List of chess players 11749 226039782 2008-07-16T15:41:58Z Mibelz 1437251 /* B */ The men and women on this list are primarily known as [[chess]] players. {{CompactTOC8|align=center|custom1=Computers|seealso=yes|extlinks=yes}} == A == *[[Jacob Aagaard]] (Denmark, Scotland, born 1973) *[[Manuel Aaron]] (India, born 1935) *[[Gerald Abrahams]] (England, 1907–1980) *[[Tatev Abrahamyan]] (Armenia, USA, born 1988) *[[Leonardas Abramavičius]] (Lithuania, before 1912–1960) *[[Jude Acers]] (USA, born 1944) *[[Peter Acs]] (Hungary, born 1981) *[[Michael Adams]] (England, born 1971) *[[Weaver W. Adams|Weaver Adams]] (USA, 1901–1963) *[[Utut Adianto]] (Indonesia, born 1965) *[[András Adorján]] (Hungary, born 1950) *[[Vladimir Afromeev]] (Russia, born 1954) *[[Simen Agdestein]] (Norway, born 1967) *[[Evgeny Agrest]] (Belarus, Sweden, born 1966) *[[Carl Ahues]] (Germany, 1883–1968) *[[James Macrae Aitken]] (Scotland, 1908–1983) *[[Ralf Akesson]] (Sweden, born 1961) *[[Anna Akhsharumova]] (Russia, USA, born 1957) *[[Varuzhan Akobian]] (Armenia, USA, born 1983) *[[Vladimir Akopian]] (Armenia, born 1971) *[[Mohamad Al-Modiahki]] (Qatar, born 1974) *[[Simon Alapin]] (Lithuania, 1856–1923) *[[Vladimir Alatortsev]] (Russia, 1909–1987) *[[Adolf Albin]] (Romania, 1848–1920) *[[Lev Alburt]] (Russia, USA, born 1945) *[[Alexander Alekhine]] (Russia, France 1892–1946) *[[Alexei Alekhine]] (Russia, 1888–1939) *[[Grace Alekhine]] (USA, England, France 1876–1956) *[[Aleksej Aleksandrov]] (Belarus, born 1973) *[[Evgeny Alekseev]] (Russia, born 1985) *[[Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander|Hugh Alexander]] (England, 1899–1974) *[[Aaron Alexandre]] (Germany, France, England 1765–1850) *[[Nana Alexandria]] (Georgia, born 1949) *[[Zoltán Almási]] (Hungary, born 1976) *[[Izak Aloni]] (Poland, Israel, 1905–1985) *[[Yoel Aloni]] (Israel, born 1937) *[[Boris Alterman]] (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]] (India, born 1969) *[[Erik Andersen]] (Denmark, 1904–1938) *[[Frank Anderson (chess player)|Frank Anderson]] (Canada, 1928–1980) *[[Adolf Anderssen]] (Germany, 1818–1879) *[[Ulf Andersson]] (Sweden, born 1951) *[[Zaven Andriasian]] (Armenia, born 1989) *[[Rogelio Antonio Jr.]] (Philippines, born 1962) *[[Oskar Antze]] (Germany, born 1878) *[[Manuel Apicella]] (France, born 1970) *[[Izaak Appel]] (Poland, 1905–1941) *[[Fricis Apšenieks]] (Latvia, 1894–1941) *[[Lev Aptekar]] (Ukraine, New Zealand, born 1936) *[[José Joaquin Araiza]] (Mexico, 1900–1971) *[[Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant]] (Georgia, born 1968) *[[Walter Arencibia]] (Cuba, born 1967) *[[Alexander Areshchenko]] (Ukraine, born 1986) *[[Keith Arkell]] (England, born 1961) *[[Romanas Arlauskas]] (Lithuania, Australia, born 1917) *[[Jon Arnason]] (Iceland, born 1960) *[[Dagur Arngrimsson]] (Iceland, born 1987) *[[Levon Aronian]] (Armenia, born 1982) *[[Lev Aronin]] (Russia, 1920–1983) *[[Andreas Ascharin]] (Estonia, Latvia, 1843–1896) *[[Konstantin Aseev]] (Russia, 1960–2004) *[[Maurice Ashley]] (Jamaica, USA, born 1966) *[[Hipólito Asis Gargatagli]] (Spain, born 1986) *[[Karen Asrian]] (Armenia, 1980–2008) *[[As-Suli]] (Abbasid Caliphate, circa 880–946) *[[Lajos Asztalos]] (Austria-Hungary, Yugoslavia, Hungary, 1889–1956) *[[Ekaterina Atalik]] (Russia, Turkey, born 1982) *[[Suat Atalik]] (Turkey, born 1964) *[[Henry Ernest Atkins|Henry Atkins]] (England, 1872–1955) *[[Arnold Aurbach]] (Poland, France, circa 1888–1952) *[[Yuri Averbakh]] (Russia, born 1922) *[[Herbert Avram]] (USA, 1913–2006) *[[Boris Avrukh]] (Israel, born 1978) *[[Zurab Azmaiparashvili]] (Georgia, born 1960) == B == *[[Alexander Baburin]] (Russia, Ireland, born 1967) *[[Etienne Bacrot]] (France, born 1983) *[[Camilla Baginskaite]] (Soviet Union, Lithuania, U.S.A., born 1967) *[[Vladimir Bagirov]] (Azerbaijan, Latvia, 1936–2000) *[[Mary Bain]] (USA, 1904–1972) *[[Vladimir Baklan]] (Ukraine, born 1978) *[[Yuri Balashov]] (Russia, born 1949) *[[Rosendo Balinas, Jr.]] (Philippines, 1941–1998) *[[Zoltan von Balla]] (Hungary, 1883–1945) *[[János Balogh (chess player)|János Balogh]] (Romania, Hungary, 1892–1980) *[[Amikam Balshan]] (Israel, born 1948) *[[Hristos Banikas]] (Greece, born 1978) *[[Anatoly Bannik]] (Ukraine, born 1921) *[[David Baramidze]] (Georgia, Germany, born 1988) *[[Zsigmond Barász]] (Hungary, 1878–1935) *[[Abraham Baratz]] (Romania, France, 1895–1975) *[[Gerardo Barbero]] (Argentina, Hungary, 1961–2001) *[[Gideon Barcza]] (Hungary, 1911–1986) *[[Olaf Barda]] (Norway, 1909–1971) *[[Curt von Bardeleben]] (Germany, 1861–1924) *[[Leonard Barden]] (England, born 1929) *[[Evgeny Bareev]] (Russia, born 1966) *[[Robert Henry Barnes]] (England, New Zealand 1849–1916) *[[Thomas Wilson Barnes]] (England, 1825–1874) *[[Alexei Barsov]] (Uzbekistan, born 1966) *[[Dibyendu Barua]] (India, born 1966) *[[Michael Basman]] (England, born 1946) *[[Christian Bauer]] (France, born 1977) *[[Johann Hermann Bauer]] (Bohemia, Austria, 1861–1891) *[[Friedrich Baumbach]] (Germany, born 1935) *[[Albert Becker (chess player)|Albert Becker]] (Austria, Germany, Argentina 1896–1984) *[[Anjelina Belakovskaia]] (Ukraine, USA, born 1969) *[[Liudmila Belavenets]] (Russia, born 1940) *[[Sergey Belavenets]] (Russia, 1910–1942) *[[Alexander Beliavsky]] (Ukraine, Slovenia, born 1953) *[[Jana Bellin]] (Czechoslovakia, England, born 1947) *[[Zdzisław Belsitzmann]] (Poland, died 1920) *[[Levi Benima]] (Netherlands, 1837–1922) *[[Clarice Benini]] (Italy, 1905–1976) *[[Joel Benjamin]] (USA, born 1964) *[[Francisco Benkö]] (Germany, Argentina, born 1910) *[[Pal Benko]] (France, Hungary, USA, born 1928) *[[Bela Berger]] (Hungary, Australia, 1931–2005) *[[Johann Berger]] (Austria, 1845–1933) *[[Victor Buerger|Victor Berger]] (Latvia, England, 1904–1996) *[[Teodors Bergs]] (Latvia, 1902–1966) *[[Hans Berliner]] (Germany, USA, born 1929) *[[Ivar Bern]] (Norway, born 1967) *[[Karl Berndtsson]] (Sweden, 1892–1943) *[[Ossip Bernstein]] (Ukraine, France, 1882–1962) *[[Mario Bertok]] (Croatia, born 1929) *[[Katarina Beskow]] (Sweden, 1867–1939) *[[Louis Betbeder Matibet]] (France, 1901– ?) *[[Karlis Betinš]] (Latvia, 1867–1943) *[[Vinay Bhat]] (USA, born 1984) *[[Carlos Bielicki]] (Argentina, born 1940) *[[Istvan Bilek]] (Hungary, born 1932) *[[Paul Rudolf von Bilguer]] (Germany, 1815–1840) *[[Reefat Bin-Sattar]] (Bangladesh, born 1974) *[[Henry Bird]] (England, 1830–1908) *[[Nathan Birnboim]] (Israel, born 1950) *[[Klaus Bischoff]] (Germany, born 1961) *[[Arthur Bisguier]] (USA, born 1929) *[[Peter Biyiasas]] (Greece, Canada, born 1950) *[[Dimitrije Bjelica]] (Serbia, born 1935) *[[Roy Turnbull Black]] (USA, 1888–1962) *[[Joseph Henry Blackburne]] (England, 1841–1924) *[[Armand Blackmar]] (USA, 1826-1888) *[[Joseph Henry Blake (chess player)|Joseph Henry Blake]] (England, 1859–1951) *[[Abram Blass]] (Poland, Israel, born 1900) *[[Ludwig Bledow]] (Germany, 1795–1846) *[[Yaacov Bleiman]] (Lithuania, Israel, born 1947) *[[Claude Bloodgood]] (USA, 1937–2001) *[[Oscar Blum]] (Lithuania, France, ? - ?) *[[Benjamin Blumenfeld]] (Belarus, Russia, 1884–1947) *[[Max Blümich]] (Germany, 1886–1942) *[[Boris Blumin]] (Russia, Canada, USA, 1907–1998) *[[Milko Bobotsov]] (Bulgaria, born 1931) *[[Samuel Boden]] (England, 1826–1882) *[[Fedor Bogatyrchuk]] (Ukraine, Canada, 1892–1984) *[[Efim Bogoljubov]] (Ukraine, Germany, 1889–1952) *[[Paolo Boi]] (Italy, 1528–1598) *[[Jácobo Bolbochán]] (Argentina, 1906–1984) *[[Julio Bolbochán]] (Argentina, 1920–1996) *[[Isaac Boleslavsky]] (Ukraine, 1919–1977) *[[Victor Bologan]] (Moldova, born 1971) *[[Igor Bondarevsky]] (Russia, 1913–1979) *[[Eero Böök]] (Finland, 1910–1990) *[[George Botterill]] (England, Wales, born 1949) *[[Mikhail Botvinnik]] (Russia, 1911–1995) *[[Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais]] (France, 1795–1840) *[[César Boutteville]] (Vietnam, France, born 1917) *[[Olena