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 | 2653 | GM | 14100010 |  Ukraine |
4014 | 1969 | |
| Viswanathan Anand | 2754 | GM | 5000017 |  India |
3985 | 1969 | |
| Ivan Farago | 2325 | GM | 700134 |  Hungary |
3935 | 1946 | |
| Anatoly Karpov | 2617 | GM | 4100026 |  Russian Federation |
3800 | 1951 | |
| Loek Van Wely | 2626 | GM | 1000268 |  Netherlands |
3779 | 1972 | |
| Alexei Shirov | 2655 | GM | 2209390 |  Spain |
3647 | 1972 | |
| Jan H Timman | 2524 | GM | 1000012 | Netherlands |
3596 | 1951 | |
| Levon Aronian | 2742 | GM | 13300474 |  United States |
3515 | 1982 | |
| Boris Gelfand | 2655 | GM | 2805677 |  Israel |
3491 | 1968 | |
| Vlastimil Jansa | 2358 | GM | 300128 |  Czech Republic |
3419 | 1942 | |
| Alexander Grischuk | 2732 | GM | 4126025 | Russian Federation |
3386 | 1983 | |
| Aleksey Dreev | 2606 | GM | 4100107 | Russian Federation |
3385 | 1969 | |
| Vlastimil Hort | 2326 | GM | 4600029 |  Germany |
3373 | 1944 | |
| Magnus Carlsen | 2839 | GM | 1503014 |  Norway |
3372 | 1990 | |
| Peter Svidler | 2689 | GM | 4102142 |  Fide |
3295 | 1976 | |
| Wolfgang Uhlmann | 2308 | GM | 4611284 | Germany |
3282 | 1935 | |
| Hikaru Nakamura | 2780 | GM | 2016192 | United States |
3269 | 1987 | |
| Heikki MJ Westerinen | 2234 | GM | 500020 |  Finland |
3251 | 1944 | |
| Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2734 | GM | 13401319 |  Azerbaijan |
3234 | 1985 | |
| Alexander G Beliavsky | 2475 | GM | 14602377 |  Slovenia |
3190 | 1953 | |
| Michael Adams | 2670 | GM | 400041 |  United Kingdom |
3157 | 1971 | |
| Svetozar Gligoric | 2447 | GM | 900400 |  Serbia |
3129 | 1923 | |
| Lajos Portisch | 2467 | GM | 700037 | Hungary |
3114 | 1937 | |
| Oleg M Romanishin | 2385 | GM | 14100088 | Ukraine |
3082 | 1952 | |
| Lubomir Ftacnik | 2451 | GM | 14900017 |  Slovakia |
3019 | 1957 | |
| Vladimir Kramnik | 2753 | GM | 4101588 | Russian Federation |
2998 | 1975 | |
| Sergey Karjakin | 2750 | GM | 14109603 | Russian Federation |
2988 | 1990 | |
| Oleg Korneev | 2465 | GM | 4156803 | Spain |
2948 | 1969 | |
| Pia Cramling | 2446 | GM | 1700030 |  Sweden |
2927 | 1963 | |
| Zdenko Kozul | 2533 | GM | 14502879 |  Croatia |
2915 | 1966 | |
| Zoltan Varga | 1353 | 740756 | Hungary |
2898 | 1977 | ||
| Nigel D Short | 2592 | GM | 400025 | United Kingdom |
2891 | 1965 | |
| Borislav Ivkov | 2402 | GM | 900141 | Serbia |
2889 | 1933 | |
| Gyula Sax | 2439 | GM | 700029 | Hungary |
2859 | 1951 | |
| Miso Cebalo | 2160 | GM | 14500094 | Croatia |
2843 | 1945 | |
| Ognjen Cvitan | 2426 | GM | 14500086 | Croatia |
2835 | 1961 | |
| Ivan Sokolov | 1207 | 34364560 | Russian Federation |
2834 | 2010 | ||
| Anthony Miles | United Kingdom |
2823 | 1955 | ||||
| Ulf Andersson | 2518 | GM | 1700014 | Sweden |
2799 | 1951 | |
| Etienne Bacrot | 2669 | GM | 605506 |  France |
2771 | 1983 | |
