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 | 2350 | GM | 700134 |  Hungary |
3854 | 1946 | |
| Vassily Ivanchuk | 2677 | GM | 14100010 |  Ukraine |
3805 | 1969 | |
| Anatoly Karpov | 2616 | GM | 4100026 |  Russian Federation |
3753 | 1951 | |
| Loek Van Wely | 2600 | GM | 1000268 |  Netherlands |
3612 | 1972 | |
| Jan H Timman | 2548 | GM | 1000012 | Netherlands |
3565 | 1951 | |
| Viswanathan Anand | 2774 | GM | 5000017 |  India |
3548 | 1969 | |
| Vlastimil Jansa | 2457 | GM | 300128 |  Czech Republic |
3369 | 1942 | |
| Vlastimil Hort | 2389 | GM | 4600029 |  Germany |
3365 | 1944 | |
| Alexei Shirov | 2658 | GM | 2209390 |  Spain |
3353 | 1972 | |
| Wolfgang Uhlmann | 2308 | GM | 4611284 | Germany |
3282 | 1935 | |
| Heikki MJ Westerinen | 2292 | GM | 500020 |  Finland |
3238 | 1944 | |
| Svetozar Gligoric | 2447 | GM | 900400 |  Serbia |
3129 | 1923 | |
| Alexander G Beliavsky | 2519 | GM | 14602377 |  Slovenia |
3125 | 1953 | |
| Lajos Portisch | 2467 | GM | 700037 | Hungary |
3114 | 1937 | |
| Boris Gelfand | 2676 | GM | 2805677 |  Israel |
3099 | 1968 | |
| Aleksey Dreev | 2662 | GM | 4100107 | Russian Federation |
3086 | 1969 | |
| Oleg M Romanishin | 2456 | GM | 14100088 | Ukraine |
3015 | 1952 | |
| Peter Svidler | 2739 | GM | 4102142 | Russian Federation |
2938 | 1976 | |
| Michael Adams | 2693 | GM | 400041 |  United Kingdom |
2926 | 1971 | |
| Borislav Ivkov | 2402 | GM | 900141 | Serbia |
2889 | 1933 | |
| Lubomir Ftacnik | 2513 | GM | 14900017 |  Slovakia |
2888 | 1957 | |
| Gyula Sax | 2439 | GM | 700029 | Hungary |
2859 | 1951 | |
| Vladimir Kramnik | 2753 | GM | 4101588 | Russian Federation |
2846 | 1975 | |
| Miso Cebalo | 2229 | GM | 14500094 |  Croatia |
2842 | 1945 | |
| Anthony Miles | United Kingdom |
2823 | 1955 | ||||
| Nigel D Short | 2630 | GM | 400025 | United Kingdom |
2823 | 1965 | |
| Ivan Sokolov | 2593 | GM | 14400030 | Netherlands |
2797 | 1968 | |
| Ulf Andersson | 2518 | GM | 1700014 |  Sweden |
2796 | 1951 | |
| Alexander Grischuk | 2772 | GM | 4126025 | Russian Federation |
2779 | 1983 | |
| Oleg Korneev | 2530 | GM | 4156803 | Spain |
2765 | 1969 | |
| Ognjen Cvitan | 2484 | GM | 14500086 | Croatia |
2725 | 1961 | |
| Vassily Smyslov | 2494 | GM | 4100310 | Russian Federation |
2715 | 1921 | |
| Zdenko Kozul | 2582 | GM | 14502879 | Croatia |
2680 | 1966 | |
| Pia Cramling | 2454 | GM | 1700030 | Sweden |
2645 | 1963 | |
| Istvan Csom | 2409 | GM | 700100 | Hungary |
2625 | 1940 | |
| Zoltan Varga | 1353 | 755958 | Hungary |
2610 | 1998 | ||
| Vladimir Epishin | 2573 | GM | 4162714 | Russian Federation |
2606 | 1965 | |
| Bogdan Lalic | 2400 | GM | 409081 | Croatia |
2592 | 1964 | |
| Levon Aronian | 2762 | GM | 13300474 |  Armenia |
2588 | 1982 | |
| Mikhail Tal |  Latvia |
2562 | 1936 | ||||
| Hikaru Nakamura | 2761 | GM | 2016192 |  United States |
