Home›Chess-Family War Games›All Chess-Family War GamesBrowse ByAll Chess-Family War GamesReference and ClassificationVerifiedAthletes who competed in chess, the abstract strategy game of the chess family, carried in this atlas as athlete entities alongside physical-sport competitors because games are first-class citizens here. Belongs here: chess grandmasters and champions. Does not belong here: players of other board or card games, grouped under their own game-family categories elsewhere in this tree.FactsAll Chess-Family War GamesFAQsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of OriginWell-attested600 CE 1Defining CharacteristicWell-attestedChess spread throughout the world and many variants of the game soon began taking shape. 2All Chess-Family War GamesFilter Results56 entriesGame PlayedAllChess (49)Draughts (6)Poker (3)Shogi (1)Xiangqi (1)NationalityAllArgentina (1)Armenia (1)Azerbaijan (1)Belarus (1)Bulgaria (1)Canada (1)China (5)Croatia (1)Cuba (1)Denmark (1)Estonia (1)France (2)Georgia (2)Germany (5)Hungary (2)India (2)Italy (1)Japan (1)Latvia (2)Netherlands (2)Norway (1)Philippines (1)Poland (2)Russia (9)Russian Empire (2)Soviet Union (5)Ukraine (3)United Kingdom (1)United States (9)Uzbekistan (1)Zambia (1)Active EraAll1799 (1)1836 (1)1868 (1)1886 (1)1888 (1)1892 (1)1901 (1)1910 (1)1911 (2)1916 (1)1921 (1)1922 (1)1924 (1)1929 (2)1936 (1)1937 (1)1941 (1)1943 (1)1945 (1)1948 (1)1949 (1)1951 (2)1961 (1)1963 (1)1964 (1)1965 (1)1967 (1)1969 (2)1970 (2)1975 (3)1976 (1)1977 (1)1979 (2)1980 (1)1982 (2)1983 (1)1985 (1)1987 (2)1988 (1)1990 (1)1991 (1)1992 (2)1994 (1)1995 (1)2006 (1)Competition CategoryAllIndividual (45)Mixed or Doubles (1)Team (1)CompetitionAllAsian Games (3)Chess Olympiad (5)World Chess Championship (34)World Series of Poker (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50Alexander AlekhineChess-Family War GamesAlexander GeorgievChess-Family War GamesAlexander MorozevichChess-Family War GamesAlexandra BotezChess-Family War GamesAlexei ChizhovChess-Family War GamesAmon SimutoweChess-Family War GamesAnatoly KarpovChess-Family War GamesAndrew Anderson (draughts)Chess-Family War GamesAnna UsheninaChess-Family War GamesAron NimzowitschChess-Family War GamesBobby FischerChess-Family War GamesBoris SpasskyChess-Family War GamesDavid BaramidzeChess-Family War GamesDing LirenChess-Family War GamesEmanuel LaskerChess-Family War GamesEugenio TorreChess-Family War GamesFabiano CaruanaChess-Family War GamesGarry KasparovChess-Family War GamesGukesh DommarajuChess-Family War GamesHans BerlinerChess-Family War GamesHikaru NakamuraChess-Family War GamesHou YifanChess-Family War GamesHu RonghuaChess-Family War GamesIser KupermanChess-Family War GamesJan GustafssonChess-Family War GamesJennifer ShahadeChess-Family War GamesJose Raul CapablancaChess-Family War GamesJu WenjunChess-Family War GamesJudit PolgarChess-Family War GamesLevon AronianChess-Family War GamesMagnus CarlsenChess-Family War GamesMaia ChiburdanidzeChess-Family War GamesMax EuweChess-Family War GamesMiguel NajdorfChess-Family War GamesMikhail BotvinnikChess-Family War GamesMikhail TalChess-Family War GamesNona GaprindashviliChess-Family War GamesPaul KeresChess-Family War GamesPiet RoozenburgChess-Family War GamesRobert HübnerChess-Family War GamesRuslan PonomariovChess-Family War GamesRustam KasimdzhanovChess-Family War GamesRustem DautovChess-Family War GamesSamuel ReshevskyChess-Family War GamesSusan PolgarChess-Family War GamesTeimour RadjabovChess-Family War GamesTigran PetrosianChess-Family War GamesVasily SmyslovChess-Family War GamesVeselin TopalovChess-Family War GamesViswanathan AnandChess-Family War Games12Next →FAQsWhy 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.Sources1. Wikipedia: Chaturangatier 2WikipediaChaturanga, Origin sectionQuote, Chaturanga, Origin sectionThe earliest clear reference comes from north India from the Gupta Empire, dating from the sixth century AD.View the Source2. Wikipedia: History of chesstier 2WikipediaHistory of chess, Origin sectionQuote, History of chess, Origin sectionChess spread throughout the world and many variants of the game soon began taking shapeView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.