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.
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 | ![]() |
4641 | 1931 | |
Vassily Ivanchuk | 2644 | GM | 14100010 | ![]() |
4245 | 1969 | |
Viswanathan Anand | 2743 | GM | 5000017 | ![]() |
4028 | 1969 | |
Ivan Farago | 2325 | GM | 700134 | ![]() |
3935 | 1946 | |
Loek Van Wely | 2609 | GM | 1000268 | ![]() |
3822 | 1972 | |
Levon Aronian | 2747 | GM | 13300474 | ![]() |
3805 | 1982 | |
Anatoly Karpov | 2617 | GM | 4100026 | ![]() |
3800 | 1951 | |
Alexei Shirov | 2620 | GM | 2209390 | ![]() |
3734 | 1972 | |
Magnus Carlsen | 2837 | GM | 1503014 | ![]() |
3732 | 1990 | |
Jan H Timman | 2533 | GM | 1000012 | ![]() |
3600 | 1951 | |
Boris Gelfand | 2652 | GM | 2805677 | ![]() |
3566 | 1968 | |
Hikaru Nakamura | 2804 | GM | 2016192 | ![]() |
3542 | 1987 | |
Alexander Grischuk | 2682 | GM | 4126025 | ![]() |
3540 | 1983 | |
Aleksey Dreev | 2590 | GM | 4100107 | ![]() |
3478 | 1969 | |
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2746 | GM | 13401319 | ![]() |
3452 | 1985 | |
Vlastimil Jansa | 2255 | GM | 300128 | ![]() |
3425 | 1942 | |
Vlastimil Hort | 2315 | GM | 4600029 | ![]() |
3373 | 1944 | |
Peter Svidler | 2698 | GM | 4102142 | ![]() |
3365 | 1976 | |
Wolfgang Uhlmann | 2308 | GM | 4611284 | ![]() |
3282 | 1935 | |
Heikki MJ Westerinen | 2205 | GM | 500020 | ![]() |
3251 | 1944 | |
Michael Adams | 2661 | GM | 400041 | ![]() |
3225 | 1971 | |
Alexander G Beliavsky | 2453 | GM | 14602377 | ![]() |
3210 | 1953 | |
Oleg M Romanishin | 2291 | GM | 14100088 | ![]() |
3130 | 1952 | |
Svetozar Gligoric | 2447 | GM | 900400 | ![]() |
3129 | 1923 | |
Lajos Portisch | 2467 | GM | 700037 | ![]() |
3114 | 1937 | |
Lubomir Ftacnik | 2437 | GM | 14900017 | ![]() |
3080 | 1957 | |
Zoltan Varga | 1612 | GM | 700509 | ![]() |
3073 | 1970 | |
Vladimir Kramnik | 2753 | GM | 4101588 | ![]() |
3061 | 1975 | |
Sergey Karjakin | 2750 | GM | 14109603 | ![]() |
3034 | 1990 | |
Oleg Korneev | 2470 | GM | 4156803 | ![]() |
3022 | 1969 | |
Pia Cramling | 2401 | GM | 1700030 | ![]() |
3010 | 1963 | |
Zdenko Kozul | 2506 | GM | 14502879 | ![]() |
3000 | 1966 | |
Nigel D Short | 2587 | GM | 400025 | ![]() |
2901 | 1965 | |
David Navara | 2657 | GM | 309095 | ![]() |
2892 | 1985 | |
Borislav Ivkov | 2402 | GM | 900141 | ![]() |
2889 | 1933 | |
Etienne Bacrot | 2633 | GM | 605506 | ![]() |
2876 | 1983 | |
Ognjen Cvitan | 2388 | GM | 14500086 | ![]() |
2873 | 1961 | |
Ivan Sokolov | 2590 | GM | 14400030 | ![]() |
2867 | 1968 | |
Gyula Sax | 2439 | GM | 700029 | ![]() |
2859 | 1951 | |
