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.
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 | ![]() |
4641 | 1931 | |
Vassily Ivanchuk | 2678 | GM | 14100010 | ![]() |
3931 | 1969 | |
Ivan Farago | 2340 | GM | 700134 | ![]() |
3901 | 1946 | |
Viswanathan Anand | 2753 | GM | 5000017 | ![]() |
3777 | 1969 | |
Anatoly Karpov | 2617 | GM | 4100026 | ![]() |
3777 | 1951 | |
Loek Van Wely | 2620 | GM | 1000268 | ![]() |
3695 | 1972 | |
Jan H Timman | 2533 | GM | 1000012 | ![]() |
3594 | 1951 | |
Alexei Shirov | 2662 | GM | 2209390 | ![]() |
3484 | 1972 | |
Vlastimil Jansa | 2420 | GM | 300128 | ![]() |
3391 | 1942 | |
Vlastimil Hort | 2387 | GM | 4600029 | ![]() |
3372 | 1944 | |
Wolfgang Uhlmann | 2308 | GM | 4611284 | ![]() |
3282 | 1935 | |
Heikki MJ Westerinen | 2254 | GM | 500020 | ![]() |
3242 | 1944 | |
Boris Gelfand | 2676 | GM | 2805677 | ![]() |
3242 | 1968 | |
Aleksey Dreev | 2647 | GM | 4100107 | ![]() |
3222 | 1969 | |
Alexander G Beliavsky | 2517 | GM | 14602377 | ![]() |
3150 | 1953 | |
Svetozar Gligoric | 2447 | GM | 900400 | ![]() |
3129 | 1923 | |
Peter Svidler | 2714 | GM | 4102142 | ![]() |
3120 | 1976 | |
Lajos Portisch | 2467 | GM | 700037 | ![]() |
3114 | 1937 | |
Alexander Grischuk | 2777 | GM | 4126025 | ![]() |
3078 | 1983 | |
Michael Adams | 2716 | GM | 400041 | ![]() |
3057 | 1971 | |
Oleg M Romanishin | 2404 | GM | 14100088 | ![]() |
3043 | 1952 | |
Levon Aronian | 2781 | GM | 13300474 | ![]() |
3024 | 1982 | |
Hikaru Nakamura | 2736 | GM | 2016192 | ![]() |
2989 | 1987 | |
Lubomir Ftacnik | 2511 | GM | 14900017 | ![]() |
2942 | 1957 | |
Vladimir Kramnik | 2753 | GM | 4101588 | ![]() |
2927 | 1975 | |
Borislav Ivkov | 2402 | GM | 900141 | ![]() |
2889 | 1933 | |
Gyula Sax | 2439 | GM | 700029 | ![]() |
2859 | 1951 | |
Miso Cebalo | 2160 | GM | 14500094 | ![]() |
2843 | 1945 | |
Nigel D Short | 2626 | GM | 400025 | ![]() |
2842 | 1965 | |
Magnus Carlsen | 2847 | GM | 1503014 | ![]() |
2835 | 1990 | |
Oleg Korneev | 2538 | GM | 4156803 | ![]() |
2825 | 1969 | |
Ivan Sokolov | 2595 | GM | 14400030 | ![]() |
2824 | 1968 | |
Anthony Miles | ![]() |
2823 | 1955 | ||||
Pia Cramling | 2459 | GM | 1700030 | ![]() |
2797 | 1963 | |
Ulf Andersson | 2516 | GM | 1700014 | ![]() |
2796 | 1951 | |
Sergey Karjakin | 2757 | GM | 14109603 | ![]() |
2786 | 1990 | |
Ognjen Cvitan | 2467 | GM | 14500086 | ![]() |
2770 | 1961 | |
Zdenko Kozul | 2597 | GM | 14502879 | ![]() |
2761 | 1966 | |
Vassily Smyslov | 2494 | GM | 4100310 | ![]() |
2715 | 1921 | |
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2770 | GM | 13401319 | ![]() |