Boytsun]] (Ukraine, born 1983) *[[Gyula Breyer]] (Hungary, 1893–1921) *[[Alfred Brinckmann]] (Germany, 1891–1967) *[[Miklos Brody]] (Hungary, Romania, 1877–1949) *[[David Bronstein]] (Ukraine, 1924–2006) *[[Walter Browne]] (Australia, USA, born 1949) *[[Agnieszka Brustman]] (Poland, born 1962) *[[Lázaro Bruzón]] (Cuba, born 1982) *[[Bu Xiangzhi]] (China, born 1985) *[[Amos Burn]] (England, 1848–1925) *[[Donald Byrne]] (USA, 1930–1976) *[[Robert Byrne]] (USA, born 1928) *[[Elisabeth Bykova]] (Russia, 1913–1989) == C == *[[Florencio Campomanes]] (Philippines, born 1927) *[[Daniel Cámpora|Daniel Hugo Cámpora]] (Argentina, born 1957) *[[Esteban Canal]] (Peru, Italy, 1896–1981) *[[Arianne Caoili]] (Australia, born 1986) *[[José Raúl Capablanca]] (Cuba, 1888–1942) *[[Rodolfo Tan Cardoso]] (Philippines, born 1937) *[[Ruth Volgl Cardoso]] (Brazil, 1934–2000) *[[Carl Carls]] (Germany, 1880–1958) *[[Magnus Carlsen]] (Norway, born 1990) *[[Pontus Carlsson]] (Sweden, born 1982) *[[Horatio Caro]] (England, Germany, 1862–1920) *[[Berna Carrasco]] (Chile, born 1914) *[[Pietro Carrera]] (Sicily, 1573–1647) *[[Fabiano Caruana]] (USA, Hungary, born 1992) *[[Mariano Castillo]] (Chile, 1905–1970) *[[Marius Ceteras]] (Romania, born 1973) *[[Oscar Chajes]] (Ukraine, Austria, USA, 1873–1928) *[[Sandipan Chanda]] (India, born 1983) *[[Chang Tung Lo]] (China, born ?) *[[Murray Chandler]] (New Zealand, England, born 1960) *[[Pascal Charbonneau]] (Canada, born 1983) *[[Rudolf Charousek]] (Hungary, 1873–1900) *[[Valery Chekhov]] (Russia, born 1955) *[[Vitaly Chekhover]] (Russia, 1908–1965) *[[Chen De]] (China, born 1949) *[[Ivan Cheparinov]] (Bulgaria, born 1986) *[[Alexander Cherepkov]] (Russia, born 1920) *[[Irving Chernev]] (Russia, USA, 1900–1981) *[[Alexander Chernin]] (Ukraine, Hungary, born 1960) *[[Maia Chiburdanidze]] (Georgia, born 1961) *[[Mikhail Chigorin]] (Russia, 1850–1908) *[[Larry Christiansen]] (USA, born 1956) *[[Victor Ciocâltea]] (Romania, 1932–1983) *[[Viktorija Cmilyte]] (Lithuania, born 1983) *[[John Cochrane]] (England, 1798–1878) *[[Erich Cohn]] (Germany, 1884–1918) *[[Wilhelm Cohn]] (Germany, 1859–1913) *[[Edgard Colle]] (Belgium, 1897–1932) *[[John W. Collins]] (USA, 1912–2001) *[[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) *[[Walter Cruz]] (Brazil, 1910–1967) *[[Istvan Csom]] (Hungary, born 1940) *[[Miguel Cuellar]] (Colombia, 1916–1985) *[[Josef Cukierman]] (Poland, France, 1900–1941) *[[John Curdo]] (USA, born 1931) *[[Ognjen Cvitan]] (Croatia, born 1961) *[[Hieronim Czarnowski]] (Poland, France, Austria-Hungary, 1834–1902) *[[Moshe Czerniak]] (Poland, Israel, 1910–1984) == D == *[[Arthur Dake]] (USA, 1910–2000) *[[Pedro Damiano]] (Portugal, 1480–1544) *[[Mato Damjanović]] (Croatia, born 1927) *[[Gösta Danielsson]] (Sweden, 1912–1978) *[[Silvio Danailov]] (Bulgaria, born 1961) *[[A. Polak Daniels]] (Netherlands, the 19th c.) *[[Dawid Daniuszewski]] (Poland, 1885–1944) *[[Klaus Darga]] (Germany, born 1934) *[[Alberto David]] (Luxembourg, born 1970) *[[Jacques Davidson]] (Netherlands, 1890–1961) *[[Nigel Davies (chess player)|Nigel Davies]] (England, 1960– ) *[[Boris De Greiff]] (Colombia, born 1930) *[[Frederic Deacon]] (Belgium, 1829–1875) *[[Aleksander Delchev]] (Bulgaria, born 1971) *[[Eugene Delmar]] (USA, 1841–1909) *[[Yelena Dembo]] (Russia, Israel, Hungary, Greece, born 1983) *[[Arnold Denker]] (USA, 1914–2005) *[[Alexandre Deschapelles]] (France, 1780–1847) *[[Paul Devos]] (Belgium, 1911–1981) *[[Emil Josef Diemer]] (Germany, 1908–1990) *[[Mark Diesen]] (USA, born 1957) *[[Nathan Divinsky]] (Canada, born 1925) *[[Rune Djurhuus]] (Norway, born 1970) *[[Maxim Dlugy]] (Russia, USA, born 1966) *[[Yosef Dobkin]] (Russia, Israel, born 1909) *[[Sergey Dolmatov]] (Russia, born 1959) *[[Lenier Dominguez]] (Cuba, born 1983) *[[Józef Dominik]] (Poland, 1894–1920) *[[Zadok Domnitz]] (Israel, born 1933) *[[Elena Donaldson]] (Russia, Georgia, USA, born 1957) *[[John W. Donaldson]] (USA, born 1958) *[[Ivo Donev]] (Austria, born 1959) *[[Jan Hein Donner]] (Netherlands, 1927–1988) *[[Iossif Dorfman]] (Ukraine, France, born 1952) *[[Alexey Dreev]] (Russia, born 1969) *[[Leonids Dreibergs]] (Latvia, USA, 1908–1969) *[[Kurt Dreyer]] (Germany, South Africa, 1909–1981) *[[Tihomil Drezga]] (Croatia, USA, 1903–1981) *[[Leroy Dubeck]] (USA, born 1939) *[[Serafino Dubois]] (Italy, 1817–1899) *[[Andreas Dückstein]] (Hungary, Austria, born 1927) *[[Jean Dufresne]] (Germany, 1829–1893) *[[Arthur Dunkelblum]] (Poland, Belgium, 1906–1979) *[[Oldrich Duras]] (Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, 1882–1957) *[[Fyodor Duz-Khotimirsky]] (Ukraine, 1879–1965) *[[Mark Dvoretsky]] (Russia, born 1947) *[[Eduard Dyckhoff]] (Germany, 1880–1949) *[[Boruch Israel Dyner]] (Poland, Belgium, Israel, 1903–1979) *[[Nana Dzagnidze]] (Georgia, born 1987) *[[Roman Dzindzichashvili]] (Georgia, Israel, USA, born 1944) == E == *[[James Eade]] (USA, born 1957) *[[Zahar Efimenko]] (Ukraine, born 1985) *[[Jaan Ehlvest]] (Estonia, born 1962) *[[Louis Eisenberg]] (Ukraine, USA, 1876– ?) *[[Folke Ekström]] (Sweden, 1906–2000) *[[Erich Eliskases]] (Austria, Germany, Argentina, 1913–1997) *[[Pavel Eljanov]] (Ukraine, born 1983) *[[John Emms (chess player)|John Emms]] (England, born 1967) *[[Lucijs Endzelins]] (Estonia, Latvia, Australia, 1909–1981) *[[Jens Enevoldsen]] (Denmark, 1907–1980) *[[Ludwig Engels]] (Germany, Brazil, 1905–1967) *[[Berthold Englisch]] (Austria, 1851–1897) *[[David Enoch]] (Israel, born 1900) *[[Vladimir Epishin]] (Russia, born 1965) *[[Stefan Erdélyi]] (Hungary, Romania, 1905–1968) *[[Hanna Ereńska]] (Poland, born 1946) *[[Evgenij Ermenkov]] (Bulgaria, Palestine, born 1949) *[[Yakov Estrin]] (Russia, 1923–1987) *[[Max Euwe]] (Netherlands, 1901–1981) *[[Larry Evans]] (USA, born 1932) *[[William Davies Evans]] (Wales, 1790–1872) *[[Alexander Evensohn]] (Ukraine, 1892–1919) == F == *[[Samuel Factor]] (Poland, USA, 1883–1949) *[[Hans Fahrni]] (Bohemia, Switzerland, 1874–1939) *[[William Fairhurst]] (England, Scotland, New Zealand, 1903–1982) *[[Ernst Falkbeer]] (Austria-Hungary, 1819–1885) *[[Stefan Fazekas]] (Hungary, Czechoslovakia, England, 1898–1967) *[[John Fedorowicz]] (USA, born 1958) *[[Movsas Feigins]] (Latvia, Argentina, 1908–1950) *[[Rafal Feinmesser]] (Poland, ? - ?) *[[Florin Felecan]] (Romania, USA, born 1980) *[[Arthur Feuerstein]] (USA, born 1935) *[[Martha Fierro]] (Ecuador, born 1977) *[[Miroslav Filip]] (Czechoslovakia, Czech Rep., born 1928) *[[Reuben Fine]] (USA, 1914–1993) *[[Ben Finegold]] (USA, born 1969) *[[Nick de Firmian]] (USA, born 1957) *[[Robert James Fischer]] (USA, Iceland, 1943–2008) *[[Alex Fishbein]] (USA, born 1968) *[[Alexander Flamberg]] (Poland, 1880–1926) *[[Glenn Flear]] (England, born 1959) *[[Ernst Flechsig]] (Germany, 1852–1890) *[[Bernhard Fleissig]] (Hungary, Austria, 1853–1931) *[[Max Fleissig]] (Hungary, Austria, 1845– ?) *[[János Flesch]] (Hungary, 1933–1983) *[[Salo Flohr]] (Ukraine, Czechoslovakia, Russia, 1908–1983) *[[Rodrigo Flores]] (Chile, 1913–2007) *[[Alberto Foguelman]] (Argentina, born 1923) *[[Jan Foltys]] (Czechoslovakia, 1908–1952) *[[Arnold van Foreest]] (Netherlands, 1863–1954) *[[Dirk van Foreest]] (Netherlands, 1862–1956) *[[Leó Forgács]] (Hungary, 1881–1930) *[[Győző Forintos]] (Hungary, born 1935) *[[Albert Fox]] (USA, 1881–1964) *[[Maurice Fox]] (Ukraine, Canada, 1898–1988) *[[Zenon Franco]] (Paraguay, born 1956) *[[Michael Freeman]] (England, New Zealand, born 1960) *[[Laurent Fressinet]] (France, born 1981) *[[Sergey von Freymann]] (Russia, Uzbekistan, 1882–1946) *[[Joel Fridlizius]] (Sweden, 1869–1963) *[[Frederic Friedel]] (Germany, born 1945) *[[Gunnar Friedemann]] (Estonia, 1909–1943) *[[Henryk Friedman]] (Poland, 1903–1942) *[[Alexander Fritz]] (Germany, 1857–1932) *[[Achilles Frydman]] (Poland, 1905–1940) *[[Paulino Frydman]] (Poland, Argentina, 1905–1982) *[[Lubomir