Chess players by number of games
This list contains the players with the largest number of games in the database. Download the games of the most prolific chess players of history.
| Name | ELO | Title | FIDE Id | Federation | Games | Birth Year | |
| Michael Adams | 2729 | GM | 400041 |  United kingdom |
2469 | 1971 | |
| Alexander Alekhine |  Russian federation |
2077 | 1892 | ||||
| Viswanathan Anand | 2783 | GM | 5000017 |  India |
2635 | 1969 | |
| Ulf Andersson | 2557 | GM | 1700014 |  Sweden |
2767 | 1951 | |
| Yuri S Balashov | 2477 | GM | 4100263 | Russian federation |
2335 | 1949 | |
| Alexander G Beliavsky | 2628 | GM | 14602377 |  Slovenia |
2929 | 1953 | |
| Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez | 2368 | GM | 2200031 |  Spain |
2017 | 1950 | |
| Klaus Bischoff | 1738 | 24699500 |  Germany |
2386 | 1952 | ||
| David Bronstein | Russian federation |
2182 | 1924 | ||||
| Miso Cebalo | 2438 | GM | 14500094 |  Croatia |
2672 | 1945 | |
| Pia Cramling | 2525 | GM | 1700030 | Sweden |
2107 | 1963 | |
| Istvan Csom | 2407 | GM | 700100 |  Hungary |
2624 | 1940 | |
| Ognjen Cvitan | 2562 | GM | 14500086 | Croatia |
2441 | 1961 | |
| Branko Damljanovic | 2544 | GM | 900125 |  Serbia |
2053 | 1961 | |
| Aleksey Dreev | 2654 | GM | 4100107 | Russian federation |
2404 | 1969 | |
| Jaan Ehlvest | 2621 | GM | 4500016 |  United states |
2349 | 1962 | |
| Vladimir Epishin | 2603 | GM | 4162714 | Russian federation |
2486 | 1965 | |
| Ivan Farago | 2445 | GM | 700134 | Hungary |
3546 | 1946 | |
| Lubomir Ftacnik | 2536 | GM | 14900017 |  Slovakia |
2624 | 1957 | |
| Boris Gelfand | 2744 | GM | 2805677 |  Israel |
2372 | 1968 | |
| Efim Geller | Russian federation |
2349 | 1925 | ||||
| Florin Gheorghiu | 2386 | GM | 1200011 |  Romania |
2361 | 1944 | |
| Svetozar Gligoric | 2447 | GM | 900400 | Serbia |
3129 | 1923 | |
| Mikhail Gurevich | 2589 | GM | 200930 |  Turkey |
2328 | 1959 | |
| Mark L Hebden | 2537 | GM | 400084 | United kingdom |
2091 | 1958 | |
| Vlastimil Hort | 2442 | GM | 4600029 | Germany |
3334 | 1944 | |
| Robert Huebner | 2593 | GM | 4600010 | Germany |
2307 | 1948 | |
| Vassily Ivanchuk | 2755 | GM | 14100010 |  Ukraine |
2989 | 1969 | |
| Borislav Ivkov | 2412 | GM | 900141 | Serbia |
2875 | 1933 | |
| Vlastimil Jansa | 2438 | GM | 300128 |  Czech republic |
3203 | 1942 | |
| Artur Jussupow | 2587 | GM | 4618777 | Germany |
2017 | 1960 | |
| Anatoly Karpov | 2619 | GM | 4100026 | Russian federation |
3579 | 1951 | |
| Garry Kasparov | 2812 | GM | 4100018 | Russian federation |
2458 | 1963 | |
| Ratmir Kholmov | Russian federation |
2334 | 1925 | ||||
| Viktor Korchnoi | 2499 | GM | 1300016 |  Switzerland |
4635 | 1931 | |
| Oleg Korneev | 2630 | GM | 4156803 | Spain |
2395 | 1969 | |
| Zdenko Kozul | 2624 | GM | 14502879 | Croatia |
2144 | 1966 | |
| Vladimir Kramnik | 2811 | GM | 4101588 | Russian federation |
