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| Aaron Alexandre |
German-born French-English |
| Evgeny Agrest |
Belarusian-born Swedish grandmaster, Highest Rating through April 2007, 2561 |
| Simon Alapin |
Lithuanian |
| Boris Alterman |
Ukrainian-born Israeli grandmaster, 2615 |
| Arnold Aurbach |
Polish-born French |
| Yuri Averbakh |
Russian grandmaster, 2445 |
| Boris Avrukh |
Israeli grandmaster & World U-12 champion, 2652 |
| Abraham Baratz |
Romanian-born French |
| Liudmila Belavenets |
Russian woman grandmaster |
| Alexander Beliavsky |
Ukrainian-born Slovenian grandmaster & World junior champion, 2710 |
| Joel Benjamin |
United States grandmaster, 2662 |
| Hans Berliner |
German-born U.S. World correspondence chess champion |
| Ossip Bernstein |
Ukrainian-born French grandmaster |
| Arthur Bisguier |
U.S. grandmaster, 2455 |
| Benjamin Blumenfeld |
Belarusian-born Russian |
| Mark Bluvshtein |
Russian-born Canadian grandmaster, 2544 |
| Jácobo Bolbochán |
Argentine |
| Julio Bolbochán |
Argentine grandmaster, 2485 |
| Isaac Boleslavsky |
Ukrainian-born Soviet grandmaster |
| Mikhail Botvinnik |
Russian/Soviet grandmaster & World champion |
Gyula Breyer
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Hungarian |
| David Bronstein |
Ukrainian-born Soviet grandmaster, 2590 |
| Oscar Chajes |
Ukrainian/Polish/Austrian-born U.S. |
| Rudolph Charousek |
Hungarian |
| Vitaly Chekhover |
Russian |
| Erich Cohn |
German |
| Wilhelm Cohn |
German |
| Josef Cukierman |
Polish-born French, committed suicide during Holocaust |
| Moshe Czerniak |
Polish-born Israeli |
| Arnold Denker |
U.S. grandmaster, 2293 |
| Maxim Dlugy |
Russian-born U.S. grandmaster, 2531 |
| Josif Dorfman |
Ukrainian-born French grandmaster, 2610 |
| Arthur Dunkelblum |
Polish-born Belgian |
| Roman Dzindzichashvili |
Georgian-born Israeli American grandmaster |
| Berthold Englisch |
Austrian |
| Yakov Estrin |
Russian grandmaster, CC WC 1972-76 |
| Larry Evans |
U.S. grandmaster, 2530 |
| Samuel Factor |
Polish-born U.S. |
| Ernst Falkbeer |
Austrian |
| Movsas Feigins |
Latvian-born Argentine |
| Ruben Felgaer |
Argentine grandmaster, 2624 |
| Reuben Fine |
U.S. grandmaster |
| Alexander Flamberg |
Polish |
| Salo Flohr |
Ukrainian-born Czech & Soviet grandmaster |
| Maurice Fox |
Ukrainian-born Canadian |
| Gunnar Friedemann |
Estonian |
| Paulino Frydman |
Polish-born Argentine |
| Semen Furman |
Belarusian-born Russian grandmaster |
| Boris Gelfand |
Belarusian-born Israeli grandmaster |
| Efim Geller |
Ukrainian-born Soviet grandmaster |
| Vitali Golod |
Ukrainian-born Israeli grandmaster |
| Harry Golombek |
English |
| Alon Greenfeld |
U.S.-born Israeli grandmaster |
| Gisela Kahn Gresser |
U.S. woman master |
| Yehuda Gruenfeld |
Polish-born Israeli grandmaster, 2550 |
| Eduard Gufeld |
Ukrainian grandmaster, 2565 |
| Boris Gulko |
German-born Russian U.S. grandmaster, 2643 |
| Isidor Gunsberg |
Hungarian-born English |
| Ilya Gurevich |
Russian-born U.S. grandmaster & junior World champion, 2575 |
| Mikhail Gurevich |
Ukrainian-born Russian Turkish grandmaster, 2694 |
| Lev Gutman |
Latvian-born Israeli German grandmaster, 2530 |
| Daniel Harrwitz |
Prussian/Polish/German-born English French |
| Israel Horowitz |
U.S. |
| Bernhard Horwitz |
German-born English |
| Alexander Huzman |
Ukrainian-born Israeli grandmaster |
| Dawid Janowski |
Belarusian/Polish-born French grandmaster |
| Gregory Kaidanov |
Ukrainian-born Russian U.S. grandmaster, 2695 |
| Julio Kaplan |
Argentine-born Puerto Rican U.S. grandmaster & World junior champion |
| Mona May Karff |
Moldovan-born U.S. woman master |
| Isaac Kashdan |
U.S. grandmaster |
| Garry Kasparov |
Azerbaijani-born Soviet/Russian grandmaster & World champion, 2851 |
| Alexander Khalifman |
Russian grandmaster & World champion, 2702 |
| Alexander Koblencs |
Latvian |
| Artur Kogan |
Ukrainian-born Israeli grandmaster, 2580 |
| Alexander Konstantinopolsky |
Ukrainian-born Soviet grandmaster |
| Ignatz von Kolisch |
Hungarian/Slovakian-born Austrian grandmaster |
| George Koltanowski |
Belgian-born U.S. grandmaster |
| Viktor Korchnoi |
Russian-born Dutch Swiss grandmaster, 2695 |
| Yona Kosashvili |
Georgian-born Israeli grandmaster, 2580 |
| Borislav Kosti? |
Austrian-born Serbian grandmaster |
