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 | 2644 | GM | 14100010 |  Ukraine |
4245 | 1969 | |
| Viswanathan Anand | 2743 | GM | 5000017 |  India |
4028 | 1969 | |
| Ivan Farago | 2325 | GM | 700134 |  Hungary |
3935 | 1946 | |
| Loek Van Wely | 2609 | GM | 1000268 |  Netherlands |
3822 | 1972 | |
| Levon Aronian | 2747 | GM | 13300474 |  United States |
3805 | 1982 | |
| Anatoly Karpov | 2617 | GM | 4100026 |  Russian Federation |
3800 | 1951 | |
| Alexei Shirov | 2620 | GM | 2209390 |  Spain |
3734 | 1972 | |
| Magnus Carlsen | 2837 | GM | 1503014 |  Norway |
3732 | 1990 | |
| Jan H Timman | 2533 | GM | 1000012 | Netherlands |
3600 | 1951 | |
| Boris Gelfand | 2652 | GM | 2805677 |  Israel |
3566 | 1968 | |
| Hikaru Nakamura | 2804 | GM | 2016192 | United States |
3542 | 1987 | |
| Alexander Grischuk | 2682 | GM | 4126025 | Russian Federation |
3540 | 1983 | |
| Aleksey Dreev | 2590 | GM | 4100107 | Russian Federation |
3478 | 1969 | |
| Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2746 | GM | 13401319 |  Azerbaijan |
3452 | 1985 | |
| Vlastimil Jansa | 2255 | GM | 300128 |  Czech Republic |
3425 | 1942 | |
| Vlastimil Hort | 2315 | GM | 4600029 |  Germany |
3373 | 1944 | |
| Peter Svidler | 2698 | GM | 4102142 |  Fide |
3365 | 1976 | |
| Wolfgang Uhlmann | 2308 | GM | 4611284 | Germany |
3282 | 1935 | |
| Heikki MJ Westerinen | 2205 | GM | 500020 |  Finland |
3251 | 1944 | |
| Michael Adams | 2661 | GM | 400041 |  United Kingdom |
3225 | 1971 | |
| Alexander G Beliavsky | 2453 | GM | 14602377 |  Slovenia |
3210 | 1953 | |
| Oleg M Romanishin | 2291 | GM | 14100088 | Ukraine |
3130 | 1952 | |
| Svetozar Gligoric | 2447 | GM | 900400 |  Serbia |
3129 | 1923 | |
| Lajos Portisch | 2467 | GM | 700037 | Hungary |
3114 | 1937 | |
| Lubomir Ftacnik | 2437 | GM | 14900017 |  Slovakia |
3080 | 1957 | |
| Zoltan Varga | 1612 | GM | 700509 | Hungary |
3073 | 1970 | |
| Vladimir Kramnik | 2753 | GM | 4101588 | Russian Federation |
3061 | 1975 | |
| Sergey Karjakin | 2750 | GM | 14109603 | Russian Federation |
3034 | 1990 | |
| Oleg Korneev | 2470 | GM | 4156803 | Spain |
3022 | 1969 | |
| Pia Cramling | 2401 | GM | 1700030 |  Sweden |
3010 | 1963 | |
| Zdenko Kozul | 2506 | GM | 14502879 |  Croatia |
3000 | 1966 | |
| Nigel D Short | 2587 | GM | 400025 | United Kingdom |
2901 | 1965 | |
| David Navara | 2657 | GM | 309095 | Czech Republic |
2892 | 1985 | |
| Borislav Ivkov | 2402 | GM | 900141 | Serbia |
2889 | 1933 | |
| Etienne Bacrot | 2633 | GM | 605506 |  France |
2876 | 1983 | |
| Ognjen Cvitan | 2388 | GM | 14500086 | Croatia |
2873 | 1961 | |
| Ivan Sokolov | 2590 | GM | 14400030 | Netherlands |
2867 | 1968 | |
| Gyula Sax | 2439 | GM | 700029 | Hungary |
2859 | 1951 | |
| Miso Cebalo | 2160 | GM | 14500094 | Croatia |
