This list of chess players includes people who are primarily known as chess players and have an article on the English Wikipedia.

A

  • Jacob Aagaard (Denmark, Scotland, born 1973)
  • Manuel Aaron (India, born 1935)
  • Nijat Abasov (Azerbaijan, born 1995)
  • István Abonyi (Hungary, 1886–1942)
  • Gerald Abrahams (England, 1907–1980)
  • Tatev Abrahamyan (Armenia, US, born 1988)
  • Hasan Abbasifar (Iran, born 1972)
  • Farid Abbasov (Azerbaijan, born 1979)
  • Jude Acers (US, born 1944)
  • Péter Ács (Hungary, born 1981)
  • Weaver Adams (US, 1901–1963)
  • Tanitoluwa Adewumi (Nigeria, US, born 2010)
  • Utut Adianto (Indonesia, born 1965)
  • András Adorján (Hungary, 1950–2023)
  • Vladimir Afromeev (Russia, born 1954)
  • Simen Agdestein (Norway, born 1967)
  • Evgeny Agrest (Belarus, Sweden, born 1966)
  • Georgy Agzamov (Uzbekistan, 1954–1986)
  • Carl Ahues (Germany, 1883–1968)
  • James Macrae Aitken (Scotland, 1908–1983)
  • Ralf Åkesson (Sweden, born 1961)
  • Anna Akhsharumova (Russia, US, born 1957)
  • Varuzhan Akobian (Armenia, US, born 1983)
  • Vladimir Akopian (Armenia, born 1971)
  • Mohammed Al-Modiahki (Qatar, born 1974)
  • Semyon Alapin (Lithuania, 1856–1923)
  • Vladimir Alatortsev (Russia, 1909–1987)
  • Adolf Albin (Romania, 1848–1920)
  • Lev Alburt (Russia, US, born 1945)
  • Alexander Alekhine (Russia, France 1892–1946)
  • Alexei Alekhine (Russia, 1888–1939)
  • Grace Alekhine (US, England, France 1876–1956)
  • Aleksej Aleksandrov (Belarus, born 1973)
  • Kirill Alekseenko (Russia, born 1997)
  • Evgeny Alekseev (Russia, born 1985)
  • Hugh Alexander (England, 1899–1974)
  • Aaron Alexandre (Germany, France, England 1765–1850)
  • Nana Alexandria (Georgia, born 1949)
  • Johann Baptist Allgaier (Germany, Austria, 1763–1823)
  • Zoltán Almási (Hungary, born 1976)
  • Izak Aloni (Poland, Israel, 1905–1985)
  • Yoel Aloni (Israel, 1937–2019)
  • 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 (Canada, 1928–1980)
  • Hope Arthurine Anderson (Jamaica, 1950–2016)
  • Adolf Anderssen (Germany, 1818–1879)
  • Ulf Andersson (Sweden, born 1951)
  • Dmitry Andreikin (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 (Latvia, 1894–1941)
  • Lev Aptekar (Ukraine, New Zealand, born 1936)
  • José Joaquín Araiza (Mexico, 1900–1971)
  • Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (Georgia, born 1968)
  • Mehrdad Ardeshi (Iran, born 1979)
  • Walter Arencibia (Cuba, born 1967)
  • Alexander Areshchenko (Ukraine, born 1986)
  • Keith Arkell (England, born 1961)
  • Romanas Arlauskas (Lithuania, Australia, 1917–2009)
  • Jón Árnason (Iceland, born 1960)
  • Dagur Arngrímsson (Iceland, born 1987)
  • Levon Aronian (Armenia, born 1982)
  • Lev Aronin (Russia, 1920–1983)
  • Vladislav Artemiev (Russia, born 1998)
  • Andreas Ascharin (Estonia, Latvia, 1843–1896)
  • Jacob Ascher (England, Canada, 1841–1912)
  • Konstantin Aseev (Russia, 1960–2004)
  • Maurice Ashley (Jamaica, US, born 1966)
  • Karen Asrian (Armenia, 1980–2008)
  • Bibisara Assaubayeva (Kazakhstan, Russia, born 2004)
  • Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli (Abbasid Caliphate, c.880–946)
  • Lajos Asztalos (Austria-Hungary, Yugoslavia, Hungary, 1889–1956)
  • Ekaterina Atalik (Russia, Turkey, born 1982)
  • Suat Atalık (Turkey, born 1964)
  • Henry Atkins (England, 1872–1955)
  • Arnold Aurbach (Poland, France, c.1888–1952)
  • Yuri Averbakh (Russia, c.1922–2022)
  • Valeriy Aveskulov (Ukraine, born 1986)
  • Herbert Avram (US, 1913–2006)
  • Boris Avrukh (Israel, born 1978)

