Garry Kasparov

Garry Kasparov

male, 45 years old
Garry Kimovich Kasparov (born April 13 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) (now Azerbaijan) is a Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion... More
Bobby Fischer

Bobby Fischer

male, deceased (2008) ( Reykjavík, Iceland)
Robert James "Bobby" Fischer is a United States-born chess Grandmaster who in 1972 became the only US-born chessplayer to become the official World... More
Alexandra Kosteniuk

Alexandra Kosteniuk

female, 24 years old
Alexandra Kosteniuk is a Russian chess player who became female European champion in 2004 by winning the tournament in Dresden, Germany. In August... More
Vladimir Kramnik

Vladimir Kramnik

male, 33 years old
Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (born June 25, 1975) is a Russian chess grandmaster and the current World Chess Champion. In October 2000, he beat... More
Boris Spassky

Boris Spassky

male, 71 years old
Boris Vasilievich Spassky (also Spasskij) (born January 30, 1937) is a Russian-French chess grandmaster. He was the tenth World Chess Champion,... More
Viswanathan Anand

Viswanathan Anand

male, 38 years old
Viswanathan Anand (born December 11, 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster and former FIDE world champion. Anand is one of only four players in... More
Anatoly Karpov

Anatoly Karpov

male, 57 years old
Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (born May 23, 1951) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He is the most successful tournament... More
Susan Polgar

Susan Polgar

female, 39 years old
Grandmaster Zsuzsa Polgar is a Hungarian-born American chess player. In 1984, at age 15, she became the top-ranked female player in the world and... More
Magnus Carlsen

Magnus Carlsen

male, 17 years old (Norway)
Magnus Øen Carlsen is a Norwegian chess Grandmaster who came to international attention after winning the C group of the Corus Chess Tournament in J... More
Nigel Short

Nigel Short

male, 43 years old
Nigel Short MBE (born June 1, 1965 in Leigh, Lancashire) is widely regarded as the strongest British chess player of the 20th century. He became a... More