Ftáčnik]] (Czechoslovakia, Slovakia, born 1957) *[[Andrija Fuderer]] (Vojvodina, Belgium, born 1931) *[[Semyon Furman]] (Russia, 1920–1978) *[[Ivana Maria Furtado]] (India, born 1999) *[[Géza Füster]] (Hungary, Canada, born 1910) *[[Roy Fyllingen]] (Norway, born 1975) == G == *[[Alexander Galkin]] (Russia, born 1979) *[[Joseph Gallagher]] (England, Switzerland, born 1964) *[[Alisa Galliamova]] (Russia, born 1972) *[[Nona Gaprindashvili]] (Georgia, born 1941) *[[Raimundo Garcia]] (Argentina, born 1936) *[[Timur Gareev]] (Uzbekistan, born 1988) *[[Vugar Gashimov]] (Azerbaijan, born 1986) *[[Einar Gausel]] (Norway, born 1963) *[[Viktor Gavrikov]] (Lithuania, Switzerland, born 1957) *[[Tamaz Gelashvili]] (Georgia, born 1978) *[[Boris Gelfand]] (Belarus, Israel, born 1968) *[[Efim Geller]] (Ukraine, 1925–1998) *[[Uzi Geller]] (Israel, born 1931) *[[Kiril Georgiev]] (Bulgaria, born 1965) *[[Krum Georgiev]] (Bulgaria, born 1958) *[[Ernő Gereben]] (Hungary, Switzerland 1907–1988) *[[Regina Gerlecka]] (Poland, 1913–1983) *[[Eugenio German]] (Brazil, 1930–2001) *[[Edward Gerstenfeld]] (Poland, Ukraine 1915–1943) *[[Ehsan Ghaem Maghami]] (Iran, born 1982) *[[Ameet Ghasi]] (England, born 1987) *[[Florin Gheorghiu]] (Romania, born 1944) *[[Johannes Giersing]] (Denmark, 1872–1954) *[[Jessie Gilbert]] (England, 1987–2006) *[[Karl Gilg]] (Czechoslovakia, Germany, 1901–1981) *[[Aivars Gipslis]] (Latvia, 1937–2000) *[[Igor Glek]] (Russia, Germany, born 1961) *[[Svetozar Gligoric]] (Serbia, born 1923) *[[Michele Godena]] (Italy, born 1967) *[[Carl Goering]] (Germany, 1841–1879) *[[Alphonse Goetz]] (France, 1865–1934) *[[Rusudan Goletiani]] (Georgia, USA, born 1980) *[[Celso Golmayo Torriente]] (Cuba, Spain, 1879–1924) *[[Celso Golmayo Zupide]] (Spain, Cuba, 1820–1898) *[[Manuel Golmayo Torriente]] (Cuba, Spain, 1883–1973) *[[Vitali Golod]] (Ukraine, Israel born 1971) *[[Harry Golombek]] (England, 1911–1995) *[[Gong Qianyun]] (China, born 1985) *[[Jose Gonzalez Garcia]] (Mexico, born 1973) *[[Juan Carlos Gonzalez Zamora]] (Mexico, born 1968) *[[David S. Goodman]] (England, USA, born 1958) *[[Stephen J. Gordon]] (England, born 1986) *[[Danny Gormally]] (England, born 1976) *[[Hermann von Gottschall]] (Germany, 1862–1933) *[[Alexander Graf]] (Uzbekistan, Germany, born 1962) *[[Sonja Graf]] (Germany, Argentina, USA, 1908–1965) *[[Julio Granda Zuniga]] (Peru, born 1967) *[[Roberto Grau]] (Argentina, 1900–1944) *[[Gioachino Greco]] (Italy, 1600–c.1634) *[[Alon Greenfeld]] (USA, Israel, born 1964) *[[John Grefe]] (USA, born 1947) *[[Bernhard Gregory]] (Estonia, Germany, 1879–1939) *[[Gisela Kahn Gresser]] (USA, 1906–2000) *[[Helgi Gretarsson]] (Iceland, born 1977) *[[Richard Griffith]] (England, 1872–1955) *[[Nikolay Grigoriev]] (Russia, 1895–1935) *[[Vincent Grimm]] (Austria, Hungary, 1800–1872) *[[Alexander Grischuk]] (Russia, born 1983) *[[Efstratios Grivas]] (Greece, born 1966) *[[Henri Grob]] (Switzerland, 1904–1974) *[[Aristide Gromer]] (France, born 1909) *[[Adriaan de Groot]] (Netherlands, born 1914) *[[Ernst Grünfeld]] (Austria, 1893–1962) *[[Yehuda Gruenfeld]] (Poland, Israel, born 1956) *[[Izaak Grynfeld]] (Poland, Israel, born 1920) *[[Gu Xiaobing]] (China, born 1985) *[[Eduard Gufeld]] (Ukraine, USA, 1936–2002) *[[Ilse Guggenberger]] (Colombia, born 1942) *[[Carlos Guimard]] (Argentina, 1913–1998) *[[Boris Gulko]] (Russia, USA, born 1947) *[[Isidor Gunsberg]] (Hungary, England, 1854–1930) *[[Dmitry Gurevich]] (Russia, USA, born 1956) *[[Ilya Gurevich]] (Ukraine, USA, born 1972) *[[Mikhail Gurevich (chess player)|Mikhail Gurevich]] (Ukraine, Belgium, Turkey, born 1959) *[[Bukhuti Gurgenidze]] (Georgia, 1933–2008) *[[Jan Gustafsson]] (Germany, born 1979) *[[Emanuel Guthi]] (Israel, born 1930) *[[Lev Gutman]] (Latvia, Israel, Germany, born 1945) *[[Fritz Gygli]] (Switzerland, 1896–1980) *[[Alfred William Gyles]] (New Zealand, 1888–1967) == H == *[[Anna Hahn (chess)|Anna Hahn]] (Latvia, USA, born 1976) *[[Vitaly Halberstadt]] (Ukraine, France, 1903–1967) *[[Tunc Hamarat]] (Turkey, Austria, born 1946) *[[Hichem Hamdouchi]] (Morocco, born 1972) *[[Rani Hamid]] (Bangladesh, born 1944) *[[Carl Hamppe]] (Switzerland, Austria, 1814–1876) *[[Curt Hansen]] (Denmark, born 1964) *[[Wilhelm Hanstein]] (Germany, 1811–1850) *[[Khosro Harandi]] (Iran, born 1950) *[[Pentala Harikrishna]] (India, born 1986) *[[Max Harmonist]] (Germany, 1864–1907) *[[Daniel Harrwitz]] (Germany, France, 1823–1884) *[[William Hartston]] (England, born 1947) *[[Wolfgang Hasenfuss]] (Latvia, born 1900) *[[Kornel Havasi]] (Hungary, 1892–1945) *[[Mark Hebden]] (England, born 1958) *[[Jean Hebert]] (Canada, born 1957) *[[Hans-Joachim Hecht]] (Germany, born 1939) *[[Jonny Hector]] (Sweden, born 1964) *[[Fenny Heemskerk]] (Netherlands, 1919–2007) *[[Wolfgang Heidenfeld]] (Germany, South Africa, Ireland, 1911–1981) *[[Herbert Heinicke]] (Brazil, Germany, 1905–1988) *[[Dan Heisman]] (USA, born 1950) *[[Karl Helling]] (Germany, 1904–1937) *[[Hermann Helms]] (USA, 1870–1963) *[[Ron Henley]] (USA, 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 Hernandez Guerrero]] (Mexico, born 1970) *[[Tiger Hillarp Persson]] (Sweden, born 1970) *[[Wilhelm Hilse]] (Germany, 1878–1940) *[[Johann Hjartarson]] (Iceland, born 1963) *[[Hoang Thanh Trang]] (Vietnam, Hungary, born 1980) *[[Albert Hodges]] (USA, 1861–1944) *[[Julian Hodgson]] (England, born 1963) *[[Leopold Hoffer]] (Hungary, France, England, 1842–1913) *[[Edith Holloway]] (England, 1868–1956) *[[Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska]] (Poland, 1931–2006) *[[Baldur Hönlinger]] (Austria, Germany, 1905–1990) *[[William Hook]] (USA, British Virgin Islands, born 1925) *[[Vlastimil Hort]] (Czechoslovakia, Germany, born 1944) *[[Israel Horowitz]] (USA, 1907–1973) *[[Bernhard Horwitz]] (Germany, England, 1807–1885) *[[Enamul Hossain]] (Bangladesh, 1981– ) *[[Hou Yifan]] (China, born 1994) *[[Jovanka Houska]] (England, born 1980) *[[David Howell (chess player)|David Howell]] (England, born 1990) *[[Zbynek Hracek]] (Czech Republic, born 1970) *[[Karel Hromádka]] (Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, 1887–1956) *[[Vincenz Hruby]] (Bohemia, Austria, Italy, 1856–1917) *[[Huang Qian]] (China, born 1986) *[[Robert Hübner]] (Germany, born 1948) *[[Werner Hug]] (Switzerland, born 1952) *[[Krunoslav Hulak]] (Croatia, born 1951) *[[Koneru Humpy]] (India, born 1987) *[[Harriet Hunt]] (England, born 1978) *[[Alexander Huzman]] (Ukraine, Israel, born 1962) == I == *[[Ildar Ibragimov]] (Russia, USA, born 1967) *[[Juan Iliesco]] (Romania, Argentina, 1898–1968) *[[Rolando Illa]] (USA, Cuba, Argentina, 1880–1937) *[[Miguel Illescas Cordoba]] (Spain, born 1965) *[[Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky]] (Russia, 1894–1941) *[[Ernesto Inarkiev]] (Kyrgyzstan, Russia, born 1985) *[[Nana Ioseliani]] (Georgia, born 1962) *[[Andrei Istratescu]] (Romania, born 1985) *[[Vassily Ivanchuk]] (Ukraine, born 1969) *[[Alexander Ivanov (chess player)|Alexander Ivanov]] (USA, born 1956) *[[Igor Ivanov (chess player)|Igor Ivanov]] (Russia, Canada, USA, 1947–2005) *[[Bozidar Ivanovic]] (Yugoslavia, Montenegro, born 1949) *[[Borislav Ivkov]] (Serbia, born 1933) *[[Zviad Izoria]] (Georgia, born 1984) == J == *[[Carl Jaenisch]] (Finland, Russia, 1813–1872) *[[Charles Jaffe]] (Russia, USA, 1883–1941) *[[Dmitry Jakovenko]] (Russia, born 1983) *[[Lora Jakovleva]] (Russia, born 1932) *[[Dragoljub Janošević]] (Serbia, born 1923) *[[Dawid Janowski]] (Poland, France, 1868–1927) *[[Vlastimil Jansa]] (Czech Republic, born 1942) *[[Nicolai Jasnogrodsky]] (Ukraine, England, USA, 1859–1914) *[[Carlos Jauregui]] (Chile, Canada, born 1932) *[[Florian Jenni]] (Switzerland, born 1980) *[[Eleazar Jimenez]] (Cuba, born 1928) *[[Baadur Jobava]] (Georgia, born 1983) *[[Leif Erlend Johannessen]] (Norway, born 1980) *[[Svein Johannessen]] (Norway, 1937–2007) *[[Darryl