List of German chess players

Emanuel Lasker was world chess champion for 27 years .

The list of German chess players contains chess players who are or were eligible to play for the German Chess Federation or the German Chess Federation of the GDR (or were citizens of the German Reich or a predecessor state before the German Chess Federation was founded) and who meet at least one of the following conditions:

• Winner of one of the following FIDE titles: Grand Master , Honorary Grand Master , International Master , Grand Master of Women , Honorary Grand Master of Women, International Master of Women;
• Holder of one of the following ICCF titles: Grand Master, Honored International Master, International Master, Grand Master of Women, International Master of Women;
• Winning a national individual championship (open class or competition for women including the Saarland championships between 1947 and 1956 and the Dähne Cup );
• Appointment as national champion of the German Chess Federation between 1952 and 1974
• a historical Elo rating of at least 2500 (before the introduction of the Elo rating of the World Chess Federation FIDE in July 1971).

The list is current as of August 26, 2020.

General

In Nahschach, 93 grandmasters, 261 international masters (including three women with Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska , Elisabeth Pähtz and Zoya Schleining ), 21 women grandmasters and 39 international women champions are eligible to play for the German Chess Federation. 11 grandmasters, 8 international masters, 2 women's grandmasters and 6 international women's champions are no longer eligible to play for the German Chess Federation, 8 grandmasters, 2 honorary grandmasters, 32 international masters, one women's grandmaster and 5 international women's champions are already deceased. Emanuel Lasker was world champion from 1894 to 1921 , Alexander Chalifman was FIDE world champion from 1999 to 2000 .

In correspondence chess, 74 German players have the title of Grand Master (including Annemarie Burghoff as the only woman), 164 that of an Honored International Master, 248 that of an International Master (including four women with Juliane Hund , Constanze Jaeckel , Sabine Plauth-Herr and Anja Schmidt ) , 15 that of a Grand Master of Women and 10 that of an International Master of Women. Of these, 11 Grand Masters, 13 Merited International Masters, 41 International Masters and one International Women's Champion have already passed away. With Horst Rittner , Fritz Baumbach , Michail Umansky and Ulrich Stephan , four German players won a world correspondence chess championship. Correspondence chess European champions were Werner Stern (twice), Erich Thiele , Klaus Engel , Wilfried Sauermann , Hans Palm , Hans-Ulrich Grünberg , Dieter Mohrlok , Gerhard Binder , Günter Schuh , Wolfgang Häßler , Karl-Heinz Kraft , Manfred Hafner , Jörg Sawatzki , Michael Stettler , Werner Hase and Klaus Weber . Juliane Hund won the 1st European Women's Correspondence Chess Championship.

132 German individual championships (including four championships in the Soviet zone of occupation and 39 championships in the GDR) and 88 German championships for women (including two championships in the Soviet zone of occupation and 39 championships in the GDR) were played. The record champion is Wolfgang Uhlmann with eleven titles (all in GDR championships), Edith Keller-Herrmann won the women's competition with ten titles (five of them in GDR championships) the most. The Dähne Cup was played 68 times, with Hagen Poetsch and Sven Telljohann , two players managed to win the competition three times each. The title of National Master of the German Chess Federation was awarded to 71 players. Of these, eight were appointed Grand Masters, two Honor Grand Masters, 18 International Masters and 11 FIDE Masters.

A further 73 German players achieved a historic Elo rating of over 2499 before June 1971.

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The following table contains this information:

• Name : gives the name of the player.
• born : Name the year of birth of the player.
• died : states the year of death of the player.
• FIDE : Mention the highest local chess title of the player (GM = Grand Master, HGM = Honorary Grand Master, IM = International Master, WGM = Women's Grand Master, FM = FIDE Master , WIM = International Women's Master , CM = Candidate Master , WFM = FIDE Women's Champion, NM = National Champion of the German Chess Federation).
• Year 1 : states the year in which the FIDE or NM title was awarded
• ICCF : Names the highest ICCF title of the player (GM = Grand Master, SIM = Honored International Master, IM = International Master, LGM = Women's Grand Master, LIM = International Women's Master).
• Year2 : Calls the year in which the ICCF title was awarded
• Title : Indicates the number of German individual championships won.
• Dähne Cup : states the number of victories in the Dähne Cup
• Title (women) : States the number of German individual championships won by women.
