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 | |
| Michael Adams | 2738 | GM | 400041 |  United Kingdom |
2785 | 1971 | |
| Alexander Alekhine |  Russian Federation |
2075 | 1892 | ||||
| Viswanathan Anand | 2783 | GM | 5000017 |  India |
3179 | 1969 | |
| Ulf Andersson | 2523 | GM | 1700014 |  Sweden |
2789 | 1951 | |
| Etienne Bacrot | 2715 | GM | 605506 |  France |
2316 | 1983 | |
| Yuri S Balashov | 2451 | GM | 4100263 | Russian Federation |
2422 | 1949 | |
| Alexander G Beliavsky | 2526 | GM | 14602377 |  Slovenia |
3048 | 1953 | |
| Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez | 2319 | GM | 2200031 |  Spain |
2127 | 1950 | |
| Klaus Bischoff | 1688 | GM | 4600045 |  Germany |
2461 | 1961 | |
| Victor Bologan | 2615 | GM | 13900048 |  Moldova |
2430 | 1971 | |
| David Bronstein | Russian Federation |
2182 | 1924 | ||||
| Miso Cebalo | 2304 | GM | 14500094 |  Croatia |
2817 | 1945 | |
| Pia Cramling | 2448 | GM | 1700030 | Sweden |
2459 | 1963 | |
| Istvan Csom | 2409 | GM | 700100 |  Hungary |
2625 | 0 | |
| Ognjen Cvitan | 2487 | GM | 14500086 | Croatia |
2640 | 1961 | |
| Branko Damljanovic | 2541 | GM | 900125 |  Serbia |
2214 | 1961 | |
| Aleksey Dreev | 2648 | GM | 4100107 | Russian Federation |
2879 | 1969 | |
| Jaan Ehlvest | 2536 | GM | 4500016 |  United States |
2496 | 1962 | |
| Vladimir Epishin | 2541 | GM | 4162714 | Russian Federation |
2552 | 1965 | |
| Ivan Farago | 2389 | GM | 700134 | Hungary |
3708 | 1946 | |
| Lubomir Ftacnik | 2545 | GM | 14900017 |  Slovakia |
2803 | 1957 | |
| Joseph G Gallagher | 2433 | GM | 1303422 |  Switzerland |
2118 | 1964 | |
| Boris Gelfand | 2729 | GM | 2805677 |  Israel |
2848 | 1968 | |
| Efim Geller | Russian Federation |
2349 | 1925 | ||||
| Kiril Georgiev | 2631 | GM | 2900017 |  Bulgaria |
2375 | 1965 | |
| Florin Gheorghiu | 2377 | GM | 1200011 |  Romania |
2375 | 0 | |
| Igor Glek | 2413 | GM | 4100484 | Germany |
2096 | 1961 | |
| Svetozar Gligoric | 2447 | GM | 900400 | Serbia |
3129 | 1923 | |
| Michele Godena | 2517 | GM | 800090 |  Italy |
2230 | 1967 | |
| Alexander Grischuk | 2783 | GM | 4126025 | Russian Federation |
2441 | 1983 | |
| Mikhail Gurevich | 2562 | GM | 200930 |  Belgium |
2330 | 1959 | |
| Mark L Hebden | 2477 | GM | 400084 | United Kingdom |
2154 | 1958 | |
| Jonny Hector | 2482 | GM | 1700090 | Sweden |
2057 | 1964 | |
| Vlastimil Hort | 2428 | GM | 4600029 | Germany |
3365 | 1944 | |
| Csaba Horvath | 1752 | 759988 | Hungary |
2144 | 1953 | ||
| Robert Huebner | 2575 | GM | 4600010 | Germany |
2339 | 1948 | |
| Vassily Ivanchuk | 2728 | GM | 14100010 |  Ukraine |
3573 | 1969 | |
| Borislav Ivkov | 2402 | GM | 900141 | Serbia |
2889 | 0 | |
| Vlastimil Jansa | 2435 | GM | 300128 |  Czech Republic |
3318 | 1942 | |
| Artur Jussupow | 2583 | GM | 4618777 | Germany |
2098 | 1960 | |
| Anatoly Karpov | 2626 | GM | 4100026 | Russian Federation |
3699 | 1951 | |
| Garry Kasparov | 2812 | GM | 4100018 | Russian Federation |
2488 | 0 | |
| Alexander Khalifman | 2611 | GM | 4100115 | Russian Federation |
2115 | 1966 | |
| Ratmir Kholmov | Russian Federation |
2334 | 1925 | ||||
| Viktor Korchnoi | 2499 | GM | 1300016 | Switzerland |
4641 | 1931 | |
| Oleg Korneev | 2566 | GM | 4156803 | Spain |
2600 | 1969 | |
| Zdenko Kozul | 2596 | GM | 14502879 | Croatia |
2501 | 1966 | |
