List of chess players

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

This list of chess players includes people who are primarily known as chess players and have an article on the English Wikipedia.

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Famous people connected with chess

The people in this list are famous in other areas of activity, but are known to have played chess, or have declared an interest in the game, or created works of art and literature in which the game is prominently featured.

Fictional characters

The people in this list are characters in fictional media depicted playing chess.

Computers

See also

References

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  2. ^ Murray, H.J.R. A History of Chess (London: Oxford University Press), 1913, p. 877.
  3. ^ Winter, Edward. "Napoleon Bonaparte and Chess by Edward Winter". Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  4. ^ Routledge's Every Boy's Annual. 1877. p. 341.
  5. ^ Routledge's Every Boy's Annual. 1877. p. 341.
  6. ^ "Albert Einstein – physicist and chess player". Chess News. 2009-03-31. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
  7. ^ "Benjamin Franklin: Diplomat, Libertine, Chess Master". HistoryNet. 2022-04-11. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  8. ^ de Lucas, Miguel (2022-08-01). "La última partida de Ernesto Guevara (III)". Contexto y Acción (CTXT) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-08-01.
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  10. ^ Kate Jackson interview by David Brenner. The Tonight Show, January 29, 1982
  11. ^ "Power in Check: Chess and the American Presidency". World Chess Hall of Fame. 2017-03-21. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  12. ^ Routledge's Every Boy's Annual. 1877. p. 341.
  13. ^ Walker, George (1850). Chess and Chess-players: Consisting of Original Stories and Sketches. C.J. Skeet. p. 107.
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  15. ^ "Power in Check: Chess and the American Presidency". World Chess Hall of Fame. 2017-03-21. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
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  17. ^ Murray, Harold James Ruthven (1913). A History of Chess. Clarendon Press. p. 839.
  18. ^ Murray, Harold James Ruthven (1913). A History of Chess. Clarendon Press. p. 862.
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