland, US, 1963–2006) * Heinrich Wolf (Austria, 1875–1943) * Siegfried Reginald Wolf (Austria, Israel, 1867–1951) * Paula Wolf-Kalmar (Austria, 1881–1931) * Balduin Wolff (Germany, 1819–1907) * Patrick Wolff (US, born 1968) * Wong Meng Kong (Singapore, born 1963) * Baruch Harold Wood (England, 1909–1989) * Wu Mingqian (China, born 1961) * Wu Shaobin (Singapore, 1969) * Wu Wenjin (China, born 1976) * Marmaduke Wyvill (chess player), Marmaduke Wyvill (England, 1814–1896)


X

* Xie Jun (China, born 1970) * Jeffery Xiong (US, born 2000) * Xu Jun (China, born 1962) * Xu Yuanyuan (China, born 1981) * Xu Yuhua (China, born 1976)


Y

* Yuri Yakovich (Russia, born 1962) * Daniel Yanofsky (Poland, Canada, 1925–2000) * Frederick Yates (chess player), Frederick Yates (England, 1884–1932) * Ye Jiangchuan (China, born 1960) * Ye Rongguang (China, born 1963) * Olavo Yépez (Ecuador, 1937–2021) * Trotzky Augusto Yepez Obando, Trotzky Yepez (Ecuador, 1940–2010) * Alex Yermolinsky (US, born 1958) * Betül Cemre Yıldız (Turkey, born 1989) * Yin Hao (chess player), Yin Hao (China, born 1979) * Carissa Yip (US, born 2003) * Jennifer Yu (chess player), Jennifer Yu (US, born 2002) * Yu Shaoteng (China, born 1979) * Leonid Yudasin (Russia, Israel, born 1959) * Mikhail Yudovich (Russia, 1911–1987) * Peter Yurdansky (Russia, 1891–1937) * Artur Yusupov (chess player), Artur Yusupov (Russia, Germany, born 1960)


Z

* Józef Żabiński (Poland, 1860–1928) * Aron Zabłudowski (Poland, 1909–1941) * Aldo Zadrima (Albania, born 1948) * Vladimir Zagorovsky (Russia, 1925–1994) * Sergey Zagrebelny (Uzbekistan, born 1965) * Alexander Zaitsev (chess player), Alexander Zaitsev (Russia, 1935–1971) * Igor Zaitsev (Russia, born 1938) * Lazar Zalkind (Ukraine, 1886–1945) * Oswaldo Zambrana (Bolivia, born 1981) * Abram Zamikhovsky (Ukraine, 1908–1978) * Alonso Zapata (Colombia, born 1958) * Pablo Zarnicki (Argentina, born 1972) * Anna Zatonskih (Ukraine, US, born 1978) * Tatiana Zatulovskaya (Azerbaijan, Russia, Israel, 1935–2017) * Beata Zawadzka (Poland, born 1986) * Jolanta Zawadzka (Poland, born 1987) * Patrick Zelbel (Germany, born 1993) * Elmārs Zemgalis (Latvia, US, 1923–2014) * Zhang Jilin (China, born 1986) * Zhang Pengxiang (China, born 1980) * Zhang Weida (China, born 1949) * Zhang Xiaowen (chess player), Zhang Xiaowen (China, born 1989) * Zhang Zhong (China, Singapore, born 1978) * Zhao Jun (chess player), Zhao Jun (China, born 1986) * Zhao Lan (China, born 1963) * Zhao Xue (China, born 1985) * Zhao Zong-Yuan (China, Australia, born 1986) * Viktor Zheliandinov (Ukraine, 1935–2021) * Zhou Jianchao (China, born 1988) * Zhou Weiqi (China, born 1986) * Zhu Chen (China, born 1976) * Natalia Zhukova (Ukraine, born 1979) * Yaacov Zilberman (Israel, born 1954) * Otto Zimmermann (Switzerland, 1892–1979) * Adolf Zinkl (Bohemia, Austria, 1871–1944) * Emil Zinner (Czechoslovakia, 1909–1942) * František Zíta (Czechoslovakia, 1909–1977) * Eugene Znosko-Borovsky (Russia, France, 1884–1954) * Leo Zobel (Slovakia, 1895–1962) * Alexander Zubarev (Ukraine, born 1979) * Nikolai Zubarev (Russia, 1894–1951) * Bernard Zuckerman (US, born 1943) * Igor Zugic (Canada, born 1981) * Johannes Zukertort (Poland, Germany, England, 1842–1888) * Vadim Zvjaginsev (Russia, born 1976) * Kira Zvorykina (Ukraine, Russia, Belarus 1919–2014) * Adolf Zytogorski (Poland, England, –1882)


Famous people connected with chess

The people in this list are famous in other areas of activity, but are known to have played chess, or have declared an interest in the game, or created works of art and literature in which the game is prominently featured.


Fictional characters

The people in this list are characters in fictional media depicted playing chess. * Beth Harmon * Sheldon Cooper * Windom Earle * Pete Martell * Sherlock Holmes * Professor Moriarty * Endgame (TV series), Arkady Balagan * HAL 9000 and Frank Poole (see Poole versus HAL 9000)


Computers

* Deep Blue (chess computer), Deep Blue, the International Business Machines, IBM computer chess, chess playing computer, was victorious in a 1997 match against then-world champion Garry Kasparov. ** Deep Thought (chess computer), Deep Thought, an earlier version of Deep Blue, won many computer chess championships. * Deep Fritz achieved a draw in the 2002 match, "Brains in Bahrain", against Vladimir Kramnik. A variant, X3D Fritz, drew against Kasparov in 2004, and the version Deep Fritz 10 defeated the world champion Vladimir Kramnik in 2006. * Houdini (chess) Since the release of version 1.5 on 15 December 2010, it has taken the top spot in every rating list that includes it. * Hydra (chess) is a very strong machine which uses custom parallel hardware. * Junior (chess program), Junior is the winner of the 2006 World Computer Chess Championship, its third victory at this event. * Rybka is an engine. As of December 2006, Rybka has topped all chess engine rating lists and won the 2007 WCCC. * Shredder (chess), Shredder is another strong program, having won the WCCC twice.


See also

* World Chess Championship * Women's World Chess Championship * World Junior Chess Championship * List of Armenian chess players * List of Indian chess players * List of Israeli chess players * List of Russian chess players * List of female chess players * List of chess grandmasters * List of amateur chess players * List of chess players by peak FIDE rating * Wikipedia:WikiProject Chess/Index of chess articles#Biographical articles, WikiProject Chess Index of chess articles


References


External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chess players Lists of chess players, *Players