Category
page 1Chess variant inventors

Bobby Fischer
American chess player (1943–2008)
Terry Pratchett
English fantasy author (1948–2015)

José Raúl Capablanca
Cuban chess player (1888-1942)
Edgar Rice Burroughs
American writer (1875–1950)

Gary Gygax
American game designer and author (1938–2008)

Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany
Irish writer and dramatist (1878-1957)
Raymond Smullyan
American mathematician (1919–2017)
Yasser Seirawan
American chess player
László Polgár
Hungarian chess teacher
Solomon W. Golomb
American mathematician (1932–2016)
Ogyū Sorai
Japanese philosopher (1666–1728)
Bruno Faidutti
French board game designer
Robert Abbott
Game inventor

David Pritchard
British chess player, chess writer, and indoor games consultant (1919–2005)
Christian Freeling
Dutch board game designer