Johansen]] (Australia, born 1959) *[[Walter John]] (Poland, Germany, 1879–1940) *[[Hans Johner]] (Switzerland, 1889–1975) *[[Paul Johner]] (Switzerland, 1887–1938) *[[Gawain Jones]] (England, born 1987) *[[Ju Wenjun]] (China, born 1991) *[[Max Judd]] (Poland, USA, 1851–1906) *[[Klaus Junge]] (Chile, Germany, 1924–1945) *[[Otto Junge]] (Chile, Germany, 1887–1968) *[[Miervaldis Jursevskis]] (Latvia, Canada, born 1921) == K == *[[Shimon Kagan]] (Israel, born 1942) *[[Victor Kahn]] (Russia, France, 1889–1971) *[[Gregory Kaidanov]] (Ukraine, Russia, USA, born 1959) *[[Osmo Kaila]] (Finland, 1916–1991) *[[Charles Kalme]] (Latvia, Germany, USA, 1939–2003) *[[Gata Kamsky]] (Russia, USA, born 1974) *[[Ilya Kan]] (Russia, 1909–1978) *[[Albert Kapengut]] (Belarus, born 1945) *[[Julio Kaplan]] (Argentina, Puerto Rico, USA, born 1950) *[[Darja Kapš]] (Slovenia, 1981– ) *[[Mona May Karff]] (Moldova, Russia, Palestine, USA, 1914–1998) *[[Sergey Karjakin]] (Ukraine, born 1990) *[[Anatoly Karpov]] (Russia, born 1951) *[[Isaac Kashdan]] (USA, 1905–1985) *[[Rustam Kasimdzhanov]] (Uzbekistan, born 1979) *[[Garry Kasparov]] (Azerbaijan, Russia, born 1963) *[[Genrikh Kasparyan]] (Armenia, 1910–1995) *[[Miroslav Katětov]] (Czechoslovakia, 1918–1995) *[[Arthur Kaufmann]] (Romania, Austria, 1872–1940) *[[Lubomir Kavalek]] (Czechoslovakia, USA, born 1943) *[[Raymond Keene]] (England, born 1948) *[[Dieter Keller]] (Switzerland, born 1936) *[[Edith Keller-Herrmann]] (Germany, born 1921) *[[Brian Kelly (chess player)|Brian Kelly]] (Ireland, born 1978) *[[Edvins Kengis]] (Latvia, born 1959) *[[Hugh Alexander Kennedy]] (Ireland, England, 1809–1878) *[[Paul Keres]] (Estonia, 1916–1975) *[[Alexander Kevitz]] (USA, 1902–1981) *[[Rohini Khadilkar]] (India, born 1963) *[[Alexander Khalifman]] (Russia, born 1966) *[[Mir Sultan Khan]] (India, Pakistan, 1905–1966) *[[Abram Khavin]] (Ukraine, 1914–1974) *[[Ratmir Kholmov]] (Russia, Belarus, Lithuania, 1925–2006) *[[Natalia Khoudgarian]] (Russia, Canada, born 1975) *[[Nino Khurtsidze]] (Georgia, born 1975) *[[Feliks Kibbermann]] (Estonia, before 1914) *[[Georg Kieninger]] (Germany, 1902–1975) *[[Lionel Kieseritzky]] (Estonia, France, 1806–1853) *[[Daniel J. King|Daniel King]] (England, born 1963) *[[Jan Kleczyński, Jr.]] (Poland, 1875–1939) *[[Jan Kleczyński, Sr.]] (Poland, 1837–1895) *[[Ernest Klein (chess player)|Ernst Klein]] (Austria, England, 1910–1990) *[[Jānis Klovāns]] (Latvia, born 1935) *[[Gyula Kluger]] (Hungary, 1914–1994) *[[Hans Kmoch]] (Austria, Netherlands, USA, 1894–1973) *[[Rainer Knaak]] (Germany, born 1953) *[[Alexander Koblencs]] (Latvia, 1916–1993) *[[Berthold Koch]] (Germany, 1899–1988) *[[Artur Kogan]] (Ukraine, Israel, born 1974) *[[Boris Kogan]] (Russia, USA, 1940–1993) *[[Anton Kohler]] (Germany, before 1914) *[[Stanisław Kohn]] (Poland, 1895–1940) *[[Atanas Kolev]] (Bulgaria, born 1967) *[[Henrijeta Konarkowska-Sokolov]] (Poland, Serbia, born 1938) *[[Alexander Konstantinopolsky]] (Ukraine, 1910–1990) *[[Ignác Kolisch]] (Slovakia, Austria-Hungary, 1837–1899) *[[Jakub Kolski]] (Poland, 1900–1941) *[[Georges Koltanowski]] (Belgium, USA, 1903–2000) *[[Koneru Humpy]] (India, born 1987) *[[Imre König]] (Hungary, Yugoslavia, England, USA, 1899–1992) *[[Danny Kopec]] (USA, born 1954) *[[Viktor Korchnoi]] (Russia, Switzerland, born 1931) *[[Anton Korobov]] (Ukraine, born 1985) *[[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) *[[Borislav Kostić]] (Austria-Hungary, Yugoslavia, 1887–1963) *[[Vassilios Kotronias]] (Greece, born 1964) *[[Alexander Kotov]] (Russia, 1913–1981) *[[Cenek Kottnauer]] (Czechoslovakia, England, 1910–1996) *[[Vladimir Kovacevic]] (Croatia, born 1942) *[[Zdenko Kozul]] (Croatia, born 1966) *[[Jesse Kraai]] (USA, born 1972) *[[Yair Kraidman]] (Israel, born 1932) *[[Adolf Kraemer]] (Germany, 1898–1972) *[[Adolf Kramer]] (Germany, 1871–1934) *[[Vladimir Kramnik]] (Russia, born 1975) *[[Michal Krasenkow]] (Russia, Poland, born 1963) *[[Orla Hermann Krause]] (Denmark, 1867–1935) *[[Leon Kremer]] (Poland, 1901–1940) *[[Martin Kreuzer]] (Germany, born 1962) *[[Ljuba Kristol]] (Russia, Israel, born 1944) *[[Stanislav Kriventsov]] (Russia, USA, born 1973) *[[Nikolai Krogius]] (Russia, born 1930) *[[Paul Krüger (chess player)|Paul Krüger]] (Germany, 1871–1939) *[[Irina Krush]] (Ukraine, USA, born 1983) *[[Arvid Kubbel]] (Russia, 1889–1938) *[[Leonid Kubbel]] (Russia, 1891–1942) *[[Adam Kuligowski]] (Poland, born 1955) *[[Abraham Kupchik]] (Belarus, USA, 1892–1970) *[[Bojan Kurajica]] (Bosnia & Herzegovina, born 1947) *[[Alla Kushnir]] (Russia, Israel, born 1941) *[[Gennady Kuzmin]] (Russia, born 1946) *[[Yuriy Kuzubov]] (Ukraine, born 1990) == L == *[[Kateryna Lahno]] (Ukraine, born 1989) *[[Frank Lamprecht]] (Germany, born 1968) *[[Konstantin Landa]] (Russia, born 1972) *[[Salo Landau]] (Poland, Netherlands, 1903–1944) *[[Gary Lane]] (England, Australia, born 1964) *[[Lisa Lane]] (USA, born 1938) *[[Max Lange]] (Germany, 1832–1899) *[[Salomon Langleben]] (Poland, 1862–1939) *[[Bent Larsen]] (Denmark, born 1935) *[[Baron Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa]] (Prussia/Germany, 1818–1899) *[[Berthold Lasker]] (Germany, 1860–1928) *[[Edward Lasker]] (Poland, Germany, USA, 1885–1981) *[[Emanuel Lasker]] (Germany, Russia, USA, 1868–1941) *[[Milda Lauberte]] (Latvia, born 1918) *[[Leho Laurine]] (Estonia, Sweden, 1904–1998) *[[Joel Lautier]] (Canada, France, born 1973) *[[Darwin Laylo]] (Philippines, born 1980) *[[Peter Lee (chess player)|Peter Lee]] (England, born 1943) *[[Legall de Kermeur]] (France, 1702–1792) *[[Anatoly Lein]] (Russia, USA, born 1931) *[[Péter Lékó]] (Hungary, born 1979) *[[Giovanni Leonardo]] (Italy, 1542–1587) *[[Paul Saladin Leonhardt]] (Poland, Germany, 1877–1934) *[[Alex Lenderman]] (USA, born 1989) *[[Konstantin Lerner]] (Ukraine, born 1950) *[[Alexandre Lesiege]] (Canada, born 1975) *[[Norman Lessing]] (USA, 1911–2001) *[[René Letelier]] (Chile, 1915–2006) *[[Grigory Levenfish]] (Poland, Russia, 1889–1961) *[[Irina Levitina]] (Russia, USA, 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]] (China, born 1989) *[[Li Shilong]] (China, born 1977) *[[Li Shongjian]] (China, born 1939) *[[Li Wenliang]] (China, born 1967) *[[Li Zunian]] (China, born 1958) *[[Liang Chong]] (China, born 1980) *[[Liang Jinrong]] (China, born 1960) *[[Vladimir Liberzon]] (Russia, Israel, born 1937) *[[Theodor Lichtenhein]] (Germany, USA, 1829–1874) *[[Espen Lie]] (Norway, born 1984) *[[Kjetil Aleksander Lie]] (Norway, born 1980) *[[Andor Lilienthal]] (Hungary, Russia, born 1911) *[[Lin Ta]] born (China, born 1963) *[[Lin Weiguo]] (China, born 1970) *[[Paul Lipke]] (Germany, 1870–1955) *[[Isaac Lipnitsky]] (Ukraine, 1923–1959) *[[Samuel Lipschütz]] (Hungary, USA, 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) *[[Liu Shilan]] (China, born 1962) *[[Liu Wenzhe]] (China, born 1940) *[[Ljubomir Ljubojevic]] (Serbia, born 1950) *[[Josef Lokvenc]] (Austria, 1899–1974) *[[Giambattista Lolli]] (Italy, 1698–1769) *[[Rudolf Loman]] (Netherlands, 1861–1932) *[[William Lombardy]] (USA, born 1937) *[[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) *[[Smbat Lputian]] (Armenia, born 1958) *[[Luis Ramirez Lucena]] (Spain, c.1465–c.1530) *[[Markas Luckis]] (Lithuania, Argentina, 1905–1973) *[[Andrey Lukin]] (Russia, born 1948) *[[Erik Lundin]] (Sweden, 1904–1988) *[[Francisco Lupi]] (Portugal, before 1910–1954) *[[Thomas Luther]] (Germany, born 1969) *[[Christopher Lutz]] (Germany, born 1971) == M == *[[Gottlieb Machate]] (Germany, 1904–1974) *[[Aleksandras Machtas]] (Lithuania, Israel, 1892–1973) *[[Bartlomiej Macieja]] (Poland, born 1977) *[[George Henry Mackenzie]] (Scotland, USA, 1837–1891) *[[Carlos Maderna]] (Argentina, 1910–1976) *[[Ildiko Madl]] (Hungary, born 1969) *[[Elmar Magerramov]] (Azerbaijan, born 1958) *[[Kazimierz Makarczyk]] (Poland, 1901–1972) *[[Vladimir