B

  • Alexander Baburin (Russia, Ireland, born 1967)
  • Étienne Bacrot (France, born 1983)
  • Paul Baender (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 (US, 1904–1972)
  • David Graham Baird (US, 1854–1913)
  • Vladimir Baklan (Ukraine, born 1978)
  • Yuri Balashov (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, c. 1900–1942)
  • Amikam Balshan (Israel, born 1948)
  • Hristos Banikas (Greece, born 1978)
  • Anatoly Bannik (Ukraine, 1921–2013)
  • David Baramidze (Georgia, Germany, born 1988)
  • Zsigmond Barász (Hungary, 1878–1935)
  • Abraham Baratz (Romania, France, 1895–1975)
  • Gerardo Barbero (Argentina, Hungary, 1961–2001)
  • Oliver Barbosa (Philippines, born 1986)
  • Gedeon 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)
  • Mateusz Bartel (Poland, born 1985)
  • John Bartholomew (US, born 1986)
  • Dibyendu Barua (India, born 1966)
  • Cerdas Barus (Indonesia, born 1961)
  • Michael Basman (England, born 1946)
  • Christian Bauer (France, born 1977)
  • Johann Hermann Bauer (Bohemia, Austria, 1861–1891)
  • Friedrich Baumbach (Germany, 1935–2025)
  • Albert Becker (Austria, Germany, Argentina 1896–1984)
  • Anjelina Belakovskaia (Ukraine, US, born 1969)
  • Liudmila Belavenets (Russia, 1940–2021)
  • Sergey Belavenets (Russia, 1910–1942)
  • Dina Belenkaya (Russia, Israel, born 1993)
  • Alexander Beliavsky (Ukraine, Slovenia, born 1953)
  • Slim Belkhodja (Tunisia, born 1962)
  • Jana Bellin (Czechoslovakia, England, born 1947)
  • Zdzisław Belsitzmann (Poland, c. 1890–1920)
  • Levi Benima (Netherlands, 1837–1922)
  • Clarice Benini (Italy, 1905–1976)
  • Joel Benjamin (US, born 1964)
  • Francisco Benkö (Germany, Argentina, 1910–2010)
  • Pal Benko (France, Hungary, US, 1928–2019)
  • Dávid Bérczes (Hungary, born 1990)
  • Emanuel Berg (Sweden, born 1981)
  • Béla Berger (Hungary, Australia, 1931–2005)
  • Johann Berger (Austria, 1845–1933)
  • Victor Buerger (Ukraine, England, 1904–1996)
  • Nils Bergkvist (Sweden, 1900–?)
  • Teodors Bergs (Latvia, 1902–1966)
  • Hans Berliner (Germany, US, 1929–2017)
  • Ivar Bern (Norway, born 1967)
  • Karl Berndtsson (Sweden, 1892–1943)
  • Jacob Bernstein (US, 1885–1959)
  • Ossip Bernstein (Ukraine, France, 1882–1962)
  • Sidney Norman Bernstein (US, 1911–1992)
  • Mario Bertok (Croatia, 1929–2008)
  • Katarina Beskow (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 (Argentina, born 1940)
  • Martin Bier (Germany, 1854–1934)
  • Horace Bigelow (US, 1898–1980)
  • István Bilek (Hungary, 1932–2010)
  • Paul Rudolf von Bilguer (Germany, 1815–1840)
  • Maurice Billecard (France, 1876–?)
  • Reefat Bin-Sattar (Bangladesh, born 1974)
  • Henry Bird (England, 1830–1908)
  • Nathan Birnboim (Israel, born 1950)
  • Klaus Bischoff (Germany, born 1961)
  • Arthur Bisguier (US, 1929–2017)
  • Peter Biyiasas (Greece, Canada, born 1950)
  • Dimitrije Bjelica (Serbia, born 1935)
  • Roy Turnbull Black (US, 1888–1962)
  • Joseph Henry Blackburne (England, 1841–1924)
  • Armand Blackmar (US, 1826–1888)
  • Joseph Henry Blake (England, 1859–1951)
  • Abram Blass (Poland, Israel, 1895–1971)
  • Ottó Bláthy (Hungary, 1860–1939)
  • Max Blau (Germany, Switzerland, 1918–1984)
  • Ludwig Bledow (Germany, 1795–1846)
  • Paweł Blehm (Poland, born 1980)
  • Dirk Bleijkmans (Netherlands, Indonesia, 1875–?)
  • Yaacov Bleiman (Lithuania, Israel, 1947–2004)
  • Calvin Blocker (US, born 1955)
  • Claude Bloodgood (US, 1937–2001)
  • Oscar Blum (Lithuania, France, born before 1910)
  • Benjamin Blumenfeld (Belarus, Russia, 1884–1947)
  • Max Blümich (Germany, 1886–1942)
  • Boris Blumin (Russia, Canada, US, 1907–1998)
  • Milko Bobotsov (Bulgaria, 1931–2000)
  • Dmitry Bocharov (Russia, born 1982)
  • Samuel Boden (England, 1826–1882)
  • Fedor Bogatyrchuk (Ukraine, Canada, 1892–1984)
  • Efim Bogoljubow (Ukraine, Germany, 1889–1952)
  • Paolo Boi (Italy, 1528–1598)
  • Jacobo Bolbochán (Argentina, 1906–1984)
  • Julio Bolbochán (Argentina, 1920–1996)
  • Isaac Boleslavsky (Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, 1919–1977)
  • Victor Bologan (Moldova, born 1971)
  • Igor Bondarevsky (Russia, 1913–1979)
  • Eero Böök (Finland, 1910–1990)
  • Valentina Borisenko (Russia, 1920–1993)
  • Olexandr Bortnyk (Ukraine, born 1996)
  • Alexandra Botez (US, Canada, born 1995)
  • Andrea Botez (US, Canada, born 2002)
  • Tea Bosboom-Lanchava (Netherlands, Georgia, born 1974)
  • George Botterill (England, Wales, born 1949)
  • Mikhail Botvinnik (Russia, 1911–1995)
  • Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais (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 (Germany, 1891–1967)
  • Mirko Bröder (Hungary, Serbia, 1911–1943)
  • Miklós Bródy (Hungary, Romania, 1877–1949)
  • Vladimir Bron (Ukraine, 1909–1985)
  • David Bronstein (Ukraine, 1924–2006)
  • Walter Browne (Australia, US, 1949–2015)
  • Agnieszka Brustman (Poland, born 1962)
  • Lázaro Bruzón (Cuba, born 1982)
  • Stellan Brynell (Sweden, born 1962)
  • Bu Xiangzhi (China, born 1985)
  • Henry Thomas Buckle (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 (France, US, 1866–1914)
  • Amos Burn (England, 1848–1925)
  • Algimantas Butnorius (Lithuania, 1946–2017)
  • Elisabeth Bykova (Russia, 1913–1989)
  • Donald Byrne (US, 1930–1976)
  • Robert Byrne (US, 1928–2013)
  • Bhupendra Niraula (Nepal, born 1981)

C

  • Kler Çaku (Albania, born 2010)
  • Florencio Campomanes (Philippines, 1927–2010)
  • Daniel Cámpora (Argentina, born 1957)
  • Esteban Canal (Peru, Italy, 1896–1981)
  • Arianne Caoili (Australia, 1986–2020)
  • José Raúl Capablanca (Cuba, 1888–1942)
  • Rodolfo Tan Cardoso (Philippines, 1937–2013)
  • Ruth 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, 1914–2013)
  • Pietro Carrera (Sicily, 1573–1647)
  • Fabiano Caruana (Dual citizenship: US and Italy, born 1992)
  • Vincenzo Castaldi (Italy, 1916–1970)
  • Mariano Castillo (Chile, 1905–1970)
  • Mišo Cebalo (Croatia, born 1945)
  • Giovanni Cenni (Italy, 1881–1957)
  • Alfonso Ceron (Spain, 1535–?)
  • Oscar Chajes (Ukraine, Austria, US, 1873–1928)
  • Ferenc Chalupetzky (Hungary, 1886–1951)
  • Edward Chamier (England, France, 1840–1892)
  • Chan Peng Kong (Singapore, born 1956)
  • Sandipan Chanda (India, born 1983)
  • Chang Tung Lo (China, born before 1960)
  • Murray Chandler (New Zealand, England, born 1960)
  • Pascal Charbonneau (Canada, born 1983)
  • Rudolf Charousek (Hungary, 1873–1900)
  • Chantal Chaudé de Silans (France, 1919–2001)
  • Valery Chekhov (Russia, born 1955)
  • Vitaly Chekhover (Russia, 1908–1965)
  • Chen De (China, born 1949)
  • Ivan Cheparinov (Bulgaria, born 1986)
  • Alexander Cherepkov (Russia, 1920–2009)
  • Irving Chernev (Russia, US, 1900–1981)
  • Tykhon Cherniaiev (Ukraine, born 2010)
  • Alexander Chernin (Ukraine, Hungary, born 1960)
  • Konstantin Chernyshov (Russia, born 1967)
  • André Chéron (France, 1895–1980)
  • Maia Chiburdanidze (Georgia, born 1961)
  • Mikhail Chigorin (Russia, 1850–1908)
  • Larry Christiansen (US, born 1956)
  • Vladimir Chuchelov (Russia, Belgium, born 1969)
  • Slavko Cicak (Montenegro, Sweden, born 1969)
  • Roberto Cifuentes (Chile, Netherlands, Spain, born 1957)
  • Victor Ciocâltea (Romania, 1932–1983)
  • Hermann Clemenz (Estonia, 1846–1908)
  • Albert Clerc (France, 1830–1918)
  • Viktorija Čmilytė (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 (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)
  • Anna Cramling (Spain, Sweden, born 2002)
  • Pia Cramling (Sweden, born 1963)
  • Robert Crépeaux (France, 1900–1994)
  • Walter Cruz (Brazil, 1910–1967)
  • István Csom (Hungary, 1940–2021)
  • Miguel Cuéllar (Colombia, 1916–1985)
  • Josef Cukierman (Poland, France, 1900–1941)
  • John Curdo (US, 1931–2022)
  • Ognjen Cvitan (Croatia, born 1961)
  • Hieronim Czarnowski (Poland, France, Austria-Hungary, 1834–1902)
  • Moshe Czerniak (Poland, Israel, 1910–1984)

