With 374 biographies, Chess Players are the 34th most common occupation in Pantheon, behind Architects, Explorers, and Swimmers.
Pantheon has 401 people classified as chess players born between 1475 and 2009. Of these 401, 231 (57.61%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living chess players include Boris Spassky, Nona Gaprindashvili, and Garry Kasparov. The most famous deceased chess players include Bobby Fischer, Wilhelm Steinitz, and José Raúl Capablanca. As of April 2022, 27 new chess players have been added to Pantheon including Boško Abramović, Nicolas Rossolimo, and Levente Lengyel.
1937 - Present
HPI: 69.22
1941 - Present
HPI: 67.89
1963 - Present
HPI: 67.14
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.17
1976 - Present
HPI: 59.65
1937 - Present
HPI: 54.94
1969 - Present
HPI: 54.80
1990 - Present
HPI: 54.26
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.65
1975 - Present
HPI: 53.25
1961 - Present
HPI: 52.16
1935 - Present
HPI: 50.90
1943 - 2008
HPI: 73.76
1836 - 1900
HPI: 72.18
1888 - 1942
HPI: 70.74
1892 - 1946
HPI: 69.59
1936 - 1992
HPI: 69.37
1868 - 1941
HPI: 68.76
1911 - 1995
HPI: 68.38
1901 - 1981
HPI: 67.70
1929 - 1984
HPI: 67.30
1726 - 1795
HPI: 65.19
1837 - 1884
HPI: 64.38
1911 - 1992
HPI: 63.72
1951 - 2021
HPI: 47.63
1910 - 1975
HPI: 47.03
1933 - 2014
HPI: 45.21
1919 - 2001
HPI: 43.91
1907 - 1943
HPI: 43.26
1911 - 1986
HPI: 43.18
1944 - 2008
HPI: 42.02
1926 - 2017
HPI: 41.84
1900 - Present
HPI: 40.80
1957 - 2016
HPI: 38.41
1948 - Present
HPI: 36.74
1958 - Present
HPI: 36.65
Most chess players were born in Russia (69), Ukraine (30), and Hungary (22). By city, the most common birth places were Saint Petersburg (13), Moscow (12), and Budapest (11).The most common death places of chess players were United States (26), Russia (23), and United Kingdom (17). By city, these were Moscow (14), London (14), and Budapest (13).
The earliest biographies classified as chess players in Pantheon are Ruy López de Segura, Pedro Damiano, and Luis Ramírez de Lucena. The concentration of chess players was largest during the Television Era, which lasted from 1950 to 1989. Some birth or death locations for earlier chess players are unknown, which may account for timeline differences below.
Which Chess Players were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Chess Players since 1700.
Chess Players are found within the Sports domain which also includes Soccer Players, Athletes, Basketball Players, Cyclists, and Tennis Players.