This list of chess players includes people who are primarily known as chess players and have an article on the English Wikipedia.

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Famous people connected with chess

The people in this list are famous in other areas of activity, but are known to have played chess, or have declared an interest in the game, or created works of art and literature in which the game is prominently featured.

Fictional characters

The people in this list are characters in fictional media depicted playing chess.

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See also

References

  1. ↑ Wall, Bill (2010-06-28). "Humphrey Bogart and Chess". Chess.com. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  2. ↑ Murray, H.J.R. A History of Chess (London: Oxford University Press), 1913, p. 877.
  3. ↑ Winter, Edward. "Napoleon Bonaparte and Chess by Edward Winter". Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Albert Einstein – physicist and chess player". Chess News. 2009-03-31. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
  5. ↑ "Benjamin Franklin: Diplomat, Libertine, Chess Master". HistoryNet. 2022-04-11. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  6. ↑ de Lucas, Miguel (2022-08-01). "La última partida de Ernesto Guevara (III)". Contexto y Acción (CTXT) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  7. ↑ Kate Jackson interview by David Brenner. The Tonight Show, January 29, 1982
  8. ↑ "Power in Check: Chess and the American Presidency". World Chess Hall of Fame. 2017-03-21. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  9. ↑ "Power in Check: Chess and the American Presidency". World Chess Hall of Fame. 2017-03-21. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  10. ↑ Smith, Phillip R (21 August 2012). "William Windom (1923–2012)". uschess.org. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
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