Chess Players
Profiles of 1092 notable chess players from four centuries of the game: every World Chess Champion, the leading grandmasters of today, and the masters who shaped chess history.
World Chess Champions
- Wilhelm Steinitz — United States
- Emanuel Lasker — German Empire
- José Raúl Capablanca — Cuba
- Alexander Alekhine — France
- Max Euwe — Netherlands
- Mikhail Botvinnik — Soviet Union
- Vasily Smyslov — Russia (peak 2620)
- Mikhail Tal — Latvia (peak 2705)
- Tigran Petrosian — Soviet Union (peak 2660)
- Boris Spassky — Russia (peak 2690)
- Bobby Fischer — United States (peak 2785)
- Anatoly Karpov — Russia (peak 2780)
- Garry Kasparov — Russia (peak 2851)
- Alexander Khalifman — Russia (peak 2702)
- Vladimir Kramnik — Russia (peak 2817)
- Ruslan Ponomariov — Ukraine (peak 2764)
- Rustam Kasimdzhanov — Uzbekistan (peak 2715)
- Veselin Topalov — Bulgaria (peak 2816)
- Viswanathan Anand — India (peak 2817)
- Magnus Carlsen — Norway (peak 2882)
- Ding Liren — China (peak 2816)
- Gukesh Dommaraju — India (peak 2794)
Women's World Chess Champions
- Vera Menchik — England
- Lyudmila Rudenko — Soviet Union
- Elisaveta Bykova — Soviet Union
- Olga Rubtsova — Russia
- Nona Gaprindashvili — Georgia (peak 2495)
- Maia Chiburdanidze — Georgia (peak 2560)
- Xie Jun — China (peak 2574)
- Susan Polgar — United States (peak 2577)
- Zhu Chen — Qatar (peak 2548)
- Antoaneta Stefanova — Bulgaria (peak 2560)
- Xu Yuhua — China (peak 2517)
- Alexandra Kosteniuk — Switzerland (peak 2561)
- Hou Yifan — China (peak 2686)
- Anna Ushenina — Ukraine (peak 2502)
- Mariya Muzychuk — Ukraine (peak 2563)
- Tan Zhongyi — China (peak 2561)
- Ju Wenjun — China (peak 2604)
Grandmasters
- Abhijeet Gupta — India (peak 2667)
- Abhimanyu Mishra — United States (peak 2638)
- Adhiban Baskaran — India (peak 2701)
- Adrian Mikhalchishin — Slovenia (peak 2552)
- Ahmed Adly — Egypt (peak 2643)
- Aivars Gipslis — Latvia (peak 2580)
- Akiba Rubinstein — Poland
- Alberto David — Italy (peak 2631)
- Albin Planinc — Yugoslavia (peak 2585)
- Albéric O'Kelly de Galway — Belgium
- Alejandro Ramírez — United States (peak 2601)
- Aleksandar Inđić — Serbia (peak 2661)
- Aleksandar Matanović — Serbia (peak 2525)
- Aleksander Delchev — Serbia (peak 2669)
- Aleksander Miśta — Poland (peak 2625)
- Aleksander Wojtkiewicz — Poland (peak 2595)
- Aleksandr Lenderman — United States (peak 2654)
- Aleksandr Rakhmanov — Russia (peak 2676)
- Aleksandra Goryachkina — Russia (peak 2611)
- Aleksej Aleksandrov — Belarus (peak 2679)
- Alex Yermolinsky — United States (peak 2660)
- Alexander Areshchenko — Ukraine (peak 2720)
- Alexander Baburin — Ireland (peak 2600)
- Alexander Beliavsky — Slovenia (peak 2710)
- Alexander Chernin — Hungary (peak 2645)
- Alexander Donchenko — Germany (peak 2684)
- Alexander Goldin — United States (peak 2630)
- Alexander Graf — Germany (peak 2661)
- Alexander Grischuk — Russia (peak 2810)
- Alexander Ipatov — Turkey (peak 2665)
- Alexander Ivanov — United States (peak 2606)
- Alexander Kotov — Soviet Union
- Alexander Moiseenko — Ukraine (peak 2726)
- Alexander Morozevich — Russia (peak 2788)
- Alexander Motylev — Romania (peak 2710)
- Alexander Onischuk — United States (peak 2701)
- Alexander Riazantsev — Russia (peak 2720)
- Alexander Shabalov — United States (peak 2645)
- Alexander Tolush — Soviet Union
- Alexander Zaitsev — Soviet Union
- Alexandr Fier — Brazil (peak 2653)
- Alexandre Dgebuadze — Georgia (peak 2563)
- Alexei Barsov — Uzbekistan (peak 2550)
- Alexei Fedorov — Belarus (peak 2684)
- Alexei Shirov — Spain (peak 2755)
- Alexey Dreev — Russia (peak 2711)
- Alexey Sarana — Serbia (peak 2717)
- Alexey Suetin — Russia (peak 2560)
- Algimantas Butnorius — Monaco (peak 2457)
- Alireza Firouzja — France (peak 2804)
- Aloyzas Kveinys — Lithuania (peak 2565)
- Amin Tabatabaei — Iran (peak 2718)
- Amir Bagheri — Iran (peak 2541)
- Anatoly Lein — United States (peak 2545)
- Anatoly Lutikov — Soviet Union (peak 2545)
- Anatoly Vaisser — France (peak 2595)
- Andor Lilienthal — Hungary (peak 2450)
- Andrei Istrățescu — Romania (peak 2677)
- Andrei Kharlov — Russia (peak 2656)
- Andrei Sokolov — France (peak 2645)
- Andrei Volokitin — Ukraine (peak 2725)
- Andrew Soltis — United States (peak 2480)
- Andrey Esipenko — Russia (peak 2723)
- András Adorján — Hungary (peak 2580)
- André Diamant — Brazil (peak 2547)
- Anish Giri — Netherlands (peak 2798)
- Anna Muzychuk — Ukraine (peak 2606)
- Ante Brkić — Croatia (peak 2642)
- Anton Demchenko — Slovenia (peak 2679)
- Anton Korobov — Ukraine (peak 2723)
- Anton Kovalyov — Argentina (peak 2664)
- Aravindh Chithambaram — India (peak 2749)
- Arjun Erigaisi — India (peak 2801)
- Arkadij Naiditsch — Bulgaria (peak 2737)
- Arman Pashikian — Armenia (peak 2663)
- Arsen Yegiazarian — Armenia (peak 2567)
- Arshak Petrosian — Armenia (peak 2514)
- Artashes Minasian — Armenia (peak 2620)
- Arthur Bisguier — United States (peak 2455)
- Artur Kogan — Israel (peak 2592)
- Artur Yusupov — Germany (peak 2680)
- Arturo Pomar — Spain (peak 2510)
- Arturs Neikšāns — Latvia (peak 2631)
- Aryan Tari — Norway (peak 2672)
- Ashot Anastasian — Armenia (peak 2606)
- Atanas Kolev — Bulgaria (peak 2604)
- Axel Bachmann — Paraguay (peak 2662)
- Baadur Jobava — Georgia (peak 2734)
- Bachar Kouatly — France (peak 2520)