• historical Elo : For players who have neither FIDE nor ICCF titles and have never won a German championship, the highest historical Elo number achieved before July 1971 , provided it is at least 2500.
• Other associations : For players who sooner or later were eligible to play for at least one other association (or who had the nationality of another state before the foundation of the German Chess Federation), these associations are specified with the periods of eligibility (if known).
• m / f : Indicates the gender (m = male, f = female)

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Surname	born	died	FIDE	Year1	ICCF	Year2	title	Dähne-P.	Title (women)	historical Elo	other associations	m / f
Dennes Abel	1989		IN THE	2014			0	0	0			m
Kirstin Achatz	1986				LGM	2015	0	0	0			w
Edgar Achilles	1952				SIM	2012	0	0	0			m
Herbert Adelseck					SIM	2010	0	0	0			m
Carl Ahues	1883	1968	IN THE	1950			1	0	0			m
Walter Alberti					IN THE	1998	0	0	0			m
Rainer Albrecht	1952				IN THE	2003	0	0	0			m
Hubert Amann	1953				SIM	2005	0	0	0			m
Jens Andersen	1960				SIM	1999	0	0	0			m
Ralf Anderskewitz	1959				IN THE	2016	0	0	0			m
Adolf Anderssen	1818	1879					0	0	0	2744		m
Gordon Andre	1979						0	1	0			m
Horst-Peter Anhalt	1952				SIM	2002	0	0	0			m
Volker-Michael Anton	1951				GM	1987	0	0	0			m
Ralf Appel	1971		GM	2008			0	0	0			m
Anatoly Archipoff	1922	2011					0	0	0	2519		m
Lothar Arnold	1959		IN THE	1998	SIM	2006	0	0	0			m
Levon Aronjan	1982		GM	2000			0	0	0		Armenia (until 2003, since 2004)	m
Stephan Arounopoulos	1965				IN THE	1998	0	0	0			m
Joachim Asendorf	1965		FM	2002			0	1	0			m
Stefan too	1975				SIM	2002	0	0	0			m
Helga ax	1937		WIM	1961			0	0	3			w
Andreas Bachmann	1955		FM	1992	GM	2001	0	0	0			m
Wolfgang Bachmann	1959				SIM	2011	0	0	0			m
Uwe Bade	1940				IN THE	1990	0	0	0			m
Mietek Bakalarz	1960		IN THE	2004			0	0	0		Poland (until 1988), Luxembourg (since 2001)	m
Jakob Balcerak	1979		IN THE	2000			0	0	0			m
Marco Baldauf	1990		GM	2019			0	0	0			m
Alexander Bangiev	1946		IN THE	1994			0	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992–1993)	m
Anatoly Bannik	1921	2013					0	0	0	2640	Soviet Union	m
David Baramidze	1988		GM	2004			0	0	0		Georgia (until 2000)	m
Curt von Bardeleben	1861	1924					2	0	0			m
Hans-Gerhard Barsch	1938				SIM	2001	0	0	0			m
Ralf Barten	1958				SIM	2001	0	0	0			m
Robert Baskin	1999		IN THE	2016			0	0	0			m
Herbert Bastian	1952		IN THE	2005			0	1	0			m
Manfred Bauer	1951				SIM	2007	0	0	0			m
Robert Bauer	1967				GM	2014	0	0	0			m
Wolfgang Bauer	1936	2011			IN THE	2001	0	0	0			m
Hans-Jürgen Baum	1939				IN THE	2009	0	0	0			m
Fritz Baumbach	1935		FM	1985	GM	1973	1	0	0			m
Uwe Baumgardt	1962	2019			IN THE	2004	0	0	0			m
Reinhard Baumhus	1964		IN THE	1990			0	0	0			m
Gertrude Baumstark	1941	2020	WIM	1970			0	0	0		Romania (until 2004)	w
Bernhard Bayer	1979		IN THE	2012			0	0	0			m