2161 | 1975 | |
| Viktor D Kupreichik | 2443 | GM | 13500066 |  Belarus |
2199 | 1949 | |
| Bojan Kurajica | 2514 | GM | 14400057 |  Bosnia and herzegovina |
2251 | 1947 | |
| Bogdan Lalic | 2493 | GM | 409081 | Croatia |
2346 | 1964 | |
| Bent Larsen | 2415 | GM | 1400029 |  Denmark |
2474 | 1935 | |
| Ljubomir Ljubojevic | 2571 | GM | 900010 | Serbia |
2143 | 1950 | |
| Peter Lukacs | 2404 | GM | 700142 | Hungary |
2175 | 1950 | |
| Vladimir P Malaniuk | 2520 | GM | 14100177 | Ukraine |
2384 | 1957 | |
| Anthony Miles | United kingdom |
2823 | 1955 | ||||
| Friso Nijboer | 2530 | GM | 1000063 |  Netherlands |
2052 | 1965 | |
| Predrag Nikolic | 2603 | GM | 14400014 | Bosnia and herzegovina |
2101 | 1960 | |
| Oscar Panno | 2438 | GM | 100153 |  Argentina |
2115 | 1935 | |
| Tigran V Petrosian |  Georgia |
2099 | 1929 | ||||
| Jan Plachetka | 2360 | GM | 14900068 | Slovakia |
2251 | 1945 | |
| Lev Polugaevsky | Russian federation |
2047 | 1934 | ||||
| Lajos Portisch | 2479 | GM | 700037 | Hungary |
3101 | 1937 | |
| Josef Pribyl | 2316 | IM | 300187 | Czech republic |
2211 | 1947 | |
| Lev Psakhis | 2524 | GM | 2800012 | Israel |
2110 | 1958 | |
| Zoltan Ribli | 2583 | GM | 700010 | Hungary |
2212 | 1951 | |
| Ian Rogers | 2545 | GM | 3200019 |  Australia |
2165 | 1960 | |
| Oleg M Romanishin | 2504 | GM | 14100088 | Ukraine |
2821 | 1952 | |
| Gyula Sax | 2470 | GM | 700029 | Hungary |
2822 | 1951 | |
| Wlodzimierz Schmidt | 2370 | GM | 1100041 |  Poland |
2208 | 1943 | |
| Alexei Shirov | 2708 | GM | 2209390 |  Latvia |
2741 | 1972 | |
| Nigel D Short | 2681 | GM | 400025 | United kingdom |
2433 | 1965 | |
| Vassily Smyslov | 2494 | GM | 4100310 | Russian federation |
2714 | 1921 | |
| Ivan Sokolov | 2642 | GM | 14400030 | Netherlands |
2495 | 1968 | |
| Boris V Spassky | 2548 | GM | 600024 |  France |
2386 | 1937 | |
| Jonathan S Speelman | 2508 | GM | 400033 | United kingdom |
2090 | 1956 | |
| Evgeny Sveshnikov | 2522 | GM | 4100638 | Latvia |
2113 | 1950 | |
| Laszlo Szabo | 1499 | 761109 | Hungary |
2023 | 1949 | ||
| Mark E Taimanov | 2386 | GM | 4100760 | Russian federation |
2448 | 1926 | |
| Mikhail Tal | Latvia |
2562 | 1936 | ||||
| Jan H Timman | 2581 | GM | 1000012 | Netherlands |
3432 | 1951 | |
| Sergei Tiviakov | 2649 | GM | 1008013 | Netherlands |
2073 | 1973 | |
| Vitaly Tseshkovsky | 2460 | GM | 4100921 | Russian federation |
2098 | 1944 | |
| Vladimir B Tukmakov | 2547 | GM | 14100096 | Ukraine |
2420 | 1946 | |
| Wolfgang Uhlmann | 2340 | GM | 4611284 | Germany |
3263 | 1935 | |
| Rafael A Vaganian | 2570 | GM | 13300016 |  Armenia |
2363 | 1951 | |
| John TH Van der Wiel | 2430 | GM | 1000020 | Netherlands |
2116 | 1959 | |
| Loek Van Wely | 2689 | GM | 1000268 | Netherlands |
3044 | 1972 | |
| Zoltan Varga | 2470 | GM | 700509 | Hungary |
2139 | 1970 | |
| Heikki MJ Westerinen | 2335 | GM | 500020 |  Finland |
3171 | 1944 |