List of chess families
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- Alexander AlekhineAlexander AlekhineAlexander Alexandrovich Alekhine was the fourth World Chess Champion. He is often considered one of the greatest chess players ever.By the age of twenty-two, he was already among the strongest chess players in the world. During the 1920s, he won most of the tournaments in which he played...
and Alexei AlekhineAlexei AlekhineAlexei Alekhine was a Russian chess master and the brother of World Chess Champion Alexander Alekhine.His father was a wealthy landowner, a Marshal of the Nobility and a member of the State Duma, and his mother was an heiress to an industrial fortune.Both he and his younger brother, Alexander... - Jacobo BolbochánJacobo BolbochánJacobo Bolbochán was an Argentine chess master.He played many times in the Argentine Chess Championships. He won twice , both ahead of Isaias Pleci. In 1933, he took 2nd, behind Luis Piazzini. In 1935, he took 2nd, behind Roberto Grau. In 1936, he took 3rd, behind Carlos Guimard and Grau...
and Julio BolbochánJulio BolbochanJulio Bolbochán was the Argentine chess champion in 1946 and 1948.Born in Buenos Aires, he represented Argentina in seven Chess Olympiads from 1950 to 1970.... - Donald ByrneDonald ByrneDonald Byrne was one of the USA's strongest chess players during the 1950s and 1960s.Born in New York City, he won the U.S. Open Chess Championship in 1953, was awarded the International Master title by FIDE in 1962, and played for or captained five U.S. Chess Olympiad teams between 1962 and 1972...
and Robert Byrne - Hans DuhmHans DuhmHans Duhm was a German–Swiss chess master.Born in Göttingen, Germany, he was the elder brother of Dietrich Duhm and Andreas Duhm. His father, Bernhard Duhm, was a professor for Protestant theology in Göttingen and Basel, Switzerland...
, Dietrich DuhmDietrich DuhmDietrich Duhm was a German–Swiss chess master.Born in Göttingen, Germany, he was the brother of Hans Duhm and Andreas Duhm. His father, Bernhard Duhm, was a professor for Protestant theology in Göttingen and Basel, Switzerland...
and Andreas DuhmAndreas DuhmAndreas Duhm was a German–Swiss chess master.Born in Göttingen, Germany, he was the younger brother of Hans Duhm and Dietrich Duhm. His father, Bernhard Duhm, was a professor for Protestant theology in Göttingen and Basel, Switzerland... - Arnold van ForeestArnold van ForeestJhr. Arnold Engelinus van Foreest was a Dutch chess master.Younger brother of Dirk van Foreest, he thrice won Dutch Championship.He took 8th at The Hague 1878 Jhr. Arnold Engelinus van Foreest (29 June 1863, Haarlemmermeer - 24 June 1954, Apeldoorn) was a Dutch chess master.Younger brother of Dirk...
and Dirk van ForeestDirk van ForeestJhr. Dirk van Foreest was a Dutch chess master.Elder brother of Arnold van Foreest, he thrice won Dutch Championship in 1885, 1886, and 1887. He also took fifth place at Gouda 1884 , and took second place, behind Rudolf Loman, at Rotterdam 1888 .-References:... - Daniel FridmanDaniel FridmanDaniel Fridman is a German chess master who originates from Latvia. He was Latvian champion in 1996 and German champion in 2008.-Early chess career:...
and Rafael Fridman - Celso Golmayo TorrienteCelso Golmayo TorrienteCelso Golmayo y de la Torriente was a Cuban–Spanish chess master.He was the son of Celso Golmayo y Zúpide and the brother of Manuel Golmayo y de la Torriente....
and Manuel Golmayo TorrienteManuel Golmayo TorrienteManuel Golmayo y de la Torriente was a Cuban-Spanish chess master.Born into a 'chess family' , he was Spanish Champion on numerous occasions and Sub-Champion in 1929/30 Manuel Golmayo y de la Torriente (12 June 1883, Havana, Cuba – 7 March 1973, Madrid) was a Cuban-Spanish chess master.Born into... - Karen GrigorianKaren GrigorianKaren Ashotovich Grigorian was an Armenian chess master, and son of the poet Ashot Grashi.Born in Moscow, Russia, Grigorian won the Armenian Chess Championship three times , and the Moscow City Chess Championship twice...
and Levon GrigorianLevon GrigorianLevon Ashotovich Grigorian , was a Soviet Armenian chess player and son of the poet Ashot Grashi.He won Armenian Chess Championships in 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972 and Uzbekistani Chess Championships in 1974 and 1975.Grigorian was born in Yerevan, Armenia and died in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.His... - Baadur JobavaBaadur JobavaBaadur Jobava is a Georgian chess grandmaster. His first major achievement on the international scene was winning the Dubai Open 2003 with 7/9. He took the gold medal at the 2004 36th Chess Olympiad, scoring 8½/10. He has taken part in the Olympiads 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010...
and Beglar Jobava - Paul JohnerPaul JohnerPaul Johner was a Swiss chess master.A noted musician , elder brother of Hans Johner, he won the Swiss Championship in 1907 , 1908 , 1925, 1928 , 1930 and 1932 .He played in many international tournaments...
