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 | |
| Viktor Korchnoi | 2499 | GM | 1300016 |  Switzerland |
4641 | 1931 | |
| Ivan Farago | 2375 | GM | 700134 |  Hungary |
3817 | 1946 | |
| Vassily Ivanchuk | 2713 | GM | 14100010 |  Ukraine |
3776 | 1969 | |
| Anatoly Karpov | 2622 | GM | 4100026 |  Russian Federation |
3750 | 1951 | |
| Loek Van Wely | 2622 | GM | 1000268 |  Netherlands |
3580 | 1972 | |
| Jan H Timman | 2541 | GM | 1000012 | Netherlands |
3558 | 1951 | |
| Viswanathan Anand | 2773 | GM | 5000017 |  India |
3519 | 1969 | |
| Vlastimil Jansa | 2454 | GM | 300128 |  Czech Republic |
3367 | 1942 | |
| Vlastimil Hort | 2419 | GM | 4600029 |  Germany |
3365 | 1944 | |
| Alexei Shirov | 2658 | GM | 2209390 |  Spain |
3332 | 1972 | |
| Wolfgang Uhlmann | 2312 | GM | 4611284 | Germany |
3282 | 1935 | |
| Heikki MJ Westerinen | 2283 | GM | 500020 |  Finland |
3235 | 1944 | |
| Svetozar Gligoric | 2447 | GM | 900400 |  Serbia |
3129 | 1923 | |
| Alexander G Beliavsky | 2528 | GM | 14602377 |  Slovenia |
3114 | 1953 | |
| Lajos Portisch | 2467 | GM | 700037 | Hungary |
3114 | 1937 | |
| Aleksey Dreev | 2670 | GM | 4100107 | Russian Federation |
3058 | 1969 | |
| Boris Gelfand | 2669 | GM | 2805677 |  Israel |
3040 | 1968 | |
| Oleg M Romanishin | 2444 | GM | 14100088 | Ukraine |
3015 | 1952 | |
| Peter Svidler | 2737 | GM | 4102142 | Russian Federation |
2922 | 1976 | |
| Michael Adams | 2701 | GM | 400041 |  United Kingdom |
2897 | 1971 | |
| Borislav Ivkov | 2402 | GM | 900141 | Serbia |
2889 | 1933 | |
| Lubomir Ftacnik | 2506 | GM | 14900017 |  Slovakia |
2866 | 1957 | |
| Gyula Sax | 2439 | GM | 700029 | Hungary |
2859 | 1951 | |
| Miso Cebalo | 2243 | GM | 14500094 |  Croatia |
2842 | 1945 | |
| Vladimir Kramnik | 2777 | GM | 4101588 | Russian Federation |
2838 | 1975 | |
| Anthony Miles | United Kingdom |
2823 | 1955 | ||||
| Nigel D Short | 2648 | GM | 400025 | United Kingdom |
2807 | 1965 | |
| Ulf Andersson | 2518 | GM | 1700014 |  Sweden |
2796 | 1951 | |
| Ivan Sokolov | 2590 | GM | 14400030 | Netherlands |
2793 | 1968 | |
| Alexander Grischuk | 2771 | GM | 4126025 | Russian Federation |
2759 | 1983 | |
| Oleg Korneev | 2545 | GM | 4156803 | Spain |
2720 | 1969 | |
| Vassily Smyslov | 2494 | GM | 4100310 | Russian Federation |
2715 | 1921 | |
| Ognjen Cvitan | 2496 | GM | 14500086 | Croatia |
2713 | 1961 | |
| Zdenko Kozul | 2609 | GM | 14502879 | Croatia |
2646 | 1966 | |
| Istvan Csom | 2409 | GM | 700100 | Hungary |
2625 | 1940 | |
| Pia Cramling | 2462 | GM | 1700030 | Sweden |
2620 | 1963 | |
| Vladimir Epishin | 2563 | GM | 4162714 | Russian Federation |
2605 | 1965 | |
| Zoltan Varga | 1353 | GM | 700509 | Hungary |
2588 | 1970 | |
| Bogdan Lalic | 2418 | GM | 409081 | Croatia |
2582 | 1964 | |
| Levon Aronian | 2767 | GM | 13300474 |  Armenia |
2564 | 1982 | |
| Mikhail Tal |  Latvia |
2562 | 1936 | ||||
