Notable Chess Players
- Alekhine, Alexander, Russian-French chess player
- Capablanca, José Raúl, Cuban chess player
- Fischer, Bobby, American chess player
- Goren, Charles Henry, American expert on bridge
- Karpov, Anatoly, Russian chess master
- Kasparov, Gary, Armenian chess player
- Korchnoi, Viktor Lvovich, Russian-Swiss chess master
- Kosteniuk, Alexandra, Russian chess player
- Kramnik, Vladimir, Russian chess player
- Lasker, Emanuel, German chess player
- Morphy, Paul Charles, American chess player
- Spassky, Boris, Soviet chess champion
- Steinitz, Wilhelm, German chess player
- Topalov, Veselin, Bulgarian chess player