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Most Famous Chess Players

Name the 28 most famous chess players of all time – those with a Wikipedia article in at least 50 languages (as of May 2024). The checks indicate whether they were world champion at some point, in parentheses if the title was disputed.
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Last updated: May 10, 2024
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First submittedMay 10, 2024
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Country
Player
WC
USA
Bobby Fischer
✓
USSR/Russia
Garry Kasparov
✓
Norway
Magnus Carlsen
✓
India
Viswanathan Anand
✓
USSR/Russia
Anatoly Karpov
✓
USSR/France
Boris Spassky
✓
Cuba
José Raúl Capablanca
✓
Germany
Emanuel Lasker
✓
Russia/France
Alexander Alekhine
✓
Latvia/USSR
Mikhail Tal
✓
USSR
Mikhail Botvinnik
✓
USSR
Tigran Petrosian
✓
Russia
Vladimir Kramnik
✓
Country
Player
WC
Hungary
Judit Polgár
 
Netherlands
Max Euwe
✓
Austria/USA
Wilhelm Steinitz
✓
Bulgaria
Veselin Topalov
(✓)
USSR
Vasily Smyslov
✓
USA
Paul Morphy
 
USSR/Georgia
Nona Gaprindashvili
 
USA
Fabiano Caruana
 
Russia
Sergey Karjakin
 
Prussia
Adolf Anderssen
 
Armenia/USA
Levon Aronian
 
China
Ding Liren
✓
USA
Hikaru Nakamura
 
2 Comments
NQChien
+1
Level 66
May 24, 2024
Good! There are some other strong players who presented more than once in Candidates Tournament that you may want to include also.
Gumbledalf
+3
Level 72
May 24, 2024
Thanks. As I use objective criteria, I could only extend the quiz, but I have decided that 28 is more than enough for casual chess fans. I'm not entirely happy with the selection (not even Nepo makes the cut), but I can't change the order of the list without it becoming my personal opinion.
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