and Hans JohnerHans JohnerHans Johner was a Swiss chess player.He was awarded the title of International Master in 1950, having been Swiss Champion on a number of occasions... - Arvid KubbelArvid KubbelArvid Kubbel was a Russian chess player and composer.He was a brother of Evgeny and Leonid Kubbel. He tied for 5-7th at Moscow 1920 , took 6th at Petrograd 1923 , took 5th in Leningrad City Chess Championship 1924 , tied for 11-13th at...
and Leonid KubbelLeonid KubbelLeonid Ivanovich Kubbel was a Russian composer of chess endgame studies and problems. He was born in Leningrad at the end of 1891, or beginning of 1892 and died in the same city on April 18, 1942... - Emanuel LaskerEmanuel LaskerEmanuel Lasker was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher who was World Chess Champion for 27 years...
and Berthold LaskerBerthold LaskerBerthold Lasker was a German chess master.Born Jonathan Berthold Lasker, he was married to the poet and playwright Else Lasker-Schüler and was an elder brother of Emanuel Lasker.... - Gustave LazardGustave LazardGustave Lazard was a French chess master, problemist and organizer.He was an elder brother of Frédéric Lazard. His chess career took place in Paris. He tied for 5-6th in 1907 , took 8th in 1908 , took 9th in 1909 , took 7th in 1909 , took 7th in 1910 , and took 9th in 1912 Gustave Lazard (1876 –...
and Frédéric LazardFrédéric LazardFrédéric Lazard was a French chess master, problemist and journalist.He lived in Paris where played in many local tournaments. He took twice 4th place in 1905, shared 3rd in 1908, took 3rd in 1909, shared 2nd behind H... - Kjetil Aleksander LieKjetil Aleksander LieKjetil Aleksander Lie is a Norwegian chess player, and Norway's eighth International Grandmaster . Lie is the current Norwegian chess champion, having won the 2009 title, and then defending it through play-offs in the 2010 championship...
and Espen LieEspen LieEspen Lie is a Norwegian chess player who currently holds the title of International Master, and was the Norwegian Chess Champion for 2007. He is the younger brother of GM Kjetil A. Lie... - John LittlewoodJohn Littlewood (chess player)John Eric Littlewood was for many years a leading British chess player and took the title of national senior champion in 2006. Perhaps his most famous game was the one he lost against the world champion Mikhail Botvinnik at the Hastings International Chess Congress 1961/2...
and Norman Littlewood - Nelson Mariano IINelson Mariano IINelson Mariano II is the Philippines fifth International Chess Grandmaster and the last Asian Junior Chess Champion from the Philippines since 1994.-Life and career:...
and Nelson Mariano IIINelson Mariano IIINelson Mariano III is a Filipino chess player and a member of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines. He is currently studying on University of the East Philippines, he is in college taking up mass communication major in broadcasting.-Life and career:Mariano started learning chess at the... - Nicholas PertNicholas PertNicholas Pert is an English chess player who holds the title Grandmaster.Pert was the World Under-18 Chess Champion in 1998 and British Rapidplay Chess Champion in 2004...
and Richard Pert - Lajos PortischLajos PortischLajos Portisch is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster, whose positional style earned him the nickname, the "Hungarian Botvinnik"...
and Ferenc Portisch - Alexander RomanovskyAlexander RomanovskyAlexander Arsenievich Romanovsky was a Lithuanian–Russian chess master. He was born in Kaunas, Lithuania . He was the elder brother of Peter Romanovsky....
and Peter RomanovskyPeter RomanovskyPeter Arsenievich Romanovsky was a Russian chess International Master, International Arbiter, and author.-Biography:At the beginning of his career in Sankt Petersburg, he shared fourth place in 1908 , tied for 10-11th in 1909 , took second place behind Smorodsky in 1913, and shared first with... - Kevin SpraggettKevin SpraggettKevin Spraggett is a Canadian chess grandmaster. He is the fourth Canadian to earn the grandmaster title, after Abe Yanofsky, Duncan Suttles and Peter Biyiasas. Spraggett is the only Canadian to have qualified for the Candidates' level, having done so in 1985 and 1988...
and Grant Spraggett - Endre SteinerEndre SteinerEndre Steiner was a Hungarian chess player.Endre Steiner played for Hungary in five official and one unofficial Chess Olympiads.* In 1927, he played at first reserve board at 1st Chess Olympiad in London ....
and Lajos SteinerLajos SteinerLajos Steiner was a Hungarian–born Australian chess master.Steiner was one of four children of Bernat Steiner, a mathematics teacher, and his wife Cecilia,, and a younger brother of Endre Steiner... - František TreybalFrantišek TreybalFrantišek Treybal was a Czech chess master.In 1907 he won the 2nd Czech Chess Championship in Brno. In 1907 he also won in Berlin, and tied for 5-6th in Prague . In 1908, he took 20th in Prague . In 1909, he took 4th in Prague...
