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Jacob Aagaard Jacob Aagaard (born 31 July 1973) is a Danish-Scottish chess grandmaster and the 2007 British Chess Champion. He is Scotland's third-highest rated player as of July 2021, with an Elo rating of 2477. His peak rating was 2542. In 2004, he took ...

(Denmark, Scotland, born 1973) * Manuel Aaron (India, born 1935) *

Nijat Abasov Nijat Azad oglu AbasovGrandmaster title application
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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 Noteboo ...

(England, 1907–1980) * Tatev Abrahamyan (Armenia, US, born 1988) * Hasan Abbasifar (Iran, born 1972) *

Farid Abbasov Farid Abbasov ( az, Fərid Abbasov), (born January 31, 1979) is a chess Grandmaster (2007) from Azerbaijan. He is ranked 14th in Azerbaijan as of July 2021. In 1997, he took 2nd place in the European Youth Chess Championship. In 2001, he was a ...

(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 tour ...

(Hungary, born 1981) * Weaver Adams (US, 1901–1963) *

Tanitoluwa Adewumi Tanitoluwa Emmanuel Adewumi (born September 3, 2010; nicknamed Tani) is a Nigerian-American chess player who currently holds the title of FIDE Master (FM). A chess prodigy, he won the 2019 K-3 New York State chess championship at the age of 8 af ...

(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 Par ...

(Indonesia, born 1965) * András Adorján (Hungary, born 1950) * 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 eight Norwegian Chess Championships between 1982 an ...

(Norway, born 1967) *

Evgeny Agrest Evgeny Agrest (born 15 August 1966 in Vitebsk) 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, 2003, an ...

(Belarus, Sweden, born 1966) *

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 ...

(Germany, 1883–1968) * James Macrae Aitken (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 20 ...

(Sweden, born 1961) * Anna Akhsharumova (Russia, US, born 1957) *

Varuzhan Akobian Varuzhan Akobian ( hy, Վարուժան Հակոբյան, 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-winni ...

(Armenia, US, born 1983) * Vladimir Akopian (Armenia, born 1971) *

Mohammed Al-Modiahki Mohammed Ahmed Al-Modiahki ( ar, محمد أحمد المضيحكي; 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 tro ...

(Qatar, born 1974) *

Simon Alapin Semyon Zinovyevich Alapin (russian: Семён Зиновьевич Алапин; – 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. B ...

(Lithuania, 1856–1923) *

Vladimir Alatortsev Vladimir Alexeyevich Alatortsev (russian: Влади́мир Алексе́евич Ала́торцев, pronounced "a LAH tart sev"; 14 May 1909 – 13 January 1987) was a Soviet chess player, author, and administrator. During his career ...

(Russia, 1909–1987) * Adolf Albin (Romania, 1848–1920) *

Lev Alburt Lev Osipovich Alburt (born August 21, 1945) is a 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. Champion. ...

(Russia, US, born 1945) *

Alexander Alekhine Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhine, ''Aleksándr Aleksándrovich Alékhin''; (March 24, 1946) was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion, a title he held for two reigns. By the age of 22, Alekhine was already a ...

(Russia, France 1892–1946) *

Alexei Alekhine Alexei (Alexey) Alekhine (russian: Алексе́й Алекса́ндрович Але́хин, ''Alekséy Aleksándrovich Alékhin'', 1888–1939) was a chess master and the brother of World Chess Champion Alexander Alekhine. He was a national o ...

(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, who ...

(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 ...

(Belarus, born 1973) *

Kirill Alekseenko Kirill Alexeyevich Alekseenko (russian: Кирилл Алексеевич Алексеенко; born 22 June 1997) is a Russian chess grandmaster. Personal life Alekseenko was born in Vyborg, and moved to Saint Petersburg as a child. His fathe ...

(Russia, born 1997) * Evgeny Alekseev (Russia, born 1985) * Hugh Alexander (England, 1899–1974) *

Aaron Alexandre Aaron (Albert) Alexandre ( he, אהרון אלכסנדר, around 1765/68 in Hohenfeld, Franconia – 16 November 1850 in London, England) was a German– French–English chess player and writer. Aaron Alexandre, a Bavarian trained as a rabbi, 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 Johann Baptist Allgaier (June 19, 1763, Schussenried – January 3, 1823, Vienna) was a German-Austrian chess master and theoretician. He was also the author of the first chess handbook in German – ''Neue theoretisch-praktische Anweisung zum Sch ...

(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 compete ...

(Hungary, born 1976) * Izak Aloni (Poland, Israel, 1905–1985) * Yoel Aloni (Israel, 1937–2019) *

Boris Alterman Boris Alterman ( he, בוריס אלתרמן, russian: Борис Альтерман; born May 4, 1970) is an Israeli chess Grandmaster, FIDE Senior Trainer (2010), advisor of the Junior chess program. He started playing chess at the age of 7. ...

(Israel, born 1970) * Friedrich Amelung (Estonia, Latvia, 1842–1909) * Bassem Amin (Egypt, born 1988) * Farrukh Amonatov (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 and a former five-time World Chess Champion. He became the first grandmaster from India in 1988, and is one of the few players to have surpassed an Elo rating o ...

(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 (July 6, 1818 – March 13, 1879)"Anderssen, Adolf" in ''The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 385. was a German chess master. He won the great internat ...

(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. Career At his peak, Andersson reached number four on the FIDE rating list. Tourname ...

(Sweden, born 1951) *

Dmitry Andreikin Dmitry Vladimirovich Andreikin (russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Андрейкин, born 5 February 1990) is a Russian chess grandmaster, World Junior Chess Champion in 2010 and two-time Russian Chess Champion (2012 and 2018 ...

(Russia, born 1990) * Zaven Andriasian (Armenia, born 1989) * Dejan Antić (Serbia, born 1968) * Rogelio Antonio Jr. (Philippines, born 1962) * Vladimir Antoshin (Russia, 1929–1994) * Oskar Antze (Germany, 1878–1962) * Manuel Apicella (France, born 1970) * Izaak Appel (Poland, 1905–1941) *

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, behind Hermanis Matison ...

(Latvia, 1894–1941) * Lev Aptekar (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 (Georgia, born 1968) * Mehrdad Ardeshi (Iran, born 1978) * Walter Arencibia (Cuba, born 1967) * Alexander Areshchenko (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 ...

(England, born 1961) *

Romanas Arlauskas Romanas Arlauskas (11 June 1917, Kaunas, Lithuania – 22 September 2009 Adelaide, Australia) was a Lithuanian-born Australian chess player who held the ICCF title of Correspondence Chess Grandmaster. Arlauskas played at sixth board (+4 –7 ...

(Lithuania, Australia, 1917–2009) * Jon Arnason (Iceland, born 1960) * Dagur Arngrímsson (Iceland, born 1987) * Levon Aronian (Armenia, born 1982) *

Lev Aronin Lev Solomonovich Aronin (russian: Лев Соломонович Аронин; 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 ...

(Russia, 1920–1983) *

Vladislav Artemiev Vladislav Mikhailovich Artemiev (russian: Владисла́в Миха́йлович Арте́мьев; born 5 March 1998) is a Russian chess player and former chess prodigy. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster in 2014. Artemiev is the ...

(Russia, born 1998) * Andreas Ascharin (Estonia, Latvia, 1843–1896) *

Jacob Ascher Jacob Gottschalk Ascher (18 February 1841, Plymouth, England – 12 October 1912, New York City) was a British–Canadian chess master. He was the son of Isaac Gottschalk Ascher, and brother to Isidor, Albert, Hyman, and Eva. Ascher twice won the ...

(England, Canada, 1841–1912) *

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 to ...

(Russia, 1960–2004) *

Maurice Ashley Maurice Ashley (born March 6, 1966) is a Jamaican-American chess player, author, and commentator. In 1999, he earned the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM), making him the first black person to do so. Ashley is well known as a commentator for hi ...

(Jamaica, US, born 1966) *

Karen Asrian Karen Asrian ( hy, Կարեն Ասրյան; 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 Arme ...

(Armenia, 1980–2008) * Bibisara Assaubayeva (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 (Austria-Hungary, Yugoslavia, Hungary, 1889–1956) * Ekaterina Atalik (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. Chess career He was born in Turkey in 1964, represented Turkey in the World Junior Chess Championship in 1983, and was th ...

(Turkey, born 1964) * Henry Atkins (England, 1872–1955) *

Arnold Aurbach Arnold Aurbach (c. 1888, in Warsaw – 31 December 1952) was a Polish–French chess master. At the beginning of the 20th century, he left Warsaw for Paris. He won a match against Adolphe Silbert (3 : 1) at Paris (La Régence) 1907; won, ahead o ...

(Poland, France, c.1888–1952) *

Yuri Averbakh Yuri Lvovich Averbakh (russian: Ю́рий Льво́вич Аверба́х; 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. He was the first centenari ...

(Russia, c.1922–2022) *

Valeriy Aveskulov Valeriy Aveskulov ( uk, Валерій Дмитрович Авескулов; 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 ...

(Ukraine, born 1986) * Herbert Avram (US, 1913–2006) *

Boris Avrukh Boris Leonidovich Avrukh ( he, בוריס ליאונידוביץ' אברוך; russian: Борис Леонидович Аврух; born 10 February 1978 in Karaganda, Soviet Union) is an Israeli chess grandmaster. He was the World Under-12 champ ...

(Israel, born 1978)

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* Alexander Baburin (Russia, Ireland, born 1967) *

Étienne Bacrot Étienne Bacrot (; born 22 January 1983) is a French chess grandmaster, and as a child, a chess prodigy. He competed at the Candidates Matches in 2007 and won the Aeroflot Open in 2009. He passed 2700 FIDE rating in 2004 and in January 2005 ...

(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 (Georgia, born 1964) * Amir Bagheri (Iran, born 1978) * Camilla Baginskaite (Soviet Union, Lithuania, US, born 1967) * Vladimir Bagirov (USSR, Latvia, 1936–2000) *

Mary Bain Mary Weiser Bain (born August 8, 1904 – October 26, 1972) was an American chess master. She was born in or near Ungvár, Kárpátalja, Hungary, which is now Uzhhorod, Zakarpattia oblast, Ukraine, into an assimilated Jewish family. Under the n ...

