List of Russian chess players

A

• Georgy Agzamov (1954–1986)
• Anna Akhsharumova (born 1957)
• Vladimir Akopian (born 1971)
• Simon Alapin (1856–1923)
• Vladimir Alatortsev (1909–1987)
• Lev Alburt (born 1945)
• Alexander Alekhine (1892–1946), world champion
• Alexei Alekhine (1888–1939)
• Evgeny Alekseev (born 1985)
• Nana Alexandria (born 1949)
• Farrukh Amonatov (born 1978)
• Dmitry Andreikin (born 1990)
• Vladimir Antoshin (1929–1994)
• Fricis Apsenieks (1894–1941)
• Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (born 1968)
• Valentin Arbakov (1952–2004)
• Lev Aronin (1920–1983)
• Vladislav Artemiev (born 1998)
• Andreas Ascharin (1843–1896)
• Konstantin Aseev (1960–2004)
• Ekaterina Atalik (born 1982)
• Yuri Averbakh (1922–2022)
• Zurab Azmaiparashvili (born 1960)

B

• Alexander Baburin (born 1967)
• Camilla Baginskaite (born 1967)
• Vladimir Bagirov (1936–2000)
• Yuri Balashov (born 1949)
• Anatoly Bannik (1921–2013)
• Evgeny Bareev (born 1966)
• Anjelina Belakovskaia (born 1969)
• Liudmila Belavenets (1940–2021)
• Sergey Belavenets (1910–1942)
• Alexander Beliavsky (born 1953)
• Vladimir Belov (born 1984)
• Benjamin Blumenfeld (1884–1947)
• Boris Blumin (1907–1998)
• Dmitry Bocharov (born 1982)
• Efim Bogoljubov (1889–1952)
• Fedir Bohatyrchuk (1892–1984)
• Isaac Boleslavsky (1919–1977)
• Igor Bondarevsky (1913–1979)
• Valentina Borisenko (1920–1993)
• Mikhail Botvinnik (1911–1995), world champion
• David Bronstein (1924–2006)
• Vladimir Burmakin (born 1967)
• Anna Burtasova (born 1987)
• Algimantas Butnorius (1946–2017)
• Elisabeth Bykova (1913–1989)

C

• Valery Chekhov (born 1955)
• Vitaly Chekhover (1908–1965)
• Alexander Cherepkov (1920–2009)
• Irving Chernev (1900–1981)
• Alexander Cherniaev (born 1969)
• Alexander Chernin (born 1960)
• Konstantin Chernyshov (born 1967)
• Maia Chiburdanidze (born 1961)
• Mikhail Chigorin (1850–1908)
• Vladimir Chuchelov (born 1969)

D

• Rustem Dautov (born 1965)
• Yelena Dembo (born 1983)
• Andrei Deviatkin (born 1980)
• Maxim Dlugy (born 1966)
• Yosef Dobkin (1909–1977)
• Yury Dokhoian (1964–2021)
• Sergey Dolmatov (born 1959)
• Elena Donaldson (1957–2012)
• Iosif Dorfman (born 1952)
• Alexey Dreev (born 1969)
• Daniil Dubov (born 1996)
• Fedor Duz-Khotimirsky (1879–1965)
• Mark Dvoretsky (1947–2016)
• Viacheslav Dydyshko (born 1949)
• Semen Dvoirys (born 1958)
• Roman Dzindzichashvili (born 1944)

E

• Jaan Ehlvest (born 1962)
• Vladimir Epishin (born 1965)
• Yakov Estrin (1923–1987)

F

• Raphael Falk (1856–1913)
• Alexei Fedorov (born 1972)
• Vladimir Fedoseev (born 1995)
• Salo Flohr (1908–1983)
• Sergey von Freymann (1882–1946)
• Semyon Furman (1920–1978)