Makogonov]] (Azerbaijan, 1904–1993) *[[Gyula Makovetz]] (Hungary, 1860–1903) *[[Vladimir Malakhov (chess)|Vladimir Malakhov]] (Russia, born 1980) *[[Vladimir Malaniuk]] (Russia, Ukraine, born 1957) *[[Boris Maliutin]] (Russia, 1883–1920) *[[Shakhriyar Mamedyarov]] (Azerbaijan, born 1985) *[[Maria Manakova]] (Serbia, born 1974) *[[Max Marchand]] (Netherlands, 1888–1957) *[[Georg Marco]] (Romania, Austria, 1863–1923) *[[Alisa Maric]] (Serbia, born 1970) *[[Mirjana Maric]] (Serbia, born 1970) *[[Mihail Marin]] (Romania, born 1965) *[[Beatriz Marinello]] (Chile, born 1964) *[[Sergio Mariotti]] (Italy, born 1946) *[[Tomasz Markowski (chess player)|Tomasz Markowski]] (Poland, born 1975) *[[Robert Markus]] (Serbia, born 1984) *[[Geza Maroczy]] (Hungary, 1870–1951) *[[Davide Marotti]] (Italy, 1881–1940) *[[Drazen Marovic]] (Croatia, born 1938) *[[Frank Marshall]] (USA, 1877–1944) *[[Rico Mascarinas]] (Philippines, born 1954) *[[James Mason (chess player)|James Mason]] (Ireland, USA, England, 1849–1905) *[[Aleksandar Matanovic]] (Serbia, born 1930) *[[Hermanis Matisons]] (Latvia, 1894–1932) *[[Milan Matulović]] (Serbia, born 1935) *[[Svetlana Matveeva]] (Russia, born 1969) *[[Carl Mayet]] (Germany, 1810–1868) *[[Alexander McDonnell]] (Ireland, 1798–1835) *[[Colin McNab]] (Scotland, born 1961) *[[Luke McShane]] (England, born 1984) *[[Henrique Mecking]] (Brazil, born 1952) *[[Antonio Medina]] (Spain, 1919–2003) *[[Edmar Mednis]] (Latvia, USA, 1937–2002) *[[Susanto Megaranto]] (Indonesia, born 1987) *[[Philipp Meitner]] (Austria, 1838–1910) *[[Olga Menchik]] (Russia, Czech Republic, England, 1908–1944) *[[Vera Menchik]] (Russia, Czech Republic, England, 1906–1944) *[[Jonathan Mestel]] (England, born 1957) *[[Johannes Metger]] (Germany, 1850–1926) *[[Voldemars Mežgailis]] (Latvia, 1912–? ) *[[Paul Michel (chess player)|Paul Michel]] (Germany, Argentina, 1905–1977) *[[Walter Michel]] (Switzerland, 1888–? ) *[[Jacques Mieses]] (Germany, England, 1865–1954) *[[Samuel Mieses]] (Germany, 1841–1884) *[[Vladas Mikenas]] (Estonia, Lithuania, 1910–1992) *[[Adrian Mikhalchishin]] (Ukraine, Slovenia, born 1954) *[[Victor Mikhalevski]] (Belarus, Israel, born 1972) *[[Igor Miladinovic]] (Serbia, born 1974) *[[Tony Miles]] (England, 1955–2001) *[[Zdravko Milev]] (Bulgaria, 1929–1984) *[[Borislav Milic]] (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, USA, born 1931) *[[Dragoljub Minić]] (Croatia, 1936–2005) *[[Evgenij Miroshnichenko]] (Ukraine, born 1978) *[[Vesna Misanovic]] (Bosnia, born 1964) *[[Kamil Miton]] (Poland, born 1984) *[[Lilit Mkrtchian]] (Armenia, born 1982) *[[Stasch Mlotkowski]] (USA, 1881–1943) *[[Abram Model]] (Latvia, Russia, 1896–1976) *[[Jorgen Moeller]] (Denmark, 1873–1944) *[[Ariah Mohiliver]] (Poland, Israel, 1904– ?) *[[Stefan Mohr]] (Germany, born 1967) *[[Alexander Moiseenko]] (Ukraine, born 1980) *[[Baldur Möller]] (Iceland, ?) *[[Augustus Mongredien]] (England, 1807–1888) *[[Léon Monosson]] (Belarus, France, 1892–1943) *[[Mario Monticelli]] (Italy, 1902–1995) *[[María Teresa Mora]] (Cuba, 1902–1980) *[[Elshan Moradiabadi]] (Iran, born 1985) *[[Iván Morovic]] (Chile, born 1963) *[[Alexander Morozevich]] (Russia, born 1977) *[[Paul Morphy]] (USA, 1837–1884) *[[John Morrison (chess player)|John Morrison]] (Canada, 1889–1975) *[[Niaz Morshed]] (Bangladesh, born 1966) *[[Paul Motwani]] (Scotland, born 1962) *[[Alexander Motylev]] (Russia, born 1979) *[[Sergei Movsesian]] (Armenia, Slovakia, born 1978) *[[Paul Mross]] (Poland, Germany, 1910–? ) *[[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, ?) *[[Piotr Murdzia]] (Poland, born 1975) *[[Jacob Murey]] (Russia, Israel, born 1941) *[[Anna Muzychuk]] (Ukraine, Slovenia, born 1990) *[[Lhamsuren Myagmarsuren]] (Mongolia, born 1938) == 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, USA, born 1987) *[[William Napier]] (England, USA, 1881–1952) *[[Mario Napolitano]] (Italy, 1910–1995) *[[Renato Naranja]] (Philippines, born 1940) *[[Srinath Narayanan]] (India, born 1994) *[[Daniel Naroditsky]] (USA, born 1995) *[[Edmund Nash]] (Canada, USA, 1909–2006) *[[David Navara]] (Czech Republic, born 1985) *[[Vera Nebolsina]] (Russia, born 1989) *[[Gastón Needleman]] (Argentina, born 1990) *[[Parimarjan Negi]] (India, born 1993) *[[Iivo Nei]] (Estonia, born 1931) *[[Oleg Neikirch]] (Georgia, Bulgaria, 1914–1985) *[[Vladimir Nenarokov]] (Russia, 1880–1953) *[[Vincenzo Nestler]] (Italy, 1912–1988) *[[Ian Nepomniachtchi]] (Russia, born 1990) *[[Augustin Neumann]] (Austria, 1879–1906) *[[Gustav Neumann]] (Germany, 1838–1881) *[[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) *[[Walter Niephaus]] (Germany, 1923–1992) *[[Yuri Nikolaevsky]] (Ukraine, born 1937) *[[Predrag Nikolić]] (Bosnia & 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) *[[Federico Norcia]] (Italy, 1904–1985) *[[Holger Norman-Hansen]] (Denmark, 1899–1984) *[[David Norwood]] (England, born 1968) *[[Daniel Noteboom]] (Netherlands, 1910–1932) *[[John Nunn]] (England, born 1955) *[[Gustaf Nyholm]] (Sweden, 1880–1957) *[[Illya Nyzhnyk]] (Ukraine, born 1996) == O == *[[Leif Ogaard]] (Norway, 1952– ) *[[John O'Hanlon]] (Ireland, 1876–1960) *[[Tonu Oim]] (Estonia, 1941– ) *[[Kaarle Ojanen]] (Finland, 1918– ) *[[Albéric O'Kelly de Galway]] (Belgium, 1911–1980) *[[Friðrik Ólafsson]] (Iceland, 1935– ) *[[Helgi Olafsson]] (Iceland, 1956– ) *[[Lembit Oll]] (Estonia, 1966–1999) *[[Adolf Georg Olland]] (Netherlands, 1867–1933) *[[Anton Olson]] (Sweden, 1881–? ) *[[Alexander Onischuk]] (Ukraine, USA 1975– ) *[[Karel Opočensky]] (Czechoslovakia, 1892–1975) *[[Wilhelm Orbach]] (Germany, 1894–1944) *[[Menachem Oren]] (Poland, Israel, 1901–1962) *[[Berge Ostenstad]] (Norway, 1964– ) *[[John Owen (chess player)|John Owen]] (England, 1827–1901) *[[Karlis Ozols]] (Latvia, Australia, 1912–2001) == P == *[[Ludek Pachman]] (Czechoslovakia, Germany, 1924–2003) *[[Nikola Padevsky]] (Bulgaria, 1933– ) *[[Elisabeth Pähtz]] (Germany, 1985– ) *[[Sam Palatnik]] (Ukraine, USA, 1950– ) *[[Luis Palau]] (Argentina, 1897–1971 ) *[[Victor Palciauskas]] (Lithuania, USA, 1941– ) *[[Richard Palliser]] (England, 1981– ) *[[Rudolf Palme]] (Austria, 1910–2005) *[[Ryan Palmer]] (Jamaica, 1974– ) *[[Davor Palo]] (Denmark, 1985– ) *[[Eero Paloheimo]] (Finland, 1936– ) *[[Oscar Panno]] (Argentina, 1935– ) *[[Vasily Panov]] (Russia, 1906–1973) *[[Mark Paragua]] (Philippines, 1984– ) *[[Shadi Paridar]] (Iran, 1986– ) *[[Bruno Parma]] (Slovenia, 1941– ) *[[Frank Parr]] (England, 1918–2003) *[[Louis Paulsen]] (Germany, 1833–1891) *[[Wilfried Paulsen]] (Germany, 1828–1901) *[[Duško Pavasovič]] (Croatia, Slovenia, 1975– ) *[[Max Pavey]] (USA, 1918–1957) *[[Jiří Pelikán]] (Czechoslovakia, Argentina, 1906–1985) *[[Yannick Pelletier]] (Switzerland, 1976– ) *[[Roman Pelts]] (Ukraine, Canada, 1937– ) *[[Peng Xiaomin]] (China, 1973– ) *[[Peng Zhaoqin]] (China, 1978– ) *[[David Penkalski]] (USA, 1962– ) *[[Jonathan Penrose]] (England, 1933– ) *[[Julius Perlis]] (Poland, Austria, 1880–1913) *[[Raaphi Persitz]] (England, Israel, Switzerland, 1934– ) *[[Nick Pert]] (England, 1981– ) *[[John Peters (chess)|John Peters]] (USA, 1951– ) *[[Jusefs Petkevich]] (Latvia, 1940– ) *[[Arshak Petrosian]] (Armenia, 1953– ) *[[Tigran Petrosian]] (Armenia, Georgia, USSR, 1929–1984) *[[Alexander Petrov]] (Russia, 1794–1867) *[[Vladimirs Petrovs]] (Latvia, 1907–1943) *[[Gerhard Pfeiffer]] (Germany, 1923–2000) *[[François-André Danican Philidor]] (France, 1726–1795) *[[Luis Piazzini]] (Argentina, 1905–1980) *[[Jeroen Piket]] (Netherlands, 1969– ) *[[Harry Nelson Pillsbury]] (USA, 1872–1906) *[[Herman Pilnik]] (Germany, Argentina, 1914–1981) *[[Karol Piltz]] (Poland, 1903–1939) *[[Jozsef Pinter]] (Hungary, 1953– ) *[[Vasja Pirc]] (Slovenia, 1907–1980) *[[Rudolf Pitschak]] (Czechoslovakia, USA, 1902– ?) *[[Ján Plachetka]] (Slovakia, 1945– ) *[[Albin Planinc]] (Slovenia, 1944– ) *[[James Plaskett]] (England, Spain, 1960– ) *[[Kazimierz Plater]] (Poland, 1915–2004) *[[Igor Platonov]] (Ukraine, 1934–1995) *[[Joseph Platz]] (Germany, USA, 1905–1981) *[[Isaias Pleci]] (Argentina, 1907–1979) *[[David Podhorzer]] (Austria, ?