and Karel TreybalKarel TreybalKarel Treybal was a prominent Czech chess player of the early twentieth century.Treybal was born in Kotopeky, a village to the southwest of Prague in central Bohemia. He trained as a lawyer and became chairman of the district court in Velvary, a small town on the opposite side of Prague... - Yuri VovkYuri VovkYuri Vovk is a Ukrainian chess player. He was trained by Vladimir Grabinsky, coach of the Ukrainian youth team. He became a Grandmaster in 2008, at age 20....
and Andrey VovkAndrey VovkAndrey Vovk is a Ukrainian chess Grandmaster .In 2008 he tied for 3rd-5th with Oganes Danielian and Evgeni Vasiukov in the Transkarpathian Cup in Mukachevo. In 2009 he was second in the Hogeschool Zeeland Chess Tournament in Vlissingen. In 2010 he came first at Rosenheim.Andrey Vovk is the younger... - Andrey Zhigalko and Sergei Zhigalko
Father and Son
- Celso Golmayo ZúpideCelso Golmayo ZúpideCelso Golmayo y Zúpide was a Spanish–Cuban chess master.He had been generally accepted as Cuban champion since his 1862 match defeat of Félix Sicre...
and Celso Golmayo TorrienteCelso Golmayo TorrienteCelso Golmayo y de la Torriente was a Cuban–Spanish chess master.He was the son of Celso Golmayo y Zúpide and the brother of Manuel Golmayo y de la Torriente.... - Sergiu Henric Grünberg and Mihai-Lucian Grünberg
- Wolfgang HeidenfeldWolfgang HeidenfeldWolfgang Heidenfeld was a chess player.Heidenfeld was born in Berlin. He was forced to move from Germany to South Africa because he was a Jew. There, he won the South African Chess Championship eight times, and he represented South Africa in the Chess Olympiad in 1958...
and Mark Heidenfeld - John LittlewoodJohn Littlewood (chess player)John Eric Littlewood was for many years a leading British chess player and took the title of national senior champion in 2006. Perhaps his most famous game was the one he lost against the world champion Mikhail Botvinnik at the Hastings International Chess Congress 1961/2...
and Paul Littlewood - Cecil PurdyCecil PurdyCecil John Seddon Purdy was an Australian chess International Master and inaugural World Correspondence Chess champion. Purdy earned the Grandmaster title at Correspondence Chess in 1953...
and John PurdyJohn Purdy (chess player)John Purdy was an Australian chess player and Family Court judge.- Early life and education :John Spencer Purdy was born on 25 September 25 1935 in Sydney, New South Wales... - Mike Shahade and Gregory Shahade
- Vasily Osipovich SmyslovVasily Osipovich SmyslovVasily Osipovich Smyslov was a Russian chess master, and the father of Vasily Vasilievich Smyslov, World Chess Champion from 1957–8....
and Vasily SmyslovVasily SmyslovVasily Vasilyevich Smyslov was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster, and was World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958. He was a Candidate for the World Chess Championship on eight occasions . Smyslov was twice equal first at the Soviet Championship , and his total of 17 Chess Olympiad medals won... - Evgeny SveshnikovEvgeny SveshnikovEvgeny Ellinovich Sveshnikov is a Latvian, former Soviet International Grandmaster of chess, and a chess writer.-The player:...
and Vladimir Sveshnikov - Milan VidmarMilan VidmarMilan Vidmar was a Slovene electrical engineer, chess player, chess theorist, philosopher, and writer. He was a specialist in power transformers and transmission of electric current.- Biography :...
and Milan Vidmar, Jr.Milan Vidmar, Jr.Milan Vidmar, Junior was a Slovenian chess master.He was a son of Milan Vidmar, a leading Slovenian chess grandmaster.... - Mikhail YudovichMikhail YudovichMikhail Yudovich was a Russian chess master, journalist and writer.Mikhail Mikhailovich Yudovich and Sergey Belavenets, known as the Smolensk twins, had been close friends since meeting in a school match in 1925...
and Mikhail Yudovich, Jr.
Father and Daughter
- Sergey BelavenetsSergey BelavenetsSergey Belavenets was a Soviet chess master, theoretician, and chess journalist of Belarusian descent.- Early life :Belavenets was born in Smolensk to a noble family. He and Mikhail Yudovich, known as the Smolensk twins, had been close friends since meeting in a school match in 1925...
and Liudmila BelavenetsLiudmila BelavenetsLiudmila Belavenets is a Russian woman International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster, the fourth ICCF Women's World Champion in correspondence chess . Moreover she is a Woman International Master in the over the board chess... - Baruch Harold WoodBaruch Harold WoodBaruch Harold Wood MSc OBE was an English chess player, editor and author. He was born in Sheffield, England.-Playing career:...
and Peggy Clarke - Thomas Pähtz and Elisabeth PähtzElisabeth PähtzElisabeth Pähtz is a German chess Woman Grandmaster.She was trained from early childhood by her father Thomas Pähtz, a chess grandmaster himself. At the age of 9 years she won her first German championship in the under-11 age group. In 1999 she became Germany's women's chess champion...
