This is a list of chess players.

Contents

1 Chess players by vocation 1.1 A 1.2 B 1.3 C 1.4 D 1.5 E 1.6 F 1.7 G 1.8 H 1.9 I 1.10 J 1.11 K 1.12 L 1.13 M 1.14 N 1.15 O 1.16 P 1.17 R 1.18 S 1.19 T 1.20 U 1.21 V 1.22 W 1.23 X 1.24 Y 1.25 Z 2 Famous people who were/are avid chess players 3 Computers 4 See also 5 External links

Chess players by vocation

The people in this list are men and women who are primarily known as chess players.

A

• Michael Adams (England, 1971– )
• Simen Agdestein (Norway, 1967– )
• Vladimir Akopian (Armenia, 1971– )
• Alexander Alekhine (Russia, 1892– 1946)
• Friedrich Amelung (Latvia)
• Viswanathan Anand (India, 1969– )
• Adolf Anderssen (Germany, 1818–1879)
• Ulf Andersson (Sweden, 1951– )
• Konstantin Aseev (Russia, 1960– 2004)
• As-Suli (Abbasid Caliphate, circa 880–946)
• Maurice Ashley (Jamaica, USA, 1966– )

B

• Etienne Bacrot (France, 1983– )
• Gerardo Barbero (Argentina, Hungary, 1961–2001)
• Curt von Bardeleben (Germany, 1861–1924)
• Leonard Barden (England, )
• Evgeny Bareev (Russia, )
• Alexander Beliavsky (Ukraine, Slovenia, 1953– )
• Thomas Wilson Barnes (England, 1825–1874)
• Ossip Bernstein (Ukraine, 1882–1962)
• Istvan Bilek (Hungary, 1932– )
• Henry Bird (England, 1830–1908)
• Arthur Bisguier (USA, 1929– )
• Roy Turnbull Black (USA)
• Joseph Henry Blackburne (England, 1841–1924)
• Claude Bloodgood (1937– )
• Samuel Boden, (England, 1826–1882)
• Efim Bogoljubov (Ukraine, 1889–1952)
• Paolo Boi (Italy, 1528–1598)
• Julio Bolbochan (Argentina, 1920–1996)
• Isaak Boleslavsky (Soviet Union, 1919–1977)
• Eero Böök (Finland, 1910–1990)
• Mikhail Botvinnik (Russia, 1911–1995)
• Gyula Breyer (Hungary, 1893–1921)
• Louis Charles de la Bourdonnais (France, 1795–1840)
• David Bronstein (Russia, 1924– )
• Walter Browne (Australia/USA, 1949– )
• Xiangzhi Bu (China, 1985– )
• Amos Burn (England, 1848–1925)
• Donald Byrne (USA, 1930–1976)
• Robert Byrne (USA, 1928– )
• Elizaveta Ivanovna Bykova (Russia, 1913–1989)

C

• Esteban Canal (Peru, Italy, 1896–1981)
• José Raúl Capablanca (Cuba, 1888–1942)
• Pietro Carrera (Sicily, 1573–1647)
• Magnus Carlsen (Norway, 1990– )
• Rudolf Charousek (Hungary, 1873–1900)
• Zhu Chen (China, 1976– )
• Irving Chernev (USA, 1900–1981)
• Maia Chiburdanidze (Georgia, USSR, 1961– )
• Mikhail Chigorin (Russia, 1850 - 1908)
• Larry Christiansen (USA, 1956– )
• John Cochrane (England, 1798–1878)
• Edgard Colle (Belgium, 1897–1932)
• Pia Cramling (Sweden, 1963– )

D

• Nigel Davies (England, 1960– )
• Nick De Firmian (US, 1957– )
• Alexandre Deschapelles (France, 1780–1847)
• Serafino Dubois (Italy, 1817–1899)
• Jean Dufresne (Germany, 1829–1893)
• Oldrich Duras (Czechoslovakia, 1882–1957)

E

• Erich Eliskases (Germany, Argentina, 1913–1997)
• Max Euwe (Netherlands, 1901–1981)
• Larry Evans (USA, 1932– )

F

• Salo Flohr (Czechoslovakia, 1908–1983)
• Reuben Fine (USA, 1914–1993)
• Bobby Fischer (USA, Iceland, 1943– )

G

• Joseph Gallagher (England, Switzerland, 1964– )
• Nona Gaprindashvili (Georgia, USSR, 1941– )
• Boris Gelfand (Belarus, USSR, Israel 1968– )
• Efim Geller (Ukraine, USSR, 1925–1998)
• Ehsan Ghaemmaghami (Iran, 1981– )
• Ellen E Strong Gilbert (USA)
• Svetozar Gligoric (Yugoslavia, 1923– )
• Gioacchino Greco (Italy, 1600–c.1634)
• Ernst Grünfeld (Austria, 1893–1962)
• Isidor Gunsberg (Hungary, 1854–1930)
• Boris Gulko (USSR, USA, 1947–)