- Bartosz Soćko — Poland (peak 2663)
- Bartłomiej Macieja — Poland (peak 2653)
- Bassem Amin — Egypt (peak 2712)
- Bella Khotenashvili — Georgia (peak 2531)
- Ben Finegold — United States (peak 2563)
- Benjamin Bok — Netherlands (peak 2645)
- Benjámin Gledura — Hungary (peak 2668)
- Bent Larsen — Denmark (peak 2660)
- Berge Østenstad — Norway (peak 2506)
- Bibisara Assaubayeva — Kazakhstan (peak 2527)
- Bilel Bellahcene — Algeria (peak 2620)
- Bogdan Lalić — Croatia (peak 2600)
- Bogdan-Daniel Deac — Romania (peak 2710)
- Bojan Kurajica — Croatia (peak 2595)
- Boris Alterman — Israel (peak 2616)
- Boris Avrukh — United States (peak 2668)
- Boris Chatalbashev — Denmark (peak 2613)
- Boris Gelfand — Israel (peak 2777)
- Boris Gulko — Israel (peak 2644)
- Boris Kostić — Yugoslavia
- Borislav Ivkov — Serbia (peak 2560)
- Borki Predojević — Bosnia and Herzegovina (peak 2655)
- Boško Abramović — Serbia (peak 2524)
- Branko Damljanović — Serbia (peak 2625)
- Bruno Parma — Slovenia (peak 2540)
- Bu Xiangzhi — China (peak 2731)
- Bukhuti Gurgenidze — Georgia (peak 2540)
- Carlos Guimard — Argentina (peak 2410)
- Christian Bauer — France (peak 2682)
- Christopher Lutz — Germany (peak 2655)
- Constantin Lupulescu — Romania (peak 2660)
- Csaba Balogh — Hungary (peak 2672)
- Curt Hansen — Denmark (peak 2635)
- Daniel Cámpora — Argentina (peak 2565)
- Daniel Fridman — Germany (peak 2670)
- Daniel Naroditsky — United States (peak 2647)
- Daniel Yanofsky — Canada (peak 2460)
- Daniil Dubov — Russia (peak 2720)
- Daniël Stellwagen — Netherlands (peak 2639)
- Dariusz Świercz — United States (peak 2670)
- Darmen Sadvakasov — Kazakhstan (peak 2643)
- David Antón Guijarro — Spain (peak 2703)
- David Baramidze — Germany (peak 2621)
- David Bronstein — Russia (peak 2595)
- David Howell — England (peak 2712)
- David Navara — Czech Republic (peak 2751)
- David Paravyan — Russia (peak 2660)
- Dibyendu Barua — India (peak 2561)
- Diego Flores — Argentina (peak 2634)
- Dimitri Reinderman — Netherlands (peak 2619)
- Dimitrios Mastrovasilis — Greece (peak 2631)
- Divya Deshmukh — India (peak 2510)
- Dmitry Andreikin — Russia (peak 2743)
- Dmitry Jakovenko — Russia (peak 2760)
- Dmitry Svetushkin — Moldova (peak 2621)
- Dragan Šolak — Serbia (peak 2641)
- Dragoljub Velimirović — Serbia (peak 2575)
- Dragoljub Čirić — Yugoslavia (peak 2490)
- Dražen Marović — Croatia (peak 2490)
- Duško Pavasovič — Slovenia (peak 2615)
- Edmar Mednis — United States (peak 2510)
- Eduard Gufeld — United States (peak 2570)
- Eduardas Rozentalis — Lithuania (peak 2650)
- Eduardo Iturrizaga — Spain (peak 2673)
- Edvīns Ķeņģis — Latvia (peak 2594)
- Efim Bogoljubow — Germany
- Efim Geller — Russia (peak 2620)
- Efstratios Grivas — Greece (peak 2528)
- Ehsan Ghaem Maghami — Iran (peak 2633)
- Elina Danielian — Armenia (peak 2521)
- Elisabeth Pähtz — Germany (peak 2513)
- Elizbar Ubilava — Georgia (peak 2561)
- Elshan Moradi — United States (peak 2603)
- Eltaj Safarli — Azerbaijan (peak 2694)
- Emanuel Berg — Sweden (peak 2627)
- Emil Sutovsky — Israel (peak 2703)
- Emilio Córdova — Peru (peak 2660)
- Emre Can — Turkey (peak 2606)
- Erald Dervishi — Albania (peak 2582)
- Eric Hansen — Canada (peak 2629)
- Erich Eliskases — Argentina
- Ernesto Inarkiev — Kyrgyzstan (peak 2732)
- Ernst Grünfeld — Austria
- Erwin l'Ami — Netherlands (peak 2651)
- Essam El-Gindy — Egypt (peak 2527)
- Eugene Torre — Philippines (peak 2580)
- Evgeni Vasiukov — Russia (peak 2580)
- Evgenij Ermenkov — Palestine (peak 2520)
- Evgenij Miroshnichenko — Ukraine (peak 2696)
- Evgeniy Najer — Russia (peak 2707)
- Evgeny Agrest — Sweden (peak 2616)
- Evgeny Alekseev — Israel (peak 2725)
- Evgeny Bareev — Canada (peak 2739)
- Evgeny Postny — Israel (peak 2674)
- Evgeny Romanov — North Macedonia (peak 2662)
- Evgeny Sveshnikov — Latvia (peak 2610)
- Evgeny Tomashevsky — Russia (peak 2758)
- Fabiano Caruana — United States (peak 2844)
- Farid Abbasov — Azerbaijan (peak 2578)
- Farrukh Amonatov — Tajikistan (peak 2650)
- Ferenc Berkes — Hungary (peak 2706)
- Florin Gheorghiu — Romania (peak 2605)
- Francisco Vallejo Pons — Spain (peak 2724)
- Friedrich Sämisch — Germany
- Friso Nijboer — Netherlands (peak 2641)
- Friðrik Ólafsson — Iceland (peak 2570)
- Gabriel Sargissian — Armenia (peak 2711)
- Gadir Guseinov — Azerbaijan (peak 2668)
- Gata Kamsky — France (peak 2763)
- Gawain Maroroa Jones — England (peak 2709)
- Gedeon Barcza — Hungary (peak 2490)
- Gennadi Sosonko — Netherlands (peak 2595)
- Gennady Kuzmin — Ukraine (peak 2600)
- Georg Meier — Germany (peak 2671)
- Georgi Tringov — Bulgaria (peak 2495)
- Georgy Agzamov — Soviet Union (peak 2590)
- Gerardo Barbero — Argentina (peak 2520)
- Gideon Ståhlberg — Sweden
- Gilberto Hernández Guerrero — Mexico (peak 2572)
- Gilberto Milos — Brazil (peak 2644)
- Gildardo García — Colombia (peak 2540)
- Giovanni Vescovi — Brazil (peak 2660)
- Gregory Kaidanov — United States (peak 2646)
- Gregory Serper — United States (peak 2600)
- Grigoriy Oparin — Russia (peak 2687)
- Grigory Levenfish — Russian Empire
- Guillermo García González — Cuba (peak 2585)
- Gyula Sax — Hungary (peak 2610)
- Győző Forintos — Hungary (peak 2495)
- Géza Maróczy — Hungary
- Gösta Stoltz — Sweden
- Haik M. Martirosyan — Armenia (peak 2708)