–?) *[[Henryk Pogorieły]] (Poland, 1908–1943) *[[Ernest Pogosyants]] (Ukraine, 1935–1990) *[[Iosif Pogrebyssky]] (Ukraine, 1906–1971) *[[Amos Pokorný]] (Czechoslovakia, 1890–1949) *[[Rudolph Pokorny]] (Bohemia, Mexico, USA, 1880– ?) *[[Giulio Polerio]] (Italy, 1548–1612) *[[Judit Polgar]] (Hungary, 1976– ) *[[Zsuzsa Polgar]] (Hungary, USA, 1969– ) *[[Zsofia Polgar]] (Hungary, Israel, 1974– ) *[[David Polland]] (USA, 1915–? ) *[[William Pollock (chess player)|William Pollock]] (United Kingdom, 1859–1896) *[[Lev Polugaevsky]] (Belarus, Russia, 1934–1995) *[[Arturo Pomar]] (Spain, 1931– ) *[[Ruslan Ponomariov]] (Ukraine, 1983– ) *[[Domenico Ponziani]] (Italy, 1719–1796) *[[Stepan Popel]] (Poland, France, USA, 1909–1987) *[[Ignatz von Popiel]] (Austria-Hungary, Poland, 1863–1941) *[[Petar Popovic]] (Yugoslavia, Serbia, 1959– ) *[[Artur Poplawski]] (Poland, Switzerland, 1860–1918) *[[Yosef Porath]] (Germany, Israel, 1909–1996) *[[Moritz Porges]] (Bohemia/Austria-Hungary, 1857–1909) *[[Lajos Portisch]] (Hungary, 1937– ) *[[Ehrhardt Post]] (Germany, 1881–1947) *[[Evgeny Postny]] (Israel, 1981– ) *[[Peter Potemkine]] (Russia, France, 1886–1926) *[[Ludovit Potuček]] (Slovakia, ? - ?) *[[Atousa Pourkashiyan]] (Iran, 1988– ) *[[Borki Predojevic]] (Bosnia, 1987– ) *[[Lodewijk Prins]] (Netherlands, 1913– ) *[[Svetlana Prudnikova]] (Russia, 1967– ) *[[Dawid Przepiórka]] (Poland, 1880–1942) *[[Lev Psakhis]] (Russia, Israel, 1958– ) *[[Lenka Ptacnikova]] (Czechoslovakia, Iceland, 1976– ) *[[Stojan Puc]] (Slovenia, 1921–2004) *[[Viktors Pupols]] (Latvia, USA, 1935– ) *[[Cecil Purdy]] (New Zealand, Australia, 1906–1979) *[[John Purdy (chess player)|John Purdy]] (Australia, 1935– ) *[[Tom Pym]] (England, 1990– ) == Q == *[[Qi Jingxuan]] (China, 1947– ) *[[Qin Kanying]] (China, 1974– ) *[[Oscar Quinones]] (Peru, 1941– ) *[[Miguel Quinteros]] (Argentina, 1947– ) == R == *[[Braslav Rabar]] (Croatia, 1919–1973) *[[Abram Rabinovich]] (Lithuania, Russia, 1878–1943) *[[Ilya Rabinovich]] (Russia, 1891–1942) *[[Teimour Radjabov]] (Azerbaijan, 1987– ) *[[Ivan Radulov]] (Bulgaria, 1939– ) *[[Viacheslav Ragozin]] (Russia, 1908–1962) *[[Ziaur Rahman (chess player)|Ziaur Rahman]] (Bangladesh, 1974– ) *[[Maurice Raizman]] (Moldova/Russia, France 1905–1974) *[[Ramachandran Ramesh]] (India, 1976– ) *[[Alejandro Ramirez]] (Costa Rica, 1988– ) *[[Ilmar Raud]] (Estonia, Argentina, 1913–1941) *[[Vsevolod Rauzer]] (Ukraine, 1908–1941 ) *[[Yuri Razuvaev]] (Russia, 1945– ) *[[Damian Reca]] (Argentina, 1894–1937) *[[Hans Ree]] (Netherlands, 1944– ) *[[Brian Reilly]] (France, England, Ireland, 1901–1991 ) *[[Dimitri Reinderman]] (Netherlands, 1972– ) *[[Fred Reinfeld]] (USA, 1910–1964) *[[Heinrich Reinhardt]] (Germany, Argentina, 1903–1990) *[[Salome Reischer]] (Austria, Palestine, USA, 1899–1980) *[[Teodor Regedziński]] (Poland, 1894–1954) *[[Arturo Reggio]] (Italy, 1863–1917) *[[Josef Rejfir]] (Croatia, 1909–1962) *[[Ludwig Rellstab (chess player)|Ludwig Rellstab]] (Germany, 1904–1983) *[[Samuel Reshevsky]] (Poland, USA, 1911–1992) *[[Pál Réthy]] (Hungary, 1905–1962) *[[Richard Réti]] (Austria-Hungary, Czechoslovakia, 1889–1929) *[[Ramón Rey Ardid]] (Spain, 1903–1988) *[[Zoltan Ribli]] (Hungary, 1951– ) *[[Isaac Rice]] (USA, 1850–1915) *[[Kurt Richter]] (Germany, 1900–1969) *[[Antonio Rico]] (Spain, 1908–1988) *[[Alessandra Riegler]] (Italy, 1961– ) *[[Fritz Riemann]] (Germany, 1859–1932) *[[Herman Van Riemsdijk]] (Netherlands, Brazil, 1948– ) *[[Friedl Rinder]] (Germany, 1905–2001) *[[Horst Rittner]] (Germany, 1930– ) *[[Nikolai Riumin]] (Russia, 1908–1942) *[[Jules Arnous de Rivière]] (France, 1830–1905) *[[Karl Robatsch]] (Austria, 1928–2000) *[[Ray Robson]] (USA, 1994– ) *[[Ludwig Rödl]] (Germany, 1907–1970) *[[Maxim Rodshtein]] (Israel, 1989– ) *[[Ian Rogers (chess player)|Ian Rogers]] (Australia, 1960– ) *[[Gustav Rogmann]] (Germany, 1909–1947) *[[Kenneth Rogoff]] (USA, 1953– ) *[[Ivan Vladimir Rohaček]] (Slovakia, 1909–1977) *[[Michael Rohde (chess player)|Michael Rohde]] (USA, 1959– ) *[[Michael Roiz]] (Russia, Israel 1983– ) *[[Oleg Romanishin]] (Ukraine, 1952– ) *[[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, 1900?–1985) *[[Jakob Rosanes]] (Ukraine/Austria-Hungary, Germany, 1842–1922) *[[Andreas Rosendahl]] (Denmark, 1864–1909) *[[Karl Wilhelm Rosenkrantz]] (Latvia, Russia, 1876– ?) *[[Samuel Rosenthal]] (Poland, France 1837–1902) *[[Laura Ross]] (USA, 1988– ) *[[Stefano Rosselli del Turco]] (Italy, 1877–1947) *[[Héctor Rossetto]] (Argentina, 1922– ) *[[Nicolas Rossolimo]] (Ukraine, France, USA, 1910–1975) *[[Gersz Rotlewi]] (Poland, 1889–1920) *[[Eugéne Rousseau (chess)|Eugéne Rousseau]] (France, c.1810–c.1870) *[[Jonathan Rowson]] (Scotland, 1977– ) *[[Solomon Rozental]] (Lithuania, Belarus, 1890–1955) *[[Eduardas Rozentalis]] (Lithuania, 1963– ) *[[Ruan Lufei]] (China, 1987– ) *[[Karl Ruben]] (Denmark, 1903– ? ) *[[Akiba Rubinstein]] (Poland, Germany, Belgium, 1882–1961) *[[Sergei Rublevsky]] (Russia, 1974– ) *[[Olga Rubtsova]] (Russia, 1909–1994) *[[Lyudmila Rudenko]] (Ukraine, Russia, 1904–1986) *[[Anna Rudolf]] (Hungary, 1987– ) == S == *[[Peter Alexandrovich Saburov]] (Russia, 1835–1918) *[[Peter Petrovich Saburov]] (Russia, Switzerland, 1880–1932) *[[Antonio Sacconi]] (Italy, 1895–1968) *[[Matthew Sadler (chess player)|Matthew Sadler]] (England, 1974– ) *[[Darmen Sadvakasov]] (Kazakhstan, 1979– ) *[[Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant]] (France, 1800–1872) *[[Jaroslav Šajtar]] (Czechoslovakia, 1921–2003) *[[Konstantin Sakaev]] (Russia, 1974– ) *[[Yuri Sakharov]] (Ukraine, 1922–1981) *[[Valery Salov]] (Russia, 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– ) *[[Luis Augusto Sánchez]] (Colombia, 1916–1981) *[[Raul Sanguinetti]] (Argentina, 1933–2000) *[[Anthony Santasiere]] (USA, 1904–1977) *[[Emmanuel Sapira]] (Romania, Belgium, 1900–1943) *[[Ortvin Sarapu]] (Estonia, New Zealand, 1924–1999) *[[Jonathan Sarfati]] (Australia, New Zealand, 1964– ) *[[Gabriel Sargissian]] (Armenia, 1983– ) *[[Zoltan Sarosy]] (Hungary, Canada, 1906– ) *[[Krishnan Sasikiran]] (India, 1981– ) *[[Harold Saunders]] (England, 1875–1950) *[[Vladimir Savon]] (Ukraine, 1940–2005) *[[Gyula Sax]] (Hungary, 1951– ) *[[Emil Schallopp]] (Germany, 1843–1919) *[[Morris Schapiro]] (Lithuania, USA, 1903–1996) *[[Willem Schelfhout]] (Netherlands, 1874–1951) *[[Theo van Scheltinga]] (Netherlands, 1914–1994) *[[Theodor von Scheve]] (Germany, 1851–1922) *[[Emanuel Schiffers]] (Russia, 1850–1904) *[[Willi Schlage]] (Germany, 1888–1940) *[[Carl Schlechter]] (Austria, 1874–1918) *[[Roland Schmaltz]] (Germany, 1974– ) *[[Lothar Schmid]] (Germany, 1928– ) *[[Paul Felix Schmidt]] (Estonia, Germany, USA, 1916–1984) *[[Wlodzimierz Schmidt]] (Poland, 1943– ) *[[Ludwig Schmitt]] (Germany, ?) *[[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]] (USA, 1821–1875) *[[Jan Schulz]] (Czechoslovakia, 1899–1953) *[[Aaron Schwartzman]] (Argentina, 1908– ?) *[[Gabriel Schwartzman]] (Romania, USA, 1976– ) *[[Leon Schwartzmann]] (Poland, France, 1887–1942) *[[Paulette Schwartzmann]] (Latvia, France, Argentina, 1910– ?) *[[Adolf Schwarz]] (Hungary, Austria, 1836–1910) *[[Jacques Schwarz]] (Austria, 1856–1921) *[[Samuel Schweber]] (Argentina, 1936– ) *[[Marie Sebag]] (France, 1986– ) *[[Yasser Seirawan]] (Syria, USA, 1960– ) *[[Adolf Seitz]] (Germany, Argentina 1898–1970) *[[Alexey Selezniev]] (Russia, France, 1888–1967) *[[Lidia Semenova]] (Ukraine, 1951– ) *[[Olav Sepp]] (Estonia, 1969– ) *[[Gregory Serper]] (Uzbekistan, USA, 1969– ) *[[Alexander Shabalov]] (Latvia, USA, 1967– ) *[[Greg Shahade]] (USA, 1978– ) *[[Jennifer Shahade]] (USA, 1980– ) *[[Leonid