List of chess players

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This list of chess players includes people who are primarily known as chess players and have an article on the English Wikipedia.

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Famous people connected with chess

The people in this list are famous in other areas of activity, but are known to have played chess, or have declared an interest in the game, or created works of art and literature in which the game is prominently featured.

Fictional characters

The people in this list are characters in fictional media depicted playing chess.

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References

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