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 | 2362 | GM | 700134 |  Hungary |
3794 | 1946 | |
| Vassily Ivanchuk | 2710 | GM | 14100010 |  Ukraine |
3747 | 1969 | |
| Anatoly Karpov | 2623 | GM | 4100026 |  Russian Federation |
3742 | 1951 | |
| Loek Van Wely | 2642 | GM | 1000268 |  Netherlands |
3556 | 1972 | |
| Jan H Timman | 2539 | GM | 1000012 | Netherlands |
3549 | 1951 | |
| Viswanathan Anand | 2771 | GM | 5000017 |  India |
3432 | 1969 | |
| Vlastimil Hort | 2421 | GM | 4600029 |  Germany |
3365 | 1944 | |
| Vlastimil Jansa | 2433 | GM | 300128 |  Czech Republic |
3362 | 1942 | |
| Wolfgang Uhlmann | 2312 | GM | 4611284 | Germany |
3282 | 1935 | |
| Alexei Shirov | 2636 | GM | 2209390 |  Spain |
3263 | 1972 | |
| Heikki MJ Westerinen | 2282 | GM | 500020 |  Finland |
3213 | 1944 | |
| Svetozar Gligoric | 2447 | GM | 900400 |  Serbia |
3129 | 1923 | |
| Lajos Portisch | 2467 | GM | 700037 | Hungary |
3114 | 1937 | |
| Alexander G Beliavsky | 2540 | GM | 14602377 |  Slovenia |
3106 | 1953 | |
| Oleg M Romanishin | 2443 | GM | 14100088 | Ukraine |
3009 | 1952 | |
| Aleksey Dreev | 2649 | GM | 4100107 | Russian Federation |
2993 | 1969 | |
| Boris Gelfand | 2703 | GM | 2805677 |  Israel |
2974 | 1968 | |
| Borislav Ivkov | 2402 | GM | 900141 | Serbia |
2889 | 1933 | |
| Peter Svidler | 2756 | GM | 4102142 | Russian Federation |
2872 | 1976 | |
| Gyula Sax | 2439 | GM | 700029 | Hungary |
2859 | 1951 | |
| Michael Adams | 2712 | GM | 400041 |  United Kingdom |
2854 | 1971 | |
| Lubomir Ftacnik | 2509 | GM | 14900017 |  Slovakia |
2854 | 1957 | |
| Miso Cebalo | 2273 | GM | 14500094 |  Croatia |
2835 | 1945 | |
| Anthony Miles | United Kingdom |
2823 | 1955 | ||||
| Vladimir Kramnik | 2779 | GM | 4101588 | Russian Federation |
2816 | 1975 | |
| Ulf Andersson | 2530 | GM | 1700014 |  Sweden |
2795 | 1951 | |
| Nigel D Short | 2652 | GM | 400025 | United Kingdom |
2786 | 1965 | |
| Ivan Sokolov | 2573 | GM | 14400030 | Netherlands |
2769 | 1968 | |
| Alexander Grischuk | 2769 | GM | 4126025 | Russian Federation |
2714 | 1983 | |
| Vassily Smyslov | 2494 | GM | 4100310 | Russian Federation |
2714 | 1921 | |
| Oleg Korneev | 2547 | GM | 4156803 | Spain |
2704 | 1969 | |
| Ognjen Cvitan | 2489 | GM | 14500086 | Croatia |
2693 | 1961 | |
| Istvan Csom | 2409 | GM | 700100 | Hungary |
2625 | 1940 | |
| Zdenko Kozul | 2600 | GM | 14502879 | Croatia |
2608 | 1966 | |
| Vladimir Epishin | 2548 | GM | 4162714 | Russian Federation |
2592 | 1965 | |
| Zoltan Varga | 1353 | GM | 700509 | Hungary |
2574 | 1970 | |
| Pia Cramling | 2465 | GM | 1700030 | Sweden |
2574 | 1963 | |
| Bogdan Lalic | 2403 | GM | 409081 | Croatia |
2564 | 1964 | |
| Mikhail Tal |  Latvia |
2562 | 1936 | ||||
| Garry Kasparov | 2812 | GM | 4100018 | Russian Federation |