G

• Aleksandr Galkin (born 1979)
• Alisa Galliamova (born 1972)
• Nona Gaprindashvili (born 1941)
• Viktor Gavrikov (1957–2016)
• Boris Gelfand (born 1968)
• Efim Geller (1925–1998)
• Edward Gerstenfeld (1915–1943)
• Aivars Gipslis (1937–2000)
• Anish Giri (born 1994)
• Evgeny Gleizerov (born 1963)
• Igor Glek (born 1961)
• Leonid Gofshtein (1953–2015)
• Alexander Goldin (born 1965)
• Vitali Golod (born 1971)
• Aleksei Goncharov (1879–1913)
• Solomon Gotthilf (1903–1967)
• Boris Grachev (born 1984)
• Karen Grigorian (1947–1989)
• Nikolay Grigoriev (1895–1935)
• Alexander Grischuk (born 1983)
• Eduard Gufeld (1936–2002)
• Boris Gulko (born 1947)
• Dmitry Gurevich (born 1956)
• Bukhuti Gurgenidze (1933–2008)

H

• Alexander Halprin (1868–1921)
• Grigory Helbach (1863–1930)
• Alexander Huzman (born 1962)

I

• Ildar Ibragimov (born 1967)
• Bella Igla (born 1985)
• Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky (1894–1941)
• Ernesto Inarkiev (born 1985)
• Nana Ioseliani (born 1962)
• Alexander Ivanov (born 1956)
• Igor Vasilyevich Ivanov (1947–2005)

J

• Carl Jaenisch (1813–1872)
• Charles Jaffe (1883–1941)
• Dmitry Jakovenko (born 1983)
• Lora Jakovleva (born 1932)

K

• Victor Kahn (1889–1971)
• Gregory Kaidanov (born 1959)
• Gata Kamsky (born 1974)
• Ilya Kan (1909–1978)
• Albert Kapengut (born 1944)
• Nonna Karakashyan (born 1940)
• Mona May Karff (1914–1998)
• Sergey Karjakin (born 1990)
• Anatoly Karpov (born 1951), world champion
• Garry Kasparov (born 1963), world champion
• Genrikh Kasparyan (1910–1995)
• Paul Keres (1916–1975)
• Alexander Khalifman (born 1966)
• Semen Khanin (born 1999)
• Andrei Kharlov (1968–2014)
• Igor Khenkin (born 1968)
• Denis Khismatullin (born 1984)
• Ratmir Kholmov (1925–2006)
• Natalia Khoudgarian (born 1975)
• R.K. Kieseritzky (1870-?)
• Viktor Knorre (1840–1919)
• Mikhail Kobalia (born 1978)
• Alexander Koblencs (1916–1993)
• Dmitry Kokarev (born 1982)
• Alexander Kochyev (born 1956)
• Boris Kogan (1940–1993)
• Alexander Konstantinopolsky (1910–1990)
• Nikolai Kopilov (1919–1995)
• N. Koppelman (1881–1944)
• Viktor Korchnoi (1931–2016)
• Alexey Korotylev (born 1977)
• Nadezhda Kosintseva (born 1985)
• Tatiana Kosintseva (born 1986)
• Alexandra Kosteniuk (born 1984)
• Alexander Kotov (1913–1981)
• Boris Koyalovich (1867–1941)
• Valentina Kozlovskaya (born 1938)
• Vladimir Kramnik (born 1975), world champion
• Michał Krasenkow (born 1963)
• Boris Kreiman (born 1976)
• Ljuba Kristol (born 1944)
• Stanislav Kriventsov (born 1973)
• Nikolai Krogius (1930–2022)
• Arvid Kubbel (1889–1938)
• Leonid Kubbel (1891–1942)
• Sergey Kudrin (born 1959)
• Viktor Kupreichik (1949–2017)
• Igor Kurnosov (1985–2013)
• Alla Kushnir (1941–2013)
• Gennady Kuzmin (1946–2020)

