Chess theoreticians

Al-Adli al-Rumi (; 800–870), was an Arab player and theoretician of Shatranj, an ancient form of chess from Persia. Originally from Anatolia, he authored one of the first treatises on Shatranj in 842, called Kitab ash-shatranj ('Book of Chess').

Russian chess player (1908-1965)

German chess player (1841-1879)

Czech chess player (1887–1956)

American-British chess player (1841-1907)

Austrian chess player (1820–1886)

Russian chess grandmaster (1919–1968)

chess player (1920–1982)

Russian chess player (1908-1941)

German chess player (1908–1990)

chess player

Polish chess problemist

Soviet chess player (1922-2012)

Danish chess player (1873-1944)

New Zealand and British chess player (1921-2008)

Slovak chess player (1915–1979)

English chess player, author and editor (1872-1955)

American chess master (1902-1981)

Latvian chess player (1946–1997)

American chess player and author (1901–1963)

Hungarian chess player

French chess player

Polish lawyer, chess player, journalist and chess theorist

Latvian chess player (1867–1943)

Russian chess player (1908–1942)

Russian chess player (1909–1978)

Russian chess player (1880-1953)

Russian chess player

chess master (1895–1972)

Ukrainian chess player (1923-1959)

British chess player (1872-1952)

chess author (1878–1939)

Russian historian and chess player (1894–1978)

French chess player (1780-1837)

Austrian chess player (1853–1931)

Danish chess player (1867–1935)

Polish-German chess player

American chess book author

American chess player (1821-1890)

Ukrainian-American chess player

American chess player (1840–1923)

Polish-German chess player (1865-1938)

German chess player

General, baron, count (1743-1826)

British chess player (1881-1956)

American chess player (1930–2008)