(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 (Ukraine, born 1978) *

Yuri Balashov Yuri Sergeyevich Balashov (russian: Ю́рий Серге́евич Балашо́в; 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 ...

(Russia, born 1949) * Rosendo Balinas Jr. (Philippines, 1941–1998) * Zoltán von Balla (Hungary, 1883–1945) * Csaba Balogh (Hungary, born 1987) * János Balogh (Romania, Hungary, 1892–1980) * Julio Balparda (Uruguay, ?–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 Ukrain ...

(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 (Hungary, 1878–1935) *

Abraham Baratz Abraham Baratz (14 September 1895, Bessarabia – 1975, Paris) was a Romanian–French chess master. History In 1924, Baratz took 2nd, behind Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, in Paris. In 1925, he tied for 1st with Vitaly Halberstadt in the 1st Paris City ...

(Romania, France, 1895–1975) * Gerardo Barbero (Argentina, Hungary, 1961–2001) *

Gedeon Barcza Gedeon (Gideon) Barcza (August 21, 1911, in Kisújszállás – February 27, 1986, in Budapest) was a Hungarian chess grandmaster. He was eight-time chess champion of Hungary. Chess career In 1940, Barcza took third place, behind Max Euwe and ...

(Hungary, 1911–1986) * Olaf Barda (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 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 Colleg ...

(England, born 1929) *

Evgeny Bareev Evgeny Ilgizovich Bareev (russian: Евгений Ильгизович Бареев; born 21 November 1966) is a Russian-Canadian chess player and trainer. Awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1989, he was ranked fourth in the FIDE world r ...

(Russia, born 1966) * Robert Henry Barnes (England, New Zealand 1849–1916) * Thomas Wilson Barnes (England, 1825–1874) * Alexei Barsov (Uzbekistan, born 1966) * Mateusz Bartel (Poland, born 1985) *

John Bartholomew John Bartholomew (25 December 1831 – 29 March 1893) was a Scottish cartographer. Life Bartholomew was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father, John Bartholomew Sr., started a cartographical establishment in Edinburgh, and he was educated ...

(US, born 1986) *

Dibyendu Barua Dibyendu Barua (born 27 October 1966) is an Indian chess grandmaster. He is a three-time Indian Chess Champion. He was the second Indian, after Viswanathan Anand, second Bengali after Niaz Murshed, and third South Asian after Niaz and Anand ...

(India, born 1966) * Cerdas Barus (Indonesia, born 1961) *

Michael Basman Michael John Basman (16 March 1946 – 26 October 2022) was an English chess player, chess author and International Master. He was awarded the International Master title in 1980. Basman was a prolific writer, who made many contributions to the ...

(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, Kotopeky – 5 April 1891, Görz) was an Austrian chess master. Biography Bauer was born in Kotopeky in Bohemia (then in the Austrian Empire). His father was an estate owner in Kotopeky and a formally trained ...

(Bohemia, Austria, 1861–1891) *

Friedrich Baumbach Friedrich (Fritz) Baumbach (born 8 September 1935 in Weimar, Germany) is a German International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster, most famous for being the eleventh ICCF World Champion, 1983–1989. He was also East German Champion in 1970. ...

(Germany, born 1935) * Albert Becker (Austria, Germany, Argentina 1896–1984) * Anjelina Belakovskaia (Ukraine, US, born 1969) * Liudmila Belavenets (Russia, 1940–2021) *

Sergey Belavenets Sergey Vsevolodovich Belavenets (russian: Серге́й Всеволодович Белавенец; 18 July 19106 March 1942) was a Soviet chess master, theoretician, and chess journalist. Early life Belavenets was born in Smolensk to a n ...

(Russia, 1910–1942) *

Alexander Beliavsky Alexander Genrikhovich Beliavsky (, ua, Олександр Генріхович Бєлявський, sl, Aleksander Henrikovič Beljavski; also romanized ''Belyavsky''; born December 17, 1953) is a Soviet, Ukrainian and Slovenian chess pl ...

(Ukraine, Slovenia, born 1953) *

Slim Belkhodja Slim Belkhodja (born 23 November 1962) is a Tunisian chess Grandmaster (2002). Career In 1985, he won the 58th Paris City Chess Championship. In 2001, he came first in the Arab Chess Championship. He took part in the FIDE World Chess Champions ...

(Tunisia, born 1962) * Jana Bellin (Czechoslovakia, England, born 1947) * Zdzisław Belsitzmann (Poland, circa 1890–1920) *

Levi Benima Levi Benima Levi Benima (11 May 1838, Nieuweschansbr>– 3 February 1922, Amsterdam) was a Dutch chess master who twice won the Dutch Championship, in 1881 in The Hague and in 1883 in Rotterdam. In other tournaments, he took 2nd at The Hague 187 ...

(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, ...

(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. , his Elo rating was 2506, making him the No ...

(US, born 1964) * Francisco Benkö (Germany, Argentina, 1910–2010) *

Pal Benko Pál C. Benkő ( hu, Benkő Pál; July 15, 1928 – August 26, 2019) was a Hungarian-American chess player, 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 (Hungary, born 1990) *

Emanuel Berg Emanuel Berg (born 28 December 1981) is a Swedish chess Grandmaster (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 hi ...

(Sweden, born 1981) * Béla Berger (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 Berger (Ukraine, England, 1904–1996) *

Nils Bergkvist Nils Valentin Bergkvist or Nils Bergqvist (born 13 August 1900 in Södertälje– died ?) was a Swedish chess master. He shared first in the national tournament at Lund 1933, took 5th at Stockholm 1937 (Reuben Fine won), played a match with Salo ...

(Sweden, 1900–?) * Teodors Bergs (Latvia, 1902–1966) *

Hans Berliner Hans Jack Berliner (January 27, 1929 – January 13, 2017) was a Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, and was the World Correspondence Chess Champion, from 1965–1968. He was a Grandmaster of Correspondence Chess. H ...

(Germany, US, 1929–2017) * Ivar Bern (Norway, born 1967) * Karl Berndtsson (Sweden, 1892–1943) * Jacob Bernstein (US, ?–1958) *

Ossip Bernstein Ossip Samoilovich Bernstein (20 September 1882 – 30 November 1962) was a Russian-French chess player and businessman. He was one of the inaugural recipients of the title International Grandmaster from FIDE in 1950. Biography Born in Zhytomyr, ...

(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 ...

(Croatia, 1929–2008) *

Katarina Beskow Anna Katarina Beskow or Anna Catharina Beskow (2 February 1867 in StockholmAllan Werle in ''Schackkorrespondenten'', 5/1983, as quoted iby Edward Winter, 28 January 2015 11 August 1939 in Salzburg) was a Swedish chess master. She was a four-ti ...

(Sweden, 1867–1939) * Louis Betbeder Matibet (France, 1901–1986) * Kārlis Bētiņš (Latvia, 1867–1943) * Siegmund Beutum (Austria, 1890–1966) * Vinay Bhat (US, born 1984) *

Carlos Bielicki Carlos Bielicki (born 15 May 1940) is 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 International Master ti ...

(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 army, ...

(Germany, 1815–1840) * Maurice Billecard (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 ...

(Bangladesh, born 1974) * Henry Bird (England, 1830–1908) * Nathan Birnboim (Israel, born 1950) * Klaus Bischoff (Germany, born 1961) *

Arthur Bisguier Arthur Bernard Bisguier (October 8, 1929April 5, 2017), paternal surname Bisgeier, 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), ...

(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 (US, 1826–1888) * Joseph Henry Blake (England, 1859–1951) * Abram Blass (Poland, Israel, 1895–1971) *

Ottó Bláthy Ottó Titusz Bláthy (11 August 1860 – 26 September 1939) was a Hungarian electrical engineer. In his career, he became the co-inventor of the modern electric transformer, the tension regulator, the AC watt-hour meter. motor capacitor f ...

(Hungary, 1860–1939) * Max Blau (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 Calvin Barry Blocker (born 1955 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an International Master of chess. He earned his Fide Master title in 1981 and International Master title in 1982. The winner of a record 15 Ohio championships, Blocker dominated Ohio chess ...

(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 capital p ...

(US, 1937–2001) * Oscar Blum (Lithuania, France, born before 1910) * Benjamin Blumenfeld (Belarus, Russia, 1884–1947) *

Max Blümich Reinhold Max Blümich (Bluemich) (3 November 1886 – 23 February 1942, Falkenberg/Elster) was a German chess master and editor. At the beginning of his chess career, he played in Leipzig where tied for 4-6th in 1909, took 8th in 1910, took 3rd in ...

(Germany, 1886–1942) *

Boris Blumin Boris Blumin (January 11, 1908 Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html"_;"title="ecember_29,_1907_Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates">O._S._Saint_Petersburg.html" ;"title="Old Style and New Style dates">O. S.">Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="ec ...

(Russia, Canada, US, 1907–1998) *

Milko Bobotsov Milko Georgiev Bobotsov ( bg, Милко Георгиев Бобоцов; 30 September 1931, in Plovdiv – 3 April 2000, in Sofia, Bulgaria

(Bulgaria, 1931–2000) * Dmitry Bocharov (Russia, born 1982) * Samuel Boden (England, 1826–1882) *

Fedor Bogatyrchuk Fedir Parfenovych Bohatyrchuk (also ''Bogatirchuk'', ''Bohatirchuk'', ''Bogatyrtschuk'') ( uk, Федір Парфенович Богатирчук; , ''Fyodor Parfenyevich Bogatyrchuk''; 27 November 1892 – 4 September 1984) was a Ukrainian-Can ...

(Ukraine, Canada, 1892–1984) *

Efim Bogoljubov Efim Bogoljubow ( or ), also known as Ewfim Dimitrijewitsch Bogoljubow, ( (); also Romanized ''Bogoljubov'', ''Bogolyubov''; uk, Юхим Дмитрович Боголюбов, Yukhym Dmytrovych Boholiubov; April 14, 1889 – June 18, 1952) ...

(Ukraine, Germany, 1889–1952) * Paolo Boi (Italy, 1528–1598) * Jacobo Bolbochán (Argentina, 1906–1984) *

Julio Bolbochán Julio Bolbochán (Buenos Aires, 20 March 1920 – Caracas, 28 June 1996) was the Argentine chess champion in 1946 and 1948. He learned the game from his older brother, Jacobo Bolbochán, later an International Master. He represented Argenti ...