- Hannes Stefánsson — Iceland (peak 2604)
- Hans Ree — Netherlands (peak 2520)
- Hans Tikkanen — Sweden (peak 2596)
- Harika Dronavalli — India (peak 2543)
- Heikki Westerinen — Finland (peak 2485)
- Helgi Grétarsson — Iceland (peak 2563)
- Helgi Ólafsson — Iceland (peak 2595)
- Henrique Mecking — Brazil (peak 2635)
- Hermann Pilnik — Argentina
- Hichem Hamdouchi — Morocco (peak 2628)
- Hikaru Nakamura — United States (peak 2816)
- Hoang Thanh Trang — Hungary (peak 2511)
- Hrant Melkumyan — Armenia (peak 2678)
- Hristos Banikas — Greece (peak 2646)
- Héctor Rossetto — Argentina (peak 2465)
- Ian Nepomniachtchi — Russia (peak 2795)
- Ian Rogers — Australia (peak 2618)
- Igor Bondarevsky — Soviet Union
- Igor Glek — Germany (peak 2670)
- Igor Kovalenko — Ukraine (peak 2702)
- Igor Kurnosov — Russia (peak 2680)
- Igor Miladinović — Serbia (peak 2630)
- Igor Novikov — Ukraine (peak 2614)
- Igor Zaitsev — Russia (peak 2520)
- Ildar Ibragimov — Russia (peak 2637)
- Illia Nyzhnyk — Ukraine (peak 2692)
- Ilya Smirin — Israel (peak 2702)
- Ioannis Nikolaidis — Greece (peak 2585)
- Irina Krush — United States (peak 2502)
- Irisberto Herrera — Spain (peak 2487)
- Isa Kasimi — Bangladesh (peak 2575)
- Isaac Boleslavsky — Soviet Union
- Isaac Kashdan — United States
- István Bilek — Hungary (peak 2500)
- István Csom — Hungary (peak 2545)
- Ivan Bukavshin — Russia (peak 2657)
- Ivan Cheparinov — Bulgaria (peak 2718)
- Ivan Ivanišević — Serbia (peak 2665)
- Ivan Popov — Russia (peak 2661)
- Ivan Radulov — Bulgaria (peak 2530)
- Ivan Sokolov — Netherlands (peak 2706)
- Ivan Šarić — Croatia (peak 2703)
- Iván Faragó — Hungary (peak 2540)
- Iván Morovic — Chile (peak 2613)
- Iván Salgado López — Spain (peak 2662)
- Jaan Ehlvest — United States (peak 2660)
- Jacob Aagaard — Denmark (peak 2542)
- Jacques Mieses — Germany
- Jaime Sunye Neto — Brazil (peak 2558)
- James Tarjan — United States (peak 2540)
- Jan Gustafsson — Germany (peak 2652)
- Jan Hein Donner — Netherlands (peak 2500)
- Jan Smeets — Netherlands (peak 2669)
- Jan Timman — Netherlands (peak 2680)
- Jan-Krzysztof Duda — Poland (peak 2760)
- Javokhir Sindarov — Uzbekistan (peak 2776)
- Jeffery Xiong — United States (peak 2712)
- Joel Benjamin — United States (peak 2620)
- John Fedorowicz — United States (peak 2574)
- John Nunn — England (peak 2630)
- John van der Wiel — Netherlands (peak 2590)
- Jon Ludvig Hammer — Norway (peak 2705)
- Jon Speelman — England (peak 2645)
- Jonathan Hawkins — England (peak 2592)
- Jonathan Mestel — England (peak 2545)
- Jonathan Rowson — Scotland (peak 2599)
- Jonathan Tisdall — Norway (peak 2515)
- Jonny Hector — Sweden (peak 2609)
- Jorden van Foreest — Netherlands (peak 2736)
- Jorge Cori — Peru (peak 2689)
- Joseph Gallagher — Switzerland (peak 2563)
- Josif Dorfman — France (peak 2617)
- Joël Lautier — France (peak 2687)
- Juan Manuel Bellón López — Sweden (peak 2510)
- Judit Polgár — Hungary (peak 2735)
- Julian Hodgson — England (peak 2640)
- Julio Granda — Peru (peak 2699)
- Ján Plachetka — Slovakia (peak 2480)
- Jóhann Hjartarson — Iceland (peak 2640)
- József Pintér — Hungary (peak 2595)
- Jānis Klovāns — Latvia (peak 2530)
- Kacper Piorun — Poland (peak 2685)
- Kaido Külaots — Estonia (peak 2609)
- Karen Asrian — Armenia (peak 2646)
- Karen Movsziszian — Armenia (peak 2570)
- Karl Robatsch — Austria (peak 2460)
- Karsten Müller — Germany (peak 2558)
- Karthikeyan Murali — India (peak 2669)
- Kateryna Lagno — Russia (peak 2563)
- Keith Arkell — England (peak 2545)
- Kenneth Rogoff — United States (peak 2520)
- Kenny Solomon — South Africa (peak 2461)
- Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant — Scotland (peak 2506)
- Kevin Spraggett — Canada (peak 2633)
- Kiril Georgiev — Bulgaria (peak 2695)
- Kirill Alekseenko — Russia (peak 2715)
- Kirill Shevchenko — Romania (peak 2694)
- Kjetil Aleksander Lie — Norway (peak 2563)
- Klaus Bischoff — Germany (peak 2569)
- Klaus Darga — Germany (peak 2540)
- Koneru Humpy — India (peak 2623)
- Konstantin Landa — Russia (peak 2678)
- Konstantin Lerner — Ukraine (peak 2605)
- Konstantin Sakaev — Russia (peak 2677)
- Krikor Mekhitarian — Brazil (peak 2589)
- Krishnan Sasikiran — India (peak 2720)
- Krunoslav Hulak — Croatia (peak 2570)
- Lajos Portisch — Hungary (peak 2655)
- Larry Christiansen — United States (peak 2625)
- Larry Evans — United States (peak 2555)
- Laurent Fressinet — France (peak 2720)
- Lei Tingjie — China (peak 2569)
- Leif Øgaard — Norway (peak 2510)
- Leinier Domínguez — United States (peak 2768)
- Lembit Oll — Estonia (peak 2655)
- Leonid Gofshtein — Israel (peak 2580)
- Leonid Shamkovich — Israel (peak 2540)
- Leonid Stein — Soviet Union (peak 2620)
- Leonid Yudasin — Israel (peak 2645)
- Lev Alburt — United States (peak 2580)
- Lev Gutman — Germany (peak 2547)
- Lev Polugaevsky — Russia (peak 2645)
- Lev Psakhis — Israel (peak 2625)
- Levan Pantsulaia — Georgia (peak 2629)
- Levente Lengyel — Hungary (peak 2485)
- Levon Aronian — United States (peak 2830)
- Li Chao — China (peak 2758)
- Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu — Romania (peak 2707)
- Ljubomir Ljubojević — Serbia (peak 2645)
- Loek van Wely — Netherlands (peak 2714)
- Lothar Schmid — Germany (peak 2550)
- Lubomir Kavalek — United States (peak 2625)
- Luděk Pachman — Czech Republic (peak 2520)
