List of Russian chess players
This list of Russian chess players lists people from Russia, the Soviet Union, and the Russian Empire who are primarily known as chess players. The majority of these people are chess grandmasters.
A
- Vladimir Afromeev
- Evgeny Agrest
- Georgy Agzamov
- Anna Akhsharumova
- Vladimir Akopian
- Simon Alapin
- Vladimir Alatortsev
- Lev Alburt
- Alexander Alekhine, world champion
- Alexei Alekhine
- Evgeny Alekseev
- Nana Alexandria
- Farrukh Amonatov
- Dmitry Andreikin
- Vladimir Antoshin
- Fricis Apsenieks
- Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant
- Valentin Arbakov
- Lev Aronin
- Vladislav Artemiev
- Andreas Ascharin
- Konstantin Aseev
- Ekaterina Atalik
- Yuri Averbakh
- Zurab Azmaiparashvili
B
- Alexander Baburin
- Camilla Baginskaite
- Vladimir Bagirov
- Yuri Balashov
- Anatoly Bannik
- Evgeny Bareev
- Anjelina Belakovskaia
- Liudmila Belavenets
- Sergey Belavenets
- Alexander Beliavsky
- Vladimir Belov
- Benjamin Blumenfeld
- Boris Blumin
- Dmitry Bocharov
- Efim Bogoljubov
- Fedir Bohatyrchuk
- Isaac Boleslavsky
- Igor Bondarevsky
- Valentina Borisenko
- Mikhail Botvinnik, world champion
- David Bronstein
- Vladimir Burmakin
- Algimantas Butnorius
- Elisabeth Bykova
C
- Valery Chekhov
- Vitaly Chekhover
- Alexander Cherepkov
- Irving Chernev
- Alexander Chernin
- Konstantin Chernyshov
- Maia Chiburdanidze
- Mikhail Chigorin
- Vladimir Chuchelov
D
- Rustem Dautov
- Yelena Dembo
- Andrei Deviatkin
- Maxim Dlugy
- Yosef Dobkin
- Yury Dokhoian
- Sergey Dolmatov
- Elena Donaldson
- Iosif Dorfman
- Alexey Dreev
- Daniil Dubov
- Fedor Duz-Khotimirsky
- Mark Dvoretsky
- Viacheslav Dydyshko
- Semen Dvoirys
- Roman Dzindzichashvili
E
- Jaan Ehlvest
- Vladimir Epishin
- Yakov Estrin
F
- Raphael Falk
- Alexei Fedorov
- Vladimir Fedoseev
- Salo Flohr
- Sergey von Freymann
- Semyon Furman
G
- Aleksandr Galkin
- Alisa Galliamova
- Nona Gaprindashvili
- Viktor Gavrikov
- Boris Gelfand
- Efim Geller
- Edward Gerstenfeld
- Aivars Gipslis
- Anish Giri
- Evgeny Gleizerov
- Igor Glek
- Leonid Gofshtein
- Alexander Goldin
- Vitali Golod
- Aleksei Goncharov
- Solomon Gotthilf
- Boris Grachev
- Karen Grigorian
- Nikolay Grigoriev
- Alexander Grischuk
- Eduard Gufeld
- Boris Gulko
- Dmitry Gurevich
- Bukhuti Gurgenidze
H
- Alexander Halprin
- Grigory Helbach
- Alexander Huzman
I
- Ildar Ibragimov
- Bella Igla
- Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky
- Ernesto Inarkiev
- Nana Ioseliani
- Alexander Ivanov
- Igor Vasilyevich Ivanov
J
- Carl Jaenisch
- Charles Jaffe
- Dmitry Jakovenko
- Lora Jakovleva
K
- Victor Kahn
- Gregory Kaidanov
- Gata Kamsky
- Ilya Kan
- Albert Kapengut
- Nonna Karakashyan
- Mona May Karff
- Sergey Karjakin
- Anatoly Karpov, world champion
- Garry Kasparov, world champion
- Genrikh Kasparyan
- Paul Keres
- Alexander Khalifman
- Andrei Kharlov
- Igor Khenkin
- Denis Khismatullin
- Ratmir Kholmov
- Natalia Khoudgarian
- R.K. Kieseritzky
- Viktor Knorre
- Mikhail Kobalia
- Alexander Koblencs
- Dmitry Kokarev
- Alexander Kochyev
- Boris Kogan
- Alexander Konstantinopolsky
- Nikolai Kopilov
- N. Koppelman
- Viktor Korchnoi
- Alexey Korotylev
- Nadezhda Kosintseva
- Tatiana Kosintseva
- Alexandra Kosteniuk
- Alexander Kotov
- Boris Koyalovich
- Valentina Kozlovskaya
- Vladimir Kramnik
- Michał Krasenkow
- Boris Kreiman
- Ljuba Kristol
- Stanislav Kriventsov
- Nikolai Krogius
- Arvid Kubbel
- Leonid Kubbel
- Sergey Kudrin