(Argentina, 1920–1996) *

Isaac Boleslavsky Isaac Yefremovich Boleslavsky ( uk, Ісаак Єфремович Болеславський, russian: Исаак Ефремович Болеславский; 9 June 1919 – 15 February 1977) was a Soviet chess player and writer. Early caree ...

(Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, 1919–1977) *

Victor Bologan Victor (Viorel) Bologan (born 14 December 1971) is a Moldovan chess player and author. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1991. Career Bologan won the first two editions of the Poikovsky Karpov International Tournament, in 200 ...

(Moldova, born 1971) *

Igor Bondarevsky Igor Zakharovich Bondarevsky (russian: Игорь Захарович Бондаревский; 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 ...

(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 t ...

(Finland, 1910–1990) * Valentina Borisenko (Russia, 1920–1993) * Olexandr Bortnyk (Ukraine, born 1996) * Tea Bosboom-Lanchava (Netherlands, Georgia, born 1974) * George Botterill (England, Wales, born 1949) * Mikhail Botvinnik (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 (Hungary, 1893–1921) *

Alfred Brinckmann Alfred Brinckmann (3 January 1891 – 30 May 1967) was a German chess International Master, author and functionary from Kiel. The chess player He participated eight times in the German Chess Championship in the period 1921-1949. His greatest ...

(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 simul ...

(Hungary, Serbia, 1911–1943) * Miklós Bródy (Hungary, Romania, 1877–1949) * Vladimir Bron (Ukraine, 1909–1985) *

David Bronstein David Ionovich Bronstein (russian: Дави́д Ио́нович Бронште́йн; February 19, 1924 – December 5, 2006) was a Soviet and Ukrainian chess player. Awarded the title of International Grandmaster by FIDE in 1950, he narro ...

(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 by FIDE in 1970, he won the U.S. Chess Championship six times. Early years Browne was born to an Ame ...

(Australia, US, 1949–2015) * Agnieszka Brustman (Poland, born 1962) * Lázaro Bruzón (Cuba, born 1982) *

Stellan Brynell Stellan Brynell (born September 28, 1962) is a chess grandmaster from Sweden. He became Swedish champion in 1991 and in 2005. He represents the Swedish club Limhamns SK. Team events He represented Sweden in the Chess Olympiad The Chess Oly ...

(Sweden, born 1962) * Bu Xiangzhi (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 ...

(England, 1821–1862) * Gerardo Budowski (Germany, France, Venezuela, Costa Rica, 1925–2014) * Wincenty Budzyński (Poland, France, 1815–1866) * Nataliya Buksa (Ukraine, born 1996) *

Constant Ferdinand Burille Constant Ferdinand Burille (born 30 August 1866 – died October 1914, Boston) was an American chess master. He was a Bostonian born in Paris (according to another source - born in Boston), Burille was a member of a group of Boston chess players ...

(France, US, 1866–1914) *

Amos Burn Amos Burn (1848–1925) 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: A Chess Biography'', McFar ...

(England, 1848–1925) * Algimantas Butnorius (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 ...

(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)

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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 Philippin ...

(Philippines, 1927–2010) * Daniel Hugo Cámpora (Argentina, born 1957) * Esteban Canal (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 world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. A chess prodigy, he is widely renowned for his exceptional endgame skill and speed of play. Capabl ...

(Cuba, 1888–1942) * Rodolfo Tan Cardoso (Philippines, 1937–2013) * Ruth Volgl Cardoso (Brazil, 1934–2000) *

Carl Carls Carl Carls (September 16, 1880, Varel – September 11, 1958, Bremen) was a German chess master. In 1922, he took 2nd, behind Erhardt Post, in Bad Oeynhausen (22nd DSB–Congress). He won the 2nd German Championships at Bad Aachen 1934. He to ...

(Germany, 1880–1958) *

Magnus Carlsen Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen (born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster who is the reigning five-time World Chess Champion. He is also a three-time World Rapid Chess Champion and five-time World Blitz Chess Champion. Carlsen has h ...

(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; he ...

(Sicily, 1573–1647) *

Fabiano Caruana Fabiano Luigi Caruana (born July 30, 1992) is an American chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, Caruana became a grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 11 months, and 20 days—the youngest grandmaster in the history of both Italy and the United Sta ...

(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 correspon ...

(Italy, 1916–1970) * Mariano Castillo (Chile, 1905–1970) *

Mišo Cebalo Mišo Cebalo (6 February 1945 – 2 September 2022) was a Croatian chess Grandmaster. He won the 19th World Senior Chess Championship at Condino 2009. In 2011 he was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer. His father, a good chess player h ...

(Croatia, born 1945) * Giovanni Cenni (Italy, 1881–1957) * Alfonso Ceron (Spain, 1535–?) *

Oscar Chajes Oscar Chajes (pronounced "HA-yes") (December 14, 1873 – February 28, 1928)* was an American chess player. Biography Chajes was Jewish and was born in Brody, Galicia, Austria-Hungary, in what is now Ukraine. In 1909, he won in the U.S. Open Cham ...

(Ukraine, Austria, US, 1873–1928) * Ferenc Chalupetzky (Hungary, 1886–1951) * Edward Chamier (England, France, 1840–1892) * Chan Peng Kong (Singapore, born 1956) *

Sandipan Chanda Sandipan Chanda (born 13 August 1983) is a chess Grandmaster hailing from the city of Kolkata (Calcutta) in the Indian state of West Bengal. He started playing and Sandipan became grandmaster in 2003. In 2004 he won the Curaçao Chess Festival ...

(India, born 1983) * Chang Tung Lo (China, born before 1960) *

Murray Chandler Murray Graham Chandler (born 4 April 1960, Wellington, New Zealand) is a chess grandmaster who has played internationally for New Zealand and for England, after he gained British citizenship in the early 1980s. Chandler is also known as a ches ...

(New Zealand, England, born 1960) * Pascal Charbonneau (Canada, born 1983) *

Rudolf Charousek Rudolf Charousek ( hu, Charousek Rezső; 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. Re ...

(Hungary, 1873–1900) *

Chantal Chaudé de Silans Chantal Chaudé de Silans (9 March 1919, Versailles – 5 September 2001, Grasse) was a French chess player and Woman International Master. She learned how to play the game when she was nine along with her brother the Baron de Silans, who later be ...

(France, 1919–2001) * Valery Chekhov (Russia, born 1955) *

Vitaly Chekhover Vitaly Alexandrovich Chekhover (also spelled Tschechower or Czechower, pronounced "chekh a VYAIR") (russian: Вита́лий Алекса́ндрович Чехове́р) (December 22, 1908 – February 11, 1965) was a Soviet chess player and ch ...

(Russia, 1908–1965) *

Chen De Chen De (; born 26 November 1949) is a Chinese FIDE master chess player. Chen De plays for the Guangdong chess club in the China Chess League (CCL). National championships In 1974 and 1977, Chen De won the Chinese Chess Championship. Nationa ...

(China, born 1949) *

Ivan Cheparinov Ivan Cheparinov (; born November 26, 1986) is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster. He is a four-time Bulgarian champion (2004, 2005, 2012, 2018). Cheparinov competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2015 and 2017. In 2018 he switched his na ...

(Bulgaria, born 1986) * Alexander Cherepkov (Russia, 1920–2009) * Irving Chernev (Russia, US, 1900–1981) * Tykhon Cherniaiev (Ukraine, born 2010) *

Alexander Chernin Alexander Mikhailovich Chernin (russian: Александр Михайлович Чернин; born 6 March 1960) is a Soviet-born Hungarian chess grandmaster and trainer. Tournaments and championships Born in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, as a youth ...

(Ukraine, Hungary, born 1960) *

Konstantin Chernyshov Konstantin Valeryevich Chernyshov (russian: Константин Валерьевич Чернышов, born June 11, 1967) is a Russian chess grandmaster (2000). In 2008 he tied for 1st–8th with Vugar Gashimov, David Arutinian, Yuriy Kryvoru ...

(Russia, born 1967) *

André Chéron André Chéron (September 25, 1895 – September 12, 1980) was a French chess player, endgame theorist, and a composer of endgame studies. He was named a FIDE International Master of Chess Composition in 1959, the first year the title was awar ...

(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 2 ...

(Georgia, born 1961) *

Mikhail Chigorin Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin (also ''Tchigorin''; russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Чиго́рин; – ) was a Russian chess player. He played two World Championship matches against Wilhelm Steinitz, losing both times. The last great ...

(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 ...

(US, born 1956) * Vladimir Chuchelov (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 (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) Victoria most commonly refers to: * ...

(Lithuania, born 1983) * John Cochrane (England, 1798–1878) *

Erich Cohn Erich Cohn ( he, אריק קוהן, 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 1 ...

(Germany, 1884–1918) *

Wilhelm Cohn Wilhelm Cohn ( he, וילהלם קוהן, February 6, 1859, Berlin – August 17, 1913, Charlottenburg) was a German chess master. He participated in some strong tournaments. In 1897, he tied for 13-14th in Berlin ( Rudolf Charousek won). In 189 ...

(Germany, 1859–1913) * Edgard Colle (Belgium, 1897–1932) * John W. Collins (US, 1912–2001) * Eugene Ernest Colman (England, 1878–1964) * Camila Colombo (Uruguay, born 1990) * Adrián García Conde (Mexico, England, 1886–1943) * Stuart Conquest (England, born 1967) * Anya Corke (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) * Pia Cramling (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 Hung ...

(Hungary, 1940–2021) * Miguel Cuéllar (Colombia, 1916–1985) *

Josef Cukierman Joseph (Józef, Iosif) Cukierman (Zukermann) ( Gródek, Austria-Hungary, 28 March 1899 – Castres, France, 18 November 1940) was a Polish-born French chess master. Biography Cukierman was won the second Moscow City Championship (1920/21). In ...

(Poland, France, 1900–1941) * John Curdo (US, born 1931) *

Ognjen Cvitan Ognjen Cvitan (born 10 October 1961) is a Croatian chess player. He earned the title of International Master by winning the 1981 World Junior Championship. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1987. Cvitan was born in Šibenik ( ...

