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
Almasi Zoltan
Hungary
Hungarian chess player, grandmaster.
Alexander Kozlov
Alexander Kozlov
Chess composer and figure in the Soviet chess movement.
Theodore Gitsescu
Theodore Gitsescu
Romania
Romanian chess player, grandmaster.
Alexander Goldin
Alexander Goldin
USA
American chess player, grandmaster.
Mato Damjanovic
Mato Damjanovic
Croatia
Croatian, formerly Yugoslavian, chess player.
Kirill Georgiev
Kirill Georgiev
Bulgaria
Bulgarian chess player, grandmaster
Csaba Balogh
Csaba Balogh
Hungary
Hungarian chess player, grandmaster.
Azer Zeynalli
Azer Zeynalli
Azerbaijan
Soviet, Azerbaijani chess player
Ludvig Collijn
Ludvig Collijn
Sweden
Swedish chess player
Eduard Gufeld
Eduard Gufeld
USA
American, formerly Soviet, chess player, grandmaster
Osmo Ilmari Kaila
Osmo Ilmari Kaila
Finland
Finnish chess player, International Master.
Wilhelm Hanstein
Wilhelm Hanstein
Germany
German chess player
Arnold Denker
Arnold Denker
USA
American chess player.
Dieter Keller
Dieter Keller
Switzerland
Swiss chess player, international master.
Rustem Dautov
Rustem Dautov
Germany
German, formerly Soviet, chess player, first grandmaster.
Ekaterina Lagno
Ekaterina Lagno
Ukraine
Ukrainian chess player, grandmaster
Harm Wiersm
Harm Wiersm
Netherlands
Dutch checkers player and politician, five-time world champion
Sergey Galdunts
Sergey Galdunts
Armenia
Armenian chess player, international grandmaster.
Alexander Voytkevich
Alexander Voytkevich
Latvia
International chess grandmaster.
Viktor Goglidze
Viktor Goglidze
Georgia
Georgian chess player.
Johann Baptist Allgaier
Johann Baptist Allgaier
Austria
The strongest chess player in Austria at the end of the 18th - beginning of the 19th centuries.
Heikki Westerinen
Heikki Westerinen
Finland
Finnish chess player, grandmaster.
Viktor Laznicka
Viktor Laznicka
Czech
Czech chess player, grandmaster.
Carlos Enrique Guimard
Carlos Enrique Guimard
Argentina
Argentine chess player, grandmaster.
Igors Rausis
Igors Rausis
Chess player
Lubov Kristol
Lubov Kristol
Israel
Israeli chess player.
Amos Burn
Amos Burn
Great Britain
English chess player and chess journalist.
Julius Cozma
Julius Cozma
Slovakia
Slovak, formerly Czechoslovakian, chess player.
Sigmund Herland
Sigmund Herland
Romania
Romanian chess player
Johann Hjartarson
Johann Hjartarson
Iceland
Icelandic chess player, grandmaster
Yuriy Averbah
Yuriy Averbah
Russia
Chess player
Harika Dronavalli
Harika Dronavalli
India
Indian chess player.
Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez
Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez
Spain
Spanish chess player, grandmaster.
Nino Gurieli
Nino Gurieli
Georgia
Georgian chess player
Nona Gaprindashvili
Nona Gaprindashvili
Georgia
The fifth World Chess Champion
Florin Gheorghiu
Florin Gheorghiu
Romania
Romanian chess player
Baadur Jobava
Baadur Jobava
Georgia
Georgian chess player, grandmaster.
Joshua Friedel
Joshua Friedel
USA
American chess player, grandmaster.
Semen Gubnitskiy
Semen Gubnitskiy
Ukraine
Soviet and Ukrainian chess player, teacher, scientist, writer.
Carlo Cozio
Carlo Cozio
Italy
An 18th-century Italian chess theorist.
Andras Adorjan
Andras Adorjan
Hungary
Hungarian writer and grandmaster
Donatas Lapenis
Donatas Lapenis
Lithuania
Lithuanian chess player, ICCF Grandmaster
Vitaliy Golod
Vitaliy Golod
Israel
Israeli chess player, grandmaster.
Vincent Grimm
Vincent Grimm
Hungary
Leading Hungarian chess player
Arturs Neiksans
Arturs Neiksans
Latvia
Chess player, grandmaster
Lars Karlsson
Lars Karlsson
Sweden
Swedish chess player, grandmaster.
Carlos Bielicki
Carlos Bielicki
Argentina
Argentine chess player
Georgiy Arzumanyan,
Georgiy Arzumanyan,
Armenia
Armenian chess player, grandmaster
Julio Kaplan
Julio Kaplan
USA
American chess player
Vasanti Khadilkar
Vasanti Khadilkar
India
Indian chess player