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Hall of Fame & Master Philosophy
The Pantheon of Chess Immortals
The great grandmasters and thinkers who permanently reshaped the geometry and psychology of chess: from Paul Morphy’s romantic genius to Bobby Fischer’s crystalline logic and the universal mastery of modern champions.
b. 19634 atlas gamesGarry Kasparov
Russian chess grandmaster and activistView profile
1943–20084 atlas gamesBobby Fischer
American chess player (1943–2008)View profile
b. 19902 atlas gamesMagnus Carlsen
Norwegian chess player (born 1990)View profile
b. 19693 atlas gamesViswanathan Anand
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b. 19512 atlas gamesAnatoly Karpov
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1888–19422 atlas gamesJosé Raúl Capablanca
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1868–19412 atlas gamesEmanuel Lasker
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1892–19463 atlas gamesAlexander Alekhine
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1937–20254 atlas gamesBoris Spassky
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1911–19952 atlas gamesMikhail Botvinnik
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1936–19921 atlas gameMikhail Tal
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1901–19811 atlas gameMax Euwe
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1929–19842 atlas gamesTigran Petrosian
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b. 1975Vladimir Kramnik
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1836–19001 atlas gameWilhelm Steinitz
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b. 20061 atlas gameGukesh D
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b. 19753 atlas gamesVeselin Topalov
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1921–2010Vasily Smyslov
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b. 19922 atlas gamesDing Liren
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b. 1941Nona Gaprindashvili
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b. 1969Susan Polgar
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b. 1983Ruslan Ponomariov
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b. 1994Hou Yifan
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b. 1966Alexander Khalifman
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b. 1984Alexandra Kosteniuk
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b. 1961Maia Chiburdanidze
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b. 1979Rustam Kasimdzhanov
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b. 1991Ju Wenjun
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1906–1944Vera Menchik
Czech chess player (1906–1944)View profile
b. 1979Antoaneta Stefanova
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b. 1976Zhu Chen
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b. 1970Xie Jun
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b. 1985Anna Ushenina
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1904–1986Lyudmila Rudenko
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b. 1992Mariya Muzychuk
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b. 1976Xu Yuhua
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1913–1989Elisabeth Bykova
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1909–1994Olga Rubtsova
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b. 1991Tan Zhongyi
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b. 19761 atlas gameJudit Polgár
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1837–18842 atlas gamesPaul Morphy
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b. 19901 atlas gameSergey Karjakin
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1862–1934Siegbert Tarrasch
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b. 1987Hikaru Nakamura
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b. 1992Fabiano Caruana
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1931–2016Viktor Korchnoi
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b. 19821 atlas gameLevon Aronian
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1916–1975Paul Keres
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b. 19901 atlas gameIan Nepomniachtchi
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1726–1795François-André Danican Philidor
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1818–18792 atlas gamesAdolf Anderssen
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b. 1968Boris Gelfand
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b. 1969Vasyl Ivanchuk
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b. 1990Anna Muzychuk
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1886–19351 atlas gameAaron Nimzovich
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b. 1985Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
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b. 1987Koneru Humpy
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1924–20061 atlas gameDavid Bronstein
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b. 1987Teimour Radjabov
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b. 2005Praggnanandhaa
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b. 1979Peter Leko
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1850–1908Mikhail Chigorin
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b. 19651 atlas gameNigel Short
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1935–2010Bent Larsen
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1889–19521 atlas gameEfim Bogoljubov
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1887–19561 atlas gameSavielly Tartakower
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b. 1983Alexander Grischuk
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b. 1971Michael Adams
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b. 2003Alireza Firouzja
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1951–20261 atlas gameJan Timman
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1911–1992Samuel Reshevsky
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1877–19442 atlas gamesFrank Marshall
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1842–18881 atlas gameJohannes Zukertort
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b. 1994Anish Giri
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b. 1976Peter Svidler
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1530–1580Ruy López de Segura
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1889–19292 atlas gamesRichard Réti
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1910–1997Miguel Najdorf
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1810–1874Howard Staunton
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b. 1977Alexander Morozevich
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b. 1974Gata Kamsky
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1880–19611 atlas gameAkiba Rubinstein
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Arpad Elo
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1917–1998László Szabó
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b. 1993Wesley So
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b. 1989Kateryna Lahno
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b. 19721 atlas gameAlexei Shirov
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1796–1840Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais
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b. 1967Simen Agdestein
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b. 2005Javokhir Sindarov
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1923–2012Svetozar Gligorić
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b. 1983Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen
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1925–1998Efim Geller
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1922–2022Yuri Averbakh
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b. 1991Harika Dronavalli
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1874–1918Carl Schlechter
