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 | |
| Vassily Ivanchuk | 2632 | GM | 14100010 |  Ukraine |
4129 | 1969 | |
| Viswanathan Anand | 2751 | GM | 5000017 |  India |
4011 | 1969 | |
| Ivan Farago | 2325 | GM | 700134 |  Hungary |
3935 | 1946 | |
| Loek Van Wely | 2618 | GM | 1000268 |  Netherlands |
3808 | 1972 | |
| Anatoly Karpov | 2617 | GM | 4100026 |  Russian Federation |
3800 | 1951 | |
| Alexei Shirov | 2655 | GM | 2209390 |  Spain |
3713 | 1972 | |
| Levon Aronian | 2738 | GM | 13300474 |  United States |
3676 | 1982 | |
| Jan H Timman | 2532 | GM | 1000012 | Netherlands |
3600 | 1951 | |
| Magnus Carlsen | 2831 | GM | 1503014 |  Norway |
3596 | 1990 | |
| Boris Gelfand | 2658 | GM | 2805677 |  Israel |
3531 | 1968 | |
| Alexander Grischuk | 2689 | GM | 4126025 | Russian Federation |
3497 | 1983 | |
| Aleksey Dreev | 2590 | GM | 4100107 | Russian Federation |
3459 | 1969 | |
| Hikaru Nakamura | 2802 | GM | 2016192 | United States |
3449 | 1987 | |
| Vlastimil Jansa | 2277 | GM | 300128 |  Czech Republic |
3423 | 1942 | |
| Vlastimil Hort | 2315 | GM | 4600029 |  Germany |
3373 | 1944 | |
| Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2733 | GM | 13401319 |  Azerbaijan |
3359 | 1985 | |
| Peter Svidler | 2698 | GM | 4102142 |  Fide |
3342 | 1976 | |
| Wolfgang Uhlmann | 2308 | GM | 4611284 | Germany |
3282 | 1935 | |
| Heikki MJ Westerinen | 2212 | GM | 500020 |  Finland |
3251 | 1944 | |
| Michael Adams | 2662 | GM | 400041 |  United Kingdom |
3215 | 1971 | |
| Alexander G Beliavsky | 2481 | GM | 14602377 |  Slovenia |
3205 | 1953 | |
| Svetozar Gligoric | 2447 | GM | 900400 |  Serbia |
3129 | 1923 | |
| Lajos Portisch | 2467 | GM | 700037 | Hungary |
3114 | 1937 | |
| Oleg M Romanishin | 2299 | GM | 14100088 | Ukraine |
3110 | 1952 | |
| Lubomir Ftacnik | 2444 | GM | 14900017 |  Slovakia |
3068 | 1957 | |
| Vladimir Kramnik | 2753 | GM | 4101588 | Russian Federation |
3061 | 1975 | |
| Sergey Karjakin | 2750 | GM | 14109603 | Russian Federation |
3020 | 1990 | |
| Zoltan Varga | 1612 | GM | 700509 | Hungary |
3015 | 1970 | |
| Pia Cramling | 2429 | GM | 1700030 |  Sweden |
2998 | 1963 | |
| Oleg Korneev | 2454 | GM | 4156803 | Spain |
2983 | 1969 | |
| Zdenko Kozul | 2510 | GM | 14502879 |  Croatia |
2977 | 1966 | |
| Nigel D Short | 2594 | GM | 400025 | United Kingdom |
2901 | 1965 | |
| Borislav Ivkov | 2402 | GM | 900141 | Serbia |
2889 | 1933 | |
| Ivan Sokolov | 1519 | 55635580 | Russian Federation |
2866 | 1989 | ||
| Gyula Sax | 2439 | GM | 700029 | Hungary |
2859 | 1951 | |
| Ognjen Cvitan | 2410 | GM | 14500086 | Croatia |
2855 | 1961 | |
| Miso Cebalo | 2160 | GM | 14500094 | Croatia |
2843 | 1945 | |
| Etienne Bacrot | 2658 | GM | 605506 |  France |
2833 | 1983 | |
| Anthony Miles | United Kingdom |
2823 | 1955 | ||||
| Antoaneta Stefanova | 2418 | GM | 2902257 |  Bulgaria |