D

  • Arthur Dake (US, 1910–2000)
  • Pedro Damiano (Portugal, 1480–1544)
  • Mato Damjanović (Croatia, 1927–2011)
  • Gösta Danielsson (Sweden, 1912–1978)
  • Silvio Danailov (Bulgaria, born 1961)
  • A. Polak Daniels (Netherlands, 1842–1891)
  • Dawid Daniuszewski (Poland, 1885–1944)
  • Klaus Darga (Germany, born 1934)
  • Alberto David (Luxembourg, born 1970)
  • Jacques Davidson (Netherlands, 1890–1961)
  • Nigel Davies (England, born 1960)
  • Boris de Greiff (Colombia, 1930–2011)
  • Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania, born 2001)
  • Frederick Deacon (Belgium, 1829–1875)
  • Chakkravarthy Deepan (India, born 1987)
  • Nick de Firmian (US, born 1957)
  • Marigje Degrande (Belgium, born 1992)
  • Aleksander Delchev (Bulgaria, born 1971)
  • Eugene Delmar (US, 1841–1909)
  • Yelena Dembo (Russia, Israel, Hungary, Greece, born 1983)
  • Arnold Denker (US, 1914–2005)
  • Erald Dervishi (Albania, born 1979)
  • Alexandre Deschapelles (France, 1780–1847)
  • Andrei Deviatkin (Russia, born 1980)
  • Paul Devos (Belgium, 1911–1981)
  • André Diamant (Brazil, born 1990)
  • Alvaro Dias Huizar (Venezuela, born 1980)
  • Emil Josef Diemer (Germany, 1908–1990)
  • Mark Diesen (US, 1957–2008)
  • Julius Dimer (Germany, 1871–1945)
  • Ding Liren (China, born 1992)
  • Nathan Divinsky (Canada, 1925–2012)
  • Rune Djurhuus (Norway, born 1970)
  • Maxim Dlugy (Russia, US, born 1966)
  • Josef Dobiáš (Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, 1886–1981)
  • Yosef Dobkin (Russia, Israel, 1909–1977)
  • Stefan Docx (Belgium, born 1974)
  • Yury Dokhoian (Russia, 1964–2021)
  • Sergey Dolmatov (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 (US, 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, US, 1908–1969)
  • Kurt Dreyer (Germany, South Africa, 1909–1981)
  • Tihomil Drezga (Croatia, US, 1903–1981)
  • Yuri Drozdovskij (Ukraine, born 1984)
  • Leroy Dubeck (US, born 1939)
  • Serafino Dubois (Italy, 1817–1899)
  • Daniil Dubov (Russia, born 1996)
  • Andreas Dückstein (Hungary, Austria, born 1927)
  • Jan-Krzysztof Duda (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 (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 (Belarus, born 1949)
  • Boruch Israel Dyner (Poland, Belgium, Israel, 1903–1979)
  • Semen Dvoirys (Russia, born 1958)
  • Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia, born 1987)
  • Roman Dzindzichashvili (Georgia, Israel, US, born 1944)
  • Marat Dzhumaev (Uzbekistan, born 1976)

E

  • James Eade (US, born 1957)
  • Zahar Efimenko (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 (Ukraine, born 1956)
  • Louis Eisenberg (Ukraine, US, 1876–after 1909)
  • Bengt Ekenberg (Sweden, 1912–1986)
  • Folke Ekström (Sweden, 1906–2000)
  • Erich Eliskases (Austria, Germany, Argentina, 1913–1997)
  • Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine, born 1983)
  • Moissei Eljaschoff (Lithuania, 1870–1919)
  • John Emms (England, born 1967)
  • Peter Enders (Germany, 1963–2025)
  • Lūcijs Endzelīns (Estonia, Latvia, Australia, 1909–1981)
  • Jens Enevoldsen (Denmark, 1907–1980)
  • Ludwig Engels (Germany, Brazil, 1905–1967)
  • Berthold Englisch (Austria, 1851–1897)
  • Thomas Engqvist (Sweden, born 1963)
  • David Enoch (Israel, 1901–1949)
  • Vladimir Epishin (Russia, born 1965)
  • Stefan Erdélyi (Hungary, Romania, 1905–1968)
  • Hanna Ereńska (Poland, born 1946)
  • Arjun Erigaisi (India, born 2003)
  • Evgenij Ermenkov (Bulgaria, Palestine, born 1949)
  • Wilhelm Ernst (Germany, 1905–1952)
  • John Angus Erskine (New Zealand, Australia, 1873–1960)
  • Andrey Esipenko (Russia, born 2002)
  • Yakov Estrin (Russia, 1923–1987)
  • Max Euwe (Netherlands, 1901–1981)
  • Larry M. Evans (US, 1932–2010)
  • William Davies Evans (Wales, 1790–1872)
  • Alexander Evensohn (Ukraine, 1892–1919)
  • Győző Exner (Hungary, 1864–1945)

F

  • Samuel Factor (Poland, US, 1883–1949)
  • Louisa Matilda Fagan (Italy, England, 1850–1931)
  • Hugo Fähndrich (Hungary, Austria, 1851–1930)
  • Hans Fahrni (Bohemia, Switzerland, 1874–1939)
  • William Fairhurst (England, Scotland, New Zealand, 1903–1982)
  • Sammi Fajarowicz (Germany, 1908–1940)
  • Raphael Falk (Russia, 1856–1913)
  • Ernst Falkbeer (Austria-Hungary, 1819–1885)
  • Stefan Fazekas (Hungary, Czechoslovakia, England, 1898–1967)
  • Sergey Fedorchuk (Ukraine, born 1981)
  • Alexei Fedorov (Belarus, born 1972)
  • John Fedorowicz (US, born 1958)
  • Vladimir Fedoseev (Russia, born 1995)
  • Movsas Feigins (Latvia, Argentina, 1908–1950)
  • Rafał Feinmesser (Poland, born before 1906)
  • Florin Felecan (Romania, US, born 1980)
  • Virgilio Fenoglio (Argentina, 1902–1990)
  • Arthur Feuerstein (US, born 1935)
  • Alexandr Fier (Brazil, born 1988)
  • Martha Fierro (Ecuador, born 1977)
  • Miroslav Filip (Czech Republic, 1928–2009)
  • Anton Filippov (Uzbekistan, born 1986)
  • Reuben Fine (US, 1914–1993)
  • Ben Finegold (US, born 1969)
  • Julius Finn (Poland, US, 1871–1931)
  • Nick de Firmian (US, born 1957)
  • Alireza Firouzja (Iran, France, born 2003)
  • Robert James Fischer (US, Iceland, 1943–2008)
  • Alex Fishbein (US, born 1968)
  • Alexander Flamberg (Poland, 1880–1926)
  • Alfred Flatow (Germany, Australia, born 1937)
  • Glenn Flear (England, born 1959)
  • Ernst Flechsig (Germany, 1852–1890)
  • Bernhard Fleissig (Hungary, Austria, 1853–1931)
  • Max Fleissig (Hungary, Austria, 1845–1919)
  • János Flesch (Hungary, 1933–1983)
  • Salo Flohr (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 (Hungary, 1935–2018)
  • Albert Fox (US, 1881–1964)
  • Maurice Fox (Ukraine, Canada, 1898–1988)
  • Selim Franklin (England, US, 1814–1884)
  • Zenon Franco (Paraguay, born 1956)
  • Laurent Fressinet (France, born 1981)
  • Sergey von Freymann (Russia, Uzbekistan, 1882–1946)
  • Joel Fridlizius (Sweden, 1869–1963)
  • Daniel Fridman (Latvia, Germany, born 1976)
  • Frederic Friedel (Germany, born 1945)
  • Gunnar Friedemann (Estonia, 1909–1943)
  • David Friedgood (South Africa, England, born 1946)
  • Henryk Friedman (Poland, 1903–1942)
  • Alexander Fritz (Germany, 1857–1932)
  • Martin Severin From (Denmark, 1828–1895)
  • Achilles Frydman (Poland, 1905–1940)
  • Paulino Frydman (Poland, Argentina, 1905–1982)
  • Ľubomír Ftáčnik (Czechoslovakia, Slovakia, born 1957)
  • Andrija Fuderer (Vojvodina, Belgium, 1931–2011)
  • Semyon Furman (Russia, 1920–1978)
  • Ivana Maria Furtado (India, born 1999)
  • Géza Füster (Hungary, Canada, 1910–1990)
  • Roy Fyllingen (Norway, born 1975)

