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.

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Name ELO Title FIDE Id Federation Games Birth Year
Michael Adams 2705 GM 400041 United Kingdom 2837 1971
Alexander Alekhine Russian Federation 2075 1892
Viswanathan Anand 2776 GM 5000017 India 3323 1969
Ulf Andersson 2530 GM 1700014 Sweden 2795 1951
Etienne Bacrot 2718 GM 605506 France 2419 1983
Yuri S Balashov 2421 GM 4100263 Russian Federation 2443 1949
Alexander G Beliavsky 2540 GM 14602377 Slovenia 3089 1953
Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez 2352 GM 2200031 Sweden 2149 1950
Klaus Bischoff 1688 GM 4600045 Germany 2467 1961
Victor Bologan 2610 GM 13900048 Moldova 2486 1971
David Bronstein Russian Federation 2182 1924
Miso Cebalo 2278 GM 14500094 Croatia 2832 1945
Pia Cramling 2472 GM 1700030 Sweden 2559 1963
Istvan Csom 2409 GM 700100 Hungary 2625 0
Ognjen Cvitan 2485 GM 14500086 Croatia 2682 1961
Branko Damljanovic 2521 GM 900125 Serbia 2240 1961
Aleksey Dreev 2653 GM 4100107 Russian Federation 2938 1969
Jaan Ehlvest 2536 GM 4500016 United States 2499 1962
Vladimir Epishin 2551 GM 4162714 Russian Federation 2583 1965
Ivan Farago 2366 GM 700134 Hungary 3757 1946
Lubomir Ftacnik 2520 GM 14900017 Slovakia 2843 1957
Joseph G Gallagher 2435 GM 1303422 Switzerland 2127 1964
Boris Gelfand 2695 GM 2805677 Israel 2942 1968
Efim Geller Russian Federation 2349 1925
Kiril Georgiev 2590 GM 2900017 2450 1965
Florin Gheorghiu 2371 GM 1200011 Romania 2375 0
Igor Glek 2436 GM 4100484 Germany 2121 1961
Svetozar Gligoric 2447 GM 900400 Serbia 3129 1923
Michele Godena 2507 GM 800090 Italy 2268 1967
Alexander Grischuk 2766 GM 4126025 Russian Federation 2624 1983
Mikhail Gurevich 2566 GM 200930 Belgium 2331 1959
Mark L Hebden 2458 GM 400084 United Kingdom 2169 1958
Jonny Hector 2502 GM 1700090 Sweden 2077 1964
Vlastimil Hort 2423 GM 4600029 Germany 3365 1944
Csaba Horvath 1720 759988 Hungary 2168 1953
Robert Huebner 2577 GM 4600010 Germany 2342 1948
Vassily Ivanchuk 2708 GM 14100010 Ukraine 3737 1969
Borislav Ivkov 2402 GM 900141 Serbia 2889 0
Vlastimil Jansa 2450 GM 300128 Czech Republic 3340 1942
Artur Jussupow 2582 GM 4618777 Germany 2103 1960
Anatoly Karpov 2623 GM 4100026 Russian Federation 3718 1951
Garry Kasparov 2812 GM 4100018 Russian Federation 2515 1963
Alexander Khalifman 2615 GM 4100115 Russian Federation 2135 1966
Ratmir Kholmov Russian Federation 2334 1925
Viktor Korchnoi 2499 GM 1300016 Switzerland 4641 1931
Oleg Korneev 2546 GM 4156803 Spain 2652 1969
Zdenko Kozul 2611 GM 14502879 Croatia 2586 1966
Vladimir Kramnik 2792 GM 4101588 Russian Federation 2782 1975
Michal Krasenkow 2626 GM 1113100 Poland 2272 1963
Viktor D Kupreichik 2370 GM 13500066 Belarus 2239 1949
Bojan Kurajica 2506 GM 14400057 Bosnia And Herzegovina 2349 1947
Bogdan Lalic 2396 GM 409081 Croatia 2543 1964
Bent Larsen 2415 GM 1400029 Denmark 2474 1935
Peter Leko 2691 GM 703303 Hungary 2308 1979
Ljubomir Ljubojevic 2571 GM 900010 Serbia 2178 1950
Peter Lukacs 2404 GM 700142 Hungary 2175 0
Vladimir P Malaniuk 2444 GM 14100177 Ukraine 2433 1957
Anthony Miles United Kingdom 2823 1955
Sergei Movsesian 2625 GM 310204 Armenia 2376 1978
Friso Nijboer 2500 GM 1000063 Netherlands 2192 1965
Predrag Nikolic 2593 GM 14400014 Bosnia And Herzegovina 2340 1960
Mladen Palac 2551 GM 14500116 Croatia 2356 1971
Oscar Panno 2438 GM 100153 Argentina 2115 0
Tigran V Petrosian Georgia 2099 1929
Jan Plachetka 2311 GM 14900068 Slovakia 2298 1945
Lev Polugaevsky Russian Federation 2047 1934
Lajos Portisch 2467 GM 700037 Hungary 3114 1937
Josef Pribyl 2257 IM 300187 Czech Republic 2243 1947
Lev Psakhis 2455 GM 2800012 Israel 2116 1958
Zoltan Ribli 2536 GM 700010 Hungary 2302 1951
Ian Rogers 2545 GM 3200019 Australia 2165 1960
Oleg M Romanishin 2440 GM 14100088 Ukraine 3000 0
Eduardas Rozentalis 2518 GM 12800023 Lithuania 2326 1963
Gyula Sax 2439 GM 700029 Hungary 2859 1951
Wlodzimierz Schmidt 2242 GM 1100041 Poland 2219 1943
Alexei Shirov 2644 GM 2209390 Latvia 3233 1972
Nigel D Short 2662 GM 400025 United Kingdom 2768 1965
Vassily Smyslov 2494 GM 4100310 Russian Federation 2714 1921
Bartosz Socko 2593 GM 1107038 Poland 2167 1978
Ivan Sokolov 2565 GM 14400030 Netherlands 2762 1968
Andrei Sokolov 2155 24113727 Russian Federation 2084 1982
Boris V Spassky 2548 GM 600024 Russian Federation 2386 0
Jonathan S Speelman 2504 GM 400033 United Kingdom 2144 1956
Kevin Spraggett 2528 GM 2600013 Canada 2075 1954
Evgeny Sveshnikov 2475 GM 4100638 Russian Federation 2213 1950
Peter Svidler 2760 GM 4102142 Russian Federation 2824 1976
Laszlo Szabo 1473 728713 Hungary 2023 1944
Mark E Taimanov 2386 GM 4100760 Russian Federation 2448 0
Mikhail Tal Latvia 2562 1936
Jan H Timman 2551 GM 1000012 Netherlands 3548 1951
Sergei Tiviakov 2573 GM 1008013 Netherlands 2303 1973
Vitaly Tseshkovsky 2460 GM 4100921 Russian Federation 2098 1944
Vladimir B Tukmakov 2540 GM 14100096 Ukraine 2424 0
Wolfgang Uhlmann 2312 GM 4611284 Germany 3282 0
Rafael A Vaganian 2550 GM 13300016 Armenia 2394 1951
John TH Van der Wiel 2387 GM 1000020 Netherlands 2123 0
Loek Van Wely 2670 GM 1000268 Netherlands 3521 1972
Zoltan Varga 1353 GM 700509 Hungary 2555 1970
Lothar Vogt 2380 GM 4611292 Germany 2094 1952
Heikki MJ Westerinen 2308 GM 500020 Finland 3206 1944
Robert Zelcic 2501 GM 14500310 Croatia 2114 1965