(Croatia, born 1961) * Hieronim Czarnowski (Poland, France, Austria-Hungary, 1834–1902) *

Moshe Czerniak Moshe Czerniak (born Moizes Czerniak, also knowns as Miguel Czerniak; he, משה צ'רניאק; 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. Biog ...

(Poland, Israel, 1910–1984)

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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. He was born into a Polish farmer family ( Edward Winter has quoted a mistaken statement with Dake's n ...

(US, 1910–2000) *

Pedro Damiano Pedro Damiano ( pt, Pedro Damião; ''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 gioca ...

(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 Gösta Erik Vilhelm Danielsson (24 June 1912, Helenelund – 17 October 1978, Knivsta) was a Swedish chess master. Career He took 4th at Stockholm 1934 ( Erik Lundin won), tied for 3rd-4th at Falun 1934 (Lundin and Olof Kinnmark won), tied for 3r ...

(Sweden, 1912–1978) *

Silvio Danailov Silvio Danailov ( bg, Силвио Данаилов; 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 f ...

(Bulgaria, born 1961) * A. Polak Daniels (Netherlands, before 1855–after 1883) * Dawid Daniuszewski (Poland, 1885–1944) *

Klaus Darga Klaus Viktor Darga (born 24 February 1934) is a German chess grandmaster. Chess career In 1951, Darga became German Junior Champion after winning the national under-20 championship. He also proved his strength as a young chess player by sharing ...

(Germany, born 1934) * Alberto David (Luxembourg, born 1970) *

Jacques Davidson Jacques Davidson (14 November 1890, in Amsterdam – 13 January 1969, in Amsterdam) was a Dutch chess master. Before World War I, he had lived in London for a number of years. Jacques had played with his father for a stake, he had won, and though ...

(Netherlands, 1890–1961) * Nigel Davies (England, born 1960) * Boris de Greiff (Colombia, 1930–2011) * Bogdan-Daniel Deac (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 a ...

(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 for ...

(US, born 1957) * Marigje Degrande (Belgium, born 1992) * Aleksander Delchev (Bulgaria, born 1971) * Eugene Delmar (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. S ...

(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) * Alexandre Deschapelles (France, 1780–1847) *

Andrei Deviatkin Andrei Deviatkin (russian: Андрей Девяткин; born October 7, 1980 in Moscow) is a Russian chess grandmaster (2008). Chess career * 2007 – tied for 1st–9th with Alexei Fedorov, Vladimir Potkin, Aleksej Aleksandrov, Viacheslav ...

(Russia, born 1980) * Paul Devos (Belgium, 1911–1981) * André Diamant (Brazil, born 1990) *

Mark Diesen Mark Carl Diesen (born September 16, 1957 in Buffalo, New York, died December 9, 2008 in Conroe, Texas) was an American chess player. He earned the International Master title in 1976 by winning the World Junior Championship at Groningen, ahead ...

(US, 1957–2008) *

Julius Dimer Julius Dimer (1 August 1871 – 20 October 1945) was a German chess master. At the beginning of his career, he played in several mini tournaments (''Quadrangular'') in Germany; at Altona 1897, Elmshorn 1898, Munich 1900, Kiel 1901, Hamburg 1903, ...

(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 t ...

(Russia, US, born 1966) * Josef Dobiáš (Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, 1886–1981) * Yosef Dobkin (Russia, Israel, 1909–1977) *

Yury Dokhoian Yury Rafaelovich Dokhoian (russian: Юрий Рафаэлович Дохоян; 26 October 1964 – 1 July 2021) was a Russian Grandmaster of chess (1988) of Armenian origin. Career Dokhoian played several times in the first league of the US ...

(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 hi ...

(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 W. 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. On 2 June 1971, Donaldson was charged with the murder of six Vietnamese civilians during operations ...

(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 (GM) and writer. Donner was born in The Hague and won the Dutch Championship in 1954, 1957, and 1958. He took part in the Internacional Chess Tou ...

(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 by FIDE in 1989. Career While being a promising young chess talent, he was for a period ...

(Russia, born 1969) * Leonids Dreibergs (Latvia, US, 1908–1969) *

Kurt Dreyer Kurt Dreyer (31 July 1909 in Bielefeld, Germany – 29 September 1981 in Johannesburg, South Africa) was a German–South African chess master. Dreyer emigrated from Germany due to the country's Nazi policies. He was South African Champion in 19 ...

(Germany, South Africa, 1909–1981) * Tihomil Drezga (Croatia, US, 1903–1981) *

Yuri Drozdovskij Yuri Drozdovskij (, born 22 May 1984 in Odesa) is a Ukrainian chess Grandmaster. He won the European Rapid Championship in 2006 and tied for first place at Cappelle-la-Grande in 2007. Drozdovskij was equal first (losing out on tie-break to P ...

(Ukraine, born 1984) * Leroy Dubeck (US, born 1939) * Serafino Dubois (Italy, 1817–1899) *

Daniil Dubov Daniil Dmitrievich Dubov (russian: Даниил Дмитриевич Дубов; 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. He i ...

(Russia, born 1996) * Andreas Dückstein (Hungary, Austria, born 1927) *

Jan-Krzysztof Duda Jan-Krzysztof Duda (; born 26 April 1998) is a Polish chess grandmaster. A prodigy, he achieved the grandmaster title in 2013 at the age of 15 years and 21 days. he is ranked No. 1 in Poland and No. 18 in the world. His personal best rating ...

(Poland, born 1998) * Jean Dufresne (Germany, 1829–1893) * Andreas Duhm (Germany, Switzerland, 1883–1975) * Dietrich Duhm (Germany, Switzerland, 1880–1954) * Hans Duhm (Germany, Switzerland, 1878–1946) * Arthur Dunkelblum (Poland, Belgium, 1906–1979) *

Oldřich Duras Oldřich Duras (also Důras; 30 October 1882, Pchery, Bohemia, then Austria-Hungary – 5 January 1957, Prague, then Czechoslovakia) was a leading Czech chess master of the early 20th century. FIDE awarded him the title of International Gran ...

(Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, 1882–1957) * Fyodor Duz-Khotimirsky (Ukraine, 1879–1965) * Mark Dvoretsky (Russia, 1947–2016) * Joanna Dworakowska (Poland, born 1978) * Eduard Dyckhoff (Germany, 1880–1949) *

Viacheslav Dydyshko Viacheslav Dydyshko (born 10 April 1949) is a Belarusian chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1995. He won eleven times the Belarusian Chess Championship (from 1965 to 2006) and played for Belarus in the Chess Olymp ...

(Belarus, born 1949) * Boruch Israel Dyner (Poland, Belgium, Israel, 1903–1979) *

Semen Dvoirys Semen Isaakovich Dvoirys (russian: Семён Исаакович Двойрис, Semyon Isaakovich Dvoyris; born 2 November 1958) is a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1990. Chess career Dvoirys competed ...

(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 Georg ...

(Georgia, born 1987) * Roman Dzindzichashvili (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 (; born 24 October 1992) is a Chinese chess grandmaster. He is the highest rated Chinese chess player in history and is also a three-time Chinese Chess Champion. He was the winner of the 2019 Grand Chess Tour, beating Maxime Vac ...

(China, born 1992)

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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 C ...

(US, born 1957) *

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 car ...

(Ukraine, born 1985) * Marsel Efroimski (Israel, born 1995) * Jaan Ehlvest (Estonia, born 1962) * Louis Eichborn (Germany, 1812–1882) * Rakhil Eidelson (Belarus, born 1958) *

Vereslav Eingorn Vereslav (Viacheslav) Eingorn (born 23 November 1956, Odessa) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster, coach and author. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Ukrainian team at the 2001 World Team Chess Championship. Chess career Born into a Jewis ...

(Ukraine, born 1956) *

Louis Eisenberg Louis R. Eisenberg (born 1876 – died ?) was a Ukrainian-American chess master. He was born in Odessa in 1876. After graduating from Nicholas College, he pursued journalism until, in 1901-1902, he won a chess tournament at Odessa 1901, and jou ...

(Ukraine, US, 1876–after 1909) *

Bengt Ekenberg Bengt August Edvard Ekenberg (27 June 1912 in Gothenburg – 17 August 1986) was a Swedish chess master. He twice won the Swedish Chess Championship at Malmö 1943 and Örnsköldsvik 1962. In other tournaments, he tied for 7–8th at Örebro 1935 ...

(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 Corresponde ...

(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 ( uk, Павло Володимирович Ельянов, translit=Pavlo Volodymyrovych Elyanov; born 10 May 1983) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. He has won two team gold medals and one individual silver medal at the Chess Oly ...

(Ukraine, born 1983) * Moissei Eljaschoff (Lithuania, 1870–1919) * John Emms (England, born 1967) * Lūcijs Endzelīns (Estonia, Latvia, Australia, 1909–1981) * Jens Enevoldsen (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 1929 ...

(Germany, Brazil, 1905–1967) * Berthold Englisch (Austria, 1851–1897) * David Enoch (Israel, 1901–1949) *

Vladimir Epishin Vladimir Epishin (born 11 July 1965 in Leningrad) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He finished third in the 58th USSR Chess Championship in 1991. He won the 1987 St. Petersburg Championship. Other tournament successes include 3rd-4th with Vladi ...

(Russia, born 1965) * Stefan Erdélyi (Hungary, Romania, 1905–1968) * Hanna Ereńska (Poland, born 1946) * Arjun Erigaisi (India, born 2003) *

Evgenij Ermenkov Evgenij Petkov Ermenkov ( bg, Евгени Петков Ерменков; born 29 September 1949) is a Bulgarian chess player. FIDE awarded him the titles International Master, in 1974, and Grandmaster in 1977. Ermenkov represented Palestine ...

(Bulgaria, Palestine, born 1949) * Wilhelm Ernst (Germany, 1905–1952) * John Angus Erskine (New Zealand, Australia, 1873–1960) *

Andrey Esipenko Andrey Evgenyevich Esipenko (russian: Андрей Евгеньевич Есипенко; born 22 March 2002) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He won the European U10 Chess Championship in 2012, and both the European U16 and World U16 Chess Ch ...

(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 I ...

(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 Champion, a title he held from 1935 until 1937. He served as ...

