List of notable chess players
This is a list of chess players.
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– )
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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–)
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- 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)
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- 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 Rivičre (France, 1830–1905)
- Michael Rohde (USA, 1959– )
- Eugčne 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)
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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.
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Last updated: 01-04-2007 01:18:57
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