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 | 2378 | GM | 700134 |  Hungary |
3767 | 1946 | |
| Vassily Ivanchuk | 2710 | GM | 14100010 |  Ukraine |
3747 | 1969 | |
| Anatoly Karpov | 2623 | GM | 4100026 |  Russian Federation |
3736 | 1951 | |
| Jan H Timman | 2555 | GM | 1000012 |  Netherlands |
3549 | 1951 | |
| Loek Van Wely | 2674 | GM | 1000268 | Netherlands |
3549 | 1972 | |
| Viswanathan Anand | 2768 | GM | 5000017 |  India |
3396 | 1969 | |
| Vlastimil Hort | 2421 | GM | 4600029 |  Germany |
3365 | 1944 | |
| Vlastimil Jansa | 2451 | GM | 300128 |  Czech Republic |
3353 | 1942 | |
| Wolfgang Uhlmann | 2312 | GM | 4611284 | Germany |
3282 | 1935 | |
| Alexei Shirov | 2637 | GM | 2209390 |  Spain |
3248 | 1972 | |
| Heikki MJ Westerinen | 2310 | GM | 500020 |  Finland |
3206 | 1944 | |
| Svetozar Gligoric | 2447 | GM | 900400 |  Serbia |
3129 | 1923 | |
| Lajos Portisch | 2467 | GM | 700037 | Hungary |
3114 | 1937 | |
| Alexander G Beliavsky | 2540 | GM | 14602377 |  Slovenia |
3097 | 1953 | |
| Oleg M Romanishin | 2440 | GM | 14100088 | Ukraine |
3009 | 1952 | |
| Boris Gelfand | 2703 | GM | 2805677 |  Israel |
2966 | 1968 | |
| Aleksey Dreev | 2657 | GM | 4100107 | Russian Federation |
2957 | 1969 | |
| Borislav Ivkov | 2402 | GM | 900141 | Serbia |
2889 | 1933 | |
| Peter Svidler | 2753 | GM | 4102142 | Russian Federation |
2862 | 1976 | |
| Gyula Sax | 2439 | GM | 700029 | Hungary |
2859 | 1951 | |
| Lubomir Ftacnik | 2514 | GM | 14900017 |  Slovakia |
2845 | 1957 | |
| Michael Adams | 2706 | GM | 400041 |  United Kingdom |
2841 | 1971 | |
| Miso Cebalo | 2271 | GM | 14500094 |  Croatia |
2832 | 1945 | |
| Anthony Miles | United Kingdom |
2823 | 1955 | ||||
| Vladimir Kramnik | 2792 | GM | 4101588 | Russian Federation |
2811 | 1975 | |
| Ulf Andersson | 2530 | GM | 1700014 |  Sweden |
2795 | 1951 | |
| Nigel D Short | 2659 | GM | 400025 | United Kingdom |
2777 | 1965 | |
| Ivan Sokolov | 2565 | GM | 14400030 | Netherlands |
2769 | 1968 | |
| Vassily Smyslov | 2494 | GM | 4100310 | Russian Federation |
2714 | 1921 | |
| Oleg Korneev | 2506 | GM | 4156803 | Spain |
2686 | 1969 | |
| Ognjen Cvitan | 2496 | GM | 14500086 | Croatia |
2685 | 1961 | |
| Alexander Grischuk | 2766 | GM | 4126025 | Russian Federation |
2678 | 1983 | |
| Istvan Csom | 2409 | GM | 700100 | Hungary |
2625 | 1940 | |
| Zdenko Kozul | 2600 | GM | 14502879 | Croatia |
2599 | 1966 | |
| Vladimir Epishin | 2541 | GM | 4162714 | Russian Federation |
2583 | 1965 | |
| Zoltan Varga | 1353 | GM | 700509 | Hungary |
2574 | 1970 | |
| Pia Cramling | 2452 | GM | 1700030 | Sweden |
2568 | 1963 | |
| Mikhail Tal |  Latvia |
2562 | 1936 | ||||
| Bogdan Lalic | 2394 | GM | 409081 | Croatia |
2546 | 1964 | |
| Garry Kasparov | 2812 | GM | 4100018 | Russian Federation |
2515 | 1963 | |