Miso Cebalo | 2160 | GM | 14500094 | ![]() |
2843 | 1945 | |
Anthony Miles | ![]() |
2823 | 1955 | ||||
Antoaneta Stefanova | 2399 | GM | 2902257 | ![]() |
2818 | 1979 | |
Sergei Movsesian | 2598 | GM | 310204 | ![]() |
2810 | 1978 | |
Bogdan Lalic | 2307 | GM | 409081 | ![]() |
2799 | 1964 | |
Ulf Andersson | 2519 | GM | 1700014 | ![]() |
2799 | 1951 | |
Eduardas Rozentalis | 2470 | GM | 12800023 | ![]() |
2774 | 1963 | |
Branko Damljanovic | 2388 | GM | 900125 | ![]() |
2771 | 1961 | |
Daniel Fridman | 2584 | GM | 11600454 | ![]() |
2746 | 1976 | |
Vassily Smyslov | 2494 | GM | 4100310 | ![]() |
2715 | 1921 | |
Vladimir Epishin | 2376 | GM | 4162714 | ![]() |
2686 | 1965 | |
Kiril Georgiev | 2529 | GM | 2900017 | ![]() |
2673 | 1965 | |
Bartosz Socko | 2575 | GM | 1107038 | ![]() |
2670 | 1978 | |
Victor Bologan | 2601 | GM | 13900048 | ![]() |
2669 | 1971 | |
Istvan Csom | 2409 | GM | 700100 | ![]() |
2625 | 1940 | |
Mladen Palac | 2450 | GM | 14500116 | ![]() |
2605 | 1971 | |
Michal Krasenkow | 2520 | GM | 1113100 | ![]() |
2584 | 1963 | |
Sergei Tiviakov | 2536 | GM | 1008013 | ![]() |
2571 | 1973 | |
Arkadij Naiditsch | 2629 | GM | 4650891 | ![]() |
2571 | 1985 | |
Mikhail Tal | ![]() |
2562 | 1936 | ||||
Aleksej Aleksandrov | 2386 | GM | 13500139 | ![]() |
2555 | 1973 | |
Jaan Ehlvest | 2532 | GM | 4500016 | ![]() |
2547 | 1962 | |
Laurent Fressinet | 2593 | GM | 608742 | ![]() |
2534 | 1981 | |
Peter Leko | 2666 | GM | 703303 | ![]() |
2533 | 1979 | |
Garry Kasparov | 2812 | GM | 4100018 | ![]() |
2533 | 1963 | |
Klaus Bischoff | 1801 | GM | 4600045 | ![]() |
2532 | 1961 | |
Yuri S Balashov | 2382 | GM | 4100263 | ![]() |
2526 | 1949 | |
Michele Godena | 2435 | GM | 800090 | ![]() |
2524 | 1967 | |
Ilia Smirin | 2564 | GM | 2801990 | ![]() |
2519 | 1968 | |
Predrag Nikolic | 2546 | GM | 14400014 | ![]() |
2487 | 1960 | |
Francisco Vallejo Pons | 2638 | GM | 2205530 | ![]() |
2475 | 1982 | |
Bent Larsen | 1460 | 1483455 | ![]() |
2474 | 1937 | ||
Veselin Topalov | 2717 | GM | 2900084 | ![]() |
2467 | 1975 | |
Bojan Kurajica | 2386 | GM | 14400057 | ![]() |
2455 | 1947 | |
Rafael A Vaganian | 2449 | GM | 13300016 | ![]() |
2453 | 1951 | |
Mark E Taimanov | 2386 | GM | 4100760 | ![]() |
2448 | 0 | |
Vladimir B Tukmakov | 2540 | GM | 14100096 | ![]() |
2436 | 1946 | |
Vladimir P Malaniuk | 2444 | GM | 14100177 | ![]() |
2433 | 1957 | |
Mikhail Gurevich | 2567 | GM | 200930 | ![]() |
2405 | 1959 | |
Jonny Hector | 2410 | GM | 1700090 | ![]() |
2398 | 1964 | |
Florin Gheorghiu | 2367 | GM | 1200011 | ![]() |
2387 | 1944 | |