- Mike Shahade and Jennifer ShahadeJennifer ShahadeJennifer Shahade is an American chess player and writer. She is a two-time American women's chess champion and, as of October 2007, has a FIDE rating of 2322. She has the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster. Jennifer is the author of the book Chess Bitch...
Husband and Wife
- Alexander AlekhineAlexander AlekhineAlexander Alexandrovich Alekhine was the fourth World Chess Champion. He is often considered one of the greatest chess players ever.By the age of twenty-two, he was already among the strongest chess players in the world. During the 1920s, he won most of the tournaments in which he played...
and Grace AlekhineGrace AlekhineGrace N. Alekhine , was an American–British–French female artist, chess master and the fourth and last wife of World Chess Champion Alexander Alekhine.... - Mohamad Al-ModiahkiMohamad Al-ModiahkiMohammed Ahmed Al-Modiahki is a chess Grandmaster. He was the first player in Qatar to earn the title of grandmaster, and is the country's best player...
and Zhu ChenZhu ChenZhu Chen is a chess Grandmaster. In 2001, she became China's second women's world chess champion after Xie Jun, and China's 13th Grandmaster.She today plays for Qatar.-Biography:... - Keith ArkellKeith ArkellKeith Charles Arkell is an English Grandmaster of chess.As a long-time resident of the West Midlands, he has lived in Rednal, Droitwich and Worcester. His brother Nicholas was also a strong player....
and Susan ArkellSusan LalicSusan Lalic is an English chess player, holding both International Master and Woman Grandmaster titles. She is five-time British Women's Chess Champion - 1986, 1990–1992, 1998.... - Sergey Arkhipov and Natalia Alekhina
- Suat AtalıkSuat AtalikSuat Atalık is a Grandmaster of chess. As of the July 2009 FIDE rating list, he is ranked number 165 in the world and number two in Turkey, behind Mikhail Gurevich....
and Ekaterina Atalik - Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez and Pia CramlingPia CramlingPia Cramling is a Swedish chess grandmaster. Since the early 1980s, she has been one of the strongest female players in the world....
- István BilekIstvan BilekIstván Bilek was a Hungarian chess Grandmaster .-Biography:Bilek was a three-time Hungarian Champion , and he played in interzonals in 1962 and 1964. His most successful tournaments were Balatonfüred , Salgótarján , and Debrecen...
and Edit Bilek - Peter BiyiasasPeter BiyiasasPeter Biyiasas is a Canadian chess grandmaster. He was Canadian champion in 1972 and 1975, represented Canada with fine success on four Olympiad teams, played in two Interzonals. He moved to the United States in 1979, settling in California. He has been retired from competitive play since the...
and Ruth Haring - Milko BobotsovMilko BobotsovMilko Georgiev Bobotsov was the first Bulgarian to attain the chess title of Grandmaster, achieving this title in 1961. Prior to gaining the title he won the Bulgarian national championship in 1958. Probably his best result was equal second at the powerful Alekhine Memorial tournament in Moscow...
and Antonia IvanovaAntonia IvanovaAntonia Petrova Ivanova was a Bulgarian chess player with the title Woman Grandmaster.She was the national girls' champion in 1948 and a short time later captured the first of her six Bulgarian Women's Championships. As the first very strong woman player in her country, she was chosen to be the... - Igor BondarevskyIgor BondarevskyIgor Zakharovich Bondarevsky was a Soviet Russian chess Grandmaster in both over-the-board and correspondence chess, an International Arbiter, trainer, and chess author...
and Valentina KozlovskayaValentina KozlovskayaValentina Kozlovskaya is a Russian chess Woman Grandmaster , and the 1996 Senior Women's World Chess Champion.She won the Women's Soviet Chess Championship in 1965. She came 2nd in the 1967 Women's Candidates Tournament. In the same year she placed 2nd to Nona Gaprindashvili in a women's... - Graeme Buckley and Susan Arkell-Lalic
- Pascal CharbonneauPascal CharbonneauPascal Charbonneau is a Canadian Grandmaster of chess, a financial analyst, and an avid supporter of the NYC Club, Tenjune...
and Irina KrushIrina KrushIrina Krush is an American chess player who won the U.S. Women's Chess Championship in 1998, 2007, and 2010. Born in Odessa, USSR , she is widely known for her series of chess training videos, the "Krushing Attacks" series.Krush learned to play chess at age five, emigrating with her parents to... - William John DonaldsonWilliam John DonaldsonWilliam John Donaldson is an International Master of chess. He has been an IM since 1983. He is also an author, organizer, journalist and chess politician...
and Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya - Pavel EljanovPavel EljanovPavel Eljanov is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster.In 1999, he was a member of the Ukrainian national youth team, which won the U-16 Chess Olympiad in Artek, Ukraine.Eljanov won the Corus B 2007 in Wijk aan Zee, Holland with a score of 9/13...