2843 | 1945 | |
| Anthony Miles | United Kingdom |
2823 | 1955 | ||||
| Antoaneta Stefanova | 2399 | GM | 2902257 |  Bulgaria |
2818 | 1979 | |
| Sergei Movsesian | 2598 | GM | 310204 |  Armenia |
2810 | 1978 | |
| Bogdan Lalic | 2307 | GM | 409081 | Croatia |
2799 | 1964 | |
| Ulf Andersson | 2519 | GM | 1700014 | Sweden |
2799 | 1951 | |
| Eduardas Rozentalis | 2470 | GM | 12800023 |  Lithuania |
2774 | 1963 | |
| Branko Damljanovic | 2388 | GM | 900125 | Serbia |
2771 | 1961 | |
| Daniel Fridman | 2584 | GM | 11600454 | Germany |
2746 | 1976 | |
| Vassily Smyslov | 2494 | GM | 4100310 | Russian Federation |
2715 | 1921 | |
| Vladimir Epishin | 2376 | GM | 4162714 | Russian Federation |
2686 | 1965 | |
| Kiril Georgiev | 2529 | GM | 2900017 | Bulgaria |
2673 | 1965 | |
| Bartosz Socko | 2575 | GM | 1107038 |  Poland |
2670 | 1978 | |
| Victor Bologan | 2601 | GM | 13900048 |  Moldova |
2669 | 1971 | |
| Istvan Csom | 2409 | GM | 700100 | Hungary |
2625 | 1940 | |
| Mladen Palac | 2450 | GM | 14500116 | Croatia |
2605 | 1971 | |
| Michal Krasenkow | 2520 | GM | 1113100 | Poland |
2584 | 1963 | |
| Sergei Tiviakov | 2536 | GM | 1008013 | Netherlands |
2571 | 1973 | |
| Arkadij Naiditsch | 2629 | GM | 4650891 | Bulgaria |
2571 | 1985 | |
| Mikhail Tal |  Latvia |
2562 | 1936 | ||||
| Aleksej Aleksandrov | 2386 | GM | 13500139 |  Belarus |
2555 | 1973 | |
| Jaan Ehlvest | 2532 | GM | 4500016 | United States |
2547 | 1962 | |
| Laurent Fressinet | 2593 | GM | 608742 | France |
2534 | 1981 | |
| Peter Leko | 2666 | GM | 703303 | Hungary |
2533 | 1979 | |
| Garry Kasparov | 2812 | GM | 4100018 | Russian Federation |
2533 | 1963 | |
| Klaus Bischoff | 1801 | GM | 4600045 | Germany |
2532 | 1961 | |
| Yuri S Balashov | 2382 | GM | 4100263 | Russian Federation |
2526 | 1949 | |
| Michele Godena | 2435 | GM | 800090 |  Italy |
2524 | 1967 | |
| Ilia Smirin | 2564 | GM | 2801990 | Israel |
2519 | 1968 | |
| Predrag Nikolic | 2546 | GM | 14400014 |  Bosnia And Herzegovina |
2487 | 1960 | |
| Francisco Vallejo Pons | 2638 | GM | 2205530 | Spain |
2475 | 1982 | |
| Bent Larsen | 1460 | 1483455 |  Denmark |
2474 | 1937 | ||
| Veselin Topalov | 2717 | GM | 2900084 | Bulgaria |
2467 | 1975 | |
| Bojan Kurajica | 2386 | GM | 14400057 | Croatia |
2455 | 1947 | |
| Rafael A Vaganian | 2449 | GM | 13300016 | Armenia |
2453 | 1951 | |
| 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 | |
| Mikhail Gurevich | 2567 | GM | 200930 |  Belgium |
2405 | 1959 | |
| Jonny Hector | 2410 | GM | 1700090 | Sweden |
2398 | 1964 | |
| Florin Gheorghiu | 2367 | GM | 1200011 |  Romania |
2387 | 1944 | |
| Robert Zelcic | 2483 | GM | 14500310 | Croatia |
2386 | 1965 | |
| Boris V Spassky | 2548 | GM | 600024 | Russian Federation |
2386 | 1937 | |