Robert Zelcic | 2483 | GM | 14500310 | ![]() |
2386 | 1965 | |
Boris V Spassky | 2548 | GM | 600024 | ![]() |
2386 | 1937 | |
Alexander Morozevich | 2656 | GM | 4116992 | ![]() |
2370 | 1977 | |
Zoltan Ribli | 2475 | GM | 700010 | ![]() |
2362 | 1951 | |
Robert Huebner | 2574 | GM | 4600010 | ![]() |
2360 | 1948 | |
Efim Geller | ![]() |
2349 | 1925 | ||||
Igor Glek | 2445 | GM | 4100484 | ![]() |
2340 | 1961 | |
Ratmir Kholmov | ![]() |
2334 | 1925 | ||||
Jan Plachetka | 2273 | GM | 14900068 | ![]() |
2325 | 1945 | |
Vladimir Burmakin | 2435 | GM | 4105109 | ![]() |
2296 | 1967 | |
Josef Pribyl | 2171 | IM | 300187 | ![]() |
2285 | 1947 | |
Friso Nijboer | 2456 | GM | 1000063 | ![]() |
2285 | 1965 | |
Evgeny Sveshnikov | 2456 | GM | 4100638 | ![]() |
2276 | 1950 | |
Mark L Hebden | 2371 | GM | 400084 | ![]() |
2273 | 1958 | |
Normunds Miezis | 2406 | GM | 11600136 | ![]() |
2260 | 1971 | |
Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez | 2252 | GM | 2200031 | ![]() |
2256 | 1950 | |
Csaba Horvath | 1764 | 759988 | ![]() |
2250 | 1953 | ||
Viktor D Kupreichik | 2370 | GM | 13500066 | ![]() |
2239 | 1949 | |
Andrei Sokolov | 2516 | IM | 11600306 | ![]() |
2238 | 1972 | |
Joseph G Gallagher | 2402 | GM | 1303422 | ![]() |
2220 | 1964 | |
Wlodzimierz Schmidt | 2190 | GM | 1100041 | ![]() |
2219 | 1943 | |
Jonathan S Speelman | 2491 | GM | 400033 | ![]() |
2203 | 1956 | |
Ljubomir Ljubojevic | 2571 | GM | 900010 | ![]() |
2202 | 1950 | |
David Bronstein | ![]() |
2182 | 1924 | ||||
Lothar Vogt | 2216 | GM | 4611292 | ![]() |
2178 | 1952 | |
Alexander Khalifman | 2597 | GM | 4100115 | ![]() |
2178 | 1966 | |
Peter Lukacs | 2404 | GM | 700142 | ![]() |
2175 | 1950 | |
Ian Rogers | 2545 | GM | 3200019 | ![]() |
2165 | 1960 | |
John TH Van der Wiel | 2381 | GM | 1000020 | ![]() |
2162 | 1959 | |
Lev Psakhis | 2438 | GM | 2800012 | ![]() |
2139 | 1958 | |
Sandor Farago | 2019 | IM | 701190 | ![]() |
2126 | 1956 | |
Kevin Spraggett | 2426 | GM | 2600013 | ![]() |
2117 | 1954 | |
Oscar Panno | 2438 | GM | 100153 | ![]() |
2115 | 1935 | |
Artur Jussupow | 2554 | GM | 4618777 | ![]() |
2105 | 1960 | |
Tigran V Petrosian | ![]() |
2099 | 1929 | ||||
Jozsef Horvath | 1515 | 765830 | ![]() |
2099 | 1959 | ||
Vitaly Tseshkovsky | 2460 | GM | 4100921 | ![]() |
2098 | 1944 | |
Alexander Alekhine | ![]() |
2075 | 1892 | ||||
Pavel Blatny | 2249 | GM | 300047 | ![]() |
2056 | 1968 | |
Lev Polugaevsky | ![]() |
2047 | 1934 | ||||
Aloyzas Kveinys | 2537 | GM | 12800040 | ![]() |
2043 | 1962 | |
Laszlo Szabo | 1575 | 728713 | ![]() |
2023 | 1944 |