- Luke McShane — England (peak 2713)
- László Bárczay — Hungary (peak 2485)
- László Szabó — Hungary
- Lázaro Bruzón — United States (peak 2717)
- Lê Quang Liêm — Vietnam (peak 2741)
- Mahammad Muradli — Azerbaijan (peak 2617)
- Margeir Pétursson — Iceland (peak 2585)
- Marie Sebag — France (peak 2537)
- Mark Bluvshtein — Israel (peak 2611)
- Mark Hebden — England (peak 2590)
- Mark Taimanov — Russia (peak 2600)
- Mark Tseitlin — Israel (peak 2545)
- Markus Ragger — Austria (peak 2703)
- Martyn Kravtsiv — Ukraine (peak 2685)
- Mateusz Bartel — Poland (peak 2677)
- Mato Damjanović — Croatia (peak 2490)
- Matthew Sadler — England (peak 2694)
- Matthias Blübaum — Germany (peak 2698)
- Maurice Ashley — United States (peak 2504)
- Maxim Dlugy — United States (peak 2570)
- Maxim Matlakov — Russia (peak 2738)
- Maxim Rodshtein — Israel (peak 2710)
- Maxime Lagarde — France (peak 2659)
- Maxime Vachier-Lagrave — France (peak 2819)
- Merab Gagunashvili — Georgia (peak 2625)
- Michael Adams — England (peak 2761)
- Michael Roiz — Israel (peak 2680)
- Michał Krasenkow — Poland (peak 2702)
- Michele Godena — Italy (peak 2561)
- Miguel Illescas — Spain (peak 2640)
- Miguel Najdorf — Argentina
- Miguel Quinteros — Argentina (peak 2555)
- Mihai Șubă — Romania (peak 2580)
- Mihail Marin — Romania (peak 2616)
- Mikhail Antipov — United States (peak 2626)
- Mikhail Gurevich — Belgium (peak 2694)
- Milan Matulović — Serbia (peak 2530)
- Milan Vidmar — Yugoslavia
- Milko Bobotsov — Bulgaria (peak 2485)
- Mircea Pârligras — Romania (peak 2657)
- Miroslav Filip — Czech Republic (peak 2510)
- Mišo Cebalo — Croatia (peak 2570)
- Mladen Palac — Croatia (peak 2631)
- Mohammed Al-Modiahki — Qatar (peak 2588)
- Monika Soćko — Poland (peak 2505)
- Murray Chandler — New Zealand (peak 2605)
- Mustafa Yılmaz — Turkey (peak 2665)
- Nadezhda Kosintseva — Russia (peak 2576)
- Nana Dzagnidze — Georgia (peak 2573)
- Natalia Zhukova — Ukraine (peak 2499)
- Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn — Vietnam (peak 2665)
- Ni Hua — China (peak 2724)
- Nick de Firmian — United States (peak 2610)
- Nicolas Rossolimo — France
- Nidjat Mamedov — Azerbaijan (peak 2624)
- Nigel Davies — England (peak 2530)
- Nigel Short — England (peak 2712)
- Nihal Sarin — India (peak 2723)
- Nijat Abasov — Azerbaijan (peak 2679)
- Nikita Vitiugov — Russia (peak 2751)
- Nikola Padevsky — Bulgaria (peak 2490)
- Nikolai Krogius — Russia (peak 2575)
- Nils Grandelius — Sweden (peak 2694)
- Nino Batsiashvili — Georgia (peak 2528)
- Nodirbek Abdusattorov — Uzbekistan (peak 2783)
- Nodirbek Yakubboev — Uzbekistan (peak 2691)
- Normunds Miezis — Latvia (peak 2601)
- Ognjen Cvitan — Croatia (peak 2585)
- Oldřich Duras — Czechoslovakia
- Oleg Romanishin — Ukraine (peak 2615)
- Olexandr Bortnyk — Ukraine (peak 2610)
- Olga Girya — Russia (peak 2505)
- Oscar Panno — Argentina (peak 2585)
- Ossip Bernstein — France
- Pablo Ricardi — Argentina (peak 2575)
- Pablo Zarnicki — Argentina (peak 2570)
- Pal Benko — United States (peak 2530)
- Parham Maghsoodloo — Iran (peak 2742)
- Parimarjan Negi — India (peak 2671)
- Paul Keres — Estonia (peak 2615)
- Paul van der Sterren — Netherlands (peak 2605)
- Pavel Eljanov — Ukraine (peak 2765)
- Pavel Tregubov — Russia (peak 2658)
- Peng Zhaoqin — Netherlands (peak 2472)
- Pentala Harikrishna — India (peak 2770)
- Petar Genov — Bulgaria (peak 2526)
- Petar Popović — Serbia (peak 2575)
- Petar Trifunović — Yugoslavia
- Peter Heine Nielsen — Denmark (peak 2700)
- Peter Leko — Hungary (peak 2763)
- Peter Svidler — Russia (peak 2769)
- Pia Cramling — Sweden (peak 2550)
- Pouya Idani — Iran (peak 2647)
- Predrag Nikolić — Bosnia and Herzegovina (peak 2676)
- Péter Ács — Hungary (peak 2623)
- R Praggnanandhaa — India (peak 2785)
- Radosław Wojtaszek — Poland (peak 2750)
- Rafael Leitão — Brazil (peak 2652)
- Rafael Vaganian — Armenia (peak 2670)
- Rafał Antoniewski — Poland (peak 2614)
- Ralf Åkesson — Sweden (peak 2535)
- Ratmir Kholmov — Russia (peak 2550)
- Rauf Mamedov — Azerbaijan (peak 2709)
- Raunak Sadhwani — India (peak 2681)
- Ray Robson — United States (peak 2704)
- Raymond Keene — England (peak 2510)
- Reuben Fine — United States
- Richárd Rapport — Hungary (peak 2776)
- Robert Byrne — United States (peak 2605)
- Robert Fontaine — Switzerland (peak 2572)
- Robert Hovhannisyan — Armenia (peak 2650)
- Robert Hübner — Germany (peak 2640)
- Robert Kempiński — Poland (peak 2652)
- Roberto Cifuentes — Spain (peak 2555)
- Robin van Kampen — Netherlands (peak 2658)
- Romain Édouard — France (peak 2702)
- Roman Dzindzichashvili — United States (peak 2595)
- Rubén Felgaer — Argentina (peak 2624)
- Rune Djurhuus — Norway (peak 2530)
- Rustem Dautov — Germany (peak 2636)
- S. P. Sethuraman — India (peak 2673)
- Saidali Iuldachev — Uzbekistan (peak 2559)
- Salem Saleh — United Arab Emirates (peak 2690)
- Salo Flohr — Czechoslovakia
- Sam Shankland — United States (peak 2731)
- Samuel Reshevsky — United States
- Samuel Sevian — United States (peak 2703)
- Samvel Ter-Sahakyan — Armenia (peak 2652)
- Sanan Sjugirov — Russia (peak 2712)
- Sandipan Chanda — India (peak 2656)
- Sandro Mareco — Argentina (peak 2666)
- Savielly Tartakower — France
- Sebastian Bogner — Switzerland (peak 2619)
- Semyon Furman — Soviet Union
