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Garry Kasparov thumbnail
Garry Kasparov
Russian chess grandmaster and activist
Anatoly Karpov thumbnail
Anatoly Karpov
Russian chess player
Boris Spassky thumbnail
Boris Spassky
Russian chess player (1937–2025)
Mikhail Botvinnik thumbnail
Mikhail Botvinnik
Soviet chess player
Mikhail Tal thumbnail
Mikhail Tal
Soviet-Latvian chess player (1936-1992)
Tigran Petrosian thumbnail
Tigran Petrosian
Soviet Armenian Grandmaster and World Chess Champion
Vasily Smyslov thumbnail
Vasily Smyslov
Soviet chess grandmaster (1921–2010)
Nona Gaprindashvili thumbnail
Nona Gaprindashvili
Soviet chess player
Viktor Korchnoi thumbnail
Viktor Korchnoi
Soviet-Swiss chess grandmaster
Paul Keres thumbnail
Paul Keres
Estonian chess player and sportsperson (1916–1975)
Boris Gelfand thumbnail
Boris Gelfand
Belarusian-Israeli chess player
Alexander Khalifman thumbnail
Alexander Khalifman
Russian chess player
Maia Chiburdanidze thumbnail
Maia Chiburdanidze
Georgian chess grandmaster
David Bronstein thumbnail
David Bronstein
Soviet chess grandmaster
Efim Bogoljubov thumbnail
Efim Bogoljubov
Russian chess player (1889–1952)
Lyudmila Rudenko thumbnail
Lyudmila Rudenko
Soviet chess player (1904-1986)
Gata Kamsky thumbnail
Gata Kamsky
American chess player
Elisabeth Bykova thumbnail
Elisabeth Bykova
Soviet chess player (1913-1989)
Olga Rubtsova thumbnail
Olga Rubtsova
Russian chess player
Alexei Shirov thumbnail
Alexei Shirov
Latvian-Spanish chess player (born 1972)
Efim Geller
Soviet chess player (1925–1998)
Yuri Averbakh thumbnail
Yuri Averbakh
Russian chess grandmaster and author (1922–2022)
Nana Alexandria thumbnail
Nana Alexandria
Georgian chess player
Mark Taimanov thumbnail
Mark Taimanov
Soviet chess player (1926–2016)
Salo Flohr thumbnail
Salo Flohr
Czech chess player, arbiter, theoretician, organiser and writer (1908–1983)
Andor Lilienthal thumbnail
Andor Lilienthal
Hungarian chess player (1911–2010)
Alexander Beliavsky
Ukrainian and Slovenian chess player
Alisä Ğällämevä
Russian chess player
Isaac Boleslavsky
Soviet chess player (1919–1977)
Evgeny Bareev
Russian-Canadian chess player
Alexey Dreev
Russian chess player
Alexander Kotov
Soviet chess player (1913–1981)
Vladimir Akopian
Armenian-American chess player
Lev Polugaevsky
chess player (1934–1995)
Nana Ioseliani
Georgian chess player
Sergei Movsesian
Armenian chess player
Ashot Nadanian
chess player
Zurab Azmaiparashvili
Georgian chess player
Artur Yusupov
Russian chess player, chess writer and chess teacher
Lev Alburt
Ukrainian-American chess grandmaster
Alexander Onischuk thumbnail
Alexander Onischuk
Ukrainian-American chess player
Rashid Nezhmetdinov
Soviet chess player
Emil Sutovsky
Israeli chess player
Irina Levitina
Russian-born American chess and bridge player
Gennadi Sosonko
Dutch chess player and coach
Ilya Smirin
Belarusian-Israeli chess player
Valery Salov
Russian chess grandmaster
Alla Kushnir
Russian-Israeli chess player (1941–2013)
Kira Zvorykina
Soviet chess player (1919–2014)
Grigory Levenfish
Soviet chess player (1889–1961)
Jaan Ehlvest
Estonian-American chess player (born 1962)
Mark Dvoretsky
Russian chess trainer, writer and International Master (1947-2016)
Vladimir Bagirov
Soviet chess player (1936-2000)
Roman Dzindzichashvili
Soviet-Israeli-American chess player
Peter Romanovsky
Russian chess player (1892–1964)
Igor Bondarevsky
Russian chess player (1913–1979)
Boris Gulko thumbnail
Boris Gulko
Soviet-American chess player
Rafael Vaganian
Soviet chess player
Mikhail Gurevich
Soviet-Belgian chess player
Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant
British chess player