| Vladimir Kramnik | 2803 | GM | 4101588 | Russian Federation |
2714 | 1975 | |
| Michal Krasenkow | 2650 | GM | 1113100 |  Poland |
2215 | 1963 | |
| Viktor D Kupreichik | 2370 | GM | 13500066 |  Belarus |
2239 | 1949 | |
| Bojan Kurajica | 2525 | GM | 14400057 |  Bosnia And Herzegovina |
2331 | 1947 | |
| Bogdan Lalic | 2438 | GM | 409081 | Croatia |
2520 | 1964 | |
| Bent Larsen | 2415 | GM | 1400029 |  Denmark |
2474 | 1935 | |
| Peter Leko | 2678 | GM | 703303 | Hungary |
2241 | 1979 | |
| Ljubomir Ljubojevic | 2571 | GM | 900010 | Serbia |
2170 | 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 | 2677 | GM | 310204 |  Armenia |
2281 | 1978 | |
| Friso Nijboer | 2516 | GM | 1000063 |  Netherlands |
2163 | 1965 | |
| Predrag Nikolic | 2598 | GM | 14400014 | Bosnia And Herzegovina |
2314 | 1960 | |
| Mladen Palac | 2525 | GM | 14500116 | Croatia |
2297 | 1971 | |
| Oscar Panno | 2438 | GM | 100153 |  Argentina |
2115 | 0 | |
| Tigran V Petrosian |  Georgia |
2099 | 1929 | ||||
| Jan Plachetka | 2337 | GM | 14900068 | Slovakia |
2281 | 1945 | |
| Lev Polugaevsky | Russian Federation |
2047 | 1934 | ||||
| Lajos Portisch | 2467 | GM | 700037 | Hungary |
3114 | 1937 | |
| Josef Pribyl | 2263 | IM | 300187 | Czech Republic |
2237 | 1947 | |
| Lev Psakhis | 2517 | GM | 2800012 | Israel |
2110 | 1958 | |
| Zoltan Ribli | 2526 | GM | 700010 | Hungary |
2292 | 1951 | |
| Ian Rogers | 2545 | GM | 3200019 |  Australia |
2165 | 1960 | |
| Oleg M Romanishin | 2465 | GM | 14100088 | Ukraine |
2983 | 0 | |
| Eduardas Rozentalis | 2517 | GM | 12800023 |  Lithuania |
2272 | 1963 | |
| Gyula Sax | 2439 | GM | 700029 | Hungary |
2859 | 1951 | |
| Wlodzimierz Schmidt | 2272 | GM | 1100041 | Poland |
2219 | 1943 | |
| Alexei Shirov | 2648 | GM | 2209390 |  Latvia |
3143 | 1972 | |
| Nigel D Short | 2688 | GM | 400025 | United Kingdom |
2690 | 1965 | |
| Vassily Smyslov | 2494 | GM | 4100310 | Russian Federation |
2714 | 1921 | |
| Bartosz Socko | 2591 | GM | 1107038 | Poland |
2116 | 1978 | |
| Andrei Sokolov | 2155 | 24113727 | Russian Federation |
2070 | 1982 | ||
| Ivan Sokolov | 2607 | GM | 14400030 | Netherlands |
2700 | 1968 | |
| Boris V Spassky | 2548 | GM | 600024 | Russian Federation |
2386 | 0 | |
| Jonathan S Speelman | 2509 | GM | 400033 | United Kingdom |
2121 | 1956 | |
| Kevin Spraggett | 2530 | GM | 2600013 |  Canada |
2075 | 1954 | |
| Evgeny Sveshnikov | 2513 | GM | 4100638 | Russian Federation |
2211 | 1950 | |
| Peter Svidler | 2751 | GM | 4102142 | Russian Federation |
2696 | 1976 | |
| Laszlo Szabo | 1497 | 728713 | Hungary |
2023 | 1944 | ||
| Mark E Taimanov | 2386 | GM | 4100760 | Russian Federation |
2448 | 0 | |
| Mikhail Tal | Latvia |
2562 | 1936 | ||||
| Jan H Timman | 2578 | GM | 1000012 | Netherlands |
3524 | 1951 | |
| Sergei Tiviakov | 2591 | GM | 1008013 | Netherlands |
2270 | 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 | 2562 | GM | 13300016 | Armenia |
2377 | 1951 | |
| John TH Van der Wiel | 2398 | GM | 1000020 | Netherlands |
2123 | 0 | |
| Loek Van Wely | 2646 | GM | 1000268 | Netherlands |
3478 | 1972 | |
| Zoltan Varga | 1353 | GM | 700509 | Hungary |
2530 | 1970 | |
| Lothar Vogt | 2420 | GM | 4611292 | Germany |
2070 | 0 | |
| Heikki MJ Westerinen | 2310 | GM | 500020 |  Finland |
3196 | 1944 | |
| Robert Zelcic | 2486 | GM | 14500310 | Croatia |
2093 | 1965 |