2515 | 1963 | |
| Jaan Ehlvest | 2532 | GM | 4500016 |  United States |
2507 | 1962 | |
| Victor Bologan | 2580 | GM | 13900048 |  Moldova |
2500 | 1971 | |
| Bent Larsen | 2415 | GM | 1400029 |  Denmark |
2474 | 1935 | |
| Klaus Bischoff | 1688 | GM | 4600045 | Germany |
2470 | 1961 | |
| Kiril Georgiev | 2590 | GM | 2900017 |  Macedonia |
2466 | 1965 | |
| Levon Aronian | 2780 | GM | 13300474 |  Armenia |
2466 | 1982 | |
| Yuri S Balashov | 2429 | GM | 4100263 | Russian Federation |
2455 | 1949 | |
| Etienne Bacrot | 2678 | GM | 605506 |  France |
2453 | 1983 | |
| 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 | |
| Rafael A Vaganian | 2546 | GM | 13300016 | Armenia |
2410 | 1951 | |
| Sergei Movsesian | 2645 | GM | 310204 | Armenia |
2407 | 1978 | |
| Mladen Palac | 2540 | GM | 14500116 | Croatia |
2387 | 1971 | |
| Boris V Spassky | 2548 | GM | 600024 | Russian Federation |
2386 | 1937 | |
| Sergey Karjakin | 2760 | GM | 14109603 | Russian Federation |
2377 | 1990 | |
| Florin Gheorghiu | 2371 | GM | 1200011 |  Romania |
2376 | 1944 | |
| Bojan Kurajica | 2526 | GM | 14400057 | Croatia |
2366 | 1947 | |
| Eduardas Rozentalis | 2510 | GM | 12800023 |  Lithuania |
2363 | 1963 | |
| Predrag Nikolic | 2584 | GM | 14400014 |  Bosnia And Herzegovina |
2362 | 1960 | |
| Hikaru Nakamura | 2763 | GM | 2016192 | United States |
2360 | 1987 | |
| Efim Geller | Russian Federation |
2349 | 1925 | ||||
| Sergei Tiviakov | 2604 | GM | 1008013 | Netherlands |
2343 | 1973 | |
| Robert Huebner | 2576 | GM | 4600010 | Germany |
2342 | 1948 | |
| Ratmir Kholmov | Russian Federation |
2334 | 1925 | ||||
| Mikhail Gurevich | 2576 | GM | 200930 |  Belgium |
2331 | 1959 | |
| Peter Leko | 2690 | GM | 703303 | Hungary |
2318 | 1979 | |
| Zoltan Ribli | 2534 | GM | 700010 | Hungary |
2306 | 1951 | |
| Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2820 | GM | 13401319 |  Azerbaijan |
2305 | 1985 | |
| Michal Krasenkow | 2630 | GM | 1113100 |  Poland |
2302 | 1963 | |
| Jan Plachetka | 2305 | GM | 14900068 | Slovakia |
2298 | 1945 | |
| Michele Godena | 2501 | GM | 800090 |  Italy |
2295 | 1967 | |
| Branko Damljanovic | 2470 | GM | 900125 | Serbia |
2253 | 1961 | |
| Josef Pribyl | 2250 | IM | 300187 | Czech Republic |
2243 | 1947 | |
| Evgeny Sveshnikov | 2478 | GM | 4100638 | Russian Federation |
2242 | 1950 | |
| Antoaneta Stefanova | 2490 | GM | 2902257 |  |
2239 | 1979 | |
| Viktor D Kupreichik | 2370 | GM | 13500066 |  Belarus |
2239 | 1949 | |
| Wlodzimierz Schmidt | 2250 | GM | 1100041 | Poland |
2219 | 1943 | |
| Veselin Topalov | 2740 | GM | 2900084 | |
2209 | 1975 | |
| Arkadij Naiditsch | 2721 | GM | 4650891 | Azerbaijan |
2208 | 1985 | |
| Laurent Fressinet | 2649 | GM | 608742 | France |
2201 | 1981 | |
