Famous chess players

individual who takes part in chess tournaments

2,209 people

All Alive Deceased
E. M. Antoniadi

E. M. Antoniadi

1870 – 1944 · Age 73
Deceased
Kateryna Lahno

Kateryna Lahno

1989 · Age 36
Alive
Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen

Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen

1983 · Age 42
Alive
Alexei Shirov

Alexei Shirov

1972 · Age 53
Alive
Tan Zhongyi

Tan Zhongyi

1991 · Age 34
Alive
Tania Sachdev

Tania Sachdev

1986 · Age 39
Alive
Jean-Christophe Yoccoz

Jean-Christophe Yoccoz

1957 – 2016 · Age 59
Deceased
Efim Geller

Efim Geller

1925 – 1998 · Age 73
Deceased
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

1990 · Age 35
Alive
Vugar Hashimov

Vugar Hashimov

1986 – 2014 · Age 27
Deceased
Milan Vidmar

Milan Vidmar

1885 – 1962 · Age 77
Deceased
Pendyala Harikrishna

Pendyala Harikrishna

1986 · Age 39
Alive
Reuben Fine

Reuben Fine

1914 – 1993 · Age 78
Deceased
Yuri Averbakh

Yuri Averbakh

1922 – 2022 · Age 100
Deceased
Robert Hübner

Robert Hübner

1948 – 2025 · Age 76
Deceased
Natan Sharansky

Natan Sharansky

1948 · Age 78
Alive
Ferenc Erkel

Ferenc Erkel

1810 – 1893 · Age 82
Deceased
Svetozar Gligorić

Svetozar Gligorić

1923 – 2012 · Age 89
Deceased
Aleksandra Goryachkina

Aleksandra Goryachkina

1998 · Age 27
Alive
Nodirbek Abdusattorov

Nodirbek Abdusattorov

2004 · Age 21
Alive
Pia Cramling

Pia Cramling

1963 · Age 62
Alive
Salomėja Zaksaitė

Salomėja Zaksaitė

1985 · Age 40
Alive
Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany

Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany

1878 – 1957 · Age 79
Deceased
Carl Schlechter

Carl Schlechter

1874 – 1918 · Age 44
Deceased
Mark Taimanov

Mark Taimanov

1926 – 2016 · Age 90
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q10873124