Werner Beckemeyer	1959		IN THE	1992			0	0	0			m
Marcel Becker	1978		IN THE	2019			0	0	0			m
Martin Alexander Becker	1987		IN THE	2009			0	0	0			m
Stephan Becking	1979		IN THE	2013			0	0	0			m
Karl-Willi Behle	1934		FM	1983			0	0	0			m
Helmut Behling					SIM	2001	0	0	0			m
Günther Beikert	1968		IN THE	1993			0	0	0			m
Alexander Belezky	1983		IN THE	1998			0	0	0		Ukraine (until 2017)	m
Jordanka Belic	1964		WGM	2000			0	0	0		Yugoslavia (until 1992), Serbia (since 2009)	w
Herbert Bellmann					SIM	2001	0	0	0			m
Martina Beltz	1962		WIM	1983			0	0	0			w
Martin Bennedik	1971				SIM	2011	0	0	0			m
Otto Benkner	1909	1996					0	0	0		Saarland (1947–1956)	m
Francisco Benko	1910	2010					0	0	0	2520	Argentina (from 1936)	m
Norbert Bensiek	1959				IN THE	2002	0	0	0			m
Bjorn Bente	1974		FM	2015			0	1	0			m
Maximilian Berchtenbreiter	1994		IN THE	2013			0	0	0			m
Alexander Berelovich	1967		GM	1997			0	0	0		Ukraine (until 2008)	m
Igor Berezovsky	1971		IN THE	2001			0	0	0		Russia (until 1997), Monaco (since 2014)	m
Steve Berger	1981		IN THE	2011			0	0	0			m
Harald Berglöf					SIM	2001	0	0	0			m
Michael Bergmann	1972				SIM	2001	0	0	0			m
Gerson Berlinger	1969				SIM	2009	0	0	0			m
Stephan Berndt	1974		IN THE	1998			0	0	0			m
Wolfram Berner	1931		NM	1970			0	0	0			m
Rolf Bernhardt	1942		FM	1983			0	2	0			m
Dieter Bertholdt	1935						0	0	0	2514		m
Hans Besser	1935	2002	FM	1983			1	0	0			m
Jörg Betker					SIM	2014	0	0	0		Switzerland	m
Thomas Betzelt	1957				SIM	2005	0	0	0			m
Hans-Dieter Beuchler	1926				IN THE	2011	0	0	0			m
Elke Frieda Beyer-Titjen					LIM	1977	0	0	0			w
Wolfgang Beykirch	1930				SIM	2011	0	0	0			m
Michael Bezold	1972		GM	1998			0	0	0			m
Wolfram Bialas	1935	1998	FM	1983			0	0	0			m
Martin beer	1854	1934					0	0	0	2514		m
Bernhard Bierwisch	1929				IN THE	1990	0	0	0			m
Gerhard Binder	1944				SIM	1999	0	0	0			m
Falko Bindrich	1990		GM	2007			0	0	0			m
Klaus Bischoff	1961		GM	1990			2	0	0			m
Stefan Bißmann	1964				IN THE	2014	0	0	0			m
Wolfgang Blank					SIM	2004	0	0	0			m
Dieter Blau					SIM	2003	0	0	0			m
Jörg Blauert	1964		IN THE	1993			0	0	0			m
Holger Blauhut	1969		CM	2019	SIM	2006	0	0	0		Norway (since 2018)	m
Matthias Bluebaum	1997		GM	2015			0	0	0			m
Sonja Maria Bluhm	1998		WIM	2019			0	0	0			w
Max Blümich	1888	1942					0	0	0	2570		m
Michael Bock					IN THE	1996	0	0	0			m
Steffen Bock					SIM	2014	0	0	0			m
Tomislav Bodrozic	1989		IN THE	2016			0	0	0			m
Sebastian Bogner	1991		GM	2009			0	0	0		Switzerland (since 2013)	m
Efim Bogolyubov	1889	1952	GM	1951			4th	0	0		Russian Empire (until 1917), Soviet Union (1922–1927)	m
Oleg Boguslawski	1985		IN THE	2010			0	0	0			m
Yuri Boidman	1952		IN THE	2000			0	0	0		Ukraine (until 1996)	m
Michael Böken					IN THE	2013	0	0	0			m
Barbara Bolz					LGM	2015	0	0	0			w
Uwe Bönsch	1958		GM	1986			0	0	0			m
Holger Borchers	1954				SIM	2005	0	0	0			m
