Chess theoreticians

British codebreaker, civil servant, and chess player (1906–1995)

Russian chess player (1913–1979)

German chess master, bookseller and writer (1832-1899)

Russian chess player (1866-1942)

Russian chess player (1794-1867)

Latvian-Russian chess player (1950-2021)

Hungarian chess player (1893-1921)

chess master (1897–1932)

Austrian chess player

Azerbaijani chess player (1904–1993)

Soviet chess grandmaster

American chess player (1932–2010)

Ukrainian chess player

American chess player

British chess player (1848-1925)

Mexican chess player (1904-1978)

Estonian-Lithuanian chess player and referee (1910-1992)

Austrian chess player (1845–1933)

Chess player (1910–1975)

German-British chess player (1807–1885)

Yugoslav chess grandmaster (1910–1980)

Irish chess player, journalist and writer (1849–1905)

Russian chess player (1884–1947)

Italian chess player

chess player (1926–2001)

Soviet chess player (1933–2008)

French chess player (1895–1980)

British chess player (1946–2022)

British chess player (1862–1920)

Russian chess grandmaster

American chess player of Russian origin (1923–2005)

chess player (1929-2000)

soviet chess player (1908-1969)

English chess player (1803–1879)

Polish chess grandmaster

Serbian chess grandmaster (1942–2014)

German-born British chess player (1811-1876)

Scottish lawyer and chess player (1798-1878)

Dutch chess master

Soviet chess Grandmaster, a theoretician and a national champion of correspondence chess (1929-1994)

Soviet chess player (1894–1941)

chess player (1886–1942)

Argentine chess player

German chess player (1877-1934)

Swiss chess player, International Master (1904–1974)

Russian chess player (1923–1987)

Belgian chess grandmaster (1911–1980)

Russian chess player (1906–1973)

Hungarian chess player (1800-1872)

German chess player (1900–1969)

1938-, Russian chess player

Dutch chess player (1910–1932)

Russian chess grandmaster and coach

British chess player

Czech chess master (1892-1975)

Brazilian chess player (1897-1984)

Latvian chess player (1937-2000)

Russian chess player (1876–1924)

Swiss-Austrian chess player

Soviet chess player and International Master (1912–1979)