G

  • Merab Gagunashvili (Georgia, born 1985)
  • Aleksandr Galkin (Russia, born 1979)
  • Joseph Gallagher (England, Switzerland, born 1964)
  • Alisa Galliamova (Russia, born 1972)
  • Surya Shekhar Ganguly (India, born 1983)
  • Nona Gaprindashvili (Georgia, born 1941)
  • Valeriane Gaprindashvili (Georgia, born 1982)
  • Carlos Garcia Palermo (Argentina, Italy, born 1953)
  • Raimundo García (Argentina, 1936–2020)
  • Timur Gareev (Uzbekistan, born 1988)
  • Eldar Gasanov (Ukraine, born 1982)
  • Vugar Gashimov (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 (Belarus, Israel, born 1968)
  • Efim Geller (Ukraine, 1925–1998)
  • Uzi Geller (Israel, born 1931)
  • Petar Genov (Bulgaria, born 1970)
  • Kiril Georgiev (Bulgaria, born 1965)
  • Krum Georgiev (Bulgaria, born 1958)
  • Ernő Gereben (Hungary, Switzerland, 1907–1988)
  • Regina Gerlecka (Poland, 1913–1983)
  • Eugênio German (Brazil, 1930–2001)
  • Theodor Germann (Latvia, 1879–1935)
  • Alik Gershon (Israel, born 1980)
  • Edward Gerstenfeld (Poland, Ukraine 1915–1943)
  • Georgy Geshev (Bulgaria, 1903–1937)
  • Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (Iran, born 1982)
  • Tigran Gharamian (France, born 1984)
  • Ameet Ghasi (England, born 1987)
  • Florin Gheorghiu (Romania, born 1944)
  • Amédée Gibaud (France, 1885–1957)
  • Johannes Giersing (Denmark, 1872–1954)
  • Ellen Gilbert (US, 1837–1900)
  • Jessie Gilbert (England, 1987–2006)
  • Karl Gilg (Czechoslovakia, Germany, 1901–1981)
  • Aivars Gipslis (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 (Russia, Germany, born 1961)
  • Svetozar Gligorić (Serbia, 1923–2012)
  • Fernand Gobet (Switzerland, born 1962)
  • Michele Godena (Italy, born 1967)
  • Carl Goering (Germany, 1841–1879)
  • Alphonse Goetz (France, 1865–1934)
  • Leonid Gofshtein (Israel, 1953–2015)
  • Jason Goh Koon-Jong (Singapore, born 1989)
  • Goh Weiming (Singapore, born 1983)
  • Samuel Gold (Hungary, Austria, US, 1835–1920)
  • Alexander Goldin (Russia, born 1964)
  • Rusudan Goletiani (Georgia, US, born 1980)
  • Celso Golmayo Torriente (Cuba, Spain, 1879–1924)
  • Celso Golmayo Zúpide (Spain, Cuba, 1820–1898)
  • Manuel Golmayo Torriente (Cuba, Spain, 1883–1973)
  • Vitali Golod (Ukraine, Israel, born 1971)
  • Harry Golombek (England, 1911–1995)
  • Alexander Goloshchapov (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 (Philippines, born 1969)
  • José González García (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 (England, born 1976)
  • Aleksandra Goryachkina (Russia, born 1998)
  • George H. D. Gossip (US, England, 1841–1907)
  • Solomon Gotthilf (Russia, 1903–1967)
  • Hermann von Gottschall (Germany, 1862–1933)
  • Boris Grachev (Russia, born 1986)
  • Alexander Graf (Uzbekistan, Germany, born 1962)
  • Sonja Graf (Germany, Argentina, US, 1908–1965)
  • Julio Granda Zuniga (Peru, born 1967)
  • Roberto Grau (Argentina, 1900–1944)
  • Gioachino Greco (Italy, 1600 – c. 1634)
  • Ewen McGowen Green (New Zealand, born 1950)
  • Alon Greenfeld (US, Israel, born 1964)
  • John Grefe (US, 1947–2013)
  • Bernhard Gregory (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 (Austria, Hungary, 1800–1872)
  • Alexander Grischuk (Russia, born 1983)
  • Efstratios Grivas (Greece, born 1966)
  • Henri Grob (Switzerland, 1904–1974)
  • Aristide Gromer (France, 1908–1966)
  • Adriaan de Groot (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 (Ukraine, US, 1936–2002)
  • Ilse Guggenberger (Colombia, born 1942)
  • Carlos Guimard (Argentina, 1913–1998)
  • Vidit Gujrathi (India, born 1994)
  • Boris Gulko (Russia, US, born 1947)
  • Gunnar Gundersen (France, Norway, Australia, 1882–1943)
  • Isidor Gunsberg (Hungary, England, 1854–1930)
  • Abhijeet Gupta (India, born 1989)
  • Dmitry Gurevich (Russia, US, born 1956)
  • Ilya Gurevich (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 (Latvia, Israel, Germany, born 1945)
  • Fritz Gygli (Switzerland, 1896–1980)
  • Alfred William Gyles (New Zealand, 1888–1967)

H

  • Anna Hahn (Latvia, US, born 1976)
  • Vitaly Halberstadt (Ukraine, France, 1903–1967)
  • Alexander Halprin (Russia, Austria, 1868–1921)
  • Tunç Hamarat (Turkey, Austria, born 1946)
  • Hichem Hamdouchi (Morocco, born 1972)
  • Rani Hamid (Bangladesh, born 1944)
  • Jon Ludvig Hammer (Norway, born 1990)
  • Carl Hamppe (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 (India, born 1991)
  • Pendyala Harikrishna (India, born 1986)
  • Max Harmonist (Germany, 1864–1907)
  • Daniel Harrwitz (Germany, France, 1823–1884)
  • William Hartston (England, born 1947)
  • Wolfgang Hasenfuss (Latvia, 1900–1944)
  • Stewart Haslinger (England, born 1981)
  • Arnaud Hauchard (France, born 1971)
  • Cécile Haussernot (France, born 1998)
  • Kornél Havasi (Hungary, 1892–1945)
  • Jonathan Hawkins (England, 1983–2025)
  • Mark Hebden (England, born 1958)
  • Bartłomiej Heberla (Poland, born 1985)
  • Jean Hébert (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)
  • Jakub Heilpern (Poland, 1850–1910)
  • Herbert Heinicke (Brazil, Germany, 1905–1988)
  • Arved Heinrichsen (Lithuania, 1879–1900)
  • Dan Heisman (US, born 1950)
  • Grigory Helbach (Russia, 1863–1930)
  • Karl Helling (Germany, 1904–1937)
  • Johan Hellsten (Sweden, born 1975)
  • Hermann Helms (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 (Sweden, born 1970)
  • Wilhelm Hilse (Germany, 1878–1940)
  • Moshe Hirschbein (Poland, 1894–1940)
  • Moses Hirschel (Germany, 1754 – c. 1823)
  • Philipp Hirschfeld (Germany, 1840–1896)
  • Jóhann Hjartarson (Iceland, born 1963)
  • Hoang Thanh Trang (Vietnam, Hungary, born 1980)
  • Albert Hodges (US, 1861–1944)
  • Julian Hodgson (England, born 1963)
  • Leopold Hoffer (Hungary, France, England, 1842–1913)
  • Karl Holländer (Germany, 1868–? )
  • Edith Holloway (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 (Czechoslovakia, Germany, born 1944)
  • Israel Horowitz (US, 1907–1973)
  • Bernhard Horwitz (Germany, England, 1807–1885)
  • Henry Hosmer (US, 1837–1892)
  • Enamul Hossain (Bangladesh, born 1981)
  • Hou Yifan (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 (Czech Republic, born 1970)
  • Karel Hromádka (Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, 1887–1956)
  • Vincenz Hruby (Bohemia, Austria, Italy, 1856–1917)
  • Hsu Li Yang (Singapore, born 1972)
  • Huang Qian (China, born 1986)
  • Robert Hübner (Germany, 1948–2025)
  • Werner Hug (Switzerland, born 1952)
  • Krunoslav Hulak (Croatia, 1951–2015)
  • Koneru Humpy (India, born 1987)
  • Harriet Hunt (England, born 1978)
  • Niclas Huschenbeth (Germany, born 1992)
  • Alexander Huzman (Ukraine, Israel, born 1962)