Otto Borik	1947		IN THE	1982			0	0	0		Czechoslovakia	m
Martin Borriss	1970		IN THE	1991			0	0	0			m
Ekaterina Borulya	1969		WGM	1994			0	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1991), Ukraine (1992–1994)	w
Egbert Bösenberg					SIM	2009	0	0	0			m
Albert Bost	1968				SIM	2007	0	0	0			m
Helmuth Böttger	1924				IN THE	1967	0	0	0			m
Ralph Brachtel	1945				IN THE	2003	0	0	0			m
Frank Bracker	1989		IN THE	2015			0	0	0			m
Gerd branding	1962				GM	2004	0	0	0			m
Anneliese Brandler	1904	after 1963					0	0	1			w
Franz Bräuer	1994		IN THE	2016			0	0	0			m
Arik Braun	1988		GM	2008			1	0	0			m
Christian Braun	1986		IN THE	2012			0	0	0			m
Johannes Braun					IN THE	2005	0	0	0			m
Vitali Braun	1984		FM	2006			0	1	0			m
Dennis Breder	1980		IN THE	2001			0	0	0			m
Oliver Brendel	1963		IN THE	2003			0	0	0			m
Ilya Brener	1989		IN THE	2007			0	0	0			m
Andreas Brenke	1966				GM	2004	0	0	0			m
Werner Breustedt	1931	2011					0	0	0	2512		m
Martin Breutigam	1965		IN THE	2002			0	0	0			m
Rudiger Breyther	1953		FM	1983			0	1	0			m
Wolfgang Bricke					IN THE	1995	0	0	0			m
Alfred Brinckmann	1891	1967	IN THE	1953			0	0	0			m
Wilhelm Brinkmann	1947				SIM	2009	0	0	0		Denmark	m
Wolfgang Brodda					GM	2009	0	0	0			m
Stefan Bromberger	1982		GM	2014			0	0	0			m
Steffen Brömme					IN THE	2015	0	0	0			m
Horst Broß	1964				GM	2005	0	0	0			m
Joachim Brückner	1957				IN THE	2001	0	0	0			m
Konrad Brüderle	1954				IN THE	1996	0	0	0			m
Martin Brüdigam	1987		IN THE	2018			0	0	0			m
Joachim Brüggemann	1951		IN THE	2007			0	0	0			m
Heinrich Brüning	1933				IN THE	1995	0	0	0			m
Lucas Brunner	1967		GM	1994			0	0	0		Switzerland (since 1989)	m
Valentin Buckels	2001		IN THE	2018			0	0	0			m
Jürgen Bücker					GM	2009	0	0	0			m
Rainer Buhmann	1981		GM	2007			1	0	0			m
Wolfgang Bunk	1966				SIM	2012	0	0	0			m
Dimitri Bunzmann	1982		GM	2003			0	0	0			m
Brigitte Burchardt	1954		WIM	1975			0	0	3			w
Ulrich Burgarth					SIM	2000	0	0	0			m
Heinrich Burger	1941				GM	1995	0	0	0			m
Annemarie Burghoff	1955				GM	2006	0	0	0			w
Klaus Busch	1965		IN THE	1990			0	0	0			m
Detlef Buse	1952				SIM	2004	0	0	0			m
Stephan Busemann	1957				GM	1995	0	0	0			m
Olaf Büßing	1969				SIM	2003	0	0	0			m
Roland Butze					IN THE	1996	0	0	0			m
Günter Capelan	1932	1992	IN THE	1968			0	0	0			m
Heinz de Carbonnel	1916	1986			IN THE	1965	0	0	0			m
Carl Carls	1880	1958	IN THE	1951			1	0	0			m
Jonathan Carlstedt	1990		IN THE	2011			0	0	0			m
Johannes Carow	1996		IN THE	2017			0	0	0			m
Thomas Casper	1960		IN THE	1984			0	0	0			m
Alexander Chalifman	1966		GM	1990			0	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1990), Russia (since 1992)	m
Evgueni Chevelevitch	1953		IN THE	2008			0	0	0			m
Manfred Christoph	1931		NM	1969			1	0	0			m
Panagiotis cladouras	1961		IN THE	1988			0	0	0			m
Christian Clemens	1940		FM	1983			0	0	0			m