and Olena Dvoretska - Bobby FischerBobby FischerRobert James "Bobby" Fischer was an American chess Grandmaster and the 11th World Chess Champion. He is widely considered one of the greatest chess players of all time. Fischer was also a best-selling chess author...
and Miyoko WataiMiyoko Wataiis a Japanese women's chess champion, and the general secretary of the Japan Chess Association. She is a Woman International Master. She lives in the old Kamata ward, which is now part of Ōta, Tokyo.... - Glenn FlearGlenn FlearGlenn Curtis Flear is a British chess grandmaster now living in Montpellier, France. He is the author of several books, some on chess openings and some on the endgame....
and Christine Flear - Robert Fontaine and Kateryna Lahno
- Laurent FressinetLaurent FressinetLaurent Fressinet is a French chess Grandmaster. He is married to Almira Skripchenko.In October 2011 he tied for 3rd-15th in the open section of the 15th Corsican Circuit.-External links:*...
and Almira SkripchenkoAlmira SkripchenkoAlmira Skripchenko is a French chess player who has achieved the FIDE International Master and Woman Grandmaster titles... - Daniel FridmanDaniel FridmanDaniel Fridman is a German chess master who originates from Latvia. He was Latvian champion in 1996 and German champion in 2008.-Early chess career:...
and Anna ZatonskihAnna ZatonskihAnna Zatonskih is a chess player from the United States. She is a Woman Grandmaster, as well as an International Master. She is a chess professional, who coaches players and competes in tournaments. Zatonskih is the 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2011 U.S. Women's Chess Champion.Zatonskih learned chess at... - Petar GenovPetar GenovPetar Genov is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster .He won the Bulgarian Chess Championship in 1993 and 1999 and played for Bulgaria in the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled 2002. In the same year he came first at Herceg Novi. In 2004, tied for first with Vadim Malakhatko in the 3rd Condom Chess Open.He is...
and Lyubka Genova - Alexander GrischukAlexander GrischukAlexander Igorevich Grischuk is a Russian chess grandmaster and Russian Champion in 2009.-Chess career:In the FIDE World Chess Championship 2000, Grischuk he made it to the semifinals, losing to Alexei Shirov....
and Natalia ZhukovaNatalia ZhukovaNatalia Zhukova is a Ukrainian Grandmaster of chess. She won several age-group titles as a teenager, both at the European and World levels. She has also triumphed in several international women's tournaments... - Boris Gulko and Anna AkhsharumovaAnna AkhsharumovaAnna Akhsharumova is a Woman Grandmaster of chess. She is the wife of chess grandmaster Boris Gulko.Akhsharumova and her husband became famous in the late-1970s as Soviet Refuseniks. They were finally allowed to leave the Soviet Union and immigrate to the United States in 1986.She won the Women's...
- Aidyn GuseinovAidyn GuseinovAidyn Guseinov was a chess Grandmaster.-References:...
and Elmira Alieva - Zoltan GyimesiZoltan GyimesiZoltán Gyimesi is a Hungarian chess player. He has participated in 4 Chess Olympiads 1998, 2002-2006 with a record of +11=18-4. In 2002 at the 35th Chess Olympiad, the Hungarian team won the silver medal with Gyimesi on the fourth board...
and Nora Medvegy - Hichem HamdouchiHichem HamdouchiHichem Hamdouchi is currently the strongest Moroccan chess player and one of the leading African grandmasters....
and Adina-Maria Hamdouchi - Helgi GrétarssonHelgi GrétarssonHelgi Dagbjartur Áss Grétarsson is an Icelandic chess grandmaster. Grétarsson won the 1994 World Junior Chess Championship. His current Elo rating is 2462 .-External links:...
and Lenka PtacnikovaLenka PtácníkováLenka Ptáčníková or Lenka Ptacnikova, is an Icelandic chess Woman Grandmaster of Czech origin. She won the Nordic championship in Finland in 2005.-External links:... - Gilberto Hernández GuerreroGilberto Hernandez GuerreroGilberto Hernández Guerrero is a chess Grandmaster from Mexico. On the July 2008 FIDE rating list he has an Elo rating of 2550, making him the second highest ranked player on the Mexican ELO-list. He was the highest ranked Mexican player in most of the 1990s and 2000nd.At age 5, Hernández learnt...
and Claudia Amura - Miguel IllescasMiguel IllescasMiguel Illescas Córdoba is a prominent Spanish grandmaster of chess.He was a highly skilled player as a youngster and became junior champion of Catalonia at the age of 12. A trained computer scientist, chess remained his real passion and continued progress brought him an International Master title...
and Olga Alexandrova - Alexander Ivanov and Esther EpsteinEsther EpsteinEsther Epstein is an United States chess player and systems manager, who has won the U.S. Women's Chess Champion in 1991 and 1997. She holds a Woman International Master title....
