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List of notable chess players

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This is a list of chess players. See also list of chess world championship matches.

Table of contents
1 Male players
2 Female players
3 Famous people who were/are avid chess players
4 Computers
5 External Links

Male players

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

Female players

Famous people who were/are avid chess players

The people in this list are famous in other areas of activity, but are known to have played chess or maintain a current interest in chess.

Computers

In
1997, the IBM chess playing computer Deep Blue was victorious in a match against then-world champion Garry Kasparov.

External Links