Chess & Mind Sports
23 entries in the Chess & Mind Sports compendium.
Anatoly KarpovThe 12th World Chess Champion, a three-time FIDE World Champion, and the first World Rapid Chess Champion.Aron NimzowitschThe father of hypermodern chess who wrote My System.Bobby FischerAmerican chess grandmaster and eleventh World Chess Champion.Howard StauntonEnglish chess master who organised the first international tournament.Mikhail BotvinnikSixth World Chess Champion and pioneer in computer chess.Vladimir KramnikThe 14th undisputed World Chess Champion who unified the classical and FIDE titles.Wilhelm SteinitzThe first World Chess Champion who revolutionized chess with positional play.Emanuel LaskerSecond World Chess Champion with the longest title reign.François-André Danican PhilidorFrench composer and chess master, widely regarded as the best chess player of his age.Go SeigenThe 20th century's greatest Go master, known for revolutionary opening theory and dominant jubango matches.Hon'inbō SansaFounder of the Hon'inbō school and first Meijin of Go.Alexander AlekhineFourth World Chess Champion, known for his fierce and imaginative attacking style.Chris MoneymakerThe amateur who sparked a poker revolutionGarry KasparovWorld Chess Champion, political activist, and writer.Hon'inbō ShūsakuJapanese Go player with an undefeated castle-game streak.José Raúl CapablancaCuban chess prodigy and third world champion, 1921–1927.Judit PolgárHungarian chess grandmaster, strongest female player in history.Magnus CarlsenNorwegian chess grandmaster and five-time World Chess Champion.Mikhail TalSoviet and Russian grandmaster and sixth 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.
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