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...
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...
Garry Kasparov

Garry Kasparov

male
Garry Kimovich Kasparov (born April 13 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) (now Azerbaijan) is a Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion...
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...
Magnus Carlsen

Magnus Carlsen

male (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...
Anatoly Karpov

Anatoly Karpov

male
Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (born May 23, 1951) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He is the most successful tournament...
Alexei Shirov

Alexei Shirov

male
Alexei Shirov (Aleksejs Širovs, Алексей Широв, a chess grandmaster. On the July 2007 FIDE rating list he was ranked number eleven in the world wit...
Gata Kamsky

Gata Kamsky

male
Gata Kamsky is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster. At one point he was the third highest-rated player in the world, but he played almost no...