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.
Eduard Dyckhoff
Germany
GermanyGerman chess player and chess theorist
Bernardo Wexler
Argentina
ArgentinaArgentine chess player.
Mark Bluvshtein
Canada
CanadaCanadian and Israeli chess player, grandmaster
Alexander Goloshchapov
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian chess player, grandmaster.
Raymond Keene
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish chess player
Shakhriyar Hamid oglu Mammadyarov
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanAzerbaijani chess player, international grandmaster, European champion 2009
Stuart Conquest
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish chess player, grandmaster.
Sonia Graf-Stevenson
USA
USAAmerican chess player, international master.
Josef Kupper
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss chess player, International Master
Josef Klinger
Austria
AustriaAustrian chess player, grandmaster.
Merab Gagunashvili
Georgia
GeorgiaGeorgian chess player
Milan Vukic
Serbia
SerbiaBosnian, formerly Serbian, Yugoslavian, chess player, grandmaster.
Sergey Kudrin
USA
USAAmerican, formerly Soviet, chess player, grandmaster.
Gari Koshnitskiy
Australia
AustraliaAustralian chess player, International Master of the ICCF (International Correspondence Chess Federation, 1972).
Rashad Babayev
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanAzerbaijani chess player, international grandmaster. Coach of the Azerbaijani national chess team among teenagers.
Frank Anderson
Canada
CanadaCanadian chess player
Alexander Goldin
USA
USAAmerican chess player, grandmaster.
Rosendo Balinas
Philippines
PhilippinesFilipino chess player
Yuriy Averbah
Russia
RussiaChess player
Hans Kmoch
Austria
AustriaAmerican, formerly Austrian chess player
Hans Berliner
USA
USAAmerican scientist, information technology specialist, chess player.
Miguel Cuellar Gacharna
Colombia
ColombiaColombian chess player.
Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez
Spain
SpainSpanish chess player, grandmaster.
Kirill Georgiev
Bulgaria
BulgariaBulgarian chess player, grandmaster
Yuriy Vovk
Ukraine
UkraineBelgian opera singer (bass-baritone), conductor and composer.
Grigoriy Kaidanov
USA
USAAmerican, formerly Soviet, chess player, grandmaster
Valeriy Beim
Austria
AustriaAustrian chess player and chess coach, grandmaster
Carl August Walbrodt
Germany
GermanyGerman chess player.
Andrey Volokitin
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian chess player, grandmaster
Iosif Dorfman
France
FranceFrench, formerly Soviet, chess player, grandmaster
Shimon Kagan
Israel
IsraelIsraeli chess player, International Master.
Ludwig Bachmann
Germany
GermanyGerman chess historian
Vladimir Akopyan
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanArmenian, formerly Soviet, chess player; grandmaster
Maxim Dlugy
USA
USAAmerican chess player, grandmaster
Branko Damljanovic
Serbia
SerbiaSerbian chess player, grandmaster.
Samuel Isenegger
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss chess player and chess composer-etudist, founder of the Swiss school of chess etudes.
George Koltanowski
USA
USAAmerican, formerly Belgian, chess player, grandmaster
Roman Dzindzichashvili
USA
USAAmerican chess player, grandmaster.
Ruslan Ponomarev
Ukraine
UkraineChess player, world chess champion.
Daniel King
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish chess player, grandmaster
Alexander Deltchev
Bulgaria
BulgariaBulgarian chess player, grandmaster.
Vlastimil Hort
Germany
GermanyGerman, formerly Czechoslovakian chess player, grandmaster
Boris Kogan
USA
USAAmerican, formerly Soviet chess player
Leonid Milov
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian-German chess player
Herbert Grasemann
Germany
GermanyGerman chess composer and journalist
Jean Villeneuve-Esclapon
France
FranceFrench chess player and chess composer
Knud Harald Hannemann
Denmark
DenmarkDanish chess composer.
Arnold Denker
USA
USAAmerican chess player.
Dieter Keller
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss chess player, international master.
Rustem Dautov
Germany
GermanyGerman, formerly Soviet, chess player, first grandmaster.