Shamkovich]] (Russia, Israel, USA, 1923–2005) *[[Gauri Shankar]] (India, 1992– ) *[[Elizabeth Shaughnessy]] (Ireland, USA, 1937– ) *[[Shen Yang]] (China, 1989– ) *[[James Sherwin]] (USA, England, 1933– ) *[[Sergei Shipov]] (Russia, 1966– ) *[[Kamran Shirazi]] (Iran, USA, France, 1952– ) *[[Alexei Shirov]] (Latvia, Spain, 1972– ) *[[Nigel Short]] (England, 1965– ) *[[Jackson Showalter]] (USA, 1860–1935) *[[Yury Shulman]] (Belarus, USA, 1975– ) *[[Jeremy Silman]] (USA, 1954– ) *[[Vladimir Simagin]] (Russia, 1919–1968) *[[Albert Simonson]] (USA, 1914–1965) *[[Amon Simutowe]] (Zambia, 1982– ) *[[Surjeet Singh]] (Fiji, 1954– ) *[[Marcel Sisniega Campbell]] (Mexico, 1959– ) *[[Stanislaus Sittenfeld]] (Poland, France, 1865–1902) *[[Karel Skalička]] (Czechoslovakia, Argentina, 1896–1979) *[[Almira Skripchenko]] (Moldova, France, 1976– ) *[[Bogdan Śliwa]] (Poland, 1922–2003) *[[Roman Slobodjan]] (Germany, 1975– ) *[[Jorn Sloth]] (Denmark, 1944– ) *[[Jan Smejkal]] (Czechoslovakia, 1946– ) *[[David Smerdon]] (Australia, 1984– ) *[[Shlomo Smiltiner]] (Israel, 1915– ) *[[Ilya Smirin]] (Belarus, Israel, 1968– ) *[[Vasily Smyslov]] (Russia, 1921– ) *[[Wesley So]] (Philippines, 1993– ) *[[Bartosz Socko]] (Poland, 1978– ) *[[Andrei Sokolov]] (Russia, France, 1963– ) *[[Ivan Sokolov]] (Bosnia, Netherlands, 1968– ) *[[Alexey Sokolsky]] (Ukraine, Belarus, 1908–1969) *[[Andrew Soltis]] (USA, 1947– ) *[[Ariel Sorin]] (Argentina, 1967– ) *[[Genna Sosonko]] (Russia, Netherlands, 1943– ) *[[Victor Soultanbeieff]] (Russia, Belgium, 1895–1972) *[[Vladimir Sournin]] (Russia, USA, 1875–1942) *[[João de Souza Mendes]] (Brazil, 1892–1969) *[[Vasil Spasov]] (Bulgaria, 1971– ) *[[Boris Spassky]] (Russia, France, 1937– ) *[[Jon Speelman]] (England, 1956– ) *[[Abraham Speijer]] (Netherlands, 1873–1956) *[[Rudolf Spielmann]] (Austria, Sweden, 1883–1942) *[[Kevin Spraggett]] (Canada, 1954– ) *[[Ana Srebrnic]] (Slovenia, 1984– ) *[[Gideon Stahlberg]] (Sweden, 1908–1967) *[[Phillip Stamma]] (Syria, England, France, 1705–1755) *[[Charles Stanley (Chess player)|Charles Stanley]] (England, USA, 1819–1901) *[[Nava Starr]] (Latvia, Canada, 1949– ) *[[Howard Staunton]] (England, 1810–1874) *[[Michael Stean]] (England, 1953– ) *[[Antoaneta Stefanova]] (Bulgaria, 1979– ) *[[Hannes Stefansson]] (Iceland, 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, USA, 1905–1955) *[[Wilhelm Steinitz]] (Bohemia, Austria, England, USA, 1836–1900) *[[Daniel Stellwagen]] (Netherlands, 1987– ) *[[Károly Sterk]] (Hungary, 1881–1946) *[[Adolf Stern (chess player)|Adolf Stern]] (Germany, 1849–1907) *[[Paul van der Sterren]] (Netherlands, 1956– ) *[[Agnes Stevenson]] (England, ? –1935) *[[Lara Stock]] (Croatia, 1992– ) *[[Gösta Stoltz]] (Sweden, 1904–1963) *[[Leon Stolzenberg]] (Poland, USA, 1895–1974) *[[Mihai Suba]] (Romania, 1947– ) *[[Mladen Šubarić]] (Croatia, 1920– ) *[[Hugo Süchting]] (Germany, 1874–1916) *[[Alexey Suetin]] (Russia, 1926–2001) *[[Franciszek Sulik]] (Poland, Argentina, Australia, 1908–2000) *[[Aaron Summerscale]] (England, 1969– ) *[[Anne Sunnucks]] (England, 1927– ) *[[Jaime Sunye Neto]] (Brazil, 1957– ) *[[Emil Sutovsky]] (Azerbaijan, Israel, 1977– ) *[[Duncan Suttles]] (Canada, 1945– ) *[[Evgeny Sveshnikov]] (Latvia, 1950– ) *[[Peter Svidler]] (Russia, 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– ) *[[Rudolph Sze]] (China, USA, ca. 1890–1938) *[[József Szén]] (Hungary, 1805–1857) *[[József Szily]] (Hungary, 1913–1976) == T == *[[Mark Taimanov]] (Ukraine, Russia, 1926– ) *[[Sándor Takács]] (Hungary, 1893–1932) *[[Mikhail Tal]] (Latvia, 1936– 1992) *[[Aston Taminsyah]] (Indonesia, 1997– ) *[[Tan Chengxuan]] (China, 1963– ) *[[Hiong Liong Tan]] (Indonesia, Netherlands, 1938– ) *[[Lian Ann Tan]] (Singapore, 1947– ) *[[James Tarjan]] (USA, 1952– ) *[[Siegbert Tarrasch]] (Germany, 1862–1934) *[[Savielly Tartakower]] (Austria/Poland, France, 1887–1956) *[[Jean Taubenhaus]] (Poland, France, 1850–1919) *[[Povilas Tautvaišas]] (Lithuania, USA, 1916–1980) *[[Jan Willem te Kolsté]] (Netherlands, 1874–1936) *[[Richard Teichmann]] (Germany, 1868–1925) *[[Oscar Tenner]] (Germany, USA, 1880–1948) *[[Rudolf Teschner]] (Germany, 1922–2006) *[[Murugan Thiruchelvam]] (England, 1988– ) *[[George Alan Thomas]] (Turkey, England, 1881–1972) *[[Jan Timman]] (Netherlands, 1951– ) *[[Gert Jan Timmerman]] (Netherlands, 1956– ) *[[Artyom Timofeev]] (Russia, 1985– ) *[[Sergei Tiviakov]] (Russia, Netherlands, 1973– ) *[[Jonathan Tisdall]] (USA, Norway, 1958– ) *[[Vladislav Tkachiev]] (Russia, Kazakhstan, France 1973– ) *[[Alexander Tolush]] (Russia, 1910–1969) *[[Evgeny Tomashevsky]] (Russia, 1987– ) *[[Tong Yuanming]] (China, 1972– ) *[[Alice Tonini]] (Italy, ? - ?) *[[Veselin Topalov]] (Bulgaria, 1975– ) *[[Eugenio Torre]] (Philippines, 1951– ) *[[Carlos Torre Repetto]] (México,1902–1978) *[[Izaak Towbin]] (Ukraine, Poland, 1899–1941) *[[Karel Traxler]] (Czechoslovakia, 1866–1936) *[[František Treybal]] (Czechoslovakia, 1882–1942) *[[Karel Treybal]] (Czechoslovakia, 1885–1941) *[[George Treysman]] (USA, 1881–1959) *[[Petar Trifunović]] (Croatia, Serbia, 1910–1980) *[[Georgi Tringov]] (Bulgaria, 1937–2000) *[[Paul Truong]] (Vietnam, USA, 1965– ) *[[Anatol Tschepurnoff]] (Finland, 1871–1942) *[[Mark Tseitlin]] (Russia, Israel, 1943– ) *[[Mikhail Tseitlin]] (Belarus, Russia, 1947– ) *[[Vitaly Tseshkovsky]] (Russia, 1944– ) *[[Alexander Tsvetkov]] (Bulgaria, 1914– ) *[[Leon Tuhan-Baranowski]] (Poland, Germany, 1907–1954) *[[Vladimir Tukmakov]] (Ukraine, 1946– ) *[[Myroslav Turiansky]] (Ukraine, USA, 1912–1998) *[[Johannes Türn]] (Estonia, 1899–1993) *[[Abe Turner]] (USA, 1924–1962) *[[Isador Samuel Turover]] (Belgium, USA, 1892–1978) *[[T H Tylor|Theodore Tylor]] (England, 1900–1968) *[[Alexandru Tyroler]] (Romania, 1891–1990) == U == *[[Louis Uedemann]] (USA, 1854–1912) *[[Wolfgang Uhlmann]] (Germany, 1935– ) *[[Tadev Ujtumen]] (Mongolia, 1939– ) *[[Mikhail Umansky]] (Russia, 1952– ) *[[Wolfgang Unzicker]] (Germany, 1925–2006) *[[Anna Ushenina]] (Ukraine, 1985– ) == V == *[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]] (France, 1990– ) *[[Rafael Vaganian]] (Armenia, 1951– ) *[[Samuil Vainshtein]] (Russia, 1894–1942) *[[Anatoly Vaisser]] (Kazakhstan, France, 1949– ) *[[Povilas Vaitonis]] (Lithuania, Canada, 1911–1983) *[[Arpad Vajda]] (Hungary, 1896–1967) *[[Francisco Vallejo Pons]] (Spain, 1982– ) *[[Michael Valvo]] (USA, 1942–2004) *[[Zoltán Varga (chess player)|Zoltan Varga]] (Hungary, 1970– ) *[[Egon Varnusz]] (Hungary, 1933– ) *[[Evgeni Vasiukov]] (Russia, 1933– ) *[[Dragoljub Velimirovic]] (Serbia, 1942– ) *[[Gavriil Veresov]] (Russia, 1912–1979) *[[Beniamino Vergani]] (Italy, 1863–1927) *[[Giovanni Vescovi]] (Brazil, 1978– ) *[[Boris Verlinsky]] (Ukraine, Russia, 1888–1950) *[[Milan Vidmar]] (Slovenia, 1885–1962) *[[Milan Vidmar, Jr.]] (Slovenia, 1909–1980) *[[Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi]] (India, 1979– ) *[[Benito Villegas]], (Argentina, 1877–1952) *[[Yakov Vilner]] (Ukraine, 1899–c.1930) *[[William Samuel Viner]] (Australia, 1881–1933) *[[Isakas Vistaneckis]] (Lithuania, Israel, 1910–2000) *[[Alvis Vitolinš]] (Latvia, 1946–1997) *[[Evgeny Vladimirov]] (Kazakhstan, 1957– ) *[[Louis van Vliet]] (Netherlands, 1870–1932) *[[Erwin Voellmy]] (Switzerland, 1886–1951) *[[Sergey Volkov (chess)|Sergey Volkov]] (Russia, 1974– ) *[[Andrei Volokitin]] (Ukraine, 1986– ) *[[Larisa Volpert]] (Russia, 1926– ) *[[Zvonko Vranesic]] (Croatia, Canada, 1938– ) *[[Milan Vukcevich]] (Serbia, USA, 1937–2003) *[[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– ) *[[Heinrich Wagner]] (Germany, 1888–1959) *[[Victor Wahltuch]] (England, 1875–1953) *[[Josh Waitzkin]] (United States 1977– ) *[[Carl August Walbrodt]] (Netherlands, Germany, 1871–1902) *[[George Walker (chess player)]] (England, 1803–1879) *[[Max Walter]] (Slovakia, 1896–1940) *[[Wang Hao (Chess)|Wang Hao]] (China, 