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.
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Peter Svidler
 RussiaRussian chess player, grandmaster
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Frank Marshall
 USAAmerican chess player, one of the strongest in the world at the beginning of the 20th century and the strongest in the USA after Pillsbury's death. Chess theorist.
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Alla Kushnir
 IsraelIsraeli, formerly Soviet, chess player, grandmaster
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Boris Kostic
 DiveYugoslavian chess player
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Wilhelm Hanstein
 GermanyGerman chess player
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Bobby Fischer
USA 11th world chess champion
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Polgar Judit
 HungaryHungarian chess player, grandmaster.
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Alexander Kozlov
Chess composer and figure in the Soviet chess movement.
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Georg Kieninger
Germany German chess player, International Master
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Radoslaw Wojtaszek
 PolandPolish chess player, grandmaster
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Ludvig Collijn
 SwedenSwedish chess player
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Rafael Vaganyan
 ArmeniaArmenian chess player, international grandmaster, USSR champion.
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Rustem Dautov
Germany German, formerly Soviet, chess player, first grandmaster.
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Lubov Kristol
Israel Israeli chess player.
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Boris Kogan
USA American, formerly Soviet chess player
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Karlis Betins
 LatviaLatvian chess player and chess composer
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Harm Wiersm
 NetherlandsDutch checkers player and politician, five-time world champion
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Larissa Volpert
 EstoniaSoviet and Estonian chess player and literary scholar.
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Nino Kirov
 BulgariaBulgarian chess player, grandmaster.
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Roman Dzindzichashvili
USA American chess player, grandmaster.
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Janis Clovan
Latvia Latvian, formerly Soviet chess player
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Joshua Friedel
USA American chess player, grandmaster.
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Viktor Goglidze
 GeorgiaGeorgian chess player.
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Vladimir Korolkov
Soviet chess composer
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Sigmund Herland
 RomaniaRomanian chess player
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Tibor Karolyi Jr.
Hungary Hungarian chess player.
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Georgiy Arzumanyan,
Armenia Armenian chess player, grandmaster
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Victor Kupreichik
 BelarusBelarusian, formerly Soviet, chess player, grandmaster
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Raymond Keene
 Great BritainEnglish chess player
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Utut Adianto
 IndonesiaIndonesian chess player, grandmaster
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Nana Alexandria
Georgia Georgian, formerly Soviet, chess player, grandmaster
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Efim Bogolubov
 UkraineUkrainian chess player.
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Lionel Kieseritzky
 FranceA chess player, one of the strongest in the world in the 1840s and 1850s.
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Cyril Kipping
Great Britain English chess composer.
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Rudolf Haruzek
Hungary Hungarian master, one of the strongest chess players of the late 19th century.
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Dorsa Derakhshani
USA American chess player of Iranian descent
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Isaac Vistaneckis
Israel Israeli, formerly Lithuanian, Soviet, chess player
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Johann Nepomuk Berger
 AustriaAustrian chess player, chess theorist and chess composer.
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Maurice Ashley
USA American chess player, the first and only black grandmaster.
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Antoaneta Stefanova
Bulgaria Bulgarian chess player.
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Merab Gagunashvili
Georgia Georgian chess player
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Julio Ernesto Granda Zuniga
 PeruPeruvian chess player, international grandmaster
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Miquel Illescas
 SpainSpanish chess player, grandmaster.
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Joseph Blackburne
Great Britain Chess player, grandmaster, the strongest chess player in England at the end of the 19th century.
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Pia Cramling
Sweden Swedish chess player, grandmaster.
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Maxim Dlugy
USA American chess player, grandmaster
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Otto Wurzburg
USA American chess composer
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Jacqueline Piatigorsky
USA American chess player and philanthropist
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Victor Frias
 ChileChilean chess player
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Boris Gelfand
Belarus Belarusian grandmaster
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