Chees player

Meet the extraordinary individuals who have captivated the world with their exceptional skills in chees playing. From world champions to Hollywood icons, explore the list of famous celebrities who have left an indelible mark in this beloved game of chance and strategy.

Indian chess player

Georgiy Borisenko

Soviet chess player and chess theorist

German chess player

Jesus Diez del Corral

Spanish chess player, grandmaster

Tibor Karolyi Jr.

Hungarian chess player.

English chess composer.

Andreas Duckstein

Austrian chess player/

Knud Harald Hannemann

Danish chess composer.

Narmin Kyazimova

Azerbaijani chess player

Israeli chess player.

Dmitriy Gurevich

American chess player, grandmaster

Simen Agdestein

Chess player, international grandmaster since 1985.

Austrian chess player and chess writer.

Rafael Vaganyan

Armenian chess player, international grandmaster, USSR champion.

Gleb Zahodyakin

Soviet chess composer.

Swedish chess player, grandmaster.

Zigbert Tarrash

One of the greatest chess players and chess theorists in history.

Russian chess master and chess composer.

Florencio Campomanes

Filipino chess player

German, formerly Czechoslovakian chess player, grandmaster

Stefan Kindermann

Austrian chess player, grandmaster

Shakhriyar Hamid oglu Mammadyarov

Azerbaijani chess player, international grandmaster, European champion 2009

Israeli, formerly Polish, chess player.

Hungarian writer and grandmaster

Ernesto Inarkiev

Russian chess player, grandmaster

Ukrainian, formerly Soviet, chess player

American scientist, information technology specialist, chess player.

Vladimir Grabinskiy

Ukrainian chess player.

Grigoriy Kaidanov

American, formerly Soviet, chess player, grandmaster

Georgian chess player

Yuriy Krivoruchko

Ukrainian chess player, grandmaster

Bozidar Ivanovic

Montenegrin chess player, grandmaster

Soviet chess player, International Master

Armenian chess player, grandmaster

Hose Capablanka

3rd world chess champion, diplomat

Larissa Volpert

Soviet and Estonian chess player and literary scholar.

Israeli, formerly Soviet, chess player, grandmaster

Soviet and Israeli pesagog and chess coach

American chess player

Elena Ahmylovskaya

American chess player, grandmaster

American, formerly Soviet, chess player, grandmaster

English chess player and chess composer.

Slovenian electrical engineer, chess player, philosopher and writer.

Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant

Scottish chess player of Georgian origin

Alexander Zubarev

Ukrainian chess player, grandmaster

Antoaneta Stefanova

Bulgarian chess player.

Leonid Gofshtein

Israeli chess player, grandmaster

American chess player, grandmaster.

Scottish chess player