I

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

J

  • Jana Jacková (Czech Republic, born 1982)
  • Egil Jacobsen (Denmark, 1897–1923)
  • Ernst Jacobson (Sweden, 1889–1963)
  • Carl Jaenisch (Finland, Russia, 1813–1872)
  • Charles Jaffe (Russia, US, 1883–1941)
  • Jerzy Jagielski (Poland, Germany, 1897–1955)
  • Dmitry Jakovenko (Russia, born 1983)
  • Lora Jakovleva (Russia, born 1932)
  • Dragoljub Janošević (Serbia, 1923–1993)
  • Chaim Janowski (Poland, Germany, Japan, c.1868–1935)
  • Dawid Janowski (Poland, France, 1868–1927)
  • Vlastimil Jansa (Czech Republic, born 1942)
  • Nicolai Jasnogrodsky (Ukraine, England, US, 1859–1914)
  • Carlos Jáuregui (Chile, Canada, 1932–2013)
  • Florian Jenni (Switzerland, born 1980)
  • Eleazar Jiménez (Cuba, 1928–2000)
  • Baadur Jobava (Georgia, born 1983)
  • Leif Erlend Johannessen (Norway, born 1980)
  • Svein Johannessen (Norway, 1937–2007)
  • Darryl Johansen (Australia, born 1959)
  • Walter John (Poland, Germany, 1879–1940)
  • Hans Johner (Switzerland, 1889–1975)
  • Paul Johner (Switzerland, 1887–1938)
  • Gawain Jones (England, born 1987)
  • Iolo Jones (Wales, 1947–2021)
  • Paul Journoud (France, 1821–1882)
  • Ju Wenjun (China, born 1991)
  • Max Judd (Poland, US, 1851–1906)
  • Klaus Junge (Chile, Germany, 1924–1945)
  • Otto Junge (Chile, Germany, 1887–1978)
  • Miervaldis Jurševskis (Latvia, Canada, 1921–2014)

K

  • Bernhard Kagan (Poland, Germany, 1866–1932)
  • Shimon Kagan (Israel, born 1942)
  • Victor Kahn (Russia, France, 1889–1971)
  • Sultan Khan (British India, 1903–1966)
  • Gregory Kaidanov (Ukraine, Russia, US, born 1959)
  • Osmo Kaila (Finland, 1916–1991)
  • Charles Kalme (Latvia, Germany, US, 1939–2003)
  • Gata Kamsky (Russia, US, born 1974)
  • Ilya Kan (Russia, 1909–1978)
  • Marcus Kann (Austria, 1820–1886)
  • Albert Kapengut (Belarus, US, born 1944)
  • Julio Kaplan (Argentina, Puerto Rico, US, born 1950)
  • Darja Kapš (Slovenia, born 1981)
  • Mona May Karff (Moldova, Russia, Palestine, US, 1914–1998)
  • Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine, born 1990)
  • Anastasiya Karlovich (Ukraine, born 1982)
  • Anatoly Karpov (Russia, born 1951)
  • Isaac Kashdan (US, 1905–1985)
  • Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan, born 1979)
  • Garry Kasparov (Azerbaijan, Russia, born 1963)
  • Genrikh Kasparyan (Armenia, 1910–1995)
  • Miroslav Katětov (Czechoslovakia, 1918–1995)
  • Arthur Kaufmann (Romania, Austria, 1872–1940)
  • Lubomir Kavalek (Czechoslovakia, US, 1943–2021)
  • Raymond Keene (England, born 1948)
  • Hermann Keidanski (Poland, Germany, 1865–1938)
  • Dieter Keller (Switzerland, born 1936)
  • Edith Keller-Herrmann (Germany, 1921–2010)
  • Rudolf Keller (Germany, 1917–1993)
  • Brian Kelly (Ireland, born 1978)
  • Emil Kemény (Hungary, US, 1860–1925)
  • Edvīns Ķeņģis (Latvia, born 1959)
  • Hugh Alexander Kennedy (Ireland, England, 1809–1878)
  • Paul Keres (Estonia, 1916–1975)
  • Alexander Kevitz (US, 1902–1981)
  • Rohini Khadilkar (India, born 1963)
  • Alexander Khalifman (Russia, born 1966)
  • Mir Sultan Khan (India, Pakistan, 1905–1966)
  • Andrei Kharlov (Russia, 1968–2014)
  • Murtas Kazhgaleyev (Kazakhstan, born 1973)
  • Abram Khavin (Ukraine, 1914–1974)
  • Igor Khenkin (Russia, Germany, born 1968)
  • Denis Khismatullin (Russia, born 1984)
  • Ratmir Kholmov (Russia, Belarus, Lithuania, 1925–2006)
  • Natalia Khoudgarian (Russia, Canada, born 1973)
  • Nino Khurtsidze (Georgia, 1975–2018)
  • Feliks Kibbermann (Estonia, 1902–1993)
  • Georg Kieninger (Germany, 1902–1975)
  • Lionel Kieseritzky (Estonia, France, 1806–1853)
  • R.K. Kieseritzky (Estonia, Russia, c. 1870 – after 1922)
  • Daniel King (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)
  • Ernst Klein (Austria, England, 1910–1990)
  • 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 (Russia, born 1982)
  • Atanas Kolev (Bulgaria, born 1967)
  • Ignác Kolisch (Slovakia, Austria-Hungary, 1837–1899)
  • Jakub Kolski (Poland, 1899–1941)
  • George Koltanowski (Belgium, US, 1903–2000)
  • Henrijeta Konarkowska-Sokolov (Poland, Serbia, born 1938)
  • Humpy Koneru (India, born 1987)
  • Imre König (Hungary, Yugoslavia, England, US, 1899–1992)
  • Jerzy Konikowski (Poland, Germany, born 1947)
  • Alexander Konstantinopolsky (Ukraine, 1910–1990)
  • Danny Kopec (US, 1954–2016)
  • Viktor Korchnoi (Russia, Switzerland, 1931–2016)
  • Akshayraj Kore (India, born 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 (Germany, 1871–1939)
  • Irina Krush (Ukraine, US, born 1983)
  • Yuriy Kryvoruchko (Ukraine, born 1986)
  • Arvid Kubbel (Russia, 1889–1938)
  • Leonid Kubbel (Russia, 1891–1942)
  • Sergey Kudrin (Russia, US, born 1959)
  • Adam Kuligowski (Poland, born 1955)
  • Kaido Külaots (Estonia, born 1976)
  • Abhijit Kunte (India, born 1977)
  • Abraham Kupchik (Belarus, US, 1892–1970)
  • Viktor Kupreichik (Belarus, 1949–2017)
  • Bojan Kurajica (Bosnia and Herzegovina, born 1947)
  • Igor Kurnosov (Russia, 1985–2013)
  • Alla Kushnir (Russia, Israel, 1941–2013)
  • Gennady Kuzmin (Russia, 1946–2020)
  • Yuriy Kuzubov (Ukraine, born 1990)
  • Jan Kvicala (Czechoslovakia, 1868–1939)