| Yair Kraidman |
Israeli grandmaster, 2455 |
| Ljuba Kristol |
Russian-born Israeli woman grandmaster, 2415 |
| Abraham Kupchik |
Belarusian/Polish-born U.S. |
| Alla Kushnir |
Russian Israeli woman grandmaster |
| Salo Landau |
Polish-born Dutch, killed by the Nazis |
| Edward Lasker |
Polish/German-born U.S. |
| Emanuel Lasker |
Prussian/German/Polish-born U.S. grandmaster & World champion |
| Anatoly Lein |
Russian-born U.S. grandmaster, 2555 |
| Konstantin Lerner |
Ukrainian grandmaster, 2575 |
| Grigory Levenfish |
Polish/Russian-born grandmaster |
| Irina Levitina |
Russian-born U.S. woman grandmaster |
| Vladimir Liberzon |
Russian-born Israeli grandmaster |
| Andor Lilienthal |
Russian-born Hungarian/Soviet grandmaster |
| Johann Löwenthal |
Hungarian-born U.S. English |
| Moishe Lowtzky |
Ukrainian-born Polish, killed by Nazis |
| Gyula Makovetz |
Hungarian |
| Jonathan Mestel |
British grandmaster & World U-16 champion, 2540 |
| Jacques Mieses |
German-born English grandmaster |
| Victor Mikhalevski |
Belarusian-born Israeli grandmaster |
| Vadim Milov |
Russian-born Israeli Swiss grandmaster, 2683 |
| Jacob Murey |
Russian-born Israeli grandmaster |
| Miguel Najdorf |
Polish-born Argentine grandmaster |
| Aron Nimzowitsch |
Latvian-born Danish |
| Menachem Oren |
Polish-born Palestinian/Israeli |
| Julius Perlis |
Polish-born Austrian |
| Isaias Pleci |
Argentine |
| Judit Polgár |
Hungarian grandmaster, 2735 |
| Susan Polgár |
Hungarian-born U.S. grandmaster & World champion, 2577 |
| Zsófia Polgár |
Hungarian-born Israeli international master, 2500 |
| Lev Polugaevsky |
Belarusian/Soviet grandmaster, 2640 |
| Yosef Porath |
German-born Palestinian/Israeli |
| Lev Psakhis |
Russian-born Israeli grandmaster, 2625 |
| Dawid Przepiórka |
Polish, killed by Nazis |
| Abram Rabinovich |
Lithuanian-born Russian |
| Ilya Rabinovich |
Russian |
| Vyacheslav Ragozin |
Russian grandmaster |
| Teymour Radjabov |
Azerbaijani grandmaster |
| Samuel Reshevsky |
Polish-born U.S. grandmaster |
| Richard Réti |
Slovakian/Hungarian-born Czech |
| Maxim Rodshtein |
Israeli U-16 World champion |
| Kenneth Rogoff |
U.S. grandmaster |
| Michael Rohde |
U.S. grandmaster, 2585 |
| Michael Roiz |
Russian-born Israeli grandmaster, 2611 |
| Samuel Rosenthal |
Polish-born French |
| Gersz Rotlewi |
Polish |
| Eduardas Rozentalis |
Lithuanian grandmaster, 2688 |
| Akiba Rubinstein |
Polish grandmaster |
| Gersz Salwe |
Polish grandmaster |
| Emanuel Schiffers |
Russian |
| Adolf Schwarz |
Hungarian-born Austrian |
| Gregory Serper |
Uzbekistani-born Russian U.S. grandmaster |
| Leonid Shamkovich |
Russian Israeli U.S. grandmaster |
| Yury Shulman |
Belarusian-born U.S. grandmaster |
| Ilya Smirin |
Belarusian-born Israeli grandmaster, 2702 |
| Vasily Smyslov |
Soviet/Russian grandmaster & World champion, 2620 |
| Gennady Sosonko |
Russian-born Dutch grandmaster |
| Jon Speelman |
English grandmaster |
| Rudolf Spielmann |
Austrian-born Swedish |
| Leonid Stein |
Ukrainian-born Russian grandmaster |
| Endre Steiner |
Hungarian |
| Herman Steiner |
Slovakian/Hungarian-born U.S. |
| Lajos Steiner |
Romanian/Hungarian-born Australian |
| Wilhelm Steinitz |
Czech-born Austrian & U.S. grandmaster & World champion |
| Emil Sutovsky |
Israeli grandmaster, 2697 |
| Peter Svidler |
Russian grandmaster |
| László Szabó |
Hungarian grandmaster |
| Mark Taimanov |
Soviet/Russian grandmaster |
| Mikhail Tal |
Soviet/Latvian grandmaster & World champion, 2645 |
| Siegbert Tarrasch |
Polish/German grandmaster & Senior World champion |
| Savielly Tartakower |
Russian-born Austrian/Polish/French grandmaster |
| Jean Taubenhaus |
Polish-born French |
| Mark Tseitlin |
Israeli grandmaster |
| Anatoly Vaisser |
Kazakhstani-born French grandmaster |
| Boris Verlinsky |
Ukrainian-born Soviet grandmaster |
| Vladimir Vukovi? |
Croatian |
| Max Weiss |
Slovakian/Hungarian-born Austrian |
| Michael Wilder |
U.S. grandmaster |
| Simon Winawer |
Polish |
| Heinrich Wolf |
Austrian, killed by Nazis |
| Daniel Yanofsky |
Polish/Ukrainian-born Canadian grandmaster |
| Leonid Yudasin |
Russian-born Israeli grandmaster, 2692 |
| Tatiana Zatulovskaya |
Azeri-born Russian Israeli woman grandmaster |
| Johannes Zukertort |
Polish-born German English |
