The Most Famous

Chess Players from Georgia

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This page contains a list of the greatest Georgians Chess Players. The pantheon dataset contains 461 Chess Players, 17 of which were born in Georgia. This makes Georgia the birth place of the 11th most number of Chess Players behind Germany and Azerbaijan.

Top 10 Georgian Chess Players

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Georgians Chess Players of all time. This list of famous Georgians Chess Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Georgians Chess Players.

  1. #1
    Photo of Tigran Petrosian

    Tigran Petrosian

    1929 - 1984

    HPI 74.5267 langs

    Tigran Petrosian is most famous for being a chess player. He is considered one of the greatest chess players of all time.

  2. #5
    Photo of Genrikh Kasparyan

    Genrikh Kasparyan

    1910 - 1995

    HPI 56.9017 langs

    Armenian chess player (1910-1995)

People by Birth Decade

Browse notable Georgians Chess Players grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.

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