2548 | 1987 | |
| Kiril Georgiev | 2588 | GM | 2900017 |  Macedonia |
2523 | 1965 | |
| Garry Kasparov | 2812 | GM | 4100018 | Russian Federation |
2515 | 1963 | |
| Jaan Ehlvest | 2515 | GM | 4500016 | United States |
2514 | 1962 | |
| Victor Bologan | 2574 | GM | 13900048 |  Moldova |
2507 | 1971 | |
| Etienne Bacrot | 2678 | GM | 605506 |  France |
2505 | 1983 | |
| Sergey Karjakin | 2752 | GM | 14109603 | Russian Federation |
2503 | 1990 | |
| Yuri S Balashov | 2471 | GM | 4100263 | Russian Federation |
2480 | 1949 | |
| Bent Larsen | 2415 | GM | 1400029 |  Denmark |
2474 | 1935 | |
| Klaus Bischoff | 1679 | 24699500 | Germany |
2471 | 1952 | ||
| Mark E Taimanov | 2386 | GM | 4100760 | Russian Federation |
2448 | 0 | |
| Sergei Movsesian | 2645 | GM | 310204 | Armenia |
2439 | 1978 | |
| Vladimir B Tukmakov | 2540 | GM | 14100096 | Ukraine |
2436 | 1946 | |
| Vladimir P Malaniuk | 2444 | GM | 14100177 | Ukraine |
2433 | 1957 | |
| Rafael A Vaganian | 2526 | GM | 13300016 | Armenia |
2419 | 1951 | |
| Eduardas Rozentalis | 2543 | GM | 12800023 |  Lithuania |
2419 | 1963 | |
| Mladen Palac | 2546 | GM | 14500116 | Croatia |
2410 | 1971 | |
| Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2781 | GM | 13401319 |  Azerbaijan |
2409 | 1985 | |
| Peter Leko | 2674 | GM | 703303 | Hungary |
2398 | 1979 | |
| Boris V Spassky | 2548 | GM | 600024 | Russian Federation |
2386 | 1937 | |
| Florin Gheorghiu | 2375 | GM | 1200011 |  Romania |
2381 | 1944 | |
| Predrag Nikolic | 2574 | GM | 14400014 |  Bosnia And Herzegovina |
2377 | 1960 | |
| Bojan Kurajica | 2505 | GM | 14400057 | Croatia |
2377 | 1947 | |
| Antoaneta Stefanova | 2470 | GM | 2902257 |  Bulgaria |
2364 | 1979 | |
| Sergei Tiviakov | 2606 | GM | 1008013 | Netherlands |
2364 | 1973 | |
| Efim Geller | Russian Federation |
2349 | 1925 | ||||
| Robert Huebner | 2579 | GM | 4600010 | Germany |
2346 | 1948 | |
| Mikhail Gurevich | 2566 | GM | 200930 |  Belgium |
2339 | 1959 | |
| Ratmir Kholmov | Russian Federation |
2334 | 1925 | ||||
| Michal Krasenkow | 2620 | GM | 1113100 |  Poland |
2333 | 1963 | |
| Michele Godena | 2468 | GM | 800090 |  Italy |
2332 | 1967 | |
| Zoltan Ribli | 2534 | GM | 700010 | Hungary |
2319 | 1951 | |
| Branko Damljanovic | 2466 | GM | 900125 | Serbia |
2306 | 1961 | |
| Jan Plachetka | 2294 | GM | 14900068 | Slovakia |
2301 | 1945 | |
| Daniel Fridman | 2644 | GM | 11600454 | Germany |
2290 | 1976 | |
| Veselin Topalov | 2740 | GM | 2900084 | Bulgaria |
2288 | 1975 | |
| Arkadij Naiditsch | 2682 | GM | 4650891 | Azerbaijan |
2287 | 1985 | |
| Josef Pribyl | 2239 | IM | 300187 | Czech Republic |
2247 | 1947 | |
| Evgeny Sveshnikov | 2488 | GM | 4100638 | Russian Federation |
2242 | 1950 | |
| Viktor D Kupreichik | 2370 | GM | 13500066 |  Belarus |
2239 | 1949 | |
| Laurent Fressinet | 2640 | GM | 608742 | France |