2815 | 1979 | |
| David Navara | 2683 | GM | 309095 | Czech Republic |
2812 | 1985 | |
| Ulf Andersson | 2518 | GM | 1700014 | Sweden |
2799 | 1951 | |
| Bogdan Lalic | 2323 | GM | 409081 | Croatia |
2790 | 1964 | |
| Sergei Movsesian | 2616 | GM | 310204 |  Armenia |
2776 | 1978 | |
| Eduardas Rozentalis | 2495 | GM | 12800023 |  Lithuania |
2721 | 1963 | |
| Daniel Fridman | 2573 | GM | 11600454 | Germany |
2717 | 1976 | |
| Vassily Smyslov | 2494 | GM | 4100310 | Russian Federation |
2715 | 1921 | |
| Vladimir Epishin | 2420 | GM | 4162714 | Russian Federation |
2686 | 1965 | |
| Branko Damljanovic | 2354 | GM | 900125 | Serbia |
2681 | 1961 | |
| Kiril Georgiev | 2553 | GM | 2900017 | Bulgaria |
2653 | 1965 | |
| Bartosz Socko | 2554 | GM | 1107038 |  Poland |
2644 | 1978 | |
| Victor Bologan | 2608 | GM | 13900048 |  Moldova |
2642 | 1971 | |
| Istvan Csom | 2409 | GM | 700100 | Hungary |
2625 | 1940 | |
| Mladen Palac | 2464 | GM | 14500116 | Croatia |
2596 | 1971 | |
| Sergei Tiviakov | 2531 | GM | 1008013 | Netherlands |
2563 | 1973 | |
| Mikhail Tal |  Latvia |
2562 | 1936 | ||||
| Arkadij Naiditsch | 2636 | GM | 4650891 | Bulgaria |
2562 | 1985 | |
| Michal Krasenkow | 2490 | GM | 1113100 | Poland |
2561 | 1963 | |
| Jaan Ehlvest | 2531 | GM | 4500016 | United States |
2547 | 1962 | |
| Peter Leko | 2666 | GM | 703303 | Hungary |
2533 | 1979 | |
| Garry Kasparov | 2812 | GM | 4100018 | Russian Federation |
2533 | 1963 | |
| Yuri S Balashov | 2382 | GM | 4100263 | Russian Federation |
2526 | 1949 | |
| Klaus Bischoff | 1801 | GM | 4600045 | Germany |
2519 | 1961 | |
| Aleksej Aleksandrov | 2410 | GM | 13500139 |  Belarus |
2511 | 1973 | |
| Laurent Fressinet | 2615 | GM | 608742 | France |
2488 | 1981 | |
| Michele Godena | 2419 | GM | 800090 |  Italy |
2485 | 1967 | |
| Ilia Smirin | 2563 | GM | 2801990 | Israel |
2475 | 1968 | |
| Bent Larsen | 1454 | 1483455 |  Denmark |
2474 | 1937 | ||
| Predrag Nikolic | 2545 | GM | 14400014 |  Bosnia And Herzegovina |
2470 | 1960 | |
| Francisco Vallejo Pons | 2653 | GM | 2205530 | Spain |
2459 | 1982 | |
| Rafael A Vaganian | 2449 | GM | 13300016 | Armenia |
2453 | 1951 | |
| Bojan Kurajica | 2392 | GM | 14400057 | Croatia |
2450 | 1947 | |
| Mark E Taimanov | 2386 | GM | 4100760 | Russian Federation |
2448 | 0 | |
| Veselin Topalov | 2727 | GM | 2900084 | Bulgaria |
2438 | 1975 | |
| Vladimir B Tukmakov | 2540 | GM | 14100096 | Ukraine |
2436 | 1946 | |
| Vladimir P Malaniuk | 2444 | GM | 14100177 | Ukraine |
2433 | 1957 | |
| Mikhail Gurevich | 2574 | GM | 200930 |  Belgium |
2400 | 1959 | |
| Florin Gheorghiu | 2367 | GM | 1200011 |  Romania |
2387 | 1944 | |
| Boris V Spassky | 2548 | GM | 600024 | Russian Federation |
2386 | 1937 | |
| Robert Zelcic | 2438 | GM | 14500310 | Croatia |
2375 | 1965 | |
