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All Chess-Family War Games

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Era of Origin
600 CE 1
Defining Characteristic
Chess spread throughout the world and many variants of the game soon began taking shape. 2
All Chess-Family War Games
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Alexander Alekhine

Chess-Family War Games

Alexander Georgiev

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Alexei Chizhov

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Amon Simutowe

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Anatoly Karpov

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Anna Ushenina

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Bobby Fischer

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Boris Spassky

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Ding Liren

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Emanuel Lasker

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Eugenio Torre

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Fabiano Caruana

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Garry Kasparov

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Gukesh Dommaraju

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Hans Berliner

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Hikaru Nakamura

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Hou Yifan

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Hu Ronghua

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Iser Kuperman

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Jose Raul Capablanca

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Ju Wenjun

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Judit Polgar

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Levon Aronian

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Magnus Carlsen

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Maia Chiburdanidze

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Max Euwe

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Miguel Najdorf

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Mikhail Botvinnik

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Mikhail Tal

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Nona Gaprindashvili

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Piet Roozenburg

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Ruslan Ponomariov

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Rustam Kasimdzhanov

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Susan Polgar

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Teimour Radjabov

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Tigran Petrosian

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Vasily Smyslov

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Veselin Topalov

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Viswanathan Anand

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Vladimir Kramnik

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Wilhelm Steinitz

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Xie Jun

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Yoshiharu Habu

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Zoja Golubeva

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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Chaturanga
WikipediaChaturanga, Origin section
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The earliest clear reference comes from north India from the Gupta Empire, dating from the sixth century AD.
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2. Wikipedia: History of chess
WikipediaHistory of chess, Origin section
Quote, History of chess, Origin section
Chess spread throughout the world and many variants of the game soon began taking shape
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Frequently Asked Questions

Why does this atlas carry chess grandmasters as athlete entities?

Games are first-class citizens in this atlas, so chess grandmasters and champions are carried as athlete entities alongside physical-sport competitors.

This subcategory groups athletes who competed in chess, the abstract strategy game of the chess family, carried as athlete entities alongside physical-sport competitors because games are first-class citizens in this atlas. Chess grandmasters and champions belong here, while players of other board or card games are grouped under their own game-family categories elsewhere in this tree.