2234 | 1981 | |
| Bartosz Socko | 2627 | GM | 1107038 | Poland |
2221 | 1978 | |
| Wlodzimierz Schmidt | 2247 | GM | 1100041 | Poland |
2219 | 1943 | |
| Ilia Smirin | 2605 | GM | 2801990 | Israel |
2211 | 1968 | |
| David Navara | 2728 | GM | 309095 | Czech Republic |
2211 | 1985 | |
| Friso Nijboer | 2493 | GM | 1000063 | Netherlands |
2202 | 1965 | |
| Ljubomir Ljubojevic | 2571 | GM | 900010 | Serbia |
2196 | 1950 | |
| Mark L Hebden | 2433 | GM | 400084 | United Kingdom |
2193 | 1958 | |
| Alexander Morozevich | 2656 | GM | 4116992 | Russian Federation |
2192 | 1977 | |
| Csaba Horvath | 1657 | 759988 | Hungary |
2187 | 1953 | ||
| Magnus Carlsen | 2861 | GM | 1503014 |  Norway |
2184 | 1990 | |
| David Bronstein | Russian Federation |
2182 | 1924 | ||||
| Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez | 2345 | GM | 2200031 | Sweden |
2181 | 1950 | |
| Peter Lukacs | 2404 | GM | 700142 | Hungary |
2175 | 1950 | |
| Robert Zelcic | 2516 | GM | 14500310 | Croatia |
2166 | 1965 | |
| Ian Rogers | 2545 | GM | 3200019 |  Australia |
2165 | 1960 | |
| Igor Glek | 2464 | GM | 4100484 | Germany |
2160 | 1961 | |
| Jonathan S Speelman | 2505 | GM | 400033 | United Kingdom |
2160 | 1956 | |
| Alexander Khalifman | 2616 | GM | 4100115 | Russian Federation |
2158 | 1966 | |
| Andrei Sokolov | 2516 | IM | 11600306 | Latvia |
2152 | 1972 | |
| John TH Van der Wiel | 2383 | GM | 1000020 | Netherlands |
2149 | 1959 | |
| Francisco Vallejo Pons | 2688 | GM | 2205530 | Spain |
2147 | 1982 | |
| Joseph G Gallagher | 2442 | GM | 1303422 | Switzerland |
2146 | 1964 | |
| Vladimir Burmakin | 2519 | GM | 4105109 | Russian Federation |
2141 | 1967 | |
| Lev Psakhis | 2461 | GM | 2800012 | Israel |
2125 | 1958 | |
| Jonny Hector | 2488 | GM | 1700090 | Sweden |
2116 | 1964 | |
| Oscar Panno | 2438 | GM | 100153 |  Argentina |
2115 | 1935 | |
| Lothar Vogt | 2362 | GM | 4611292 | Germany |
2112 | 1952 | |
| Artur Jussupow | 2563 | GM | 4618777 | Germany |
2105 | 1960 | |
| Tigran V Petrosian |  Georgia |
2099 | 1929 | ||||
| Vitaly Tseshkovsky | 2460 | GM | 4100921 | Russian Federation |
2098 | 1944 | |
| Aleksej Aleksandrov | 2603 | GM | 13500139 | Belarus |
2094 | 1973 | |
| Kevin Spraggett | 2510 | GM | 2600013 |  Canada |
2084 | 1954 | |
| Alexander Alekhine | Russian Federation |
2075 | 1892 | ||||
| Pavel Blatny | 2328 | GM | 300047 | Czech Republic |
2051 | 1968 | |
| Lev Polugaevsky | Russian Federation |
2047 | 1934 | ||||
| Aloyzas Kveinys | 2537 | GM | 12800040 | Lithuania |
2043 | 1962 | |
| Sandor Farago | 2237 | IM | 701190 | Hungary |
2040 | 1956 | |
| Normunds Miezis | 2456 | GM | 11600136 | Latvia |
2031 | 1971 | |
| Laszlo Szabo | 1459 | 761109 | Hungary |
2023 | 1949 | ||
| Jozsef Horvath | 1197 | 796441 | Hungary |
2013 | 2000 |
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