| Jonny Hector | 2437 | GM | 1700090 | Sweden |
2373 | 1964 | |
| Alexander Morozevich | 2655 | GM | 4116992 | Russian Federation |
2364 | 1977 | |
| Zoltan Ribli | 2475 | GM | 700010 | Hungary |
2362 | 1951 | |
| Robert Huebner | 2574 | GM | 4600010 | Germany |
2360 | 1948 | |
| Efim Geller | Russian Federation |
2349 | 1925 | ||||
| Ratmir Kholmov | Russian Federation |
2334 | 1925 | ||||
| Jan Plachetka | 2272 | GM | 14900068 | Slovakia |
2324 | 1945 | |
| Igor Glek | 2410 | GM | 4100484 | Belgium |
2300 | 1961 | |
| Vladimir Burmakin | 2456 | GM | 4105109 | Russian Federation |
2292 | 1967 | |
| Friso Nijboer | 2451 | GM | 1000063 | Netherlands |
2279 | 1965 | |
| Josef Pribyl | 2192 | IM | 300187 | Czech Republic |
2277 | 1947 | |
| Evgeny Sveshnikov | 2456 | GM | 4100638 | Russian Federation |
2276 | 1950 | |
| Mark L Hebden | 2372 | GM | 400084 | United Kingdom |
2269 | 1958 | |
| Csaba Horvath | 1769 | 759988 | Hungary |
2250 | 1953 | ||
| Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez | 2267 | GM | 2200031 | Sweden |
2242 | 1950 | |
| Viktor D Kupreichik | 2370 | GM | 13500066 | Belarus |
2239 | 1949 | |
| Andrei Sokolov | 2516 | IM | 11600306 | Latvia |
2232 | 1972 | |
| Normunds Miezis | 2401 | GM | 11600136 | Latvia |
2227 | 1971 | |
| Joseph G Gallagher | 2404 | GM | 1303422 | Switzerland |
2220 | 1964 | |
| Wlodzimierz Schmidt | 2190 | GM | 1100041 | Poland |
2219 | 1943 | |
| Ljubomir Ljubojevic | 2571 | GM | 900010 | Serbia |
2202 | 1950 | |
| Jonathan S Speelman | 2499 | GM | 400033 | United Kingdom |
2190 | 1956 | |
| David Bronstein | Russian Federation |
2182 | 1924 | ||||
| Alexander Khalifman | 2597 | GM | 4100115 | Fide |
2178 | 1966 | |
| Lothar Vogt | 2257 | GM | 4611292 | Germany |
2176 | 1952 | |
| Peter Lukacs | 2404 | GM | 700142 | Hungary |
2175 | 1950 | |
| Ian Rogers | 2545 | GM | 3200019 |  Australia |
2165 | 1960 | |
| John TH Van der Wiel | 2387 | GM | 1000020 | Netherlands |
2162 | 1959 | |
| Lev Psakhis | 2438 | GM | 2800012 | Israel |
2139 | 1958 | |
| Sandor Farago | 2041 | IM | 701190 | Hungary |
2126 | 1956 | |
| Oscar Panno | 2438 | GM | 100153 |  Argentina |
2115 | 1935 | |
| Kevin Spraggett | 2442 | GM | 2600013 |  Canada |
2112 | 1954 | |
| Artur Jussupow | 2559 | GM | 4618777 | Germany |
2105 | 1960 | |
| Tigran V Petrosian |  Georgia |
2099 | 1929 | ||||
| Vitaly Tseshkovsky | 2460 | GM | 4100921 | Russian Federation |
2098 | 1944 | |
| Jozsef Horvath | 1515 | 765830 | Hungary |
2092 | 1959 | ||
| Alexander Alekhine | Russian Federation |
2075 | 1892 | ||||
| Pavel Blatny | 2316 | GM | 300047 | Czech Republic |
2052 | 1968 | |
| Lev Polugaevsky | Russian Federation |
2047 | 1934 | ||||
| Aloyzas Kveinys | 2537 | GM | 12800040 | Lithuania |
2043 | 1962 | |
| Laszlo Szabo | 1665 | 728713 | Hungary |
2023 | 1944 |
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