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b. 2004Nodirbek Abdusattorov
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1948–2025Robert Hübner
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b. 1990Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
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1986–2014Vugar Hashimov
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1914–1993Reuben Fine
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1885–1962Milan Vidmar
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b. 1986Pendyala Harikrishna
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b. 1963Pia Cramling
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Mark Taimanov
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b. 1998Aleksandra Goryachkina
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1935–2025Friðrik Ólafsson
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b. 1996Richárd Rapport
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b. 1999Wei Yi
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1911–2010Andor Lilienthal
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1908–1983Salo Flohr
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b. 1960Yasser Seirawan
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b. 1996Daniil Dubov
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b. 1998Jan-Krzysztof Duda
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b. 2001Vaishali Rameshbabu
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b. 2005Divya Deshmukh
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b. 1987Nana Dzagnidze
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b. 1983Étienne Bacrot
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b. 1983Pavel Eljanov
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b. 1983Dmitry Yakovenko
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1928–2019Pal Benko
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b. 1989Wang Hao
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1841–1911Sam Loyd
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b. 1953Alexander Beliavsky
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1600–1634Gioachino Greco
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b. 1985David Navara
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1995–2025Daniel Naroditsky
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b. 2003Arjun Erigaisi
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1944–2025Vlastimil Hort
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1841–19241 atlas gameJoseph Henry Blackburne
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1868–1927Dawid Janowski
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b. 1937Lajos Portisch
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b. 1978Elina Danielian
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1480–1544Pedro Damiano
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b. 1987Evgeny Tomashevsky
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b. 1983Leinier Domínguez
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b. 1990Dmitry Andreikin
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b. 1994Vidit Gujrathi
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1883–1942Rudolf Spielmann
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b. 1966Evgeny Bareev
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b. 1978Monika Soćko
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1870–1951Géza Maróczy
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1872–19061 atlas gameHarry Nelson Pillsbury
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1908–1967Gideon Ståhlberg
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Luis Ramírez de Lucena
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1919–1977Isaac Boleslavsky
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1913–1981Alexander Kotov
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b. 1997Lei Tingjie
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1854–1930Isidor Gunsberg
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1528–1598Paolo Boi
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b. 1971Vladimir Akopian
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1934–19951 atlas gameLev Polugaevsky
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b. 1987Wang Yue
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b. 1985Bu Xiangzhi
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b. 1993Parimarjan Negi
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b. 1986Ivan Cheparinov
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b. 1969Alexey Dreev
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b. 1987Nikita Vitiugov
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b. 1985Evgeny Alekseev
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b. 2004Bibisara Assaubayeva
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b. 1989Valentina Gunina
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b. 1979Natalia Zhukova
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b. 1986Tatiana Kosintseva
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b. 1973Jacob Aagaard
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1780–1847Alexandre Deschapelles
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1856–1923Semyon Alapin
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1882–1959Alexander Rueb
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b. 1951Ulf Andersson
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b. 1955John Nunn
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b. 2003Hans Niemann
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b. 1985Arkadij Naiditsch
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1865–1954Jacques Mieses
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b. 1987Radosław Wojtaszek
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0854–0946Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli
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1806–18531 atlas gameLionel Kieseritzky
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1830–1908Henry Bird
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b. 1978Sergei Movsesian
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1980–2008Karen Asrian
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1882–1957Oldřich Duras
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b. 1973Joël Lautier
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1933–2022Borislav Ivkov
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b. 1983Gabriel Sargissian
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b. 1960Artur Yusupov
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b. 1985Zhao Xue
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b. 1967Stuart Conquest
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b. 1950Ljubomir Ljubojević
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Alessandro Salvio
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1542–1597Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona
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b. 1945Lev Alburt
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Alexander McDonnell
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b. 1983Baadur Jobava
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b. 1960Zurab Azmaiparashvili
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b. 2000Zhansaya Abdumalik
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b. 1998Vladislav Artemiev
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1833–18911 atlas gameLouis Paulsen
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1896–19751 atlas gameFriedrich Sämisch
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b. 1985Elisabeth Pähtz
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1908–1965Sonja Graf
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1868–1925Richard Teichmann
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1810–1876Johann Löwenthal
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