- Sergey KarjakinSergey KarjakinSergey Alexandrovich Karjakin is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was a chess prodigy and holds the record for both the youngest International Master, eleven years and eleven months, and grandmaster in history, at the age of twelve years and seven months...
and Kateryna Dolzhikova - Andrei KharlovAndrei Kharlov__FORCETOC__Andrei Kharlov is a Russian chess player. In 1992, he received the title of Grandmaster after tying for first place in the 1990 Russian National Championships. Since then, Kharlov has won the 1996 Eurocup and the 1998 Russian Club Cup with the Kazan chess team...
and Elena Zaiatz - Jānis KlovānsJanis KlovansJānis Klovāns was a Latvian chess Grandmaster. He was a career officer in the Soviet Army.Jānis Klovāns won the Latvian Championship nine times , and participated in several Soviet Championships...
and Astra KlovaneAstra KlovāneAstra Klovāne is a former Latvian chess player. Astra Klovāne won the Latvian Chess Championship for women seven times - 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1977, and 1978. She won also the Latvian women speed championship in 1977, 1978, and 1981.She learned to play chess at the age of 11... - Oleg Korneev and Tatiana Kononenko
- Yona KosashviliYona KosashviliDr. Yona Kosashvili is a Georgian-born chess Grandmaster and physician, who now lives in Canada.He was born in Tbilisi, Georgia, moved to Israel as a child, and now lives in Toronto, Canada....
and Sofia Polgar - Bogdan LalićBogdan LalicBogdan Lalic is a Croatian-English Grandmaster of chess. He was born in the former Yugoslavia in 1964. FIDE awarded him the International Grandmaster title in 1988. He finished equal first at the Pleven 1987 and Sarajevo 1988 tournaments. Although registered with the Croatian Federation, he...
and Susan Arkell-Lalic - Marat Makarov and Julia Demina
- Vadim MalakhatkoVadim MalakhatkoVadim Malakhatko is a Ukrainian–Belgian chess grandmaster. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Ukrainian team at the 2001 World Team Chess Championship...
and Anna Zozulia - Robert MarkušRobert MarkušRobert Markuš is a Serbian chess Grandmaster.His current FIDE rating is 2606 and he is a member of Novi Sad Chess Club....
and Ana SrebrničAna SrebrnicAna Srebrnič is a Slovene chess player, Woman Grandmaster.She was Slovenian woman champion in 2008, second in 2004, third place in 2005... - Reginald Pryce Michell and Edith MichellEdith MichellEdith Mary Ann Michell was an English female chess master.At the beginning of her career, she twice won Redhill Chess Club championships in 1906 and 1909...
- Igor MiladinovićIgor MiladinovicIgor Miladinović is a Serbian chess grandmaster. On the November 2009 FIDE list his Elo rating was 2553.Miladinović won the 1993 World Junior Chess Championship and at the end of the year was declared for the athlete of the Year in Yugoslavia. In 1994 he played for Yugoslavia in the Moscow...
and Anna-Maria Botsari - Sergei MovsesianSergei MovsesianSergei Movsesian is an Armenian chess Grandmaster who used to play for Slovakia, but as of late 2010, Movsesian announced that he plays for his home country of Armenia...
and Petra Krupkova - John NunnJohn NunnJohn Denis Martin Nunn is one of England's strongest chess players and once belonged to the world's top ten. He is also a three times world champion in chess problem solving, a chess writer and publisher, and a mathematician....
and Petra Fink - Arman PashikianArman PashikianArman Pashikian is an Armenian chess Grandmaster. He was the Armenian Youth Champion in 1997 and 1998, winning also a silver medal in 1999 and in 2001 . He also took the fourth place in the European Championship. In 2003 Pashikian shared the first two places in the Armenian Chess Championship...
and Maria Kursova - Peng XiaominPeng XiaominPeng Xiaomin is a Chinese chess grandmaster. In 1997, he became China's 6th Grandmaster. Peng Xiaomin is married to WGM Qin Kanying.-Career:Peng has been a grandmaster since 1997...
and Qin KanyingQin KanyingQin Kanying is a Chinese chess player. She is a FIDE Woman Grandmaster. She is married to GM Peng Xiaomin, who is also her trainer. She won the Chinese Chess Championship five times: in 1988, 1991, 1995, 1999 and 2004.-External links:... - Jovan Petronic and Sanja Petronic
- Vasik RajlichVasik RajlichVasik Rajlich is an International Master in chess and the author of Rybka, one of the strongest chess playing programs in the world. Rajlich is a dual Czechoslovakian-American citizen by birth; he was born in the United States of America to Czech parents, at that time graduate students, but grew...
and Iweta RajlichIweta RajlichIweta Rajlich is a Polish chess International Master and Woman Grandmaster, multiple winner of Women Chess Championships of Poland. As of April 2009, she is the 54th ranked female chess player in the world with an Elo rating of 2424.She married Vasik Rajlich on 19 August 2006. Vasik is the author... - Ramachandran RameshRamachandran RameshRamachandran Ramesh is an Indian chess grandmaster from Chennai who won the 2002 British Championship and 2007 Commonwealth Championship.He is married to WGM Aarthie Ramaswamy. They are India's first Grandmaster...