(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, though he is best known today as a chess player. He is buried at the Belgian port of Ostend. Early life Evans was born at St Dogwells, Pembrokeshire ...

(Wales, 1790–1872) *

Alexander Evensohn Alexandr Moyseyevich Evensohn (Evenson, Evensson) (1892–1919) was a Russian chess master. Biography In 1909, Evensohn took 7th at Kiev. The event was won by Nikolaev. In 1911, he took 3rd, behind Efim Bogoljubow and Izbinsky, at Kiev. In 1911, ...

(Ukraine, 1892–1919) * Győző Exner (Hungary, 1864–1945)

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* Samuel Factor (Poland, US, 1883–1949) * Louisa Matilda Fagan (Italy, England, 1850–1931) *

Hugo Fähndrich Hugo Fähndrich (3 July 1851 – 3 July 1930) was an Austrian–Hungarian chess master. Born in Hungary, he moved to Vienna. In 19th/20th century, the Viennese chess school, founded by Max Weiss, was propagated by the Carl Schlechter– Arthur Kau ...

(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 1905, ...

(Bohemia, Switzerland, 1874–1939) *

William Fairhurst William Albert Fairhurst CBE (21 August 1903 – 13 March 1982) was a British bridge designer and international chess master. He was highly accomplished in both disciplines and for many years successfully divided his time between two careers. H ...

(England, Scotland, New Zealand, 1903–1982) * Sammi Fajarowicz (Germany, 1908–1940) * Raphael Falk (Russia, 1856–1913) *

Ernst Falkbeer Ernst Karl Falkbeer (June 27, 1819 – December 14, 1885) was an Austrian chess master and journalist. Life and chess career Falkbeer was born in Brünn, a town that in 1819 belonged to Habsburg Austria, and which today is known as Brno in the C ...

(Austria-Hungary, 1819–1885) * Stefan Fazekas (Hungary, Czechoslovakia, England, 1898–1967) *

Sergey Fedorchuk Sergey Fedorchuk ( ua, Сергій Федорчук, translit=Serhiy Fedorchuk; born 14 March 1981) is a Ukrainian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2002. Career In 1995 Fedorchuk won the European Youth Chess ...

(Ukraine, born 1981) * Alexei Fedorov (Belarus, born 1972) *

John Fedorowicz John Peter Fedorowicz (born September 27, 1958) is an American chess player and chess writer from The Bronx, New York. He learned to play chess in 1972, inspired by the Fischer–Spassky World Championship Match coverage on TV and as an enthus ...

(US, born 1958) *

Vladimir Fedoseev Vladimir Vasilyevich Fedoseev (russian: Влади́мир Васи́льевич Федосе́ев; born 16 February 1995) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2015, 2017, and 2021. Career Fedoseev tied for ...

(Russia, born 1995) *

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 (a ...

(Latvia, Argentina, 1908–1950) * Rafał Feinmesser (Poland, born before 1906) *

Florin Felecan Florin Felecan (born 7 April 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 nat ...

(Romania, US, born 1980) * Virgilio Fenoglio (Argentina, 1902–1990) *

Arthur Feuerstein Arthur William Feuerstein (December 20, 1935 – February 2, 2022) was an American chess master, and winner of the first U.S. Armed Forces Chess Championship in 1960. He represented the United States twice in FIDE Student Olympiads. Early life an ...

(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 and 2017. Career Fier won five gold medals at the Pan American Youth Chess Festiva ...

(Brazil, born 1988) * Martha Fierro (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 Olympia ...

(Czech Republic, 1928–2009) * Anton Filippov (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 (US, born 1969) * Julius Finn (Poland, US, 1871–1931) *

(US, born 1957) *

Alireza Firouzja Alireza Firouzja ( fa, علی‌رضا فیروزجا, ; born 18 June 2003) is an Iranian and French chess grandmaster. Firouzja is the youngest ever 2800- rated player, beating the previous record set by Magnus Carlsen by more than five months ...

(Iran, France, born 2003) *

Robert James Fischer Robert James Fischer (March 9, 1943January 17, 2008) was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he won his first of a record eight US Championships at the age of 14. In 1964, he won with an 1 ...

(US, Iceland, 1943–2008) * Alex Fishbein (US, born 1968) *

Alexander Flamberg Alexander Flamberg (1880, Warsaw – 24 January 1926, Warsaw) was a Polish chess master. Biography Alexander Davidovich Flamberg born in Warsaw (then Russian Empire), spent his early years in England, where he learned to play chess. After retu ...

(Poland, 1880–1926) * Alfred Flatow (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 Intern ...

(England, born 1959) *

Ernst Flechsig Ernst Flechsig (5 October 1852 - 11 October 1890) was a German chess master. Flechsig was born in Bad Elster. He shared 2nd at Düsseldorf 1876 (the 10th Western German Chess Congress, ''Kongresse des Westdeutschen Schachbundes (WDSB)'', Wilfried ...

(Germany, 1852–1890) *

Bernhard Fleissig Bernhard (Bernát) Fleissig (born 1853, Hungary – died 7 March 1931, Vienna) was a Hungarian-born Austrian chess master. Bernhard Fleissig took 18th in the Vienna 1882 chess tournament (Wilhelm Steinitz and Szymon Winawer won), took 2nd, behind ...

(Hungary, Austria, 1853–1931) *

Max Fleissig Miksa (Max) Fleissig (10 November 1845, in Csenger – 23 January 1919) was a Hungarian-born Austrian chess master. Dr. Maximilian Fleissig tied for 7-8th in the Vienna 1873 chess tournament (Wilhelm Steinitz and Joseph Henry Blackburne won), p ...

(Hungary, Austria, 1845–after 1882) * János Flesch (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 (Czechoslovakia, 1908–1952) * George Salto Fontein (Netherlands, 1890–1963) * Leó Forgács (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 Maurice Fox (14 January 1898 in Ukraine, Russian Empire – 25 June 1988 in Montreal) was a Canadian chess master. He won the Canadian Chess Championship eight times, and is tied for the most Canadian titles with Abe Yanofsky. Biography At ...

(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 in ...

(England, US, 1814–1884) *

Zenon Franco Zenon may refer to * Zenon, an Ancient Greek name, derived from the theonym Zeus Industry * ZENON Environmental, a Canadian water treatment company based in Oakville, Ontario * Zenon Petroleum and Gas, importer of fuel products Fiction ...

(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 Che ...

(France, born 1981) *

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-Borov ...

(Russia, Uzbekistan, 1882–1946) * Joel Fridlizius (Sweden, 1869–1963) *

Daniel Fridman Daniel Fridman ( lv, Daniels Fridmans; 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 caree ...

(Latvia, Germany, born 1976) * Frederic Friedel (Germany, born 1945) *

Gunnar Friedemann Gunnar Friedemann (22 September 1909 in Tallinn – 2 February 1944) was an Estonian chess master. Biography Friedemann played several times in Estonian championships at Tallinn. In 1932, he tied for 3rd-4th with Johannes Türn (4th EST–ch, L ...

(Estonia, 1909–1943) *

David Friedgood David Friedgood (born 11 July 1946, in Cape Town) is a South African–British chess master. He won South African Chess Championship in 1967, 1971 and 1973. He shared 7th at Caorle 1972 (zonal). Friedgood represented South Africa in Chess Oly ...

(South Africa, England, born 1946) * Henryk 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. Paul ...

(Germany, 1857–1932) * Martin Severin From (Denmark, 1828–1895) * Achilles Frydman (Poland, 1905–1940) * Paulino Frydman (Poland, Argentina, 1905–1982) *

Ľubomír Ftáčnik Ľubomír Ftáčnik (born October 30, 1957 in Bratislava) is a Slovak chess grandmaster and a former European Junior Champion. Chess career He became European Junior Champion in 1976/77 and was awarded the International Master title shortly ...

(Czechoslovakia, Slovakia, born 1957) * Andrija Fuderer (Vojvodina, Belgium, 1931–2011) *

Semyon Furman Semyon Abramovich Furman (December 1, 1920 – March 17, 1978) was a Soviet chess player and trainer of Belarussian 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 (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 (russian: Алиса Михайловна Галлямова, tt-Cyrl, Алисә Михаил кызы Галләмова; born 18 January 1972 in Kazan) is a Russian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of Inte ...

(Russia, born 1972) *

Surya Shekhar Ganguly Surya Sekhar 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 ...

(India, born 1983) *

Nona Gaprindashvili Nona Gaprindashvili ( ka, ნონა გაფრინდაშვილი; born 3 May 1941) is a former Soviet and Georgian chess player, and the first woman ever to be awarded the FIDE title Grandmaster in 1978. She was the fifth women's ...

(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 ...

(Argentina, 1936–2020) *

Timur Gareev Timur Gareyev (sometimes spelled ''Gareev''; born March 3, 1988) is an Uzbeki-American chess grandmaster. He was born in Tashkent to Tatar parents. Gareyev was a part of the University of Texas at Brownsville's chess team from August 2005 to Au ...

(Uzbekistan, born 1988) * Eldar Gasanov (Ukraine, born 1982) *

Vugar Gashimov Vugar Gasim oghlu Hashimov ( az, Vüqar Qasım oğlu Həşimov; 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 ...

(Azerbaijan, 1986–2014) * Anna Gasik (Poland, born 1988) * Einar Gausel (Norway, born 1963) * Viktor Gavrikov (Lithuania, Switzerland, 1957–2016) * Tamaz Gelashvili (Georgia, born 1978) *

Boris Gelfand Boris Gelfand ( he, בוריס אברמוביץ' גלפנד; be, Барыс Абрамавіч Гельфанд, Barys Abramavich Hel'fand; russian: Борис Абрамович Гельфанд, Boris Abramovich Gel'fand; born 24 June 1968) ...

(Belarus, Israel, born 1968) *

Efim Geller Efim Petrovich Geller (russian: Ефим Петрович Геллер, uk, Юхим Петрович Геллер; 8 March 1925 – 17 November 1998) was a Soviet chess player and world-class grandmaster at his peak. He won the Soviet Champi ...

(Ukraine, 1925–1998) *

Uzi Geller Uzi Geller ( he, עוזי גלר; born 27 January 1931, in kibbutz Givat Chaim, Mandatory Palestine) is an Israeli chess master. He was Israeli Champion in 1971/72. He tied for 7–10th at Netanya 1968 (Bobby Fischer won), tied for 9–10th at ...

