Chess & Mind Sports 1-23
23 entries in the Chess & Mind Sports compendium.
Chess & Mind Sports 1-23 — Era Chart
Alexander AlekhineFourth World Chess Champion, known for his fierce and imaginative attacking style.Anatoly Karpov12th World Chess Champion and three-time FIDE World Champion.Aron NimzowitschChess theorist and hypermodern pioneer who reshaped strategic thinking.Bobby FischerAmerican chess grandmaster and eleventh World Chess Champion.Chris MoneymakerGarry KasparovWorld Chess Champion, political activist, and writer.Howard StauntonEnglish chess master who organised the first international tournament.José Raúl CapablancaCuban chess prodigy and third world champion, 1921–1927.Magnus CarlsenNorwegian chess grandmaster and five-time World Chess Champion.Mikhail BotvinnikSixth World Chess Champion and pioneer in computer chess.Mikhail TalSoviet Latvian grandmaster and eighth World Chess Champion.Paul MorphyAmerican chess prodigy who dominated the game in the late 1850s.Tigran PetrosianNinth World Chess Champion known for his almost-impenetrable defensive style.Vasily SmyslovSeventh World Chess Champion and record Olympiad medalist.Viswanathan AnandIndian chess grandmaster and five-time World Chess Champion.Vladimir KramnikRussian grandmaster who unified the world chess championship in 2006.Wilhelm SteinitzFirst official World Chess Champion; pioneer of positional chess.Emanuel LaskerSecond World Chess Champion with the longest title reign.François-André Danican Philidor18th-century French composer and chess player, considered by some the best in the world.Go SeigenChinese-Japanese Go master, famed as a prodigy and one of the most celebrated players of tHon'inbō SansaFounder of the Hon'inbō school and first Meijin of Go.Hon'inbō ShūsakuJapanese Go player with an undefeated castle-game streak.Judit PolgárHungarian chess grandmaster, strongest female player in history.
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