Jewish chess players

American chess player (1943–2008)

former World Chess champion (1868–1941)

Soviet chess player

Soviet-Latvian chess player (1936-1992)

Austrian-American chess player (1836–1900)

Judit Polgár is a Hungarian chess grandmaster, widely regarded as the strongest female chess player of all time. She is the only woman to be ranked in the world top 10, the only woman to achieve a rating over 2700, reaching a peak rating of 2735, and the only woman to compete in the final stage of a World Chess Championship. She was the top-rated woman in the world from January 1989 until her retirement from competitive chess in 2014, remaining No. 1 until the March 2015 rating list; her record of 26 consecutive years as woman's No. 1 still stands.

German chess player, chess writer, and chess theoretician (1862–1934)

Soviet-Swiss chess grandmaster

Hungarian chess player (born 1969)

Russian chess player

Armenian-American chess player

Belarusian-Israeli chess player

Russian chess player

Latvian-born Danish chess player and theoretician (1886-1935)

Soviet chess grandmaster

Polish and French chess player (1887–1956)

American chess player

Ukrainian chess player

German chess master (1842-1888)

Czechoslovakian chess player (1889–1929)

Polish-Argentine chess player (1910-1997)

Russian-Polish chess player

Hungarian chess player (1917–1998)

Soviet chess player (1925–1998)

Russian chess grandmaster and author (1922–2022)

American chess player and psychologist (1914–1993)

Soviet chess player (1926–2016)

Czech chess player, arbiter, theoretician, organiser and writer (1908–1983)

Hungarian chess player (1911–2010)

Ukrainian chess player

Daniel Aaron "Danya" Naroditsky was an American chess grandmaster, commentator, and content creator. During his career, he was widely considered one of the best speed chess players in the world and was consistently ranked among the top 25 players. His major tournament wins include the 2007 World Youth Championship, the 2013 U.S. Junior Championship, and the 2025 U.S. Blitz Championship. He became one of the youngest published authors in chess history at age 14 and earned the chess grandmaster title at age 17.

chess player

Ukrainian and Slovenian chess player

Polish-French chess player

Austrian chess player (1883–1942)

Soviet chess player (1919–1977)

Hungarian-born British chess player

chess player (1934–1995)

Hungarian chess teacher

German-American chess player (1885-1981)

Russian chess player (1856-1923)

Ukrainian-American chess grandmaster

German-British chess player and chess book author

Ukrainian-French chess player

Israeli chess player

American chess streamer and YouTuber

Polish chess player (1838–1919)

Hungarian chess player (1810-1876)

American chess player (1914–2005)

Dutch chess player and coach

American chess and poker player

Russian-born American chess and bridge player

Belarusian-Israeli chess player

Soviet chess player (1889–1961)

Russian-Israeli chess player (1941–2013)

German chess player and chess composer (1829–1893)

Russian-Greek chess player

Soviet-American chess player

British chess player, author (1911–1995)

Russian chess player