(Israel, born 1931) * Petar Genov (Bulgaria, born 1970) * Kiril Georgiev (Bulgaria, born 1965) * Krum Georgiev (Bulgaria, born 1958) *

Ernő Gereben Ernő Gereben (18 June 1907 – 16 May 1988) was a Hungarian–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 Gereben used, until 1935, ...

(Hungary, Switzerland 1907–1988) * Regina Gerlecka (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 (Israel, born 1980) *

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 and ...

(Poland, Ukraine 1915–1943) * Georgy Geshev (Bulgaria, 1903–1937) * Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (Iran, born 1982) * Tigran Gharamian (France, born 1984) *

Ameet Ghasi Ameet K. Ghasi (born 1987) is an English chess player who received the FIDE title of International Master (IM) in September 2012. In 2000, at the age of 13, Ghasi shared the British Rapidplay Chess Championship title with Aaron Summerscale b ...

(England, born 1987) *

Florin Gheorghiu Florin Gheorghiu (born 6 April 1944) is a Romanian chess player and has been a university lecturer in foreign languages. Born in Ploiești, on 6 April 1944, while the American bombers attacked the country's capital, his prodigious talent for the ...

(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 champions ...

(France, 1885–1957) * Johannes Giersing (Denmark, 1872–1954) * Ellen Gilbert (US, 1837–1900) * Jessie Gilbert (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, and editor, who held the FIDE title of Grandmaster and the ICCF title of Correspondence Chess Grandmaster. Chess biography Born in Riga, he was champio ...

(Latvia, 1937–2000) * Anish Giri (Netherlands, born 1994) * Matteo Gladig (Italy, 1880–1915) * Eduard Glass (Austria, 1902–after 1980) * Evgeny Gleizerov (Russia, born 1963) *

Igor Glek Igor Vladimirovich Glek (russian: Игорь Владимирович Глек; born 7 November 1961) is a Russian chess player, trainer, writer and theorist. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1990. Glek was born in Moscow. Com ...

(Russia, Germany, born 1961) *

Svetozar Gligorić Svetozar Gligorić (Serbian Cyrillic: 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 twelve times, and is consider ...

(Serbia, 1923–2012) *

Fernand Gobet Fernand Gobet (born February 12, 1962 in Switzerland) is a cognitive scientist and a cognitive psychologist, currently Professor of Cognitive Psychology at the London School of Economics. His research interests focus on the study of cognition, e ...

(Switzerland, born 1962) * Michele Godena (Italy, born 1967) * Carl Goering (Germany, 1841–1879) * Alphonse Goetz (France, 1865–1934) *

Leonid Gofshtein Leonid Gofshtein (also known by his Hebrew name Zvulon Gofshtein he, זבולון גופשטיין ; 21 April 1953 – 25 December 2015) was an Israeli chess grandmaster. He emigrated from the Ukrainian SSR to Israel in 1990. In 1999 he tied fo ...

(Israel, 1953–2015) *

Jason Goh Koon-Jong Jason Goh Koon-Jong (born 18 December 1989) is a Singapore chess International Master. He won the national Singaporean Chess Championship in 2004. Represented Singapore three times in Chess Olympiads (2004, 2006, 2008). His most recent FIDE rat ...

(Singapore, born 1989) * Goh Weiming (Singapore, born 1983) * Samuel Gold (Hungary, Austria, US, 1835–1920) * Alexander Goldin (Russia, born 1965) *

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 i ...

(Georgia, US, born 1980) * Celso Golmayo Torriente (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 had been generally accepted as Cuban Chess Championship, Cuban champion since his 1862 match defeat of Félix Sicre. He ...

(Spain, Cuba, 1820–1898) * Manuel Golmayo Torriente (Cuba, Spain, 1883–1973) * Vitali Golod (Ukraine, Israel born 1971) *

Harry Golombek 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. He was born in Lambeth to ...

(England, 1911–1995) *

Alexander Goloshchapov Alexander Goloshchapov ( uk, Олександр Голощапов; 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 Riazan ...

(Ukraine, born 1978) * Alexander Ferdinand von der Goltz (Germany, 1819–1858) * Valentina Golubenko (Estonia, Croatia, born 1990) * Mikhail Golubev (Ukraine, born 1970) * Aleksei Goncharov (Russia, 1879–1913) * Gong Qianyun (China, born 1985) *

Jayson Gonzales Jayson Gonzales (born 2 May 1969, Quezon City) is a Filipino chess grandmaster (2008). He played for the Philippines in the Chess Olympiads of 2004 and 2008. In 1998, he won the Southern California Open. In 2001, he tied for 4–5th with Alan ...

(Philippines, born 1969) *

José González García José González García (born August 12, 1973) is a chess Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster, trainer and writer. Biography After a late start in chess tournaments at the age of 14, Jose struggled to improve his chess for a while until he got ...

(Mexico, born 1973) * Juan Carlos González Zamora (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. He was born in South Shields and was brought into the game of chess by his father at the age of 7. B ...

(England, born 1976) *

Aleksandra Goryachkina Aleksandra Yuryevna Goryachkina (russian: Алекса́ндра Ю́рьевна Горя́чкина; born 28 September 1998) is a Russian chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster (GM). She is the No. 2 ranked woman in the world by FID ...

(Russia, born 1998) * George H. D. Gossip (US, England, 1841–1907) *

Solomon Gotthilf Solomon Borisovich Gotthilf (Соло́мон Бори́сович Готгильф; 21 February 1903 11 July 1967) was a Russian chess master. Chess career He shared 3rd in the 1922 Leningrad City Chess Championship (Grigory Levenfish won) ...

(Russia, 1903–1967) * Hermann von Gottschall (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 (Germany, Argentina, US, 1908–1965) * Julio Granda Zuniga (Peru, born 1967) * Roberto Grau (Argentina, 1900–1944) *

Gioachino Greco Gioachino Greco (c. 1600 – c. 1634) ( ελληνικά/greek: Τζοακίνο Γκρέκο), surnamed Cusentino and more frequently ''il Calabrese'', was an Italian chess player and writer. He recorded some of the earliest chess games kno ...

(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. Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, his best result was a tie for first with Lubomir Kavalek in the 1973 U.S. Championship. FIDE awarded him the t ...

(US, 1947–2013) *

Bernhard Gregory Bernhard Gregory ( in Tallinn – 2 February 1939 in Berlin) was a Baltic Germans, Baltic German chess master. Life Bernhard Gregory was born on in Tallinn, Reval, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire (now Tallinn, Estonia) as a son of advocat ...

(Estonia, Germany, 1879–1939) * Gisela Kahn Gresser (US, 1906–2000) * Helgi Grétarsson (Iceland, born 1977) * Richard Griffith (England, 1872–1955) * Nikolay Grigoriev (Russia, 1895–1935) * Avetik Grigoryan (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 arti ...

(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 ...

(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 Athen ...

(Greece, born 1966) *

Henri Grob Henri Grob (4 June 1904 – 5? July'3 July' according to Gaige, '9 July' according to Golombek, '4 June' according to ''Mundo del Ajedrez'' November 1974, p. 318. 1974) was a Swiss chess player, artist, and painter. He was Swiss chess champi ...

(Switzerland, 1904–1974) *

Aristide Gromer Aristide Gromer (Dunkirk, 11 April 1908 – ?) 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 and Frederic Lazard ...

(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 h ...

(Netherlands, 1914–2006) * Ernst Grünfeld (Austria, 1893–1962) * Yehuda Gruenfeld (Poland, Israel, born 1956) * James Grundy (England, US, 1855–1919) * Izaak Grynfeld (Poland, Israel, born 1920) * Gu Xiaobing (China, born 1985) * Ion Gudju (Romania, 1897–1988) *

Eduard Gufeld Eduard Yefimovich Gufeld (russian: Эдуа́рд Ефи́мович Гу́фельд; 19 March 1936 – 23 September 2002) was a Soviet International Grandmaster of chess, and a chess author. Chess career Gufeld began participating in chess to ...

(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 Cha ...

(Argentina, 1913–1998) *

Vidit Gujrathi Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (born 24 October 1994) is an Indian chess grandmaster. He attained the title of grandmaster in January 2013, becoming the 30th player from India to do so. he is the second highest rated player in India (behind Viswana ...

(India, born 1994) *

Boris Gulko Boris Franzevich Gulko ( rus, Борис Францевич Гулько, p=bɐˈrʲis ɡʊlʲˈko; born February 9, 1947) is a Soviet-American Grandmaster in chess. Gulko is noted to be the only person to win both the Soviet Chess Championship a ...

(Russia, US, born 1947) * Gunnar Gundersen (France, Norway, Australia, 1882–1943) *

Isidor Gunsberg Isidore ( ; also spelled Isador, Isadore and Isidor) is an English and French masculine given name. The name is derived from the Greek name ''Isídōros'' (Ἰσίδωρος) and can literally be translated to "gift of Isis." The name has survived ...

(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 has completed his early education from A's Steward Senior ...

(India, born 1989) *

Dmitry Gurevich Dmitry Gurevich (russian: Дмитрий Гуревич; born September 11, 1956) is a Russian-American chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster. Born in Moscow, Gurevich emigrated to New York City in 1980 and earned the Grandmaste ...

(Russia, US, born 1956) *

Ilya Gurevich Ilya Mark Gurevich (born February 8, 1972) is a Soviet-born American chess player. Born in Kyiv, he emigrated to the U.S. in January 1980. He was a student at Yeshiva Academy in Worcester, Massachusetts. In 1983, Gurevich won the U.S. National ...

(Ukraine, US, born 1972) * Mikhail Gurevich (Ukraine, Belgium, Turkey, born 1959) * Bukhuti Gurgenidze (Georgia, 1933–2008) * Jan Gustafsson (Germany, born 1979) * Emanuel Guthi (Israel, born 1938) *

Lev Gutman Lev Gutman ( lv, Ļevs Gutmans; born 26 September 1945 in Riga) is a Latvian, Israeli, and German chess grandmaster. At the beginning of his career, Gutman tied for 11–12th at Riga 1967 (LAT-ch; Jānis Klovāns won), which was the first o ...

