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Flourished 1560 -
Notable Works “Libro de la invención liberal y arte del juego del Axedrez”
Zhu Chen
Zhu Chen
Chinese chess player
Steinitz, Wilhelm
Wilhelm Steinitz
Austrian chess player
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Richard Réti
Hungarian chess player
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Siegbert Tarrasch
German chess player
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Rudolph Reti
Austrian music scholar
Gukesh Dommaraju
Gukesh Dommaraju
Indian chess player
Viswanathan Anand wearing glasses, a blue suit jacket, and a checkered shirt, standing in front of a black-and-white chessboard pattern background.
Viswanathan Anand
Indian chess player
Magnus Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen
Norwegian chess player
Ding Liren
Ding Liren
Chinese chess player
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Vladimir Kramnik
Russian chess player
Susan Polgar.
Susan Polgar
American chess player
Garry Kasparov in 2019, wearing a light gray jacket over a black shirt, looking at the camera with a neutral expression.
Garry Kasparov
Soviet-born chess player
Ju Wenjun
Ju Wenjun
Chinese chess player
Bobby Fischer
Bobby Fischer
American-born chess master
Kosteniuk, Alexandra Konstantinovna
Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk
Russian chess player
Karpov, Anatoly Yevgenyevich
Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov
Russian chess player
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Elizaveta Ivanovna Bykova
Russian chess player
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Ludmilla Vladimirovna Rudenko
Ukrainian chess player
Stefanova, Antoaneta
Antoaneta Stefanova
Bulgarian chess player
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Olga Nikolayevna Rubtsova
Russian chess player

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