| Ljubomir Ljubojevic | 2571 | GM | 900010 | Serbia |
2196 | 1950 | |
| Friso Nijboer | 2495 | GM | 1000063 | Netherlands |
2193 | 1965 | |
| Bartosz Socko | 2608 | GM | 1107038 | Poland |
2191 | 1978 | |
| David Bronstein | Russian Federation |
2182 | 1924 | ||||
| Mark L Hebden | 2426 | GM | 400084 | United Kingdom |
2178 | 1958 | |
| Peter Lukacs | 2404 | GM | 700142 | Hungary |
2175 | 1950 | |
| Csaba Horvath | 1691 | 759988 | Hungary |
2170 | 1953 | ||
| Ian Rogers | 2545 | GM | 3200019 |  Australia |
2165 | 1960 | |
| Daniel Fridman | 2591 | GM | 11600454 | Germany |
2165 | 1976 | |
| Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez | 2342 | GM | 2200031 | Sweden |
2149 | 1950 | |
| Jonathan S Speelman | 2496 | GM | 400033 | United Kingdom |
2144 | 1956 | |
| Alexander Khalifman | 2617 | GM | 4100115 | Russian Federation |
2143 | 1966 | |
| Igor Glek | 2444 | GM | 4100484 | Germany |
2140 | 1961 | |
| Joseph G Gallagher | 2443 | GM | 1303422 | Switzerland |
2139 | 1964 | |
| Robert Zelcic | 2520 | GM | 14500310 | Croatia |
2130 | 1965 | |
| Ilia Smirin | 2594 | GM | 2801990 | Israel |
2126 | 1968 | |
| John TH Van der Wiel | 2389 | GM | 1000020 | Netherlands |
2123 | 1959 | |
| Lev Psakhis | 2455 | GM | 2800012 | Israel |
2116 | 1958 | |
| Vladimir Burmakin | 2504 | GM | 4105109 | Russian Federation |
2116 | 1967 | |
| Oscar Panno | 2438 | GM | 100153 |  Argentina |
2115 | 1935 | |
| Alexander Morozevich | 2656 | GM | 4116992 | Russian Federation |
2110 | 1977 | |
| Artur Jussupow | 2569 | GM | 4618777 | Germany |
2104 | 1960 | |
| Tigran V Petrosian |  Georgia |
2099 | 1929 | ||||
| Vitaly Tseshkovsky | 2460 | GM | 4100921 | Russian Federation |
2098 | 1944 | |
| Lothar Vogt | 2368 | GM | 4611292 | Germany |
2097 | 1952 | |
| Andrei Sokolov | 2155 | 24113727 | Russian Federation |
2097 | 1982 | ||
| Jonny Hector | 2507 | GM | 1700090 | Sweden |
2086 | 1964 | |
| Kevin Spraggett | 2513 | GM | 2600013 |  Canada |
2084 | 1954 | |
| Alexander Alekhine | Russian Federation |
2075 | 1892 | ||||
| Francisco Vallejo Pons | 2713 | GM | 2205530 | Spain |
2070 | 1982 | |
| Magnus Carlsen | 2839 | GM | 1503014 |  Norway |
2069 | 1990 | |
| David Navara | 2740 | GM | 309095 | Czech Republic |
2058 | 1985 | |
| Lev Polugaevsky | Russian Federation |
2047 | 1934 | ||||
| Aloyzas Kveinys | 2537 | GM | 12800040 | Lithuania |
2043 | 1962 | |
| Aleksej Aleksandrov | 2602 | GM | 13500139 | Belarus |
2037 | 1973 | |
| Pavel Blatny | 2336 | GM | 300047 | Czech Republic |
2035 | 1968 | |
| Laszlo Szabo | 1467 | 728713 | Hungary |
2023 | 1944 | ||
| Sandor Farago | 2222 | IM | 701190 | Hungary |
2018 | 1956 | |
| Normunds Miezis | 2470 | GM | 11600136 | Latvia |
2014 | 1971 | |
| Jozsef Horvath | 1197 | 796441 | Hungary |
2003 | 2000 |