| Victor Bologan | 2580 | GM | 13900048 |  Moldova |
2500 | 1971 | |
| Jaan Ehlvest | 2536 | GM | 4500016 |  United States |
2499 | 1962 | |
| Bent Larsen | 2415 | GM | 1400029 |  Denmark |
2474 | 1935 | |
| Klaus Bischoff | 1688 | GM | 4600045 | Germany |
2470 | 1961 | |
| Yuri S Balashov | 2423 | GM | 4100263 | Russian Federation |
2455 | 1949 | |
| Kiril Georgiev | 2596 | GM | 2900017 |  |
2450 | 1965 | |
| Mark E Taimanov | 2386 | GM | 4100760 | Russian Federation |
2448 | 0 | |
| Vladimir B Tukmakov | 2540 | GM | 14100096 | Ukraine |
2436 | 1946 | |
| Etienne Bacrot | 2710 | GM | 605506 |  France |
2435 | 1983 | |
| Vladimir P Malaniuk | 2444 | GM | 14100177 | Ukraine |
2433 | 1957 | |
| Levon Aronian | 2767 | GM | 13300474 |  Armenia |
2430 | 1982 | |
| Rafael A Vaganian | 2546 | GM | 13300016 | Armenia |
2410 | 1951 | |
| Sergei Movsesian | 2635 | GM | 310204 | Armenia |
2389 | 1978 | |
| Boris V Spassky | 2548 | GM | 600024 | Russian Federation |
2386 | 1937 | |
| Florin Gheorghiu | 2371 | GM | 1200011 |  Romania |
2376 | 1944 | |
| Mladen Palac | 2543 | GM | 14500116 | Croatia |
2371 | 1971 | |
| Bojan Kurajica | 2521 | GM | 14400057 | Croatia |
2358 | 1947 | |
| Eduardas Rozentalis | 2513 | GM | 12800023 |  Lithuania |
2354 | 1963 | |
| Predrag Nikolic | 2584 | GM | 14400014 |  Bosnia And Herzegovina |
2351 | 1960 | |
| Efim Geller | Russian Federation |
2349 | 1925 | ||||
| Robert Huebner | 2576 | GM | 4600010 | Germany |
2342 | 1948 | |
| Sergey Karjakin | 2773 | GM | 14109603 | Russian Federation |
2341 | 1990 | |
| Sergei Tiviakov | 2583 | GM | 1008013 | Netherlands |
2334 | 1973 | |
| Ratmir Kholmov | Russian Federation |
2334 | 1925 | ||||
| Mikhail Gurevich | 2569 | GM | 200930 |  Belgium |
2331 | 1959 | |
| Hikaru Nakamura | 2777 | GM | 2016192 | United States |
2324 | 1987 | |
| Peter Leko | 2691 | GM | 703303 | Hungary |
2311 | 1979 | |
| Zoltan Ribli | 2534 | GM | 700010 | Hungary |
2306 | 1951 | |
| Michal Krasenkow | 2620 | GM | 1113100 |  Poland |
2299 | 1963 | |
| Jan Plachetka | 2305 | GM | 14900068 | Slovakia |
2298 | 1945 | |
| Michele Godena | 2514 | GM | 800090 |  Italy |
2282 | 1967 | |
| Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2801 | GM | 13401319 |  Azerbaijan |
2259 | 1985 | |
| Branko Damljanovic | 2508 | GM | 900125 | Serbia |
2249 | 1961 | |
| Josef Pribyl | 2263 | IM | 300187 | Czech Republic |
2243 | 1947 | |
| Antoaneta Stefanova | 2490 | GM | 2902257 | |
2239 | 1979 | |
| Viktor D Kupreichik | 2370 | GM | 13500066 |  Belarus |
2239 | 1949 | |
| Evgeny Sveshnikov | 2464 | GM | 4100638 | Russian Federation |
2233 | 1950 | |
| Wlodzimierz Schmidt | 2242 | GM | 1100041 | Poland |
2219 | 1943 | |
| Veselin Topalov | 2747 | GM | 2900084 | |
2205 | 1975 | |
| Arkadij Naiditsch | 2698 | GM | 4650891 | Azerbaijan |
2201 | 1985 | |