2675 | 1985 | |
Zoltan Varga | 1353 | GM | 700509 | ![]() |
2674 | 1970 | |
Vladimir Epishin | 2527 | GM | 4162714 | ![]() |
2642 | 1965 | |
Istvan Csom | 2409 | GM | 700100 | ![]() |
2625 | 1940 | |
Bogdan Lalic | 2402 | GM | 409081 | ![]() |
2622 | 1964 | |
Kiril Georgiev | 2589 | GM | 2900017 | ![]() |
2585 | 1965 | |
Etienne Bacrot | 2678 | GM | 605506 | ![]() |
2576 | 1983 | |
Mikhail Tal | ![]() |
2562 | 1936 | ||||
Sergei Movsesian | 2647 | GM | 310204 | ![]() |
2555 | 1978 | |
Jaan Ehlvest | 2517 | GM | 4500016 | ![]() |
2540 | 1962 | |
Antoaneta Stefanova | 2470 | GM | 2902257 | ![]() |
2530 | 1979 | |
Victor Bologan | 2574 | GM | 13900048 | ![]() |
2528 | 1971 | |
Garry Kasparov | 2812 | GM | 4100018 | ![]() |
2515 | 1963 | |
Peter Leko | 2663 | GM | 703303 | ![]() |
2504 | 1979 | |
Yuri S Balashov | 2461 | GM | 4100263 | ![]() |
2488 | 1949 | |
Mladen Palac | 2525 | GM | 14500116 | ![]() |
2484 | 1971 | |
Klaus Bischoff | 1669 | GM | 4600045 | ![]() |
2482 | 1961 | |
Bent Larsen | 2415 | GM | 1400029 | ![]() |
2474 | 1935 | |
Eduardas Rozentalis | 2529 | GM | 12800023 | ![]() |
2465 | 1963 | |
Rafael A Vaganian | 2516 | GM | 13300016 | ![]() |
2449 | 1951 | |
Mark E Taimanov | 2386 | GM | 4100760 | ![]() |
2448 | 0 | |
Sergei Tiviakov | 2604 | GM | 1008013 | ![]() |
2442 | 1973 | |
Vladimir B Tukmakov | 2540 | GM | 14100096 | ![]() |
2436 | 1946 | |
Vladimir P Malaniuk | 2444 | GM | 14100177 | ![]() |
2433 | 1957 | |
Daniel Fridman | 2601 | GM | 11600454 | ![]() |
2420 | 1976 | |
Predrag Nikolic | 2558 | GM | 14400014 | ![]() |
2412 | 1960 | |
David Navara | 2697 | GM | 309095 | ![]() |
2410 | 1985 | |
Bojan Kurajica | 2508 | GM | 14400057 | ![]() |
2394 | 1947 | |
Branko Damljanovic | 2498 | GM | 900125 | ![]() |
2393 | 1961 | |
Boris V Spassky | 2548 | GM | 600024 | ![]() |
2386 | 1937 | |
Florin Gheorghiu | 2375 | GM | 1200011 | ![]() |
2383 | 1944 | |
Arkadij Naiditsch | 2649 | GM | 4650891 | ![]() |
2379 | 1985 | |
Michal Krasenkow | 2597 | GM | 1113100 | ![]() |
2373 | 1963 | |
Mikhail Gurevich | 2577 | GM | 200930 | ![]() |
2370 | 1959 | |
Robert Huebner | 2574 | GM | 4600010 | ![]() |
2355 | 1948 | |
Michele Godena | 2448 | GM | 800090 | ![]() |
2355 | 1967 | |
Efim Geller | ![]() |
2349 | 1925 | ||||
Ratmir Kholmov | ![]() |
2334 | 1925 | ||||
Zoltan Ribli | 2520 | GM | 700010 | ![]() |
2333 | 1951 | |
Veselin Topalov | 2735 | GM | 2900084 | ![]() |
2326 | 1975 | |
Alexander Morozevich | 2659 | GM | 4116992 | ![]() |
2321 | 1977 | |
Bartosz Socko | 2618 | GM | 1107038 | ![]() |