L

• Konstantin Landa (1972–2022)
• Emanuel Lasker (1868–1941, was born German but renounce German citizenship for Soviet citizenship later in life)
• Alexander Lastin (1976–2015)
• Anatoly Lein (1931–2018)
• Isaac Lipnitsky (1923–1959)
• Konstantin Lerner (1950–2011)
• Grigory Levenfish (1889–1961)
• Irina Levitina (born 1954)
• Stepan Levitsky (1876–1924)
• Vladimir Liberzon (1937–1996)
• Andor Lilienthal (1911–2010)
• Georgy Lisitsin (1909–1972)
• Marta Litinskaya-Shul (born 1949)
• Andrey Lukin (born 1948)
• Anatoly Lutikov (1933–1989)
• Igor Lysyj (born 1987)

M

• Elmar Magerramov (born 1958)
• Sergey Makarichev (born 1953)
• Vladimir Makogonov (1904–1993)
• Vladimir Malakhov (born 1980)
• Vladimir Malaniuk (1957–2017)
• Boris Maliutin (1883–1920)
• Maria Manakova (born 1974)
• Svetlana Matveeva (born 1969)
• Isaak Mazel (1911–1943)
• Olga Menchik (1908–1946)
• Vera Menchik (1906–1944)
• Vladas Mikėnas (1910–1992)
• Adrian Mikhalchishin (born 1954)
• Vadim Milov (born 1972)
• Artashes Minasian (born 1967)
• Leopold Mitrofanov (1932–1992)
• Abram Model (1896–1976)
• Alexander Morozevich (born 1977)
• Alexander Motylev (born 1979)
• Jacob Murey (born 1941)

N

• Ashot Nadanian (born 1972)
• Gia Nadareishvili (1921–1991)
• Evgeniy Najer (born 1977)
• Vera Nebolsina (born 1989)
• Iivo Nei (born 1931)
• Vladimir Nenarokov (1880–1953)
• Ian Nepomniachtchi (born 1990)
• Rashid Nezhmetdinov (1912–1974)
• Yuri Nikolaevsky (1937–2004)
• Nikolay Novotelnov (1911–2006)

O

• Handszar Odeev (born 1972)
• Alexandra Obolentseva (born 2001)
• Tõnu Õim (born 1941)
• Vladimir Okhotnik (born 1950)
• Lembit Oll (1966–1999)

P

• Sam Palatnik (born 1950)
• Alexander Panchenko (1953–2009)
• Vasily Panov (1908–1976)
• Vasily Papin (born 1988)
• Nikolay Pavlov-Pianov
• Jusefs Petkevich (born 1940)
• Arshak Petrosian (born 1953)
• Tigran Petrosian (1929–1984), world champion
• Alexander Petrov (1774–1867)
• Vladimirs Petrovs (1907–1943)
• Evgeny Pigusov (born 1961)
• Igor Platonov (1934–1994)
• Natalia Pogonina (born 1985)
• Vladimir Potkin (Russia, born 1982)
• Lev Polugaevsky (1934–1995)
• Peter Potemkine (1886–1926)
• Svetlana Prudnikova (born 1967)
• Lev Psakhis (born 1958)

R

• Abram Rabinovich (1878–1943)
• Ilya Rabinovich (1891–1942)
• Viacheslav Ragozin (1908–1962)
• Maurice Raizman (1905–1974)
• Maaja Ranniku (1941–2004)
• Nukhim Rashkovsky (1946–2023)
• Vsevolod Rauzer (1908–1941)
• Yuri Razuvayev (1945–2012)
• Alexander Riazantsev (born 1985)
• Nikolai Riumin (1908–1942)
• Michael Roiz (born 1983)
• Oleg Romanishin (born 1952)
• Alexander Romanovsky (1880–1943)
• Peter Romanovsky (1892–1964)
• Karl Wilhelm Rosenkrantz (1876–1942)
• Solomon Rosenthal (1890–1955)
• Nicolas Rossolimo (1910–1975)
• Sergei Rublevsky (born 1974)
• Olga Rubtsova (1909–1994)
• Lyudmila Rudenko (1904–1986)
• Nikoly Rudnev (1895–1944)