and Aarthie RamaswamyAarthie RamaswamyAarthi Ramaswamy is a chess player from India. She is Woman Grand Master and is the national champion on year 2003. In 1999, she won the girls' under-18 world championship, held in Oropesa, Spain. She is currently rated 2211.... - Zoltán RibliZoltan RibliZoltán Ribli is a Hungarian chess grandmaster and International Arbiter . He was twice a World Championship Candidate and three times Hungarian Champion.-A career in chess:...
and Maria Grosch - Ian RogersIan Rogers (chess player)Ian Rogers , is a retired Australian chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer .-Career:Rogers was the first Australian to become a Chess Grandmaster, a title he achieved in 1985 after becoming an International Master in 1980...
and Cathy Rogers - Vidrik RootareVidrik RootareVidrik "Frits" Rootare was an Estonian chess player. His wife, Salme Rootare, was also an Estonian chess player, 15-time Estonian Champion and a Women's International Master ....
and Salme RootareSalme RootareSalme Rootare was an Estonian chess master.She was fifteen times Estonian Champion .... - Gennadij Sagalchik and Olga Sagalchik
- Bjarke Sahl and Sheila Barth Berntsen
- Gediminas Sarakauskas and Zivile Sarakauskiene
- Yasser Seirawan and Yvette Nagel
- Miron Sher and Alla Grinfeld
- Alexei ShirovAlexei ShirovAlexei Dmitrievich Shirov is a Soviet-born Latvian chess grandmaster. He has consistently ranked among the world's top players since the early 1990s, and reached a ranking as high as number four in 1998...
and Viktorija ČmilytėViktorija CmilyteViktorija Čmilytė is a Lithuanian chess player with the titles of Woman Grandmaster and Grandmaster . She won the gold medal at the Women's European Individual Chess Championship in 2011... - Bartosz SoćkoBartosz SockoBartosz Soćko is a Polish chess Grandmaster. In 2008 Soćko became Polish champion. He played for Poland at six Chess Olympiads and at six European Team Chess Championships...
and Monika SoćkoMonika SockoMonika Soćko is a Polish chess player. She won the Polish women's chess championship four times . She is married to Polish GM Bartosz Soćko.... - Alexey SuetinAlexey SuetinAlexey Stepanovich Suetin was a Russian International Grandmaster of chess and author.-Biography:A resident of Moscow and a mechanical engineer by profession, he became an International Master in 1961 and a Grandmaster in 1965. His philosophy was always that "mastery is not enough; you must dare,...
and Kira ZvorykinaKira ZvorykinaKira Alekseyevna Zvorykina is a former Soviet chess player who spent many years living in Belarus. She is a three-time winner of the Women's Soviet Championship.-Formative years:... - Praveen ThipsayPraveen ThipsayPraveen Mahadeo Thipsay is an Indian chess Grandmaster.He won the Indian Chess Championship in 1982, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1992, 1993 and 1994 and played for India in the Chess Olympiads of 1982, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998 and 2002....
and Bhagyashree Thipsay - Paul TruongPaul TruongPaul Truong is an American chess player, trainer, promoter, and organizer.-Biography:Truong was born Hoainhan Truong in Saigon, South Vietnam....
and Susan PolgarSusan PolgarSusan Polgar is a Hungarian-American chess Grandmaster... - Maxim TurovMaxim TurovMaxim Turov is a Russian chess Grandmaster .In 2005 and 2011 he won the Dutch Open Championship in Dieren. In 2009, came second in Doroshkevich Memorial, first in Eforie Nord, in Nordhausen Open and in Faaker See Open...
and Irina Slavina Turova - Wu ShaobinWu ShaobinWu Shaobin is a Singaporean Grandmaster chess player. He won the national Singaporean Chess Championship in 2003 and 2005. He is married to former Women's World Chess Champion Xie Jun....
and Xie JunXie JunXie Jun is a chess grandmaster from China. She had two reigns as Women's World Chess Champion, from 1991 to 1996 and again from 1999 to 2001. Xie is only the second woman to have two reigns, the other being Elisabeth Bykova.... - Wu Xibin and Lou Hongyu
- Alex YermolinskyAlex YermolinskyAlex Yermolinsky is an American chess Grandmaster. In 1993, Yermolinsky won the U.S. Chess Championship, tying for first place with Alexander Shabalov...
and Kamilė Baginskaitė - Zhang ZhongZhang ZhongZhang Zhong is a Chinese chess grandmaster who now plays for Singapore.In 1998, he became China's 9th Grandmaster.-Career:Among Zhang's more notable results are silver medals at the 1996 and 1998 World Junior Chess Championships, first in the 2001 Chinese Championship, 8.5/12 at the 2002 Chess...
and Li RuofanLi RuofanLi Ruofan is a Chinese chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster.Notable title victories include the 2001 Asian Women's Chess Championship in Chennai, and the 2006 Chinese Women's Chess Championship in Wuxi with a result of 8.5/12.She played for the China...
Mother and Daughter
- Naira Agababean and Almira SkripchenkoAlmira SkripchenkoAlmira Skripchenko is a French chess player who has achieved the FIDE International Master and Woman Grandmaster titles...