| Sergei Movsesian | 2606 | GM | 310204 |  Armenia |
2737 | 1978 | |
| Antoaneta Stefanova | 2424 | GM | 2902257 |  Bulgaria |
2734 | 1979 | |
| Bogdan Lalic | 2345 | GM | 409081 | Croatia |
2729 | 1964 | |
| Vassily Smyslov | 2494 | GM | 4100310 | Russian Federation |
2715 | 1921 | |
| David Navara | 2689 | GM | 309095 | Czech Republic |
2713 | 1985 | |
| Vladimir Epishin | 2446 | GM | 4162714 | Russian Federation |
2686 | 1965 | |
| Eduardas Rozentalis | 2473 | GM | 12800023 |  Lithuania |
2660 | 1963 | |
| Daniel Fridman | 2581 | GM | 11600454 | Germany |
2651 | 1976 | |
| Kiril Georgiev | 2536 | GM | 2900017 |  Macedonia |
2640 | 1965 | |
| Branko Damljanovic | 2378 | GM | 900125 | Serbia |
2632 | 1961 | |
| Istvan Csom | 2409 | GM | 700100 | Hungary |
2625 | 1940 | |
| Victor Bologan | 2574 | GM | 13900048 |  Moldova |
2596 | 1971 | |
| Bartosz Socko | 2544 | GM | 1107038 |  Poland |
2580 | 1978 | |
| Mladen Palac | 2487 | GM | 14500116 | Croatia |
2575 | 1971 | |
| Mikhail Tal |  Latvia |
2562 | 1936 | ||||
| Jaan Ehlvest | 2528 | GM | 4500016 | United States |
2547 | 1962 | |
| Michal Krasenkow | 2531 | GM | 1113100 | Poland |
2533 | 1963 | |
| Arkadij Naiditsch | 2653 | GM | 4650891 | Azerbaijan |
2533 | 1985 | |
| Garry Kasparov | 2812 | GM | 4100018 | Russian Federation |
2533 | 1963 | |
| Yuri S Balashov | 2390 | GM | 4100263 | Russian Federation |
2526 | 1949 | |
| Peter Leko | 2666 | GM | 703303 | Hungary |
2515 | 1979 | |
| Sergei Tiviakov | 2543 | GM | 1008013 | Netherlands |
2513 | 1973 | |
| Klaus Bischoff | 1669 | GM | 4600045 | Germany |
2501 | 1961 | |
| Bent Larsen | 2415 | GM | 1400029 |  Denmark |
2474 | 1935 | |
| Aleksej Aleksandrov | 2447 | GM | 13500139 |  Belarus |
2471 | 1973 | |
| Rafael A Vaganian | 2493 | GM | 13300016 | Armenia |
2451 | 1951 | |
| Mark E Taimanov | 2386 | GM | 4100760 | Russian Federation |
2448 | 0 | |
| Michele Godena | 2441 | GM | 800090 |  Italy |
2445 | 1967 | |
| Ilia Smirin | 2564 | GM | 2801990 | Israel |
2440 | 1968 | |
| Predrag Nikolic | 2531 | GM | 14400014 |  Bosnia And Herzegovina |
2440 | 1960 | |
| Bojan Kurajica | 2447 | GM | 14400057 | Croatia |
2439 | 1947 | |
| Vladimir B Tukmakov | 2540 | GM | 14100096 | Ukraine |
2436 | 1946 | |
| Veselin Topalov | 2727 | GM | 2900084 | Bulgaria |
2434 | 1975 | |
| Vladimir P Malaniuk | 2444 | GM | 14100177 | Ukraine |
2433 | 1957 | |
| Francisco Vallejo Pons | 2680 | GM | 2205530 | Spain |
2416 | 1982 | |
| Laurent Fressinet | 2643 | GM | 608742 | France |
2399 | 1981 | |
| Florin Gheorghiu | 2367 | GM | 1200011 |  Romania |
2387 | 1944 | |
| Mikhail Gurevich | 2555 | GM | 200930 |  Belgium |
2387 | 1959 | |
| Boris V Spassky | 2548 | GM | 600024 | Russian Federation |
2386 | 1937 | |
| Zoltan Ribli | 2486 | GM | 700010 | Hungary |
2360 | 1951 | |
| Robert Huebner | 2574 | GM | 4600010 | Germany |
