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.

Almasi Zoltan
Hungary
HungaryHungarian chess player, grandmaster.

Alexander Kozlov
Chess composer and figure in the Soviet chess movement.

Theodore Gitsescu
Romania
RomaniaRomanian chess player, grandmaster.

Alexander Goldin
USA
USAAmerican chess player, grandmaster.

Mato Damjanovic
Croatia
CroatiaCroatian, formerly Yugoslavian, chess player.

Kirill Georgiev
Bulgaria
BulgariaBulgarian chess player, grandmaster

Csaba Balogh
Hungary
HungaryHungarian chess player, grandmaster.

Azer Zeynalli
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanSoviet, Azerbaijani chess player

Ludvig Collijn
Sweden
SwedenSwedish chess player

Eduard Gufeld
USA
USAAmerican, formerly Soviet, chess player, grandmaster

Osmo Ilmari Kaila
Finland
FinlandFinnish chess player, International Master.

Wilhelm Hanstein
Germany
GermanyGerman chess player

Arnold Denker
USA
USAAmerican chess player.

Dieter Keller
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss chess player, international master.

Rustem Dautov
Germany
GermanyGerman, formerly Soviet, chess player, first grandmaster.

Ekaterina Lagno
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian chess player, grandmaster

Harm Wiersm
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch checkers player and politician, five-time world champion

Sergey Galdunts
Armenia
ArmeniaArmenian chess player, international grandmaster.

Alexander Voytkevich
Latvia
LatviaInternational chess grandmaster.

Viktor Goglidze
Georgia
GeorgiaGeorgian chess player.

Johann Baptist Allgaier
Austria
AustriaThe strongest chess player in Austria at the end of the 18th - beginning of the 19th centuries.

Heikki Westerinen
Finland
FinlandFinnish chess player, grandmaster.

Viktor Laznicka
Czech
CzechCzech chess player, grandmaster.

Carlos Enrique Guimard
Argentina
ArgentinaArgentine chess player, grandmaster.

Igors Rausis
Chess player

Lubov Kristol
Israel
IsraelIsraeli chess player.

Amos Burn
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish chess player and chess journalist.

Julius Cozma
Slovakia
SlovakiaSlovak, formerly Czechoslovakian, chess player.

Sigmund Herland
Romania
RomaniaRomanian chess player

Johann Hjartarson
Iceland
IcelandIcelandic chess player, grandmaster

Yuriy Averbah
Russia
RussiaChess player

Harika Dronavalli
India
IndiaIndian chess player.

Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez
Spain
SpainSpanish chess player, grandmaster.

Nino Gurieli
Georgia
GeorgiaGeorgian chess player

Nona Gaprindashvili
Georgia
GeorgiaThe fifth World Chess Champion

Florin Gheorghiu
Romania
RomaniaRomanian chess player

Baadur Jobava
Georgia
GeorgiaGeorgian chess player, grandmaster.

Joshua Friedel
USA
USAAmerican chess player, grandmaster.

Semen Gubnitskiy
Ukraine
UkraineSoviet and Ukrainian chess player, teacher, scientist, writer.

Carlo Cozio
Italy
ItalyAn 18th-century Italian chess theorist.

Andras Adorjan
Hungary
HungaryHungarian writer and grandmaster

Donatas Lapenis
Lithuania
LithuaniaLithuanian chess player, ICCF Grandmaster

Vitaliy Golod
Israel
IsraelIsraeli chess player, grandmaster.

Vincent Grimm
Hungary
HungaryLeading Hungarian chess player

Arturs Neiksans
Latvia
LatviaChess player, grandmaster

Lars Karlsson
Sweden
SwedenSwedish chess player, grandmaster.

Carlos Bielicki
Argentina
ArgentinaArgentine chess player

Georgiy Arzumanyan,
Armenia
ArmeniaArmenian chess player, grandmaster

Julio Kaplan
USA
USAAmerican chess player

Vasanti Khadilkar
India
IndiaIndian chess player