- Sergei Azarov — Belarus (peak 2667)
- Sergei Movsesian — Armenia (peak 2751)
- Sergei Rublevsky — Russia (peak 2706)
- Sergei Shipov — Russia (peak 2662)
- Sergei Tiviakov — Netherlands (peak 2699)
- Sergei Zhigalko — Belarus (peak 2696)
- Sergey Dolmatov — Russia (peak 2630)
- Sergey Fedorchuk — Ukraine (peak 2674)
- Sergey Karjakin — Russia (peak 2788)
- Sergey Volkov — Russia (peak 2659)
- Sergio Mariotti — Italy (peak 2500)
- Shakhriyar Mamedyarov — Azerbaijan (peak 2820)
- Simen Agdestein — Norway (peak 2637)
- Slim Bouaziz — Tunisia (peak 2515)
- Smbat Lputian — Armenia (peak 2640)
- Stanislav Bogdanovich — Ukraine (peak 2616)
- Stuart Conquest — England (peak 2601)
- Suat Atalık — Serbia (peak 2632)
- Surya Shekhar Ganguly — India (peak 2676)
- Svetozar Gligorić — Serbia (peak 2600)
- Sébastien Feller — France (peak 2668)
- Tamaz Gelashvili — Georgia (peak 2623)
- Tamir Nabaty — Israel (peak 2697)
- Tatiana Kosintseva — Russia (peak 2581)
- Teimour Radjabov — Azerbaijan (peak 2793)
- Thai Dai Van Nguyen — Czech Republic (peak 2677)
- Thomas Luther — Germany (peak 2604)
- Tiger Hillarp Persson — Sweden (peak 2618)
- Tigran Gharamian — France (peak 2676)
- Tigran L. Petrosian — Armenia (peak 2671)
- Timur Gareyev — Uzbekistan (peak 2682)
- Tomi Nybäck — Finland (peak 2656)
- Tony Miles — United States (peak 2635)
- Ulf Andersson — Sweden (peak 2655)
- Utut Adianto — Indonesia (peak 2615)
- Vadim Malakhatko — Belgium (peak 2633)
- Vadim Milov — Switzerland (peak 2705)
- Vadim Zvjaginsev — Russia (peak 2688)
- Vaishali Rameshbabu — India (peak 2506)
- Valentina Gunina — Russia (peak 2548)
- Valery Chekhov — Russia (peak 2550)
- Valery Salov — Russia (peak 2715)
- Varuzhan Akobian — United States (peak 2673)
- Vasif Durarbayli — Azerbaijan (peak 2638)
- Vasil Spasov — Bulgaria (peak 2621)
- Vasilios Kotronias — Cyprus (peak 2628)
- Vasja Pirc — Yugoslavia
- Vasyl Ivanchuk — Ukraine (peak 2787)
- Ventzislav Inkiov — Bulgaria (peak 2538)
- Vereslav Eingorn — Ukraine (peak 2611)
- Viacheslav Ragozin — Soviet Union
- Victor Bologan — Moldova (peak 2734)
- Victor Ciocâltea — Romania (peak 2480)
- Vidit Gujrathi — India (peak 2747)
- Viktor Erdős — Hungary (peak 2661)
- Viktor Gavrikov — Switzerland (peak 2605)
- Viktor Korchnoi — Switzerland (peak 2695)
- Viktor Kupreichik — Belarus (peak 2580)
- Viktor Láznička — Czech Republic (peak 2704)
- Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen — Lithuania (peak 2542)
- Vincent Keymer — Germany (peak 2776)
- Viorel Iordachescu — Moldova (peak 2651)
- Vitali Golod — Israel (peak 2606)
- Vitaly Tseshkovsky — Russia (peak 2600)
- Vladimir Akopian — United States (peak 2713)
- Vladimir Antoshin — Soviet Union (peak 2515)
- Vladimir Bagirov — Latvia
- Vladimir Baklan — Ukraine (peak 2656)
- Vladimir Burmakin — Russia (peak 2627)
- Vladimir Chuchelov — Belgium (peak 2608)
- Vladimir Epishin — Russia (peak 2675)
- Vladimir Fedoseev — Slovenia (peak 2739)
- Vladimir Georgiev — Bulgaria (peak 2596)
- Vladimir Malakhov — Russia (peak 2732)
- Vladimir Malaniuk — Ukraine (peak 2635)
- Vladimir Potkin — Russia (peak 2684)
- Vladimir Savon — Ukraine (peak 2590)
- Vladimir Tukmakov — Ukraine (peak 2610)
- Vladislav Artemiev — Russia (peak 2761)
- Vladislav Kovalev — Belarus (peak 2703)
- Vladislav Nevednichy — Romania (peak 2604)
- Vladislav Tkachiev — France (peak 2672)
- Vlastimil Babula — Czech Republic (peak 2608)
- Vlastimil Hort — Germany (peak 2620)
- Vlastimil Jansa — Czech Republic (peak 2540)
- Vlatko Kovačević — Croatia (peak 2560)
- Volodar Murzin — Russia (peak 2678)
- Vugar Gashimov — Azerbaijan (peak 2761)
- Walter Arencibia — Cuba (peak 2573)
- Walter Browne — Australia (peak 2590)
- Wang Hao — China (peak 2763)
- Wang Yue — China (peak 2756)
- Wei Yi — China (peak 2763)
- Wesley So — United States (peak 2822)
- William Lombardy — United States (peak 2540)
- Wolfgang Uhlmann — Germany (peak 2575)
- Wolfgang Unzicker — Germany (peak 2545)
- Włodzimierz Schmidt — Poland (peak 2505)
- Xu Jun — China (peak 2668)
- Yannick Pelletier — Switzerland (peak 2624)
- Yasser Seirawan — United States (peak 2658)
- Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş — Turkey (peak 2713)
- Ye Jiangchuan — China (peak 2684)
- Yehuda Gruenfeld — Israel (peak 2550)
- Yona Kosashvili — Israel (peak 2580)
- Yrjö Rantanen — Finland (peak 2465)
- Yu Yangyi — China (peak 2765)
- Yuniesky Quesada — Cuba (peak 2655)
- Yuri Averbakh — Russia (peak 2550)
- Yuri Balashov — Russia (peak 2600)
- Yuri Razuvaev — Russia (peak 2625)
- Yuriy Kryvoruchko — Ukraine (peak 2717)
- Yuriy Kuzubov — Ukraine (peak 2699)
- Yury Dokhoian — Russia (peak 2580)
- Yury Shulman — United States (peak 2648)
- Zahar Efimenko — Ukraine (peak 2708)
- Zaven Andriasian — Armenia (peak 2645)
- Zdenko Kožul — Croatia (peak 2640)
- Zenón Franco Ocampos — Paraguay (peak 2542)
- Zhang Pengxiang — China (peak 2657)
- Zhang Zhong — Singapore (peak 2667)
- Zhansaya Abdumalik — Kazakhstan (peak 2507)
- Zhao Jun — China (peak 2641)
- Zhao Xue — China (peak 2579)
- Zhou Jianchao — China (peak 2669)
- Zhu Jiner — China (peak 2579)
- Zoltan Gyimesi — Hungary (peak 2674)
- Zoltán Almási — Hungary (peak 2726)
- Zoltán Ribli — Hungary (peak 2630)
- Zurab Azmaiparashvili — Georgia (peak 2702)