S

• Peter Alexandrovich Saburov (1835–1918)
• Peter Petrovich Saburov (1880–1932)
• Nikolai Sahzin (born 1988)
• Konstantin Sakaev (born 1974)
• Yuri Sakharov (1922–1981)
• Valery Salov (born 1964)
• Grigory Sanakoev (1935–2021)
• Vladimir Savon (1940–2005)
• Emanuel Schiffers (1850–1904)
• Alexey Selezniev (1888–1967)
• Lidia Semenova (born 1951)
• Aleksandr Sergeyev (1897–1970)
• Gregory Serper (born 1969)
• Yuri Shabanov (1937–2010)
• Alexander Shakarov (born 1948)
• Leonid Shamkovich (1923–2005)
• Andrey Shariyazdanov (born 1976)
• Andrei Shchekachev (born 1972)
• Miron Sher (1952–2020)
• Sergei Shipov (born 1966)
• Ilya Shumov (1819–1881)
• Vladimir Simagin (1919–1968)
• Sergey Smagin (born 1958)
• Pavel Smirnov (born 1982)
• Vasily Smyslov (1921–2010), world champion
• Vasily Osipovich Smyslov (1881–1943)
• Andrei Sokolov (born 1963)
• Alexander Solovtsov (1847–1923)
• Evgeniy Solozhenkin (born 1966)
• Maxim Sorokin (1968–2007)
• Genna Sosonko (born 1943)
• Victor Soultanbeieff (1895–1972)
• Vladimir Sournin (1875–1942)
• Boris Spassky (born 1937), world champion
• Leonid Stein (1934–1973)
• Mark Stolberg (1922–1943)
• Alexey Suetin (1926–2001)
• Olga Sukhareva (born 1984)
• Emil Sutovsky (born 1977)
• Peter Svidler (born 1976)
• Evgeny Sveshnikov (1950–2021)

T

• Mark Taimanov (1926–2016)
• Mikhail Tal (1936–1992), world champion
• Artyom Timofeev (born 1985)
• Sergei Tiviakov (born 1973)
• Vladislav Tkachiev (born 1973)
• Alexander Tolush (1910–1969)
• Evgeny Tomashevsky (born 1987)
• Pavel Tregubov (born 1971)
• Mark Tseitlin (1943–2022)
• Mikhail Tseitlin (born 1947)
• Vitaly Tseshkovsky (1944–2011)
• Vladimir Tukmakov (born 1946)
• Maxim Turov (born 1979)
• Olga Semenova Tyan-Shanskaya (1911–1970)

U

• Mikhail Ulibin (born 1971)
• Mikhail Umansky (1952–2010)
• Artem Uskov (born 2010)

V

• Rafael Vaganian (born 1951)
• Samuil Vainshtein (1894–1942)
• Evgeni Vasiukov (1933–2018)
• Gavriil Veresov (1912–1979)
• Boris Verlinsky (1888–1950)
• Yakov Vilner (1899–1931)
• Isakas Vistaneckis (1910–2000)
• Nikita Vitiugov (born 1987)
• Alvis Vītoliņš (1946–1997)
• Sergey Volkov (born 1974)
• Alexander Volzhin (born 1971)
• Evgeny Vladimirov (born 1957)
• Larissa Volpert (1926–2017)
• Konstantin Vygodchikov (1892–1941)
• Alexey Vyzmanavin (1960–2000)

Y

• Yuri Yakovich (born 1962)
• Lora Yakovleva (born 1932)
• Leonid Yudasin (born 1959)
• Mikhail Yudovich (1911–1987)
• Peter Yurdansky (1891–1937)
• Artur Yusupov (born 1960)

Z

• Vladimir Zagorovsky (1925–1994)
• Alexander Zaitsev (1935–1971)
• Igor Zaitsev (born 1938)
• Viacheslav Zakhartsov (born 1968)
• Tatiana Zatulovskaya (1935–2017)
• Eugene Znosko-Borovsky (1884–1954)
• Nikolai Zubarev (1894–1951)
• Vadim Zvjaginsev (born 1976)
• Kira Zvorykina (1919–2014)

See also

• List of chess players
• List of chess grandmasters