| Garry Kasparov | 2812 | GM | 4100018 | Russian Federation |
2515 | 1963 | |
| Jaan Ehlvest | 2521 | GM | 4500016 |  United States |
2514 | 1962 | |
| Victor Bologan | 2574 | GM | 13900048 |  Moldova |
2507 | 1971 | |
| Kiril Georgiev | 2595 | GM | 2900017 |  Macedonia |
2503 | 1965 | |
| Etienne Bacrot | 2684 | GM | 605506 |  France |
2484 | 1983 | |
| Bent Larsen | 2415 | GM | 1400029 |  Denmark |
2474 | 1935 | |
| Klaus Bischoff | 1679 | GM | 4600045 | Germany |
2471 | 1961 | |
| Yuri S Balashov | 2470 | GM | 4100263 | Russian Federation |
2471 | 1949 | |
| Hikaru Nakamura | 2749 | GM | 2016192 | United States |
2459 | 1987 | |
| Sergey Karjakin | 2753 | GM | 14109603 | Russian Federation |
2458 | 1990 | |
| Mark E Taimanov | 2386 | GM | 4100760 | Russian Federation |
2448 | 0 | |
| Vladimir B Tukmakov | 2540 | GM | 14100096 | Ukraine |
2436 | 1946 | |
| Vladimir P Malaniuk | 2444 | GM | 14100177 | Ukraine |
2433 | 1957 | |
| Sergei Movsesian | 2629 | GM | 310204 | Armenia |
2419 | 1978 | |
| Rafael A Vaganian | 2546 | GM | 13300016 | Armenia |
2410 | 1951 | |
| Mladen Palac | 2549 | GM | 14500116 | Croatia |
2408 | 1971 | |
| Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2817 | GM | 13401319 |  Azerbaijan |
2387 | 1985 | |
| Boris V Spassky | 2548 | GM | 600024 | Russian Federation |
2386 | 1937 | |
| Eduardas Rozentalis | 2526 | GM | 12800023 |  Lithuania |
2382 | 1963 | |
| Florin Gheorghiu | 2372 | GM | 1200011 |  Romania |
2380 | 1944 | |
| Predrag Nikolic | 2576 | GM | 14400014 |  Bosnia And Herzegovina |
2367 | 1960 | |
| Bojan Kurajica | 2522 | GM | 14400057 | Croatia |
2366 | 1947 | |
| Peter Leko | 2660 | GM | 703303 | Hungary |
2358 | 1979 | |
| Sergei Tiviakov | 2613 | GM | 1008013 | Netherlands |
2356 | 1973 | |
| Efim Geller | Russian Federation |
2349 | 1925 | ||||
| Robert Huebner | 2579 | GM | 4600010 | Germany |
2344 | 1948 | |
| Ratmir Kholmov | Russian Federation |
2334 | 1925 | ||||
| Mikhail Gurevich | 2573 | GM | 200930 |  Belgium |
2332 | 1959 | |
| Michele Godena | 2448 | GM | 800090 |  Italy |
2316 | 1967 | |
| Michal Krasenkow | 2635 | GM | 1113100 |  Poland |
2316 | 1963 | |
| Zoltan Ribli | 2542 | GM | 700010 | Hungary |
2314 | 1951 | |
| Antoaneta Stefanova | 2486 | GM | 2902257 |  Bulgaria |
2299 | 1979 | |
| Jan Plachetka | 2305 | GM | 14900068 | Slovakia |
2299 | 1945 | |
| Branko Damljanovic | 2495 | GM | 900125 | Serbia |
2285 | 1961 | |
| Daniel Fridman | 2631 | GM | 11600454 | Germany |
2255 | 1976 | |
| Arkadij Naiditsch | 2734 | GM | 4650891 | Azerbaijan |
2244 | 1985 | |
| Josef Pribyl | 2239 | IM | 300187 | Czech Republic |
2244 | 1947 | |
| Evgeny Sveshnikov | 2484 | GM | 4100638 | Russian Federation |
2242 | 1950 | |
| Viktor D Kupreichik | 2370 | GM | 13500066 |  Belarus |
2239 | 1949 | |
| Wlodzimierz Schmidt | 2247 | GM | 1100041 | Poland |
2219 | 1943 | |