2315 | 1978 | |
Jan Plachetka | 2307 | GM | 14900068 | ![]() |
2312 | 1945 | |
Ilia Smirin | 2599 | GM | 2801990 | ![]() |
2308 | 1968 | |
Laurent Fressinet | 2638 | GM | 608742 | ![]() |
2277 | 1981 | |
Francisco Vallejo Pons | 2710 | GM | 2205530 | ![]() |
2274 | 1982 | |
Evgeny Sveshnikov | 2478 | GM | 4100638 | ![]() |
2270 | 1950 | |
Josef Pribyl | 2222 | IM | 300187 | ![]() |
2251 | 1947 | |
Aleksej Aleksandrov | 2563 | GM | 13500139 | ![]() |
2241 | 1973 | |
Viktor D Kupreichik | 2370 | GM | 13500066 | ![]() |
2239 | 1949 | |
Friso Nijboer | 2468 | GM | 1000063 | ![]() |
2227 | 1965 | |
Robert Zelcic | 2539 | GM | 14500310 | ![]() |
2219 | 1965 | |
Wlodzimierz Schmidt | 2225 | GM | 1100041 | ![]() |
2219 | 1943 | |
Vladimir Burmakin | 2510 | GM | 4105109 | ![]() |
2217 | 1967 | |
Csaba Horvath | 1671 | 759988 | ![]() |
2212 | 1953 | ||
Mark L Hebden | 2453 | GM | 400084 | ![]() |
2210 | 1958 | |
Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez | 2327 | GM | 2200031 | ![]() |
2204 | 1950 | |
Ljubomir Ljubojevic | 2571 | GM | 900010 | ![]() |
2202 | 1950 | |
Igor Glek | 2475 | GM | 4100484 | ![]() |
2197 | 1961 | |
David Bronstein | ![]() |
2182 | 1924 | ||||
Jonny Hector | 2485 | GM | 1700090 | ![]() |
2180 | 1964 | |
Alexander Khalifman | 2608 | GM | 4100115 | ![]() |
2178 | 1966 | |
Andrei Sokolov | 2516 | IM | 11600306 | ![]() |
2176 | 1972 | |
Peter Lukacs | 2404 | GM | 700142 | ![]() |
2175 | 1950 | |
Jonathan S Speelman | 2503 | GM | 400033 | ![]() |
2166 | 1956 | |
Ian Rogers | 2545 | GM | 3200019 | ![]() |
2165 | 1960 | |
Joseph G Gallagher | 2436 | GM | 1303422 | ![]() |
2163 | 1964 | |
John TH Van der Wiel | 2391 | GM | 1000020 | ![]() |
2158 | 1959 | |
Lev Psakhis | 2450 | GM | 2800012 | ![]() |
2129 | 1958 | |
Lothar Vogt | 2359 | GM | 4611292 | ![]() |
2127 | 1952 | |
Oscar Panno | 2438 | GM | 100153 | ![]() |
2115 | 1935 | |
Artur Jussupow | 2559 | GM | 4618777 | ![]() |
2105 | 1960 | |
Tigran V Petrosian | ![]() |
2099 | 1929 | ||||
Vitaly Tseshkovsky | 2460 | GM | 4100921 | ![]() |
2098 | 1944 | |
Normunds Miezis | 2472 | GM | 11600136 | ![]() |
2097 | 1971 | |
Kevin Spraggett | 2495 | GM | 2600013 | ![]() |
2094 | 1954 | |
Sandor Farago | 2179 | IM | 701190 | ![]() |
2089 | 1956 | |
Alexander Alekhine | ![]() |
2075 | 1892 | ||||
Pavel Blatny | 2312 | GM | 300047 | ![]() |
2051 | 1968 | |
Jozsef Horvath | 1191 | 796441 | ![]() |
2051 | 2000 | ||
Lev Polugaevsky | ![]() |
2047 | 1934 | ||||
Aloyzas Kveinys | 2537 | GM | 12800040 | ![]() |
2043 | 1962 | |
Laszlo Szabo | 1441 | 728713 | ![]() |
2023 | 1944 |