H

• Max Harmonist (Germany, 1864–1907)
• Daniel Harrwitz (Germany, France 1823–1884)
• Vlastimil Hort (Czechoslovakia, Germany 1944– )
• Israel Horowitz (US, 1907–1973)
• Bernhard Horwitz (England, 1807–1885)
• P Harikrishna (India)

I

• Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine, 1969– )
• Sergey Ivanov (Russia, 1960– )
• Borislav Ivkov (Yugoslavia, 1933– )

J

• Paul Johner (Switzerland, 1887– ?)
• David Janowski (Poland, France 1868–1927)

K

• Gata Kamsky (Russia, USA, 1974– )
• Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine)
• Anatoly Karpov (Russia, 1951– )
• Garry Kasparov (Russia, 1963– )
• Lubomir Kavalek (Czechoslovakia, US, 1943– )
• Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan, 1979– )
• Raymond Keene (England, 1948– )
• Paul Keres (Estonia, 1916–1975)
• Alexander Khalifman (Russia, 1966– )
• Lionel Kieseritzky (Poland and Germany, 1806–1853)
• Janis Klovans (Latvia, 1935– )
• Georges Koltanowski (Belgian and American, 1903–2000)
• Viktor Korchnoi (Russia, Switzerland, 1931– )
• Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia, 1984– )
• Alexander Kotov (USSR, 1913–1981)
• Vladimir Kramnik (Russia, 1975– )
• Michal Krasenkow (Poland, 1963– )
• Irina Krush (Ukraine, USSR, USA, 1983– )

L

• Kateryna Lahno (Ukraine, 1989– )
• Bent Larsen (Denmark, 1935– )
• Edward Lasker (1885–1981)
• Emanuel Lasker (Germany, USA, 1868–1941)
• Baron Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa (Prussia, 1818–1899)
• Legall de Kermeur (1702–1792)
• Péter Lékó (Hungary, 1979– )
• Giovanni Leonardo (Italy, 1542–1587)
• Alexandre Lesiege (Canada, 1975– )
• Andrei Lilienthal (Hungary, Russia, 1911– )
• John Littlewood (England, 1931– )
• Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Yugoslavia, 1950– )
• Ruy Lopez (Spain, c.1530 – c.1580)
• Johann Löwenthal (Hungary, 1810–1876)
• Luis Ramirez Lucena (Spain, c.1465 – c.1530)

M

• Geza Maroczy (Hungary, 1870 - 1951)
• Frank Marshall (USA, 1877 - 1944)
• Hermanis Matisons (Latvia, 1894 - 1932)
• Alexander McDonnell (Ireland, 1798-1835)
• Colin McNab (Scotland)
• Luke McShane (England, 1984 - )
• Henrique Mecking (Brazil, 1952 - )
• Susanto Megaranto (Indonesia, 1987 - )
• Vera Menchik-Stevenson (Czech Republic, England, 1906 - 1944)
• Jacques Mieses (Germany, England 1865 - 1954)
• Vladas Mikenas (Lithuania, 1910 - )
• Tony Miles (England, 1955 - 2001)
• Augustus Mongredien (England, 1807-1888)
• Iván Morovic (Chile, 1963 - )
• Alexander Morozevich (Russia, 1977 - )
• Paul Morphy (USA, 1837 - 1884)
• Paul Motwani (Scotland)

N

• Miguel Najdorf (Argentina, 1910 - ?)
• Hikaru Nakamura (USA, 1987- )
• Rashid Nezhmetdinov (Russia, 1912- 1974)
• Aaron Nimzowitsch (Latvia, 1886 - 1935)
• John Nunn (England, 1955- )

O

• John Owen (England, 1827 - 1901)

P

• Oscar Panno (Argentina, 1935– )
• Mark Paragua (Philippine, 1984– )
• Bruno Parma (Slovenia, 1941– )
• Louis Paulsen (Germany, 1833–1891)
• Tigran Petrosian (Armenia, Georgia, USSR, 1929–1984)
• François-André Danican Philidor (France, 1726–1795)
• Jeroen Piket (Netherlands, 1969)
• Harry Nelson Pillsbury (USA, 1872–1906)
• Vasja Pirc (Slovenia, 1907–1980)
• Giulio Polerio (Italy, c.1550 – c.1610)
• Judit Polgar (Hungary, 1976– )
• Zsuzsa Polgar (Hungary, USA, 1969– )
• Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine, 1983– )
• Lajos Portisch (Hungary, 1937– )
• C.J.S.Purdy (Australia, 1906–1979)