(Latvia, Israel, Germany, born 1945) * Fritz Gygli (Switzerland, 1896–1980) * Alfred William Gyles (New Zealand, 1888–1967)

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* Anna Hahn (Latvia, US, born 1976) *

Vitaly Halberstadt Vitaly Halberstadt (20 March 1903, Odessa – 25 October 1967, Paris) was a French chess player, theorist, tactician, problemist, and, above all, a noted endgame study composer. Born in Odessa, in the Kherson Governorate of the Russian Empire (pre ...

(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 graduate ...

(Turkey, Austria, born 1946) * Hichem Hamdouchi (Morocco, born 1972) *

Rani Hamid Rani Hamid (born 14 July 1944) is a Bangladeshi chess player who became the country's first Woman International Master in 1985. She has become the national champion a total of 20 times. She is the current national champion crowned on the 38th Wo ...

(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 i ...

(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 F ...

(Switzerland, Austria, 1814–1876) * Milton Hanauer (US, 1908–1988) * James Hanham (US, 1840–1923) * Hermann von Hanneken (Germany, 1810–1886) * Curt Hansen (Denmark, born 1964) * Wilhelm Hanstein (Germany, 1811–1850) * Khosro Harandi (Iran, 1950–2019) *

Dronavalli Harika Harika Dronavalli (born 12 January 1991) is an Indian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM). She has won three bronze medals in the Women's World Chess Championship, in 2012, 2015 and 2017. Dronavalli was honored with the ...

(India, born 1991) * Pendyala Harikrishna (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 respectiv ...

(Germany, France, 1823–1884) *

William Hartston William Roland Hartston (born 12 August 1947) is an English journalist who wrote the Beachcomber column in the '' Daily Express''. He is also a chess player who played competitively from 1962 to 1987 and earned a highest Elo rating of 2485. He ...

(England, born 1947) * Wolfgang Hasenfuss (Latvia, 1900–1944) *

Stewart Haslinger Stewart Gavin Haslinger (born 25 November 1981 in Ainsdale, Merseyside) is an English chess Grandmaster and former British Junior champion. Biography Now a resident of nearby Formby, Haslinger comes from a strong chess-playing family. Taugh ...

(England, born 1981) * Arnaud Hauchard (France, born 1971) *

Cécile Haussernot Cécile Haussernot (born 22 October 1998) is a French chess player holding the title of Woman International Master (WIM). She was twice European champion in her age girls category. Career Haussernot learned how to move the pieces at the age of ...

(France, born 1998) * Kornél Havasi (Hungary, 1892–1945) *

Jonathan Hawkins Jonathan Hawkins (born 1 May 1983) is an English chess grandmaster. He was the British Chess Champion in 2015, having outscored David Howell, with whom he shared the title in 2014. Chess career Hawkins's chess career is unusual for the modern ...

(England, born 1983) * Mark Hebden (England, born 1958) * Bartłomiej Heberla (Poland, born 1985) *

Jean Hébert Jean Hébert (born November 11, 1957 in Quebec City, Quebec) 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. He is the 2009 C ...

(Canada, born 1957) *

Hans-Joachim Hecht Hans-Joachim Hecht (born January 29, 1939, Luckenwalde, Brandenburg) is a German chess player and twice the national champion. His first name is often abbreviated to ''Hajo''. One of his earliest international tournaments was the Kecskemét zona ...

(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 female chess master. She won the female Dutch Chess Championship ten times (1937, 1939, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958 and 1961). Heemskerk won a m ...

(Netherlands, 1919–2007) *

Wolfgang Heidenfeld Wolfgang Heidenfeld (; 29 May 1911 – 3 August 1981) was a German chess player and chess composer. Heidenfeld was born in Berlin. He was forced to move from Germany to South Africa in the 1930s because he was a Jew. There, he won the South ...

(Germany, South Africa, Ireland, 1911–1981) * Jakub Heilpern (Poland, 1850–1910) * Herbert Heinicke (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 scho ...

(US, born 1950) * Grigory Helbach (Russia, 1863–1930) * Karl Helling (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 He ...

(US, 1870–1963) * Ron Henley (US, born 1956) * Moriz Henneberger (Switzerland, 1878–1959) * Walter Henneberger (Switzerland, 1883–1969) * Deen Hergott (Canada, born 1962) * Sigmund Herland (Romania, 1865–1954) * Róża Herman (Poland, 1902–1995) * Gilberto Hernández Guerrero (Mexico, born 1970) * Robert Hess (US, born 1991) *

Tiger Hillarp Persson Tiger Hillarp Persson (born ''Tigger Christopher Robin Hillarp Persson'', 28 October 1970) is a Swedish chess grandmaster. He is a three-time Swedish Chess Champion. In 2015 he attained the level of 1-Dan in Go. Chess career He won tournament ...

(Sweden, born 1970) * Wilhelm Hilse (Germany, 1878–1940) * Moshe Hirschbein (Poland, 1894–1940) * Moses Hirschel (Germany, 1754 – c. 1823) * Philipp Hirschfeld (Germany, 1840–1896) * Azahari Siti Nur Fatimah Hj (Brunei, born 1992) *

Jóhann Hjartarson Jóhann Hjartarson (born 8 February 1963) is an Icelandic chess grandmaster and lawyer. He is a six-time Icelandic Chess Champion and a two-time Nordic Chess Champion. Since 1998, Johann has been the general counsel and secretary of the Ice ...

(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 Albert Beauregard Hodges (July 21, 1861 – February 3, 1944) was an American chess master who was born in Nashville, Tennessee. Chess career Hodges was one of the better-known American chess masters of the late 19th century. In 1894 he los ...

(US, 1861–1944) * Julian Hodgson (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, Samue ...

(Hungary, France, England, 1842–1913) * Karl Holländer (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 (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 (born 12 January 1944) is a German chess Grandmaster. During the 1960s and 1970s he was one of the world's strongest players and reached the 1977–78 Candidates Tournament for the World Chess Championship, but never qualified ...

(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 induct ...

(US, 1907–1973) * Bernhard Horwitz (Germany, England, 1807–1885) * Henry Hosmer (US, 1837–1892) * Enamul Hossain (Bangladesh, born 1981) *

Hou Yifan Hou Yifan ( ; born 27 February 1994) is a Chinese chess grandmaster, four-time Women's World Chess Champion and the second highest rated female player of all time.

(China, born 1994) * Jovanka Houska (England, born 1980) * Clarence Howell (US, 1881–1936) * David Howell (England, born 1990) * James Howell (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 Karel Hromádka (23 April 1887 in Großweikersdorf, Austria – 16 July 1956) was a Czech chess player, two-time Czech champion, 1913 and 1921 (jointly). Hromádka played in the 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad, Paris 1924, and scored 6.5/ ...

(Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, 1887–1956) *

Vincenz Hruby Vincenc Hrubý (9 September 1856 – 16 July 1917, Trieste) was a Czech chess master. He was born in Krivsoudov ( Bohemia). Hrubý worked as a teacher at a secondary school (Realschule) in Trieste. He died there as well. His best results were in ...

(Bohemia, Austria, Italy, 1856–1917) * Hsu Li Yang (Singapore, born 1972) *

Huang Qian Huang Qian (; born July 18, 1986) is a Chinese chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She won the Chinese Women's Chess Championship in 2012 and the Asian Women's Chess Championship in 2013. Huang competed in the Wo ...

(China, born 1986) *

Robert Hübner Robert Hübner (born November 6, 1948) is a German chess grandmaster, chess writer, and papyrologist. He was one of the world's leading players in the 1970s and early 1980s. Chess career At eighteen, he was joint winner of the West German Chess ...

(Germany, born 1948) *

Werner Hug Werner may refer to: People * Werner (name), origin of the name and people with this name as surname and given name Fictional characters * Werner (comics), a German comic book character * Werner Von Croy, a fictional character in the ''Tomb Rai ...

(Switzerland, born 1952) *

Krunoslav Hulak Krunoslav Hulak (25 May 1951 – 23 October 2015) was a Croatian-Yugoslavian chess player. He was awarded the International Master title in 1974, and the grandmaster title in 1976 by FIDE. Career Hulak won the Yugoslav Chess Championship in 1 ...

(Croatia, 1951–2015) *

Koneru Humpy Koneru Humpy (born 31 March 1987) is an Indian chess player best known for winning the FIDE Women's rapid chess championship in 2019. In 2002, she became the youngest woman ever to achieve the title of Grandmaster (GM) at the age of 15 years ...

(India, born 1987) *

Harriet Hunt Harriet Vaughan Hunt (born 4 February 1978 in Oxford) is an English chess player and five-time British Women's Chess Champion (which she most recently won in October 2021, 22 years after her fourth win). Having trained as a plant scientist a ...

(England, born 1978) * Alexander Huzman (Ukraine, Israel, born 1962)

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* Ildar Ibragimov (Russia, US, born 1967) *

Bella Igla Bella Gesser ( he, בלה גסר), Igla ( he, בלה איגלה; russian: Белла Игла; born June 2, 1985), is an Israeli chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). In 2004, she won the Israel Women's Chess Championship. ...

(Russia, Israel, born 1985) *

Juan Iliesco Juan Traian Iliesco (born Ion Traian Iliescu) (18 April 1898 in Brăila, Romania – 2 February 1968 in La Plata) was a Romanian Argentine chess master. He played several times in Argentine championships (''Torneo Mayor''). In 1931, he took 12t ...

(Romania, Argentina, 1898–1968) * Rolando Illa (US, Cuba, Argentina, 1880–1937) * Miguel Illescas Córdoba (Spain, born 1965) *

Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky Alexander Fyodorovich Ilyin (russian: Алекса́ндр Фёдорович Ильи́н-Жене́вский; November 28, 1894 – September 3, 1941), known with the party name Zhenevsky, "the Genevan" because he joined the Bolshevik group of ...

(Russia, 1894–1941) *

Ernesto Inarkiev Ernesto Inarkiev (russian: Эрнесто Инаркиев; born 9 December 1985) is a Russian chess grandmaster, the first ever from Kalmykia. He was European champion in 2016. Since July 2005, Inarkiev has continuously been among the 100 highe ...