L

  • Kateryna Lahno (Ukraine, born 1989)
  • Bogdan Lalić (Yugoslavia/Croatia, England, born 1964)
  • Erwin l'Ami (Netherlands, born 1985)
  • Frank Lamprecht (Germany, born 1968)
  • Konstantin Landa (Russia, 1972–2022)
  • Salo Landau (Poland, Netherlands, 1903–1944)
  • Gary Lane (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 (US, born 1980)
  • 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 (Russia, 1868–1942)
  • 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 (France, born 1982)
  • Alexandre Lesiège (Canada, born 1975)
  • Norman Lessing (US, 1911–2001)
  • René Letelier (Chile, 1915–2006)
  • Grigory Levenfish (Poland, Russia, 1889–1961)
  • Aleksandr Levin (Russia, 1871–1929)
  • Jacob Levin (US, 1904–1992)
  • Naum Levin (Ukraine, Australia, born 1933)
  • Caleb Levitan (South Africa, born 2010)
  • Yuliya Levitan (USA, born 1973)
  • Irina Levitina (Russia, US, born 1954)
  • Stepan Levitsky (Russia, 1876–1924)
  • David Levy (Scotland, born 1945)
  • Jerzy Lewi (Poland, Sweden, 1949–1972)
  • Moritz Lewitt (Germany, 1863–1936)
  • Li Chao (China, born 1989)
  • Li Ruofan (Singapore, born 1978)
  • 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, 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 (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, 1871–1940)
  • 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, 1920–1954)
  • Constantin Lupulescu (Romania, born 1984)
  • Thomas Luther (Germany, born 1969)
  • Christopher Lutz (Germany, born 1971)

M

  • Gottlieb Machate (Germany, 1904–1974)
  • Aleksandras Machtas (Lithuania, Israel, 1892–1973)
  • Bartłomiej Macieja (Poland, born 1977)
  • George Henry Mackenzie (Scotland, US, 1837–1891)
  • Nicholas MacLeod (Canada, 1870–1965)
  • Carlos Maderna (Argentina, 1910–1976)
  • Ildikó Mádl (Hungary, born 1969)
  • Elmar Magerramov (Azerbaijan, born 1958)
  • Joanna Majdan (Poland, born 1988)
  • Kazimierz Makarczyk (Poland, 1901–1972)
  • Vladimir Makogonov (Azerbaijan, 1904–1993)
  • Gyula Makovetz (Hungary, 1860–1903)
  • Vadim Malakhatko (Ukraine, Belgium, born 1977)
  • Vladimir Malakhov (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 (Poland, born 1975)
  • Robert Markuš (Serbia, born 1983)
  • Géza Maróczy (Hungary, 1870–1951)
  • Davide Marotti (Italy, 1881–1940)
  • Dražen Marović (Croatia, born 1938)
  • Frank Marshall (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 (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 (England, born 1967)
  • 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, 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 (Germany, Argentina, 1905–1977)
  • Walter Michel (Switzerland, 1888–1969)
  • 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 (Canada, 1889–1975)
  • Paul Motwani (Scotland, born 1962)
  • Alexander Motylev (Russia, born 1979)
  • Sergei Movsesian (Armenia, Slovakia, born 1978)
  • Paul Mross (Poland, Germany, 1910–1991)
  • Martin Mrva (Slovakia, born 1971)
  • Fatos Muço (Albania, born 1949)
  • André Muffang (France, 1897–1989)
  • 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, born 1996)
  • 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 Napier (England, US, 1881–1952)
  • Mario Napolitano (Italy, 1910–1995)
  • Renato Naranja (Philippines, born 1940)
  • Srinath Narayanan (India, born 1994)
  • Daniel Naroditsky (US, 1995–2025)
  • David Navara (Czech Republic, born 1985)
  • Vera Nebolsina (Russia, born 1989)
  • Ozren Nedeljković (Serbia, 1903–1984)
  • Gastón Needleman (Argentina, born 1990)
  • Parimarjan Negi (India, born 1993)
  • Iivo Nei (Estonia, born 1931)
  • Oleg Neikirch (Georgia, Bulgaria, 1914–1985)
  • Kateřina Němcová (Czech Republic, born 1990)
  • Vladimir Nenarokov (Russia, 1880–1953)
  • Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia, born 1990)
  • Vincenzo Nestler (Italy, 1912–1988)
  • Augustin Neumann (Austria, 1879–1906)
  • Gustav Neumann (Germany, 1838–1881)
  • Vladislav Nevednichy (Romania, born 1969)
  • Valeriy Neverov (Ukraine, born 1964)
  • Rashid Nezhmetdinov (Russia, 1912–1974)
  • Ni Hua (China, born 1983)
  • Arno Nickel (Germany, born 1952)
  • Bryon Nickoloff (Canada, 1956–2004)
  • Bjørn Nielsen (Denmark, 1907–1949)
  • Peter Heine Nielsen (Denmark, born 1973)
  • Torkil Nielsen (Faroe Islands, born 1964)
  • Hans Niemann (US, born 2003)
  • Walter Niephaus (Germany, 1923–1992)
  • Aleksandr Nikitin (Russia, 1935–2022)
  • Yuri Nikolaevsky (Ukraine, 1937–2004)
  • Ioannis Nikolaidis (Greece, born 1971)
  • Predrag Nikolić (Bosnia and Herzegovina, born 1960)
  • Allan Nilsson (Sweden, 1899–1949)
  • Aron Nimzowitsch (Latvia, Denmark, 1886–1935)
  • Ning Chunhong (China, born 1968)
  • Bhupendra Niraula (Nepal, born 1981)
  • Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Romania, born 1976)
  • Josef Noa (Hungary, 1856–1903)
  • Jesús Nogueiras (Cuba, born 1959)
  • Federico Norcia (Italy, 1904–1985)
  • Holger Norman-Hansen (Denmark, 1899–1984)
  • David Norwood (England, born 1968)
  • Daniël Noteboom (Netherlands, 1910–1932)
  • Igor Novikov (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 (England, Ireland, born 1949)
  • Handszar Odeev (Turkmenistan, born 1972)
  • Leif Øgaard (Norway, born 1952)
  • John O'Hanlon (Ireland, 1876–1960)
  • Tõnu Õim (Estonia, born 1941)
  • Kaarle Ojanen (Finland, 1918–2009)
  • Albéric O'Kelly de Galway (Belgium, 1911–1980)
  • Friðrik Ólafsson (Iceland, 1935–2025)
  • Helgi Ólafsson (Iceland, born 1956)
  • Mikhailo Oleksienko (Ukraine, born 1986)
  • Lembit Oll (Estonia, 1966–1999)
  • Adolf Georg Olland (Netherlands, 1867–1933)
  • Anton Olson (Sweden, 1881–1967)
  • 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 (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 (Argentina, 1897–1971)
  • Victor Palciauskas (Lithuania, US, born 1941)
  • Richard Palliser (England, born 1981)
  • Rudolf Palme (Austria, 1910–2005)
  • Ryan Palmer (Jamaica, born 1974)
  • Davor Palo (Denmark, born 1985)
  • Eero Paloheimo (Finland, born 1936)
  • Ethan Pang (England, born 2015)
  • Oscar Panno (Argentina, born 1935)
  • Vasily Panov (Russia, 1906–1973)
  • Mark Paragua (Philippines, born 1984)
  • Shadi Paridar (Iran, born 1986)
  • Mircea Pârligras (Romania, born 1980)
  • Bruno Parma (Slovenia, born 1941)
  • Frank Parr (England, 1918–2003)
  • Louis Paulsen (Germany, 1833–1891)
  • Wilfried Paulsen (Germany, 1828–1901)
  • Duško Pavasovič (Croatia, Slovenia, born 1976)
  • Max Pavey (US, 1918–1957)
  • Rahul Srivatshav Peddi (US, born 2002)
  • Jiří Pelikán (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 (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 (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 (United Kingdom, 1859–1896)
  • Lev Polugaevsky (Belarus, Russia, 1934–1995)
  • Arturo Pomar (Spain, 1931–2016)
  • Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine, born 1983)
  • Domenico Ponziani (Italy, 1719–1796)
  • Stepan Popel (Poland, France, US, 1909–1987)
  • Ignatz von Popiel (Austria-Hungary, Poland, 1863–1941)
  • 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 (Denmark, 1912–1981)
  • Atousa Pourkashiyan (Iran, born 1988)
  • R Praggnanandhaa (India, born 2005)
  • Borki Predojević (Bosnia, born 1987)
  • Edith Charlotte Price (England, 1872–1952)
  • Lodewijk Prins (Netherlands, 1913–1999)
  • Luca Protopopescu (France, born 2016)
  • 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 (Australia, 1935–2011)