| Ljubomir Ljubojevic | 2571 | GM | 900010 | Serbia |
2196 | 1950 | |
| Friso Nijboer | 2495 | GM | 1000063 | Netherlands |
2193 | 1965 | |
| Laurent Fressinet | 2648 | GM | 608742 | France |
2192 | 1981 | |
| David Bronstein | Russian Federation |
2182 | 1924 | ||||
| Bartosz Socko | 2592 | GM | 1107038 | Poland |
2179 | 1978 | |
| Peter Lukacs | 2404 | GM | 700142 | Hungary |
2175 | 1950 | |
| Csaba Horvath | 1718 | 759988 | Hungary |
2170 | 1953 | ||
| Mark L Hebden | 2423 | GM | 400084 | United Kingdom |
2169 | 1958 | |
| Ian Rogers | 2545 | GM | 3200019 |  Australia |
2165 | 1960 | |
| Daniel Fridman | 2585 | GM | 11600454 | Germany |
2156 | 1976 | |
| Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez | 2343 | GM | 2200031 | Sweden |
2149 | 1950 | |
| Jonathan S Speelman | 2493 | GM | 400033 | United Kingdom |
2144 | 1956 | |
| Joseph G Gallagher | 2434 | GM | 1303422 | Switzerland |
2135 | 1964 | |
| Alexander Khalifman | 2617 | GM | 4100115 | Russian Federation |
2135 | 1966 | |
| John TH Van der Wiel | 2389 | GM | 1000020 | Netherlands |
2123 | 1959 | |
| Igor Glek | 2436 | GM | 4100484 | Germany |
2121 | 1961 | |
| Ilia Smirin | 2591 | GM | 2801990 | Israel |
2118 | 1968 | |
| Lev Psakhis | 2455 | GM | 2800012 | Israel |
2116 | 1958 | |
| Robert Zelcic | 2499 | GM | 14500310 | Croatia |
2116 | 1965 | |
| Oscar Panno | 2438 | GM | 100153 |  Argentina |
2115 | 1935 | |
| Artur Jussupow | 2580 | GM | 4618777 | Germany |
2104 | 1960 | |
| Alexander Morozevich | 2656 | GM | 4116992 | Russian Federation |
2100 | 1977 | |
| Tigran V Petrosian |  Georgia |
2099 | 1929 | ||||
| Vitaly Tseshkovsky | 2460 | GM | 4100921 | Russian Federation |
2098 | 1944 | |
| Lothar Vogt | 2376 | GM | 4611292 | Germany |
2097 | 1952 | |
| Andrei Sokolov | 2155 | 24113727 | Russian Federation |
2097 | 1982 | ||
| Vladimir Burmakin | 2490 | GM | 4105109 | Russian Federation |
2092 | 1967 | |
| Jonny Hector | 2499 | GM | 1700090 | Sweden |
2086 | 1964 | |
| Kevin Spraggett | 2530 | GM | 2600013 |  Canada |
2075 | 1954 | |
| Alexander Alekhine | Russian Federation |
2075 | 1892 | ||||
| Francisco Vallejo Pons | 2707 | GM | 2205530 | Spain |
2066 | 1982 | |
| Magnus Carlsen | 2842 | GM | 1503014 |  Norway |
2050 | 1990 | |
| Lev Polugaevsky | Russian Federation |
2047 | 1934 | ||||
| Aloyzas Kveinys | 2537 | GM | 12800040 | Lithuania |
2043 | 1962 | |
| David Navara | 2741 | GM | 309095 | Czech Republic |
2038 | 1985 | |
| Pavel Blatny | 2335 | GM | 300047 | Czech Republic |
2035 | 1968 | |
| Aleksej Aleksandrov | 2580 | GM | 13500139 | Belarus |
2025 | 1973 | |
| Laszlo Szabo | 1467 | 728713 | Hungary |
2023 | 1944 | ||
| Normunds Miezis | 2463 | GM | 11600136 | Latvia |
2014 | 1971 | |
| Sandor Farago | 2205 | IM | 701190 | Hungary |
2008 | 1956 | |
| Jozsef Horvath | 1197 | 796441 | Hungary |
2000 | 2000 |