Chess Players from Ukraine

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Ukrainians Chess Players of all time. This list of famous Ukrainians 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 Ukrainians Chess Players.

1. #1

   

   David Bronstein

   1924 - 2006

   HPI 66.0939 langs

   David Bronstein is most famous for his victory over Mikhail Botvinnik in the 1951 World Chess Championship.

2. #2

   

   Efim Bogoljubov

   1889 - 1952

   HPI 66.0835 langs

   Russian chess player (1889–1952)

3. #3

   

   Vassily Ivanchuk

   b. 1969

   HPI 66.0046 langs

   Ukrainian chess player

4. #4

   

   Lyudmila Rudenko

   1904 - 1986

   HPI 64.5240 langs

   Soviet chess player

5. #5

   

   Salo Flohr

   1908 - 1983

   HPI 62.5428 langs

   Czech chess player, arbiter, theoretician, organiser and writer (1908–1983)

6. #6

   

   Mark Taimanov

   1926 - 2016

   HPI 62.5032 langs

   Soviet chess player (1926–2016)

7. #7

   

   Isaac Boleslavsky

   1919 - 1977

   HPI 61.4926 langs

   Soviet chess player (1919–1977)

8. #8

   

   Alexander Beliavsky

   b. 1953

   HPI 58.9629 langs

   Ukrainian and Slovenian chess player

9. #9

   

   Leonid Stein

   1934 - 1973

   HPI 56.9518 langs

   Soviet chess player (1934-1973)

10. #10

    

    Ossip Bernstein

    1882 - 1962

    HPI 56.2921 langs

    Russian-French chess player