Q

  • Qi Jingxuan (China, born 1947)
  • Qin Kanying (China, born 1974)
  • 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 (Bangladesh, born 1974)
  • Maurice Raizman (Moldova/Russia, France, 1905–1974)
  • Iweta Rajlich (Poland, born 1981)
  • Ramachandran Ramesh (India, born 1976)
  • 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 (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 (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, 1929–2000)
  • Walter Robinow (Germany, 1867–1938)
  • Ray Robson (US, born 1994)
  • Ludwig Rödl (Germany, 1907–1970)
  • Maxim Rodshtein (Israel, born 1989)
  • Hans Roepstorff (Germany, 1910–1945)
  • Ian Rogers (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 (US, born 1959)
  • Michael Roiz (Russia, Israel, born 1983)
  • Oleg Romanishin (Ukraine, born 1952)
  • 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, 1876–1942)
  • Jacob Rosenthal (US, 1881–1954)
  • Samuel Rosenthal (Poland, France, 1837–1902)
  • 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)
  • Eugéne Rousseau (France, 1805–1870)
  • Jonathan Rowson (Scotland, born 1977)
  • Shreyas Royal (India, England, born 2009)
  • Solomon Rozental (Lithuania, Belarus, Russia, 1890–1955)
  • Eduardas Rozentalis (Lithuania, born 1963)
  • Vesna Rožič (Slovenia, 1987–2013)
  • Levy Rozman (US, born 1995)
  • Ruan Lufei (China, born 1987)
  • Serge Rubanraut (China, Australia, 1948–2008)
  • Karl Ruben (Denmark, 1903–1938)
  • Jorge Rubinetti (Argentina, 1945–2016)
  • Akiba Rubinstein (Poland, Germany, Belgium, 1880–1961)
  • Emanuel Rubinstein (Poland, 1897–?)
  • José Rubinstein (Argentina, 1940–1997)
  • Simon Rubinstein (Austria, South Africa, c. 1910–1942)
  • Solomon Rubinstein (Poland, US, 1868–1931)
  • Sergei Rublevsky (Russia, born 1974)
  • Olga Rubtsova (Russia, 1909–1994)
  • Iosif Rudakovsky (Ukraine, 1914–1947)
  • Lyudmila Rudenko (Ukraine, Russia, 1904–1986)
  • Mary Rudge (England, 1842–1919)
  • Nikoly Rudnev (Ukraine, Uzbekistan, 1895–1944)
  • Anna Rudolf (Hungary, born 1987)
  • Alexander Rueb (Netherlands, 1882–1959)
  • Mikhail Rytshagov (Estonia, born 1967)