- Nonna KarakashyanNonna KarakashyanNonna M. Karakashyan is first Armenian woman awarded with FIDE title of International Arbiter . She is a chess player and coach.Her last name may also be spelled as Karakashian....
and Narine Karakashian - Olga RubtsovaOlga RubtsovaOlga Nikolaevna Rubtsova was a Soviet chess player and fourth Women's World Chess Champion.She won the Soviet Women's Championship four times , and was second in the 1950 World Championship, a point behind Lyudmila Rudenko...
and Elena Fatalibekova
Mother and Son
- Lady Thomas and George Alan ThomasGeorge Alan ThomasSir George Alan Thomas, Bart. was a British badminton, tennis and chess player. He was twice British Chess Champion and a 21-time All-England Badminton champion. He also played in the semi-finals of the men's tennis doubles at Wimbledon in 1911...
- Jovanka Velimirović and Dragoljub VelimirovićDragoljub VelimirovicDragoljub Velimirović is a Serbian and former Yugoslav chess grandmaster, born in Valjevo.-Biography:...
Sisters
- Nadezhda KosintsevaNadezhda KosintsevaNadezhda Anatolyevna Kosintseva is a Russian chess player. She holds the title of Grandmaster....
and Tatiana KosintsevaTatiana KosintsevaTatiana Anatolyevna Kosintseva is a Russian chess player who has achieved the FIDE title of Grandmaster... - Alisa MarićAlisa MaricAlisa Marić is a Serbian chess player, who holds the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster and International Master. She is living in Belgrade, capital of Serbia . She has dual citizenship, Serbian and American...
and Mirjana MarićMirjana MaricMirjana Marić is a Serbian chess player, who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster , living in Belgrade, capital of Serbia . She has dual Serbian and US citizenship.Mirjana Marić was introduced to chess at the age of four, together with her 20-minutes-older twin sister Alisa Marić... - Vera MenchikVera MenchikVera Menchik was a British-Czech chess player who gained renown as the world's first women's chess champion. She also competed in chess tournaments with some of the world's leading male chess masters, defeating many of them, including future World Champion Max Euwe.The daughter of a Czech father...
and Olga MenchikOlga MenchikOlga Menchik Rubery was a Czech–British female chess master.Born in Moscow into a Czech – British family, she was younger sister to Vera Menchik. They all moved to England in 1921... - Anna MuzychukAnna MuzychukAnna Olegivna Muzychuk is a chess player with a FIDE rating of 2528 . She earned the title of Woman Grandmaster in 2004 and the title of International Master in 2007. In 2004 she became a member of the Slovenian chess federation, where she is the strongest female chess player...
and Mariya MuzychukMariya MuzychukMariya Muzychuk is a Ukrainian chess player.Muzychuk is an International Master and Woman Grandmaster. In November 2010 was ranked as the fifth-highest girl player in the world... - Susan PolgarSusan PolgarSusan Polgar is a Hungarian-American chess Grandmaster...
, Sofia Polgar and Judit PolgárJudit PolgárJudit Polgár is a Hungarian chess grandmaster. She is by far the strongest female chess player in history. In 1991, Polgár achieved the title of Grandmaster at the age of 15 years and 4 months, the youngest person ever to do so at that time.Polgár was ranked No... - Benita VējaBenita VējaBenita Vēja is a Latvian chess master who won the Latvian Chess Championship for women in 1966.-Chess player career:...
and Tamāra VilerteTamāra VilerteTamāra Vilerte is a Latvian chess player who won the World Senior Women Chess Championship in 2008 and holds the title of Woman Grandmaster. In 2008 she took second place in European Senior Women Chess Championship in Davos.Vilerte won the Latvian Girl Championship in 1971 and 1972...
Brother and Sister
- Dan Cramling and Pia CramlingPia CramlingPia Cramling is a Swedish chess grandmaster. Since the early 1980s, she has been one of the strongest female players in the world....
- Shahriyar Mammadyarov, Zeinab MamedyarovaZeinab MamedyarovaZeinab Hamid qizi Mamedyarova is an Azerbaijani Woman Grandmaster chess player.-Career:In 2000, she gained the Woman Grandmaster title...
and Turkan Mamedyarova - Nelson Mariano IINelson Mariano IINelson Mariano II is the Philippines fifth International Chess Grandmaster and the last Asian Junior Chess Champion from the Philippines since 1994.-Life and career:...
and Cristine Rose Mariano - Greg ShahadeGreg ShahadeGregory Shahade is an International Master of chess. He founded the New York Masters and the U.S. Chess League. He is a former member of the Executive Board of the United States Chess Federation...
and Jennifer ShahadeJennifer ShahadeJennifer Shahade is an American chess player and writer. She is a two-time American women's chess champion and, as of October 2007, has a FIDE rating of 2322. She has the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster. Jennifer is the author of the book Chess Bitch... - Levente Vajda and Szidonia VajdaSzidonia VajdaSzidonia Vajda is an Romanian-Hungarian chess Woman Grandmaster and International Master. In 1995 she won the European Youth Chess Championship ....