The Most Famous
Chess Players from Hungary
This page contains a list of the greatest Hungarians Chess Players. The pantheon dataset contains 461 Chess Players, 24 of which were born in Hungary. This makes Hungary the birth place of the 4th most number of Chess Players behind Ukraine and United States.
Top 10 Hungarian Chess Players
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Hungarians Chess Players of all time. This list of famous Hungarians 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 Hungarians Chess Players.
- #1
Judit Polgár
b. 1976
HPI 68.2265 langsHungarian chess player
- #2
Susan Polgár
b. 1969
HPI 66.0550 langsHungarian chess player
- #3
László Szabó
1917 - 1998
HPI 63.8337 langsHungarian chess player (1917–1998)
- #4
Lajos Portisch
b. 1937
HPI 63.4727 langsHungarian chess player
- #5
Géza Maróczy
1870 - 1951
HPI 62.8725 langsHungarian chess player
- #6
Isidor Gunsberg
1854 - 1930
HPI 62.0925 langsHungarian chess player
- #7
István Csom
1940 - 2021
HPI 57.3518 langsHungarian chess player
- #8
András Adorján
1950 - 2023
HPI 56.7021 langsHungarian chess player (1950–2023)
- #9
Győző Forintos
1935 - 2018
HPI 56.4316 langs(1935–2018) Hungarian chess player
- #10
Sofia Polgár
b. 1974
HPI 55.4628 langschess player
People by Birth Decade
Browse notable Hungarians Chess Players grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.
1990s(1)
1960s(2)
1940s(1)
1910s(2)
1900s(1)
1880s(1)
1870s(1)
1850s(1)
Overlapping Lives
Which Chess Players were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 10 most globally memorable Chess Players since 1700.