R

• Abram Rabinovich (Russia, 1878–1943)
• Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan, 1987– )
• Fred Reinfeld (USA, 1910–1964)
• Samuel Reshevsky (Poland, USA, 1911– )
• Richard Réti (Czechoslovakia, 1889–1929)
• Jules Arnous de Rivière (France, 1830–1905)
• Michael Rohde (USA, 1959– )
• Eugène Rousseau (France, c.1810 – c.1870)
• Nicolas Rossolimo (France, USA, 1910–1975)
• Jonathan Rowson (Scotland)
• Akiba Rubinstein (Poland, 1882–1961)
• Olga Rubtsova (Russia, 1909–1994)
• Lyudmila Rudenko (Russia, 1904–1986)

S

• Pierre St. Amant (France, 1800–1872)
• Valery Salov (Russia, 1964– )
• Jonathan Sarfati (Australia, New Zealand, 1964– )
• Emmanuel Schiffers (Russia, 1850–1904)
• Carl Schlechter (Austria, 1874–1918)
• Yasser Seirawan (Syria, USA, 1960– )
• Alexei Shirov (Latvia, Spain, 1972– )
• Nigel Short (England, 1965– )
• Alexander Shabalov (Latvia, USA, 1967– )
• Jackson Showalter (USA, 1860–1935)
• Vasily Smyslov (Russia, 1921– )
• Boris Spassky (Russia, France, 1937– )
• Jon Speelman (England, 1956– )
• Rudolf Spielmann (Austria, 1883–1942)
• Kevin Spraggett (Canada, 1954– )
• Gideon Stahlberg (Sweden, 1908–1967)
• Charles Stanley (England,USA 1819–1901)
• Howard Staunton (England, 1810–1874)
• Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria, 1979– )
• Wilhelm Steinitz (Bohemia, USA, 1836–1900)
• Daniel Stellwagen (Netherlands) 1987– )
• Mir Sultan Khan (Pakistan, 1905–1966)

T

• Mark Taimanov (Russia, 1926– )
• Mikhail Tal (Latvia, USSR, 1936– 1992)
• Siegbert Tarrasch (Germany, 1862–1934)
• Ksawery Tartakower (Poland, France, 1887–1956)
• Richard Teichmann (Germany, 1868–1925)
• Jan Timman (Netherlands, 1951– )
• Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria, 1975– )
• Carlos Torre Repetto (México,1902–1978)
• Theodore Tylor (England 1900–1968)

U

• Wolfgang Uhlmann (GDR, 1935– )
• Wolfgang Unzicker (Germany, 1925– )

V

• Loek Van Wely (Netherlands, )
• Milan Vidmar (Slovenia, 1885–1962)

W

• Szymon Winawer (Poland, 1838–1920)
• Marmaduke Wyvill (England, 1814–1896)

X

• Jun Xie (China, 1970– )
• Jun Xu (China, 1962– )

Y

• Daniel Yanofsky (Poland, Canada, 1925–2000)
• Frederick Yates (England, 1884–1932)
• Jiangchuan Ye (China, 1960– )
• Artur Yusupov (Russia, Germany, 1960– )

Z

• Alexander Zaitsev (USSR, 1935–1971)
• Zhong Zhang (China, 1978– )
• Eugene Znosko-Borovsky (Russia, France 1884–1954)
• Johannes Zukertort (Poland, 1842–1888)

Famous people who were/are avid chess players

The people in this list are famous in other areas of activity, but are known to have played chess or maintain a current interest in chess.

• Woody Allen
• Atahualpa
• George Airy
• Newell Banks (USA, World Checkers Champion 1887–1977)
• Humphrey Bogart
• Napoleon Bonaparte
• John Cage
• Lewis Carroll
• Catherine the Great
• Ray Charles
• Marcel Duchamp
• Albert Einstein
• Paul Erdös
• Leonhard Euler
• Richard Feynman
• Benjamin Franklin
• Carl Friedrich Gauss
• Thomas Jefferson
• Stanley Kubrick
• Pope Leo XIII
• Lennox Lewis
• Abraham de Moivre
• Vladimir Nabokov (Russian writer)
• Alexander Pushkin (Russian writer)
• Sergei Prokofiev (Russian composer & pianist)
• Jonathan Sarfati (Australian scientist and author)
• Juan Maria Solare (Argentine composer & pianist)
• Will Smith
• Raymond Smullyan
• Sting
• Josip Broz Tito
• Leo Tolstoy
• Queen Victoria
• George Washington
• John Wayne

Computers

• Deep Blue, the IBM chess playing computer, was victorious in a 1997 match against then-world champion Garry Kasparov. (Deep Thought was an earlier, similar machine.)

• Deep Fritz achieved a draw in the 2002 match, "Brains in Bahrain", against Vladimir Kramnik. A variant, X3D Fritz, drew against Kasparov.

• Shredder is another strong program, having won the IWorld Computer Chess Championship eight times.

See also

• World chess champions
• International Grandmasters
• World junior chess champions
• National chess champions

External links

• http://www.fide.com
• http://www.uschess.org
• http://www.muljadi.org