(Kyrgyzstan, Russia, born 1985) * Viorel Iordăchescu (Moldova, born 1977) *

Nana Ioseliani Nana Ioseliani ( ka, ნანა იოსელიანი; born 12 February 1962) is a Georgian chess player. She was awarded by FIDE the Woman Grandmaster title in 1980 and the International Master title in 1993. Already in 1978 she was ...

(Georgia, born 1962) * Alexander Ipatov (Ukraine, Spain, Turkey, born 1993) * Andrei Istrățescu (Romania, born 1985) *

Saidali Iuldachev Saidali Iuldachev ( uz, Saidali Yo‘ldoshev, script=Latn; born January 31, 1968) is an Uzbekistani chess Grandmaster (1997). Career He won Uzbekistani Chess Championship in 1993 and 2003. In 2004 he tied for 2nd–4th with Praveen Thipsay ...

(Uzbekistan, born 1968) * Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine, born 1969) * Ivan Ivanišević (Serbia, born 1977) * Alexander Ivanov (US, born 1956) *

Igor Ivanov Igor Sergeyevich Ivanov (born 23 September 1945) is a Russian politician who was Foreign Minister of Russia from 1998 to 2004 under both the Yeltsin and the Putin administrations. Early life Ivanov was born in 1945 in Moscow to a Russian fathe ...

(Russia, Canada, US, 1947–2005) * Božidar Ivanović (Montenegro, born 1949) *

Borislav Ivkov Borislav Ivkov (12 November 1933 – 14 February 2022) was a Serbian chess Grandmaster. He was a World championship candidate in 1965, and played in four more Interzonal tournaments, in 1967, 1970, 1973, and 1979. Ivkov was a three-time Yugos ...

(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 Carl Ferdinand von Jaenisch (russian: Карл Андреевич Яниш, ''Karl Andreyevich Yanish''; April 11, 1813 – March 7, 1872) was a Finnish and Russian chess player and theorist. In the 1840s, he was among the top players in the ...

(Finland, Russia, 1813–1872) *

Charles Jaffe Charles Jaffé (Jaffe) (circa 1879, Dubroŭna, Russian Empire – 12 July 1941, Brooklyn, USA) was a Russian Empire born master and chess writer. Early years, moves to U.S. Jaffé was born in a small town, Dubroŭna (now in Vitsebsk Voblast) ...

(Russia, US, 1883–1941) * Jerzy Jagielski (Poland, Germany, 1897–1955) *

Dmitry Jakovenko Dmitry Olegovich Jakovenko (russian: Дмитрий Олегович Яковенко; born 28 June 1983) is a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2001. Jakovenko was European champion in 2012. He was a member ...

(Russia, born 1983) * Lora Jakovleva (Russia, born 1932) *

Dragoljub Janošević Dragoljub Janošević (Janosevic) (8 July 1923 – 20 May 1993) was a Yugoslav chess Grandmaster. Background Janošević became an International Master in 1964 and earned the Grandmaster title the following year. In the 1950s and 1960s ...

(Serbia, 1923–1993) * Chaim Janowski (Poland, Germany, Japan, c.1868–1935) *

Dawid Janowski Dawid Markelowicz Janowski (25 May 1868 – 15 January 1927; often spelled ''David'') was a Polish-born French chess player. The Janowski variations of the Old Indian Defense and of the Queen's Gambit Declined are named after him. Biography B ...

(Poland, France, 1868–1927) *

Vlastimil Jansa Vlastimil Jansa (born November 27, 1942) is a Czech chess player. He was awarded the titles of International Master, in 1965, and Grandmaster, in 1974, by FIDE. He learned chess while in hospital at the age of eight and at fourteen, became the ...

(Czech Republic, born 1942) * Nicolai Jasnogrodsky (Ukraine, England, US, 1859–1914) * Carlos Jáuregui (Chile, Canada, 1932–2013) *

Florian Jenni Florian Jenni (born 24 March 1980 in Lieli) is a Swiss chess grandmaster. When he was five years old, he was taught to play chess by his mother and later on by his father. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster in 2003. On the March 2010 FIDE ...

(Switzerland, born 1980) * Eleazar Jiménez (Cuba, 1928–2000) *

Baadur Jobava Baadur Jobava ( ka, ბაადურ ჯობავა; born 26 November 1983) is a Georgian chess grandmaster and three-time Georgian champion (2003, 2007, 2012). He competed in the FIDE World Chess Championship in 2004 and in the FIDE Wor ...

(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 Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity * Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...

(Switzerland, 1887–1938) * Gawain Jones (England, born 1987) * Iolo Jones (Wales, 1947–2021) * Paul Journoud (France, 1821–1882) *

Ju Wenjun Ju Wenjun (; born 31 January 1991) is a Chinese chess grandmaster. She is the current Women's World Chess Champion. In March 2017 she became the fifth woman to achieve a rating of 2600. She is a three-time Women's World Chess Champion having w ...

(China, born 1991) *

Max Judd Max Judd (born Maximilian Judkiewicz; 27 December 1851 – 7 May 1906) was an American chess player. Born in Tenczynek, southern Poland (then Galicia, Austro–Hungary), he emigrated to America in 1862. He was an American cloak manufacturer. H ...

(Poland, US, 1851–1906) * Klaus Junge (Chile, Germany, 1924–1945) * Otto Junge (Chile, Germany, 1887–1978) * Miervaldis Jurševskis (Latvia, Canada, 1921–2014)

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* Bernhard Kagan (Poland, Germany, 1866–1932) *

Shimon Kagan Shimon Kagan ( he, שמעון כגן; born 6 April 1942, in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli chess master. He was Israeli Champion in 1967 and 1969. He tied for 4-5th at Netanya 1968 (Bobby Fischer won), tied for 9-10th at Netanya 1969 (Samuel Reshevsky ...

(Israel, born 1942) * Victor Kahn (Russia, France, 1889–1971) *

Gregory Kaidanov Gregory Kaidanov (russian: Григорий Зиновьевич Кайда́нов, ; born 11 October 1959) is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster. He was inducted into the United States Chess Hall of Fame in 2013. His peak rating is 2646 ...

(Ukraine, Russia, US, born 1959) * Osmo Kaila (Finland, 1916–1991) *

Charles Kalme Charles Ivars Kalme ( lv, Kārlis Ivars Kalme, November 15, 1939 – March 20, 2002) was a Latvian American chess master and a mathematician. Kalme was born in Riga, Latvia on November 15, 1939. At the conclusion of World War II, Kalme and wh ...

(Latvia, Germany, US, 1939–2003) *

Gata Kamsky Gata Kamsky ( tt-Cyrl, Гата Камский, italics=no; russian: Гата Камский; born June 2, 1974) is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster, and a five-time U.S. champion. Kamsky reached the final of the FIDE World Chess Cha ...

(Russia, US, born 1974) * Ilya Kan (Russia, 1909–1978) *

Marcus Kann Marcus Kann (1820 in Vienna – February 3, 1886) was an Austrian chess player. He and Horatio Caro jointly analysed and published their analysis of the chess opening later to-be-called Caro-Kann Defence (1.e4 c6) in the German ''Brüderscha ...

(Austria, 1820–1886) *

Albert Kapengut Albert Zinovievich Kapengut (born 4 July 1944, in Kazan, Tatarstan) is a Soviet chess master (since 1962). A holder of the International Master title, he is best known as a respected teacher, theoretician, writer, and member of the successful stude ...

(Belarus, US, born 1944) *

Julio Kaplan Julio Argentino Kaplan Pera (born 25 July 1950, Argentina) is a Puerto Rican chess player, former world junior chess champion as well as software developer and founder of Heuristic Software. Born in Argentina, he emigrated in 1964 to Pue ...

(Argentina, Puerto Rico, US, born 1950) * Darja Kapš (Slovenia, born 1981) *

Mona May Karff Mona May Karff (née Minna Ratner; 20 October 1908 – 10 January 1998) was an American chess player. She dominated U.S. women's chess in the 1940s and early 1950s: she held seven U.S. Women's Chess Champion titles and four consecutive U.S. O ...

(Moldova, Russia, Palestine, US, 1914–1998) *

Sergey Karjakin Sergey Alexandrovich Karjakin, . (born 12 January 1990) is a Russian chess grandmaster (formerly representing Ukraine). A chess prodigy, he previously held the record for the world's youngest ever grandmaster, (until it was eventually taken ...

(Ukraine, born 1990) *

Anastasiya Karlovich Anastasiya Karlovich (born 29 May 1982) is a Ukrainian chess player and journalist. She achieved the FIDE titles Woman International Master in 2000 and Woman Grandmaster in 2003. Born in Dnipropetrovsk, Karlovich started to play chess at age ei ...

(Ukraine, born 1982) *

Anatoly Karpov Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov ( rus, links=no, Анато́лий Евге́ньевич Ка́рпов, p=ɐnɐˈtolʲɪj jɪvˈɡʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈkarpəf; born May 23, 1951) is a Russian and former Soviet chess grandmaster, former World Che ...

(Russia, born 1951) *

Isaac Kashdan Isaac Kashdan (November 19, 1905 in New York City – February 20, 1985 in Los Angeles) was an American chess grandmaster and chess writer. He was twice U.S. Open champion (1938, 1947). He played five times for the United States in chess Olymp ...

(US, 1905–1985) *

Rustam Kasimdzhanov Rustam Kasimdzhanov; russian: Рустам Касымджанов (born 5 December 1979) is an Uzbek chess grandmaster and former FIDE World Champion (2004-05). He was Asian champion in 1998. In addition to his tournament play, Kasimdzhan ...

(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 1975) * 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) * Georges 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)

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* 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, Alexander Levin (Russia, 1871–1929) * Jacob Levin (chess player), Jacob Levin (US, 1904–1992) * Naum Levin (Ukraine, Australia, born 1933) * 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)

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* 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 1984) * 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 (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) * 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 1962) * 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) * 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, born 1935) * 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) * Bernard Parham (US, born 1946) * 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 1975) * Max Pavey (US, 1918–1957) * 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) * 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 (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, 1928–2000) * 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) * 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, 1882–1961) * 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) * 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) * 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, born 1954) * 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 (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, born 1937) * 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 1964) * 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, 1902–1978) * 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) * 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.

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), Junior is the winner of the 2006 World Computer Chess Championship, its third victory at this event. * Rybka is a recent 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.

References

External links

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