Hans-Hermann Clever	1956				SIM	2010	0	0	0			m
Norbert Coenen	1968		IN THE	2003			0	0	0			m
Erich Cohn	1884	1918					0	0	0	2593		m
Wilhelm Cohn	1859	1913					0	0	0	2645		m
Malte Colpe	1992		IN THE	2017			0	0	0			m
Harm cording	1937		FM	1986	IN THE	1974	0	0	0			m
Thomas Cuno	1967				SIM	2001	0	0	0			m
Anne Czäczine	1985		WIM	2004			0	0	0			w
Richard Czaya	1905	1978	NM	1952			0	0	0			m
Josef Czukor					SIM	2004	0	0	0			m
Peter Dankert	1953	2004	FM	1984			0	1	0			m
Matthias Then	1991		IN THE	2013			0	0	0			m
Klaus Darga	1934		GM	1964			2	0	0			m
Peter Daus	1965				IN THE	2014	0	0	0			m
René Dausch	1960		IN THE	2014			0	0	0			m
Rustem Dautov	1965		GM	1990			0	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992–1993)	m
Evgeny Degtiarev	1987		IN THE	2013			0	0	0		Russia (until 2002)	m
Isabel Delemarre	1978		WIM	1998			0	0	0			w
Gunter Delfs					IN THE	2003	0	0	0			m
Christian Deppe	1949				IN THE	1996	0	0	0			m
Anna Dergacheva	1969		WIM	1998			0	0	0		Russia (until 2003)	w
Egon Dieckmann					IN THE	2004	0	0	0			m
Klaus Dietrich	1965				IN THE	2003	0	0	0			m
Herbert Dietzsch	1946						0	1	0			m
Volkmar Dinstuhl	1972		IN THE	2002			0	0	0			m
Egon Ditt	1931	2005	FM	1983	IN THE	1980	0	0	0			m
Sieghart Dittmann	1934						0	0	0	2563		m
Dario Dončević	1958		IN THE	1986			0	0	0		Croatia (since 1996)	m
Alexander Donchenko	1998		GM	2015			0	0	0			m
Anatoly Donchenko	1940		IN THE	1993			0	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992–2002)	m
Manfred Dorer	1947				IN THE	2010	0	0	0			m
Fabian Döttling	1980		GM	2003			0	0	0			m
Lorenz Maximilian Drabke	1984	2018	IN THE	2002			0	0	0		Italy (until 2002)	m
Wolfgang Drescher	1954				IN THE	1988	0	0	0			m
Kurt Dreyer	1909	1981					0	0	0		South Africa	m
Jürgen Dueball	1943	2002	IN THE	1973			0	1	0			m
Heinz-Wilhelm Dünhaupt	1912	1998			GM	1973	0	0	0			m
Matthias Duppel	1980		IN THE	2001			0	0	0			m
Tina Duppel	1984		WIM	2003			0	0	0			w
Jürgen Ebert	1959				IN THE	2016	0	0	0			m
Thorsten Eckhardt	1966				IN THE	2010	0	0	0			m
Helmut Edelmann					SIM	2003	0	0	0			m
Axel Eger	1956				IN THE	2000	0	0	0			m
Amadeus Eisenbeiser	1987		IN THE	2002			0	0	0			m
Johannes Eising	1935		FM	1983			0	0	0			m
Max Eisinger	1909	1989	NM	1952			0	0	0			m
Holger Ellers	1976		IN THE	1997			0	0	0			m
Peter Ellinger	1958				IN THE	2002	0	0	0			m
Paul Ellrich	1941		NM	1963			0	0	0			m
Rudolf Elstner	1893	1966					1	0	0			m
Hans-Marcus Elwert	1962				GM	1995	0	0	0			m
Peter Enders	1963		GM	1997			1	0	0			m
Holger Eng	1961		IN THE	1984			0	0	0			m
Klaus Engel	1934				GM	1983	0	0	0			m
Luis Engel	2002		GM	2020			1	0	0			m
Georg Engelhardt		2013			SIM	1999	0	0	0			m
Ludwig Engels	1905	1967					0	0	0	2636	Brazil	m
Fabian Englert	1990		IN THE	2017			0	0	0			m
Günter Enigk		2000 or 2001			IN THE	2000	0	0	0			m
Wilhelm Ernst	1905	1952					0	0	0	2612		m
Rolf Ertl	1941				IN THE	1991	0	0	0			m