| Veselin Topalov | 2740 | GM | 2900084 | Bulgaria |
2216 | 1975 | |
| Laurent Fressinet | 2655 | GM | 608742 | France |
2213 | 1981 | |
| Friso Nijboer | 2487 | GM | 1000063 | Netherlands |
2198 | 1965 | |
| Ljubomir Ljubojevic | 2571 | GM | 900010 | Serbia |
2196 | 1950 | |
| Bartosz Socko | 2617 | GM | 1107038 | Poland |
2196 | 1978 | |
| Ilia Smirin | 2610 | GM | 2801990 | Israel |
2187 | 1968 | |
| Alexander Morozevich | 2656 | GM | 4116992 | Russian Federation |
2183 | 1977 | |
| Mark L Hebden | 2435 | GM | 400084 | United Kingdom |
2182 | 1958 | |
| David Bronstein | Russian Federation |
2182 | 1924 | ||||
| Csaba Horvath | 1646 | 759988 | Hungary |
2177 | 1953 | ||
| Peter Lukacs | 2404 | GM | 700142 | Hungary |
2175 | 1950 | |
| Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez | 2332 | GM | 2200031 | Sweden |
2168 | 1950 | |
| Ian Rogers | 2545 | GM | 3200019 |  Australia |
2165 | 1960 | |
| Robert Zelcic | 2522 | GM | 14500310 | Croatia |
2155 | 1965 | |
| Jonathan S Speelman | 2509 | GM | 400033 | United Kingdom |
2154 | 1956 | |
| Alexander Khalifman | 2617 | GM | 4100115 | Russian Federation |
2149 | 1966 | |
| Igor Glek | 2453 | GM | 4100484 | Germany |
2149 | 1961 | |
| Andrei Sokolov | 2516 | IM | 11600306 | Latvia |
2146 | 1972 | |
| Joseph G Gallagher | 2441 | GM | 1303422 | Switzerland |
2143 | 1964 | |
| Vladimir Burmakin | 2492 | GM | 4105109 | Russian Federation |
2135 | 1967 | |
| Magnus Carlsen | 2835 | GM | 1503014 |  Norway |
2131 | 1990 | |
| David Navara | 2738 | GM | 309095 | Czech Republic |
2129 | 1985 | |
| John TH Van der Wiel | 2394 | GM | 1000020 | Netherlands |
2123 | 1959 | |
| Francisco Vallejo Pons | 2698 | GM | 2205530 | Spain |
2123 | 1982 | |
| Lev Psakhis | 2455 | GM | 2800012 | Israel |
2118 | 1958 | |
| Oscar Panno | 2438 | GM | 100153 |  Argentina |
2115 | 1935 | |
| Lothar Vogt | 2357 | GM | 4611292 | Germany |
2108 | 1952 | |
| Artur Jussupow | 2568 | GM | 4618777 | Germany |
2104 | 1960 | |
| Jonny Hector | 2492 | GM | 1700090 | Sweden |
2102 | 1964 | |
| Tigran V Petrosian |  Georgia |
2099 | 1929 | ||||
| Vitaly Tseshkovsky | 2460 | GM | 4100921 | Russian Federation |
2098 | 1944 | |
| Kevin Spraggett | 2513 | GM | 2600013 |  Canada |
2084 | 1954 | |
| Alexander Alekhine | Russian Federation |
2075 | 1892 | ||||
| Aleksej Aleksandrov | 2582 | GM | 13500139 | Belarus |
2055 | 1973 | |
| Lev Polugaevsky | Russian Federation |
2047 | 1934 | ||||
| Aloyzas Kveinys | 2537 | GM | 12800040 | Lithuania |
2043 | 1962 | |
| Pavel Blatny | 2335 | GM | 300047 | Czech Republic |
2039 | 1968 | |
| Sandor Farago | 2234 | IM | 701190 | Hungary |
2031 | 1956 | |
| Laszlo Szabo | 1459 | 728713 | Hungary |
2023 | 1944 | ||
| Normunds Miezis | 2469 | GM | 11600136 | Latvia |
2016 | 1971 | |
| Jozsef Horvath | 1197 | 796441 | Hungary |
2008 | 2000 |
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