Leonard Chess

Leonard Chess

male, deceased
Leonard Chess (March 12, 1917 - October 16, 1969) was a record company executive, founder of Chess Records. Chess was influential in the... More

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Phil Chess

Phil Chess

male
Philip Chess (b. 1921) is a Polish-American record producer and company executive, the co-founder of Chess Records. He was born Fiszel Czyz in a... More

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Marshall Chess

Marshall Chess

male
Marshall Chess (born 13 March 1942, Chicago, Illinois-) is the son and nephew of the founders of Chess Records, the Chicago based independent... More

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Richard Chess

Richard Chess

male
Richard Chess was born in Los Angeles in 1953. He spent most of his childhood and youth in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. He is the author of three books... More

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Bobby Fischer

Bobby Fischer

male, deceased ( 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

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Vladimir Kramnik

Vladimir Kramnik

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

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Susan Polgar

Susan Polgar

female
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

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Viswanathan Anand

Viswanathan Anand

male
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

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Veselin Topalov

Veselin Topalov

male
Veselin Topalov (born 15 March 1975) is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster and former FIDE world champion. In the April 2007 FIDE rating list, he is... More

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