- Viktor Kupreichik
- Igor Kurnosov
- Alla Kushnir
- Gennady Kuzmin
L
- Konstantin Landa
- Emanuel Lasker
- Alexander Lastin
- Anatoly Lein
- Isaac Lipnitsky
- Konstantin Lerner
- Grigory Levenfish
- Irina Levitina
- Stepan Levitsky
- Vladimir Liberzon
- Andor Lilienthal
- Georgy Lisitsin
- Marta Litinskaya-Shul
- Andrey Lukin
- Anatoly Lutikov
- Igor Lysyj
M
- Elmar Magerramov
- Sergei Makarichev
- Vladimir Makogonov
- Vladimir Malakhov
- Vladimir Malaniuk
- Boris Maliutin
- Maria Manakova
- Svetlana Matveeva
- Isaak Mazel
- Olga Menchik
- Vera Menchik
- Vladas Mikenas
- Adrian Mikhalchishin
- Vadim Milov
- Artashes Minasian
- Leopold Mitrofanov
- Abram Model
- Alexander Morozevich
- Alexander Motylev
- Jacob Murey
N
- Ashot Nadanian
- Gia Nadareishvili
- Evgeniy Najer
- Vera Nebolsina
- Iivo Nei
- Vladimir Nenarokov
- Ian Nepomniachtchi
- Rashid Nezhmetdinov
- Yuri Nikolaevsky
- Nikolay Novotelnov
O
- Handszar Odeev
- Alexandra Obolentseva
- Tõnu Õim
- Vladimir Okhotnik
- Lembit Oll
P
- Sam Palatnik
- Alexander Panchenko
- Vasily Panov
- Vasily Papin
- Nikolay Pavlov-Pianov
- Jusefs Petkevich
- Arshak Petrosian
- Tigran Petrosian, world champion
- Alexander Petrov
- Vladimirs Petrovs
- Evgeny Pigusov
- Igor Platonov
- Natalia Pogonina
- Vladimir Potkin
- Lev Polugaevsky
- Peter Potemkine
- Svetlana Prudnikova
- Lev Psakhis
R
- Abram Rabinovich
- Ilya Rabinovich
- Viacheslav Ragozin
- Maurice Raizman
- Maaja Ranniku
- Nukhim Rashkovsky
- Vsevolod Rauzer
- Yuri Razuvayev
- Alexander Riazantsev
- Nikolai Riumin
- Michael Roiz
- Oleg Romanishin
- Alexander Romanovsky
- Peter Romanovsky
- Karl Wilhelm Rosenkrantz
- Solomon Rosenthal
- Nicolas Rossolimo
- Sergei Rublevsky
- Olga Rubtsova
- Lyudmila Rudenko
- Nikoly Rudnev
S
- Peter Alexandrovich Saburov
- Peter Petrovich Saburov
- Nikolai Sahzin
- Konstantin Sakaev
- Yuri Sakharov
- Valery Salov
- Grigory Sanakoev
- Vladimir Savon
- Emanuel Schiffers
- Alexey Selezniev
- Lidia Semenova
- Aleksandr Sergeyev
- Gregory Serper
- Yuri Shabanov
- Alexander Shakarov
- Leonid Shamkovich
- Andrey Shariyazdanov
- Sergei Shipov
- Ilya Shumov
- Vladimir Simagin
- Sergey Smagin
- Pavel Smirnov
- Vasily Smyslov, world champion
- Vasily Osipovich Smyslov
- Andrei Sokolov
- Alexander Solovtsov
- Evgeniy Solozhenkin
- Maxim Sorokin
- Genna Sosonko
- Victor Soultanbeieff
- Vladimir Sournin
- Boris Spassky, world champion
- Leonid Stein
- Mark Stolberg
- Alexey Suetin
- Olga Sukhareva
- Emil Sutovsky
- Peter Svidler
- Evgeny Sveshnikov
T
- Mark Taimanov
- Mikhail Tal, world champion
- Artyom Timofeev
- Sergei Tiviakov
- Vladislav Tkachiev
- Alexander Tolush
- Evgeny Tomashevsky
- Pavel Tregubov
- Mark Tseitlin
- Mikhail Tseitlin
- Vitaly Tseshkovsky
- Vladimir Tukmakov
- Maxim Turov
- Olga Semenova Tyan-Shanskaya
U
- Mikhail Ulibin
- Mikhail Umansky
V
- Rafael Vaganian
- Samuil Vainshtein
- Evgeni Vasiukov
- Gavriil Veresov
- Boris Verlinsky
- Yakov Vilner
- Isakas Vistaneckis
- Nikita Vitiugov
- Alvis Vitolins
- Sergey Volkov
- Alexander Volzhin
- Evgeny Vladimirov
- Larisa Volpert
- Konstantin Vygodchikov
- Alexey Vyzmanavin
Y
- Yuri Yakovich
- Lora Yakovleva
- Leonid Yudasin
- Mikhail Yudovich
- Peter Yurdansky
- Artur Yusupov
Z
- Vladimir Zagorovsky
- Alexander Zaitsev
- Igor Zaitsev
- Viacheslav Zakhartsov
- Tatiana Zatulovskaya
- Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
- Nikolai Zubarev
- Vadim Zvjaginsev
- Kira Zvorykina