2360 | 1948 | |
| Efim Geller | Russian Federation |
2349 | 1925 | ||||
| Alexander Morozevich | 2659 | GM | 4116992 | Russian Federation |
2348 | 1977 | |
| Robert Zelcic | 2476 | GM | 14500310 | Croatia |
2344 | 1965 | |
| Ratmir Kholmov | Russian Federation |
2334 | 1925 | ||||
| Jan Plachetka | 2274 | GM | 14900068 | Slovakia |
2322 | 1945 | |
| Jonny Hector | 2436 | GM | 1700090 | Sweden |
2319 | 1964 | |
| Vladimir Burmakin | 2480 | GM | 4105109 | Russian Federation |
2283 | 1967 | |
| Evgeny Sveshnikov | 2456 | GM | 4100638 | Russian Federation |
2276 | 1950 | |
| Josef Pribyl | 2217 | IM | 300187 | Czech Republic |
2264 | 1947 | |
| Friso Nijboer | 2463 | GM | 1000063 | Netherlands |
2254 | 1965 | |
| Igor Glek | 2429 | GM | 4100484 | Belgium |
2253 | 1961 | |
| Mark L Hebden | 2443 | GM | 400084 | United Kingdom |
2249 | 1958 | |
| Csaba Horvath | 1627 | 759988 | Hungary |
2241 | 1953 | ||
| Viktor D Kupreichik | 2370 | GM | 13500066 | Belarus |
2239 | 1949 | |
| Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez | 2270 | GM | 2200031 | Sweden |
2236 | 1950 | |
| Wlodzimierz Schmidt | 2190 | GM | 1100041 | Poland |
2219 | 1943 | |
| Andrei Sokolov | 2516 | IM | 11600306 | Latvia |
2217 | 1972 | |
| Joseph G Gallagher | 2426 | GM | 1303422 | Switzerland |
2214 | 1964 | |
| Ljubomir Ljubojevic | 2571 | GM | 900010 | Serbia |
2202 | 1950 | |
| Normunds Miezis | 2429 | GM | 11600136 | Latvia |
2196 | 1971 | |
| David Bronstein | Russian Federation |
2182 | 1924 | ||||
| Jonathan S Speelman | 2487 | GM | 400033 | United Kingdom |
2179 | 1956 | |
| Alexander Khalifman | 2608 | GM | 4100115 | Fide |
2178 | 1966 | |
| Peter Lukacs | 2404 | GM | 700142 | Hungary |
2175 | 1950 | |
| Ian Rogers | 2545 | GM | 3200019 |  Australia |
2165 | 1960 | |
| Lothar Vogt | 2286 | GM | 4611292 | Germany |
2164 | 1952 | |
| John TH Van der Wiel | 2388 | GM | 1000020 | Netherlands |
2162 | 1959 | |
| Lev Psakhis | 2438 | GM | 2800012 | Israel |
2139 | 1958 | |
| Sandor Farago | 2077 | IM | 701190 | Hungary |
2126 | 1956 | |
| Oscar Panno | 2438 | GM | 100153 |  Argentina |
2115 | 1935 | |
| Artur Jussupow | 2559 | GM | 4618777 | Germany |
2105 | 1960 | |
| Tigran V Petrosian |  Georgia |
2099 | 1929 | ||||
| Vitaly Tseshkovsky | 2460 | GM | 4100921 | Russian Federation |
2098 | 1944 | |
| Kevin Spraggett | 2480 | GM | 2600013 |  Canada |
2096 | 1954 | |
| Alexander Alekhine | Russian Federation |
2075 | 1892 | ||||
| Jozsef Horvath | 1191 | 714372 | Hungary |
2066 | 1970 | ||
| Pavel Blatny | 2324 | GM | 300047 | Czech Republic |
2052 | 1968 | |
| Lev Polugaevsky | Russian Federation |
2047 | 1934 | ||||
| Aloyzas Kveinys | 2537 | GM | 12800040 | Lithuania |
2043 | 1962 | |
| Laszlo Szabo | 1441 | 723827 | Hungary |
2023 | 1983 |
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