Franz Escher	1931	2014					0	1	0			m
Lutz Espig	1949		GM	1983			3	0	0			m
Werner Fademrecht					SIM	2003	0	0	0			m
Hans-Peter Fecht	1956				SIM	2001	0	0	0			m
Michael Fedorovsky	1976		IN THE	2009			0	0	0		Ukraine (until 2009)	m
Petra Feibert	1958	2010	WIM	1978			0	0	3			w
Fabian Ferster	1986		CM	2012			0	0	0		Liechtenstein (since 2004)	m
Martin Fette	1956		FM	1986			0	1	0			m
Aljoscha Feuerstack	1988		IN THE	2011			0	0	0			m
Michael Feygin	1975		GM	2013			0	0	0		Ukraine (until 2005)	m
Thomas Fiebig	1986		IN THE	2012			0	1	0			m
Günter Fiensch	1933	2017			IN THE	1991	0	0	0			m
Atila Gajo Figura	1989		IN THE	2014			0	0	0			m
Ingo Firnhaber	1942				GM	2010	0	0	0			m
Gisela Fischdick	1955		WGM	2005			0	0	0			w
Detlev Fischer					IN THE	2004	0	0	0			m
Johann Fischer					IN THE	2003	0	0	0			m
Wolfgang Fischer					GM	2011	0	0	0			m
Gennadij Fish	1973		GM	2007			0	0	0		Russia (until 1994), Ukraine (1995-2001)	m
Edgar Flacker					IN THE	1991	0	0	0		England	m
Ernst Flechsig	1852	1890					0	0	0	2544		m
Jürgen Fleck	1960		IN THE	2002			0	0	0			m
Frank Flöter	1960				IN THE	1991	0	0	0			m
Ricarda wing					LGM	2008	0	0	0			w
Gerhard Flum	1931	2008			IN THE	1991	0	0	0			m
Karl-Heinz Folgmann	1933				IN THE	1984	0	0	0			m
Heribert Franke	1961		IN THE	1986			0	0	0			m
Joachim Franz	1934	2020					0	0	0	2519		m
Daniel Fridman	1976		GM	2001			3	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1991), Latvia (1992–2007)	m
Rafael Fridman	1979		IN THE	2008			0	0	0		Latvia (until 2007)	m
Frank Fritsche	1963				IN THE	2011	0	0	0			m
Alexander Fritz	1857	1932					0	0	0	2531		m
Jürgen Fritz	1965				IN THE	2000	0	0	0			m
Peter Fröhlich	1972		IN THE	2000			0	0	0			m
Stefan Frübing	1988		IN THE	2017			0	0	0			m
Heinz Fuchs	1963		IN THE	1997			0	0	0			m
Judith Fuchs	1990		WGM	2017			0	0	0			w
Reinhart Fuchs	1934	2017	IN THE	1962			2	0	0			m
Walter Fuchs	1949	2018			IN THE	2000	0	0	0			m
Klaus wagon					IN THE	2002	0	0	0			m
Klaus Funke	1953				IN THE	2013	0	0	0			m
Christian Gabriel	1975		GM	1996			0	0	0			m
Norbert Gallinnis	1967		FM	2005	SIM	2002	0	0	0			m
Wolfgang Galow	1956				IN THE	1997	0	0	0			m
Lothar Gärtig	1935				IN THE	1971	0	0	0			m
Alexander Gasthofer	1985		IN THE	2004			0	0	0			m
Viktor Gasthofer	1957		IN THE	1998			0	0	0		Russia (until 1997)	m
Jürgen Gather	1966				IN THE	1994	0	0	0			m
Gernot Gauglitz	1962		IN THE	1986			0	0	0			m
Jürgen Gburek	1967				SIM	2012	0	0	0			m
Thomas Birth	1968				IN THE	2015	0	0	0			m
Walter Geissler	1939				IN THE	2005	0	0	0			m
Helmut Geist	1947				GM	2010	0	0	0			m
Manfred Genzmann	1936	2007			SIM	2006	0	0	0			m
Frank Gerhardt	1964				GM	2003	0	0	0			m
Mathias Gerusel	1938		IN THE	1968			0	0	0			m
Julian Geske	1992		IN THE	2012			0	0	0			m
Michael Gessat					IN THE	1995	0	0	0			m
Guido Giese	1965				IN THE	2001	0	0	0			m
Reinhard Giese	1965				IN THE	2002	0	0	0			m