| Alexander Morozevich | 2656 | GM | 4116992 | Russian Federation |
2370 | 1977 | |
| Zoltan Ribli | 2475 | GM | 700010 | Hungary |
2362 | 1951 | |
| Robert Huebner | 2574 | GM | 4600010 | Germany |
2360 | 1948 | |
| Efim Geller | Russian Federation |
2349 | 1925 | ||||
| Igor Glek | 2445 | GM | 4100484 | Belgium |
2340 | 1961 | |
| Ratmir Kholmov | Russian Federation |
2334 | 1925 | ||||
| Jan Plachetka | 2273 | GM | 14900068 | Slovakia |
2325 | 1945 | |
| Vladimir Burmakin | 2435 | GM | 4105109 | Russian Federation |
2296 | 1967 | |
| Josef Pribyl | 2171 | IM | 300187 | Czech Republic |
2285 | 1947 | |
| Friso Nijboer | 2456 | GM | 1000063 | Netherlands |
2285 | 1965 | |
| Evgeny Sveshnikov | 2456 | GM | 4100638 | Russian Federation |
2276 | 1950 | |
| Mark L Hebden | 2371 | GM | 400084 | United Kingdom |
2273 | 1958 | |
| Normunds Miezis | 2406 | GM | 11600136 | Latvia |
2260 | 1971 | |
| Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez | 2252 | GM | 2200031 | Sweden |
2256 | 1950 | |
| Csaba Horvath | 1764 | 759988 | Hungary |
2250 | 1953 | ||
| Viktor D Kupreichik | 2370 | GM | 13500066 | Belarus |
2239 | 1949 | |
| Andrei Sokolov | 2516 | IM | 11600306 | Latvia |
2238 | 1972 | |
| Joseph G Gallagher | 2402 | GM | 1303422 | Switzerland |
2220 | 1964 | |
| Wlodzimierz Schmidt | 2190 | GM | 1100041 | Poland |
2219 | 1943 | |
| Jonathan S Speelman | 2491 | GM | 400033 | United Kingdom |
2203 | 1956 | |
| Ljubomir Ljubojevic | 2571 | GM | 900010 | Serbia |
2202 | 1950 | |
| David Bronstein | Russian Federation |
2182 | 1924 | ||||
| Lothar Vogt | 2216 | GM | 4611292 | Germany |
2178 | 1952 | |
| Alexander Khalifman | 2597 | GM | 4100115 | Fide |
2178 | 1966 | |
| Peter Lukacs | 2404 | GM | 700142 | Hungary |
2175 | 1950 | |
| Ian Rogers | 2545 | GM | 3200019 |  Australia |
2165 | 1960 | |
| John TH Van der Wiel | 2381 | GM | 1000020 | Netherlands |
2162 | 1959 | |
| Lev Psakhis | 2438 | GM | 2800012 | Israel |
2139 | 1958 | |
| Sandor Farago | 2019 | IM | 701190 | Hungary |
2126 | 1956 | |
| Kevin Spraggett | 2426 | GM | 2600013 |  Canada |
2117 | 1954 | |
| Oscar Panno | 2438 | GM | 100153 |  Argentina |
2115 | 1935 | |
| Artur Jussupow | 2554 | GM | 4618777 | Germany |
2105 | 1960 | |
| Tigran V Petrosian |  Georgia |
2099 | 1929 | ||||
| Jozsef Horvath | 1515 | 765830 | Hungary |
2099 | 1959 | ||
| Vitaly Tseshkovsky | 2460 | GM | 4100921 | Russian Federation |
2098 | 1944 | |
| Alexander Alekhine | Russian Federation |
2075 | 1892 | ||||
| Pavel Blatny | 2249 | GM | 300047 | Czech Republic |
2056 | 1968 | |
| Lev Polugaevsky | Russian Federation |
2047 | 1934 | ||||
| Aloyzas Kveinys | 2537 | GM | 12800040 | Lithuania |
2043 | 1962 | |
| Laszlo Szabo | 1575 | 728713 | Hungary |
2023 | 1944 |
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