- Zurab Sturua — Georgia (peak 2605)
- Zviad Izoria — Georgia (peak 2660)
- Étienne Bacrot — France (peak 2749)
- Ľubomír Ftáčnik — Slovakia (peak 2618)
- Šarūnas Šulskis — Lithuania (peak 2596)
Titled players
- Adriana Nikolova — Bulgaria (peak 2389)
- Agnieszka Brustman — Poland (peak 2415)
- Aleksandra Maltsevskaya — Poland (peak 2411)
- Alexandra Botez — Canada (peak 2092)
- Alina Kashlinskaya — Russia (peak 2505)
- Alina l'Ami — Romania (peak 2446)
- Alisa Galliamova — Russia (peak 2560)
- Alisa Marić — Serbia (peak 2489)
- Alla Kushnir — Israel (peak 2430)
- Almira Skripchenko — France (peak 2498)
- Ana Matnadze — Spain (peak 2447)
- Andrija Fuderer — Belgium
- Anita Gara — Hungary (peak 2405)
- Anna Akhsharumova — United States (peak 2400)
- Anna Cramling — Sweden (peak 2211)
- Anna M. Sargsyan — Armenia (peak 2405)
- Anna Rudolf — Hungary (peak 2393)
- Anna Sharevich — United States (peak 2378)
- Anna Zatonskih — United States (peak 2537)
- Anna-Maria Botsari — Greece (peak 2394)
- Antonio Medina García — Spain
- Arianne Caoili — Australia (peak 2309)
- Arnold Denker — United States (peak 2340)
- Arthur Dake — United States (peak 2365)
- Ashot Nadanian — Armenia (peak 2475)
- Atousa Pourkashiyan — Iran (peak 2374)
- Aynur Sofiyeva — Azerbaijan (peak 2420)
- Barbara Hund — Switzerland (peak 2370)
- Batkhuyag Munguntuul — Mongolia (peak 2467)
- Berna Carrasco — Chile (peak 2165)
- Betül Cemre Yıldız — Turkey (peak 2379)
- Bogdan Śliwa — Poland (peak 2370)
- Boris Verlinsky — Russian Empire
- Borislava Borisova — Sweden (peak 2210)
- Braslav Rabar — Yugoslavia
- Camilla Baginskaite — Lithuania (peak 2365)
- Carissa Yip — United States (peak 2486)
- Carl Ahues — Germany
- Carl Carls — Germany
- Carlos Bielicki — Argentina (peak 2365)
- Carlos Torre Repetto — Mexico
- Carolina Luján — Argentina (peak 2419)
- Cecil Purdy — New Zealand
- Chantal Chaudé de Silans — France
- Clarice Benini — Italy
- Claudia Amura — Argentina (peak 2405)
- Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander — England
- Corina Peptan — Romania (peak 2485)
- Cristina Adela Foișor — Romania (peak 2444)
- Dagnė Čiukšytė — England (peak 2450)
- Dana Reizniece-Ozola — Latvia (peak 2355)
- Daniela Nuțu-Gajić — Australia (peak 2355)
- Deimantė Cornette — France (peak 2470)
- Demis Hassabis — England (peak 2300)
- Deysi Cori — Peru (peak 2444)
- Dina Belenkaya — Israel (peak 2364)
- Dinara Saduakassova — Kazakhstan (peak 2519)
- Donald Byrne — United States (peak 2475)
- Dorsa Derakhshani — United States (peak 2405)
- Dragoljub Minić — Yugoslavia (peak 2490)
- Edith Keller-Herrmann — Germany (peak 2290)
- Eero Böök — Finland
- Eesha Karavade — India (peak 2425)
- Eileen Betsy Tranmer — England
- Ekaterina Atalik — Turkey (peak 2481)
- Ekaterina Korbut — Russia (peak 2468)
- Ekaterina Kovalevskaya — Russia (peak 2507)
- Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya — United States (peak 2435)
- Elena Sedina — Italy (peak 2434)
- Elena Tairova — Russia (peak 2455)
- Elisabeta Polihroniade — Romania (peak 2310)
- Emory Tate — United States (peak 2413)
- Enrico Paoli — Switzerland (peak 2355)
- Erik Lundin — Sweden
- Esteban Canal — Peru
- Eva Moser — Austria (peak 2471)
- Eva Repková — Slovakia (peak 2447)
- Evgeniya Doluhanova — Ukraine (peak 2367)
- Faustino Oro — Argentina (peak 2528)
- Fedir Bohatyrchuk — Canada
- Fedor Duz-Khotimirsky — Russian Empire
- Fenny Heemskerk — Netherlands (peak 2050)
- Gaioz Nigalidze — Georgia (peak 2566)
- Genrikh Kasparyan — Soviet Union
- George Koltanowski — Belgium
- Georgy Lisitsin — Soviet Union
- Gertrude Baumstark — Germany (peak 2245)
- Gisela Kahn Gresser — United States (peak 2100)
- Govhar Beydullayeva — Azerbaijan (peak 2417)
- Gunay Mammadzada — Azerbaijan (peak 2483)
- Guo Qi — China (peak 2462)
- Géza Nagy — Hungary
- Hanna Ereńska-Barlo — Poland (peak 2310)
- Hans Johner — Switzerland
- Hans Kmoch — Austria
- Harriet Hunt — England (peak 2463)
- Harry Golombek — England
- Henri Grob — Switzerland
- Henry Ernest Atkins — England
- Herman Steiner — United States
- Huang Qian — China (peak 2494)
- Iivo Nei — Estonia (peak 2510)
- Ildikó Mádl — Hungary (peak 2435)
- Ilir Seitaj — Albania (peak 2425)
- Inna Gaponenko — Ukraine (peak 2482)
- Irene Kharisma Sukandar — Indonesia (peak 2432)
- Irina Bulmaga — Romania (peak 2453)
- Irina Chelushkina — Serbia (peak 2415)
- Irina Levitina — United States (peak 2425)
- Israel Albert Horowitz — United States
- Iva Videnova — Bulgaria (peak 2401)
- Jan Foltys — Czechoslovakia
- Jana Bellin — England (peak 2340)
- Jana Jacková — Czech Republic (peak 2423)
- Jeff Sarwer — Finland (peak 2344)
- Jennifer Shahade — United States (peak 2366)
- Jeremy Silman — United States (peak 2420)
- Joanna Dworakowska — Poland (peak 2445)
- Joaquim Durão — Portugal (peak 2360)
- John L. Watson — United States (peak 2430)
- Jolanta Zawadzka — Poland (peak 2449)
- Jonathan Penrose — England (peak 2450)
- Joshua Waitzkin — United States (peak 2480)
- Jovana Rapport — Hungary (peak 2388)
- Jovanka Houska — England (peak 2433)
- Julio Bolbochán — Argentina
- Julio Kaplan — Puerto Rico (peak 2480)
- Jørn Sloth — Denmark (peak 2400)
- Kaarle Ojanen — Finland (peak 2380)
- Karel Opočenský — Czechoslovakia
- Karina Ambartsumova — Russia (peak 2418)