Karl Gilg	1901	1981	IN THE	1953			0	2	0		Czechoslovakia	m
Gennadij Ginsburg	1971		GM	2006			0	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1991), Ukraine (1992–1994)	m
Ewgeni Gisbrecht	1973		IN THE	1999			0	1	0			m
Helmut Glaser					SIM	2002	0	0	0			m
Helmut F. Glaser					SIM	1999	0	0	0			m
Matthias Gleichmann	1962				GM	2016	0	0	0			m
Igor Glek	1961		GM	1990			0	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992–2000, since 2019)	m
Francesco de Gleria	1979		IN THE	1999			0	0	0			m
Manfred Glienke	1954		IN THE	1999			1	0	0			m
Tihomir Glowatzky	1949				IN THE	1997	0	0	0			m
Frank Goertz	1961				IN THE	2006	0	0	0			m
Antje Göhler	1967		WIM	1988			0	0	1			w
Carl Goering	1841	1879					0	0	0	2534		m
Vladimir Gostomelsky							0	1	0		Russia (since 1993)	m
Hermann von Gottschall	1862	1933					0	0	0	2652		m
Hartmut Grabinger	1942				IN THE	1994	0	0	0			m
Alexander Graf	1962		GM	1992			1	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1991), Uzbekistan (1992-2001)	m
Felix Graf	1993		IN THE	2014			0	0	0			m
Jürgen Graf	1963		IN THE	1987			0	0	0			m
Rena Graf	1962		WGM	1999			0	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1991), Uzbekistan (1992-2001)	w
Sonja Graf	1908	1965	WIM	1950			0	0	0		Argentina (1939–1947), United States (from 1947)	w
Florian Grafl	1982		IN THE	2004			0	0	0			m
Arvid Grahl	1952				IN THE	1993	0	0	0			m
Josef Grammatikoff	1910	1944					0	0	0	2504		m
Helmut Grill					SIM	2007	0	0	0			m
Boris Grimberg	1988		IN THE	2011			0	0	0			m
Karl-Friedrich Grimm					IN THE	2001	0	0	0			m
Wolfgang Grohde	1957				SIM	2001	0	0	0			m
Eberhard Gromotka					IN THE	1995	0	0	0			m
Harry Gromotka					SIM	2011	0	0	0			m
David Great	1978		IN THE	1999			0	0	0			m
Klaus-Ulrich Groth	1948	2016			SIM	2001	0	0	0			m
Hans-Joachim Grottke	1942				IN THE	1994	0	0	0			m
Gerd-Peter Green	1957		IN THE	1986			0	0	0			m
Hans-Ulrich Grünberg	1956		IN THE	1980	GM	1990	2	0	0			m
Boris Grusman	1934		FM	2000	IN THE	1991	0	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992-2014)	m
Felix Grzeskowiak	1910	1989			IN THE	1970	0	0	0			m
Adrian Gschnitzer	1999		IN THE	2020			0	0	0			m
Oswald Gschnitzer	1966		IN THE	1991			0	0	0			m
Kurt Gumprich	1904	1971	NM	1952			0	0	0			m
Jan Gustafsson	1979		GM	2003			0	0	0			m
Lev Gutman	1945		GM	1986			0	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1978), Israel (1980–1986)	m
Dieter Gutsche					SIM	2002	0	0	0			m
Tobias Habermehl					SIM	2006	0	0	0			m
Ali Habibi	1954		IN THE	1992			0	0	0			m
Christian Hacker	1963				IN THE	2015	0	0	0			m
Gerhard Haese		2018			IN THE	1993	0	0	0			m
Manfred Hafner					IN THE	1996	0	0	0			m
Eduard Hahn	1911	1996	NM	1953			0	0	0			m
Karl-Heinz Hallier	1933	2001 or 2002			IN THE	2000	0	0	0			m
Henner Hamann					IN THE	2000	0	0	0			m
Raik Hameister					IN THE	2011	0	0	0			m
Michael Hammes	1974		IN THE	2009			0	0	0			m