S

  • Peter Alexandrovich Saburov (Russia, 1835–1918)
  • Peter Petrovich Saburov (Russia, Switzerland, 1880–1932)
  • Antonio Sacconi (Italy, 1895–1968)
  • Tania Sachdev (India, born 1986)
  • Matthew Sadler (England, born 1974)
  • Darmen Sadvakasov (Kazakhstan, born 1979)
  • Yousof Safvat (Iran, 1940–2003)
  • Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant (France, 1800–1872)
  • Jaroslav Šajtar (Czechoslovakia, 1921–2003)
  • Konstantin Sakaev (Russia, born 1974)
  • Yuri Sakharov (Ukraine, 1922–1981)
  • Valery Salov (Russia, born 1964)
  • Alessandro Salvio (Italy, c. 1570 – c. 1640)
  • Gersz Salwe (Poland, 1862–1920)
  • Friedrich (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 (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 (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 (Russia, 1897–1970)
  • Dražen Sermek (Slovenia, born 1969)
  • Gregory Serper (Uzbekistan, US, born 1969)
  • Samuel Sevian (US, born 2000)
  • Alexander Shabalov (Latvia, US, born 1967)
  • Eglantina Shabanaj (Albania, born 1979)
  • Greg Shahade (US, born 1978)
  • Jennifer Shahade (US, born 1980)
  • Leonid Shamkovich (Russia, Israel, US, 1923–2005)
  • Gauri Shankar (India, born 1992)
  • Samuel Shankland (US, born 1991)
  • Andrey Shariyazdanov (Russia, born 1976)
  • Elizabeth Shaughnessy (Ireland, US, born 1937)
  • 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)
  • Roman Shogdzhiev (Russia, born 2015)
  • Nigel Short (England, born 1965)
  • Jackson Showalter (US, 1860–1935)
  • Yury Shulman (Belarus, US, born 1975)
  • Ilya Shumov (Russia, 1819–1881)
  • Polina Shuvalova (Russia, born 2001)
  • Félix Sicre (Cuba, 1817–1871)
  • Bruno Edgar Siegheim (Germany, South Africa, 1875–1952)
  • Guðmundur Sigurjónsson (Iceland, born 1947)
  • Jeremy Silman (US, 1954–2023)
  • Vladimir Simagin (Russia, 1919–1968)
  • Albert Simonson (US, 1914–1965)
  • Amon Simutowe (Zambia, born 1982)
  • Javokhir Sindarov (Uzbekistani, born 2005)
  • Marcel Sisniega Campbell (Mexico, 1959–2013)
  • Stanislaus Sittenfeld (Poland, France, 1865–1902)
  • Bodhana Sivanandan (England, born 2015)
  • 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 (Bosnia, Netherlands, born 1968)
  • Alexey Sokolsky (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, 1908–1969)
  • Dragan Šolak (Serbia, born 1980)
  • Alexander Solovtsov (Russia, 1847–1923)
  • Andrew Soltis (US, born 1947)
  • Julien Song (France, born 1993)
  • 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 (Bulgaria, born 1971)
  • Boris Spassky (Russia, France, 1937–2025)
  • Jon Speelman (England, born 1956)
  • Abraham Speijer (Netherlands, 1873–1956)
  • Rudolf Spielmann (Austria, Sweden, 1883–1942)
  • Kevin Spraggett (Canada, born 1954)
  • Ana Srebrnič (Slovenia, born 1984)
  • Gideon Ståhlberg (Sweden, 1908–1967)
  • Wilhelm von Stamm (Latvia, before 1899–1905)
  • Philipp Stamma (Syria, England, France, 1705–1755)
  • Fabian Stanach (Poland, born 1980)
  • Nikolaus Stanec (Austria, born 1968)
  • 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 (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 (Germany, 1849–1907)
  • Agnes Stevenson (England, before 1901–1935)
  • Lara Stock (Croatia, born 1992)
  • Mark Stolberg (Russia, 1922–1943)
  • Gösta Stoltz (Sweden, 1904–1963)
  • Leon Stolzenberg (Poland, US, 1895–1974)
  • Zurab Sturua (Georgia, born 1959)
  • Mihai Șubă (Romania, born 1947)
  • Mladen Šubarić (Croatia, 1908–1991)
  • Hugo Süchting (Germany, 1874–1916)
  • Alexey Suetin (Russia, 1926–2001)
  • Berthold Suhle (Poland, Germany, 1837–1904)
  • Franciszek Sulik (Poland, Argentina, Australia, 1908–2000)
  • Šarūnas Šulskis (Lithuania, born 1972)
  • Aaron Summerscale (England, born 1969)
  • Anne Sunnucks (England, 1927–2014)
  • Jaime Sunye Neto (Brazil, born 1957)
  • Emil Sutovsky (Azerbaijan, Israel, born 1977)
  • Duncan Suttles (Canada, born 1945)
  • Evgeny Sveshnikov (Latvia, 1950–2021)
  • Dmitry Svetushkin (Moldova, 1980–2020)
  • Peter Svidler (Russia, born 1976)
  • Rudolf Swiderski (Germany, 1878–1909)
  • Eugenio Szabados (Hungary, Italy, 1898–1974)
  • László Szabó (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 (England, US, 1804–1870)
  • Theophilus Thompson (US, 1855–1881)
  • 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 (Russia, born 1985)
  • Samuel Tinsley (England, 1847–1903)
  • Sergei Tiviakov (Russia, Netherlands, born 1973)
  • Jonathan Tisdall (US, Norway, born 1958)
  • Vladislav Tkachiev (Russia, Kazakhstan, France, born 1973)
  • Miodrag Todorcevic (Serbia, France, born 1940)
  • Alexander Tolush (Russia, 1910–1969)
  • Evgeny Tomashevsky (Russia, born 1987)
  • Vasilije Tomović (Montenegro, 1906–?)
  • Tong Yuanming (China, born 1972)
  • Alice Tonini (Italy, ?)
  • Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria, born 1975)
  • Eugenio Torre (Philippines, born 1951)
  • Carlos Torre Repetto (México, 1904–1978)
  • Yury Toshev (Bulgaria, 1907–1974)
  • Izaak Towbin (Ukraine, Poland, 1899–1941)
  • Karel Traxler (Czechoslovakia, 1866–1936)
  • Lawrence Trent (England, born 1986)
  • František Treybal (Czechoslovakia, 1882–1942)
  • Karel Treybal (Czechoslovakia, 1885–1941)
  • George Treysman (US, 1881–1959)
  • Petar Trifunović (Croatia, Serbia, 1910–1980)
  • Georgi Tringov (Bulgaria, 1937–2000)
  • Paul Truong (Vietnam, US, born 1965)
  • Cindy Tsai (US, born 1985)
  • Anatol Tschepurnoff (Finland, 1871–1942)
  • Mark Tseitlin (Russia, Israel, born 1943)
  • Mikhail Tseitlin (Belarus, Russia, born 1947)
  • Vitaly Tseshkovsky (Russia, 1944–2011)
  • Alexander Tsvetkov (Bulgaria, 1914–1990)
  • Leon Tuhan-Baranowski (Poland, Germany, 1907–1954)
  • Vladimir Tukmakov (Ukraine, born 1946)
  • Johannes Türn (Estonia, 1899–1993)
  • Abe Turner (US, 1924–1962)
  • Maxim Turov (Russia, born 1979)
  • Isador Samuel Turover (Belgium, US, 1892–1978)
  • Theodore Tylor (England, 1900–1968)
  • Dimitri Tyomkin (Canada, born 1977)
  • Alexandru Tyroler (Romania, 1891–1990)

U

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

V

  • Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France, born 1990)
  • Rafael Vaganian (Armenia, born 1951)
  • Samuil Vainshtein (Russia, 1894–1942)
  • Anatoly Vaisser (Kazakhstan, France, born 1949)
  • Povilas Vaitonis (Lithuania, Canada, 1911–1983)
  • Árpád Vajda (Hungary, 1896–1967)
  • Francisco Vallejo Pons (Spain, born 1982)
  • Michael Valvo (US, 1942–2004)
  • Johannes van den Bosch (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 (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, 1899–1931)
  • 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 (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 (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 (England, 1803–1879)
  • Max Walter (Slovakia, 1896–1940)
  • Wang Hao (China, born 1989)
  • Wang Lei (China, born 1975)
  • Wang Pin (China, born 1974)
  • Puchen Wang (China, New Zealand, born 1990)
  • Wang Rui (China, born 1978)
  • Wang Yu (China, born 1982)
  • Wang Yue (China, born 1987)
  • 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 (England, born 1962)
  • William Wayte (England, 1829–1898)
  • 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 (England, born 1965)
  • Carl Wemmers (Germany, 1845–1882)
  • 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 (England, 1810–1854)
  • Simon Williams (England, born 1979)
  • Szymon Winawer (Poland, 1838–1920)
  • Karl Gottlieb von Windisch (Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, 1725–1793)
  • Peter Winston (US, born 1958)
  • 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, born 1969)
  • Wu Wenjin (China, born 1976)
  • 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 (England, 1884–1932)
  • Ye Jiangchuan (China, born 1960)
  • Ye Rongguang (China, born 1963)
  • Olavo Yépez (Ecuador, 1937–2021)
  • Trotzky Yepez (Ecuador, 1940–2010)
  • Alex Yermolinsky (US, born 1958)
  • Betül Cemre Yıldız (Turkey, born 1989)
  • Yin Hao (China, born 1979)
  • Carissa Yip (US, born 2003)
  • 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 (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 (Russia, 1935–1971)
  • Igor Zaitsev (Russia, born 1938)

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  • Lazar Zalkind (Ukraine, 1886–1945)
  • Oswaldo Zambrana (Bolivia, born 1981)
  • Abram Zamikhovsky (Ukraine, 1908–1978)
  • Alonso Zapata (Colombia, born 1958)
  • Pablo Zarnicki (Argentina, born 1972)
  • Anna Zatonskih (Ukraine, US, born 1978)
  • Tatiana Zatulovskaya (Azerbaijan, Russia, Israel, 1935–2017)
  • Beata Zawadzka (Poland, born 1986)
  • Jolanta Zawadzka (Poland, born 1987)
  • Patrick Zelbel (Germany, born 1993)
  • Elmārs Zemgalis (Latvia, US, 1923–2014)

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  • Zhang Jilin (China, born 1986)
  • Zhang Pengxiang (China, born 1980)
  • Zhang Weida (China, born 1949)
  • Zhang Xiaowen (China, born 1989)
  • Zhang Zhong (China, Singapore, born 1978)
  • 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)

Computers

  • HAL 9000, fictional AI (see "Poole versus HAL 9000")
  • Deep Blue, the IBM chess playing computer, was victorious in a 1997 match against then-world champion Garry Kasparov.
  • 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 is the winner of the 2006 World Computer Chess Championship, its third victory at this event.
  • Rybka is an engine. As of December 2006, Rybka has topped all chess engine rating lists and won the 2007 WCCC.
  • Shredder is another strong program, having won the WCCC twice.

See also

  • List of Armenian chess players
  • List of Indian chess players
  • List of Israeli chess players
  • List of Russian chess players
  • List of female chess players
  • List of chess grandmasters
  • List of amateur chess players
  • List of chess players by peak FIDE rating

References