- Karina Cyfka — Poland (peak 2431)
- Katarina Blagojević — Serbia (peak 2340)
- Ketino Kachiani — Germany (peak 2465)
- Khanim Balajayeva — Azerbaijan (peak 2404)
- Khosro Harandi — Iran (peak 2430)
- Kira Zvorykina — Soviet Union (peak 2295)
- Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska — Poland (peak 2160)
- Kurt Richter — Germany
- Květa Eretová — Czech Republic (peak 2205)
- Kübra Öztürk — Turkey (peak 2364)
- Lajos Asztalos — Hungary
- Lajos Steiner — Australia
- Lara Stock — Croatia (peak 2346)
- Larissa Volpert — Estonia
- Laura Rogule — Latvia (peak 2362)
- Laura Unuk — Slovenia (peak 2407)
- Lela Javakhishvili — Georgia (peak 2500)
- Lenka Ptáčníková — Iceland (peak 2317)
- Levy Rozman — United States (peak 2421)
- Lidia Semenova — Ukraine (peak 2350)
- Lilit Mkrtchian — Armenia (peak 2503)
- Lodewijk Prins — Netherlands (peak 2410)
- Ludwig Rellstab — Germany
- Mai Narva — Estonia (peak 2426)
- Manuel Aaron — India (peak 2415)
- Margarita Voyska — Bulgaria (peak 2390)
- Maria Kouvatsou — Greece (peak 2235)
- Maria Kursova — Armenia (peak 2366)
- Maria Manakova — Serbia (peak 2395)
- Marina Brunello — Italy (peak 2400)
- Marina Makropoulou — Greece (peak 2330)
- Mario Bertok — Croatia (peak 2440)
- Mario Monticelli — Italy
- Maritza Arribas Robaina — Cuba (peak 2366)
- Mark Dvoretsky — Russia (peak 2540)
- Marta Litinskaya-Shul — Ukraine (peak 2415)
- Martha Fierro — Ecuador (peak 2411)
- Mary Ann Gomes — India (peak 2423)
- Mary Bain — United States
- María Teresa Mora — Cuba
- Melissa Greeff — South Africa (peak 2126)
- Meri Arabidze — Georgia (peak 2462)
- Michael Basman — England (peak 2410)
- Milunka Lazarević — Serbia (peak 2320)
- Mitra Hejazipour — Iran (peak 2376)
- Mona Khaled — Egypt (peak 2224)
- Mona May Karff — United States (peak 2135)
- Monica Calzetta Ruiz — Spain (peak 2386)
- Moshe Czerniak — Israel
- Mária Ivánka — Hungary (peak 2320)
- Nana Alexandria — Georgia (peak 2415)
- Nana Ioseliani — Georgia (peak 2520)
- Natalia Pogonina — Russia (peak 2508)
- Nataliya Buksa — Ukraine (peak 2437)
- Nava Starr — Canada (peak 2220)
- Nazí Paikidze — United States (peak 2455)
- Nelly Aginian — Armenia (peak 2380)
- Nemo Zhou — Finland (peak 2367)
- Nino Gurieli — Georgia (peak 2400)
- Nino Khurtsidze — Georgia (peak 2472)
- Nino Maisuradze — Georgia (peak 2349)
- Nisha Mohota — India (peak 2416)
- Nurgyul Salimova — Bulgaria (peak 2449)
- Olaf Barda — Norway
- Olga Alexandrova — Bulgaria (peak 2462)
- Olga Zimina — Italy (peak 2431)
- Oliwia Kiołbasa — Poland (peak 2429)
- Ortvin Sarapu — New Zealand
- Padmini Rout — India (peak 2454)
- Paul Felix Schmidt — Estonia
- Paulino Frydman — Argentina
- Phiona Mutesi — Uganda (peak 1774)
- Phạm Lê Thảo Nguyên — Vietnam (peak 2426)
- Polina Shuvalova — Russia (peak 2516)
- Pyotr Romanovsky — Russian Empire
- Qin Kanying — China (peak 2501)
- Rani Hamid — Bangladesh (peak 2230)
- Rashid Nezhmetdinov — Soviet Union (peak 2455)
- Raúl Sanguineti — Argentina (peak 2530)
- Regina Pokorná — Austria (peak 2429)
- Ruan Lufei — China (peak 2503)
- Rusudan Goletiani — United States (peak 2403)
- Róża Herman — Poland
- Sabina-Francesca Foisor — United States (peak 2386)
- Sabrina Vega — Spain (peak 2427)
- Salome Melia — Georgia (peak 2475)
- Salomėja Zaksaitė — Lithuania (peak 2336)
- Sarasadat Khademalsharieh — Iran (peak 2494)
- Shen Yang — China (peak 2479)
- Shohreh Bayat — Iran (peak 2104)
- Shrook Wafa — Egypt (peak 2183)
- Sir George Thomas, 7th Baronet — United Kingdom
- Sofia Polgar — Hungary (peak 2505)
- Sonja Graf — Argentina
- Sophie Milliet — France (peak 2421)
- Sopiko Guramishvili — Georgia (peak 2441)
- Soumya Swaminathan — India (peak 2428)
- Stavroula Tsolakidou — Greece (peak 2479)
- Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi — India (peak 2485)
- Svetlana Petrenko — Moldova (peak 2364)
- Szidonia Vajda — Hungary (peak 2418)
- Tania Sachdev — India (peak 2443)
- Tatev Abrahamyan — Armenia (peak 2407)
- Tatiana Zatulovskaya — Israel (peak 2245)
- Tatjana Lematschko — Bulgaria (peak 2370)
- Teodora Injac — Serbia (peak 2474)
- Ticia Gara — Israel (peak 2385)
- Turkan Mamedyarova — Azerbaijan (peak 2322)
- Ulviyya Fataliyeva — Azerbaijan (peak 2450)
- Valentina Borisenko — Soviet Union
- Valentina Golubenko — Croatia (peak 2316)
- Valentina Kozlovskaya — Russia (peak 2315)
- Vantika Agrawal — India (peak 2435)
- Vasik Rajlich — Poland (peak 2384)
- Vasily Panov — Soviet Union
- Vera Nebolsina — Russia (peak 2389)
- Vladas Mikėnas — Estonia (peak 2410)
- Vladimir Alatortsev — Soviet Union
- Vladimir Makogonov — Azerbaijan
- Wang Pin — China (peak 2506)
- Werner Hug — Switzerland (peak 2485)
- William Hartston — England (peak 2485)
- Xu Yuanyuan — China (peak 2437)
- Yakov Estrin — Soviet Union
- Yelena Dembo — Greece (peak 2482)
- Yochanan Afek — Israel (peak 2430)
- Yoshiharu Habu — Japan (peak 2415)
- Yuliia Osmak — Ukraine (peak 2478)
- Yuliya Shvayger — Israel (peak 2442)
- Zeinab Mamedyarova — Azerbaijan (peak 2384)
- Zsuzsa Verőci — Hungary (peak 2415)
- Zuzana Hagarová — Slovakia (peak 2430)
- Árpád Vajda — Hungary
Historical masters
- Aaron Alexandre — France
- Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli — Iraq
- Adolf Albin — Romania
- Adolf Anderssen — Kingdom of Prussia
- Adolf Schwarz — Austria–Hungary