1989– ) *[[Wang Lei (chess player)|Wang Lei]] (China, 1975– ) *[[Wang Pin]] (China, 1974– ) *[[Wang Puchen]] (China, New Zealand, 1990– ) *[[Wang Rui]] (China, 1978– ) *[[Wang Yu (chess player)|Wang Yu]] (China, 1982– ) *[[Wang Yue]] (China, 1987– ) *[[Chris Ward]] (England, 1968– ) *[[Preston Ware]] (USA, 1821–1891) *[[Cathy Warwick]] (England, 1968– ) *[[Miyoko Watai]] (Japan, 1945– ) *[[John L. Watson]] (USA, 1951– ) *[[William Watson (chess player)|William Watson]] (England, 1962– ) *[[Simon Webb (chess player)|Simon Webb]] (England, 1949–2005) *[[Henri Weenink]] (Netherlands, 1892–1931) *[[Wolfgang Weil]] (Austria, 1912–1945) *[[Max Weiss]] (Hungary, Austria, 1857–1927) *[[Peter Wells (chess player)|Peter Wells]] (England, 1965– ) *[[Loek van Wely]] (Netherlands, 1972– ) *[[Wen Yang (chess player)|Wen Yang]] (China, 1988– ) *[[Guy West]] (Australia, 1958– ) *[[Heikki Westerinen]] (Finland, 1944– ) *[[Bernardo Wexler]] (Romania, Argentina, 1925–1992) *[[Norman Tweed Whitaker]] (USA, 1890–1975) *[[John van der Wiel]] (Netherlands, 1959– ) *[[Elijah Williams]] (England, 1810–1854) *[[Szymon Winawer]] (Poland, 1838–1920) *[[Peter Winston]] (USA, 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) *[[Antoni Wojciechowski]] (Poland, 1905–1938) *[[Radoslaw Wojtaszek]] (Poland, 1987– ) *[[Aleksander Wojtkiewicz]] (Latvia, Poland, USA, 1963–2006) *[[Heinrich Wolf]] (Austria, 1875–1943) *[[Siegfried Reginald Wolf]] (Austria, Israel, 1867–1951) *[[Paula Wolf-Kalmar]] (Austria, 1881–1931) *[[Patrick Wolff]] (USA, 1968– ) *[[Baruch Harold Wood]] (England, 1909–1989) *[[Wu Mingqian]] (China, 1961– ) *[[Wu Wenjin]] (China, 1976– ) *[[Marmaduke Wyvill]] (England, 1814–1896) == X == *[[Xie Jun]] (China, 1970– ) *[[Xu Jun]] (China, 1962– ) *[[Xu Yuanyuan]] (China, 1981– ) *[[Xu Yuhua]] (China, 1976– ) == Y == *[[Daniel Yanofsky]] (Poland, Canada, 1925–2000) *[[Frederick Yates]] (England, 1884–1932) *[[Ye Jiangchuan]] (China, 1960– ) *[[Ye Rongguang]] (China, 1963– ) *[[Alex Yermolinsky]] (USA, 1958– ) *[[Betul Cemre Yildiz]] (Turkey, 1989– ) *[[Yin Hao (chess player)|Yin Hao]] (China, 1979– ) *[[Yu Shaoteng]] (China, 1979– ) *[[Leonid Yudasin]] (Russia, Israel, 1959– ) *[[Mikhail Yudovich]] (Russia, 1911–1987) *[[Artur Yusupov]] (Russia, Germany, 1960– ) == Z == *[[Aldo Zadrima]] (Albania, 1948–) *[[Vladimir Zagorovsky]] (Russia, 1925–1994) *[[Alexander Zaitsev (chess player)|Alexander Zaitsev]] (Russia, 1935–1971) *[[Igor Zaitsev]] (Russia, 1938– ) *[[Abram Zamikhovsky]] (Ukraine, ?–?) *[[Alonso Zapata]] (Colombia, 1958– ) *[[Pablo Zarnicki]] (Argentina, 1972– ) *[[Anna Zatonskih]] (Ukraine, USA, 1978– ) *[[Tatiana Zatulovskaya]] (Azerbaijan, Russia, Israel, 1935– ) *[[Elmars Zemgalis]] (Latvia, USA, 1923– ) *[[Zhang Jilin]] (China, 1986– ) *[[Zhang Pengxiang]] (China, 1980– ) *[[Zhang Weida]] (China, 1949– ) *[[Zhang Zhong]] (China, Singapore, 1978– ) *[[Zhao Jun]] (China, 1986– ) *[[Zhao Lan]] (China, 1963– ) *[[Zhao Xue]] (China, 1985– ) *[[Zhao Zong-Yuan]] (China, Australia, 1986– ) *[[Zhou Jianchao]] (China, 1988– ) *[[Zhou Weiqi]] (China, 1986– ) *[[Zhu Chen]] (China, 1976– ) *[[Natalia Zhukova]] (Ukraine, 1979– ) *[[Yaacov Zilberman]] (Israel, 1954– ) *[[Adolf Zinkl]] (Bohemia, Austria, 1871–1944) *[[Emil Zinner]] (Czechoslovakia, 1909–1942) *[[František Zita]] (Czechoslovakia, 1909–1977) *[[Eugene Znosko-Borovsky]] (Russia, France, 1884–1954) *[[Bernard Zuckerman]] (USA, 1943– ) *[[Johannes Zukertort]] (Poland, Germany, England, 1842–1888) *[[Vadim Zvjaginsev]] (Russia, 1976– ) *[[Kira Zvorykina]] (Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Bulgaria, 1919– ) ==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. *[[Alfonso X of Castile]] (the Wise) *[[Woody Allen]] *[[Atahualpa]] *[[George Airy]] *[[Martin Amis]] *[[LaVar Arrington]] *[[Isaac Asimov]] *[[Newell Banks]] (USA, World [[English draughts|American Checkers (English Draughts)]] Champion 1887–1977) *[[Clare Benedict]] *[[Móric Beňovský]] *[[Ingmar Bergman]] *[[Humphrey Bogart]] *[[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon Bonaparte]] (Emperor of the French) *[[Bono (U2)|Bono]] *[[Henry Thomas Buckle]] (English historian) *[[Tony Buzan]] *[[John Cage]] *[[Canute the Great]] (King of England, Denmark and Norway) *[[Gerolamo Cardano]] *[[Ludovico Carracci]] *[[Lewis Carroll]] *[[Fidel Castro]] *[[Miguel de Cervantes]] *[[Jacobus de Cessolis]] *[[Charlie Chaplin]] *[[Charlemagne]] *[[Charles XII of Sweden]] *[[Joseph Conrad]] *[[Aleister Crowley]] (occultist) *[[Steve Davis]] *[[Eugène Delacroix]] *[[Anurag Dikshit]] *[[Gustave Doré]] *[[Marcel Duchamp]] *[[Albert Einstein]] *[[Arpad Elo]] *[[Paul Erdős]] *[[Leonhard Euler]] *[[Chris Evans]] *[[Abraham ibn Ezra]] *[[Richard Farleigh]] *[[Richard Feynman]] *[[Benjamin Franklin]] *[[Stephen Fry]] *[[Jeremy Gaige]] *[[Carl Friedrich Gauss]] *[[Johann Wolfgang Goethe]] *[[Witold Gombrowicz]] *[[Richard K. Guy]] *[[GZA]] (American hip hop artist) *[[Yehuda Halevi]] *[[Dominik Hašek|Dominik Hasek]] *[[David Hume]] *[[Pope Innocent III]] *[[Karol Irzykowski]] *[[Moses Isserles]] *[[Thomas Jefferson]] *[[Pope John Paul II]] *[[Mór Jókai]] *[[Carmen Kass]] *[[Wolfgang von Kempelen]] *[[Omar Khayyám]] *[[Ephraim Kishon]] (satirist, ''Kishon Chesster'' chess computer) *[[Alfred Kreymborg]] *[[Stanley Kubrick]] *[[Edmund Landau]] *[[Yosef Lapid]] *[[Adrien-Marie Legendre]] *[[Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz]] *[[Stanisław Lem]] *[[Vladimir Lenin|Vladimir Ilyich Lenin]] *[[Pope Leo XIII]] *[[Lennox Lewis]] *[[Samuel Loyd]] *[[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] *[[Maimonides]] (Rambam) *[[Steve Martin]] *[[Henri Matisse]] *[[Moses Mendelssohn]] *[[Adam Mickiewicz]] *[[Abraham de Moivre]] *[[Patrick Moore]] *[[Vladimir Nabokov]] *[[John von Neumann]] *[[Jose Ortega y Gasset]] *[[Grigori Perelman]] *[[Grigori Alexandrovich Potemkin]] *[[Sergei Prokofiev]] *[[Alexander Pushkin]] *[[Rashi]] *[[Rembrandt]] *[[Cardinal Richelieu|Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu]] *[[Albert Salomon von Rothschild]] *[[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] *[[Bertrand Russell]] *[[Saladin]] *[[Jonathan Sarfati]] (Australian scientist and author) *[[George C. Scott]] (U.S. actor) *[[Nathan Sharansky]] *[[Raymond Smullyan]] *[[Juan Maria Solare]] (Argentine composer & pianist) *[[Howard Stern]] *[[Sting (musician)|Sting]] *[[Theresa of Avila]] (the patron saint of chess players) *[[Josip Broz Tito]] *[[Leo Tolstoy]] *[[Roland Topor]] *[[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]] *[[Marco Girolamo Vida]] *[[Jacques Villon]] *[[George Washington]] *[[John Wayne]] *[[H. G. Wells]] *[[Charles Wreford-Brown]] *[[Stefan Zweig]] ==Computers== {{details|Chess engine}} *[[IBM Deep Blue|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. *[[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. ==See also== *[[World Chess Championship]] *[[Women's World Chess Championship]] *[[International Grandmaster]] *[[World Junior Chess Championship]] *[[List of national chess championships]] *[[List of strong chess tournaments]] *[[List of mini chess tournaments]] *[[List of Israeli chess players]] *[[List of female chess players]] *[[List of chess grandmasters]] *[[List of chess topics]] ==External links== * http://www.fide.com * http://www.uschess.org * http://www.muljadi.org * http://www.iccf.com [[Category:Lists of chess players| ]] [[Category:Chess players by nationality|*List of chess players]] [[bg:Списък на шахматисти]] [[da:Betydende skakstormestre]] [[de:Liste bekannter Schachspieler]] [[fr:Joueurs d'échecs célèbres]] [[id:Daftar pecatur terkenal]] [[it:Scacchisti celebri]] [[nl:Lijst van bekende schakers]] [[pt:Lista de jogadores famosos de xadrez]] [[ru:Список шахматистов]] [[sl:Seznam šahistov]] [[sv:Lista över kända schackspelare]] [[tr:Ünlü satranç oyuncuları]]