- Agadmator — Croatia (peak 2010)
- Aldo Zadrima — Albania (peak 2270)
- Alessandro Salvio — Kingdom of Naples
- Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky — Soviet Union
- Alexander McDonnell — England
- Alexander Petrov — Russian Empire
- Alexandre Deschapelles — France
- Alexey Troitsky — Russia
- Alfonso Ceron — Spain
- Amos Burn — England
- Andrea Botez — Canada (peak 1825)
- Arkady Dvorkovich — Russia
- Aron Nimzowitsch — Latvia
- Augustus Mongredien — England
- Benito Villegas — Argentina
- Benjamin Blumenfeld — Soviet Union
- Bernhard Horwitz — England
- Berthold Englisch — Austria
- Berthold Lasker — Germany
- Bob Ferguson — United States (peak 2235)
- Carl August Walbrodt — Kingdom of Prussia
- Carl Jaenisch — Russian Empire
- Carl Mayet — Kingdom of Prussia
- Carl Schlechter — Austria
- Carlo Cozio — Kingdom of Sardinia
- Cecil Valentine De Vere — England
- Charles Henry Stanley — United States
- Charles Jaffe — United States
- Curt von Bardeleben — Germany
- César Boutteville — France (peak 2290)
- Daniel Harrwitz — Kingdom of Prussia
- Daniël Noteboom — Netherlands
- Dawid Janowski — Poland
- Dawid Przepiórka — Poland
- Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani — Italy
- Edgard Colle — Belgium
- Elias Stein — Netherlands
- Emanuel Schiffers — Russian Empire
- Emil Schallopp — Germany
- Endre Steiner — Hungary
- Ercole del Rio — Duchy of Modena and Reggio
- Erik Andersen — Denmark
- Ernst Falkbeer — Austria
- Eros Riccio — Italy (peak 2211)
- Eugene Delmar — United States
- Eugene Znosko-Borovsky — France
- Eugène Rousseau — United States
- Francesc Vicent — Spain
- Frank Marshall — United States
- François-André Danican Philidor — France
- Fred Yates — England
- Friedrich Amelung — Russian Empire
- Georg Marco — Romania
- George Henry Mackenzie — United States
- George Walker — England
- Gersz Salwe — Poland
- Giambattista Lolli — Duchy of Modena and Reggio
- Gioachino Greco — Kingdom of Naples
- Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona — Italy
- Giulio Cesare Polerio — Papal States
- Gordey Kolesov — Russia (peak 1882)
- Gustav Neumann — Kingdom of Prussia
- Gyula Breyer — Hungary
- Hans Fahrni — Switzerland
- Harry Nelson Pillsbury — United States
- Henry Bird — England
- Hermanis Matisons — Latvia
- Horatio Caro — England
- Howard Staunton — England
- Hugh Alexander Kennedy — England
- Ignatz Kolisch — Hungary
- Ilya Rabinovich — Russian Empire
- Isidor Gunsberg — England
- István Abonyi — Hungary
- Jackson Showalter — United States
- Jacob Sarratt — England
- Jacobus de Cessolis — Italy
- James Mason — United States
- Jan F. Esser — Netherlands
- Jean Dufresne — Germany
- Jean Taubenhaus — Poland
- Jean-Christophe Yoccoz — France (peak 2212)
- Johann Baptist Allgaier — Kingdom of Württemberg
- Johann Berger — Austria
- Johann Hermann Bauer — Austria
- Johann Löwenthal — England
- Johannes Minckwitz — Germany
- Johannes Zukertort — Germany
- John Cochrane — Scotland
- John Owen — England
- Josef Kling — Germany
- Joseph Henry Blackburne — England
- Juan Corzo — Cuba
- Jules Arnous de Rivière — France
- Julius Perlis — Austria
- József Szén — Hungary
- Karel Treybal — Czechoslovakia
- Katarina Beskow — Sweden
- Kirsan Ilyumzhinov — Russia
- Klaus Junge — Germany
- Kornél Havasi — Hungary
- Kurt Hugo Schneider — United States (peak 2235)
- Legall de Kermeur — France
- Leonid Kubbel — Russia
- Leonid Volkov — Lithuania
- Leó Forgács — Hungary
- Lionel Kieseritzky — France
- Louis Paulsen — Germany
- Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais — France
- Ludwig Bledow — Germany
- Luis Ramírez de Lucena — Spain
- Marmaduke Wyvill — England
- Martin Severin From — Denmark
- Max Lange — Kingdom of Prussia
- Max Weiss — Austria
- Mikhail Chigorin — Russian Empire
- Natan Sharansky — Israel
- Nikolai Grigoriev — Russian Empire
- Oscar Chajes — United States
- Paolo Boi — Italy
- Paul Johner — Switzerland
- Paul Morphy — United States
- Paul Rudolf von Bilguer — Kingdom of Prussia
- Paul Saladin Leonhardt — Germany
- Paula Wolf-Kalmar — Austria
- Paulette Schwartzmann — Argentina
- Pedro Damiano — Portugal
- Peter Thiel — United States (peak 2199)
- Philipp Stamma — Syria
- Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant — France
- Pietro Carrera — Italy
- Quique Setién — Spain (peak 2055)
- Richard Réti — Czechoslovakia
- Richard Teichmann — Germany
- Roberto Grau — Argentina
- Rudolf Charousek — Czech Republic
- Rudolf Spielmann — Austria
- Rudolf Swiderski — Kingdom of Saxony
- Ruy López de Segura — Spain
- Sam Loyd — United States
- Samuel Boden — England
- Samuel Lipschutz — United States
- Samuel Rosenthal — France
- Semyon Alapin — Russian Empire
- Serafino Dubois — Italy
- Sergey von Freymann — Soviet Union
- Siegbert Tarrasch — Germany
- Szymon Winawer — Poland
- Sándor Takács — Hungary
- Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa — Germany
- Theodor von Scheve — Germany
- Thomas Wilson Barnes — England
- Tim Krabbé — Netherlands (peak 2290)
- Torkil Nielsen — Faroe Islands (peak 2205)
- Tõnu Õim — Estonia (peak 2410)
- Vincent Grimm — Hungary
- Vladimirs Petrovs — Latvia
- Wilhelm Hanstein — Germany
- William Davies Evans — Wales
- William Lewis — England
- Yuzvendra Chahal — India (peak 1985)