Johannes Hampel	1934				IN THE	2001	0	0	0			m
André Hanauer					IN THE	2001	0	0	0			m
Horst Handel	1935				GM	1987	0	0	0			m
Florian Handke	1982		GM	2003			0	0	0			m
Torsten Hannebauer	1964				IN THE	1995	0	0	0			m
Rolf Hantke			NM	1955			0	0	0			m
Jörg Harm	1967				IN THE	2010	0	0	0			m
Max Harmonist	1864	1907					0	0	0	2533		m
Daniel Harrwitz	1823	1884					0	0	0	2644		m
Laura Hartmann					LGM	2009	0	0	0			w
Thomas Hartung	1957				IN THE	2004	0	0	0			m
Michael Rabbit					SIM	2002	0	0	0			m
Werner Rabbit	1937				SIM	2003	0	0	0			m
Albert Hasselmeyer	1959				SIM	2012	0	0	0			m
Wolfgang Häßler	1956				GM	1996	0	0	0			m
Thorsten Michael Haub	1968		GM	2015			0	0	0			m
Werner Haufe	1930				SIM	1999	0	0	0			m
Daniel Hausrath	1976		GM	2013			0	0	0			m
Rolf Häussler	1929				IN THE	1997	0	0	0			m
Georg Hechler	1932				IN THE	2002	0	0	0			m
Hans-Joachim Hecht	1939		GM	1973	IN THE	1980	1	1	0			m
Hermann Heemsoth	1909	2006			GM	1987	0	0	0			m
Anja Hegeler	1965		WIM	1988			0	0	0			w
Mark Heidenfeld	1968		IN THE	1998			0	0	0		Ireland (since 1997)	m
Wolfgang Heidenfeld	1911	1981					0	0	0		South Africa (approx. 1935–1958), Ireland (from 1958)	m
Rita Heigl	1933				LIM	1979	0	0	0			w
Paul Heilemann	1925				GM	1984	0	0	0			m
Ernst Heilmann	1881	1940					0	0	0	2516		m
Michael Jörg Heilmann					SIM	2010	0	0	0			m
Andreas Heimann	1992		GM	2016			0	0	0			m
Wolfram Heimbrodt	1954				IN THE	1996	0	0	0			m
Gundula Heinatz	1969		WIM	1993			0	0	1		Switzerland (since 2001)	w
Detlef Heinbuch	1961		IN THE	1986			0	0	0			m
Josefine Heinemann	1998		WGM	2018			0	0	0			w
Thies Heinemann	1971		GM	2018			0	1	0			m
Herbert Heinicke	1905	1988	IN THE	1953			0	0	0			m
Marion Heintze	1954		WIM	1983			0	0	1			w
Axel Heinz	1987		IN THE	2009			0	0	0			m
Olaf Heinzel	1968		IN THE	2005			0	0	0			m
Stefan Heise	1964				SIM	2007	0	0	0			m
Manfred Heitmann	1950				IN THE	1991	0	0	0			m
Karl Helling	1904	1937					0	0	0	2589		m
Martin Henk	1965				SIM	2002	0	0	0			m
Dirk Hennig	1969		IN THE	1996			0	0	0			m
Artur Hennings	1940	2003	IN THE	1965			0	0	0			m
Günter Henrich	1952	2008			IN THE	2002	0	0	0			m
Thomas Henrichs	1973		IN THE	1998			0	0	0			m
Christof Herbrechtsmeier	1953		FM	1983	IN THE	1990	0	0	0			m
Thomas Herfurth	1956				IN THE	2015	0	0	0			m
Ulf from Herman	1965		IN THE	2005			0	0	0			m
Manfred Hermann	1942		IN THE	1991			0	0	0			m
Hans-Otto Herr	1955				IN THE	1995	0	0	0			m
Hans Herrmann	1906	after 1947					0	0	0	2506		m
Knut Herschel	1948	1999			GM	1998	0	0	0			m
Peter Hertel	1958		FM	1995	GM	1998	0	0	0			m
Gerald Hertneck	1963		GM	1991			0	0	0			m
Olena Hess	1971		WIM	1999			0	0	0		Ukraine (until 2005)	w
Ralf Hess	1944		IN THE	1980			0	0	0			m
Laszlo Hetey	1975		IN THE	1996			0	0	0			m
Tassilo von Heydebrand and the Lasa	1817	1899					0	0	0	2630		m
Enno Heyken	1959		IN THE	1988			0	0	0			m
Gerd Heyl					IN THE	1995	0	0	0			m
Jörg Hickl	1965		GM	1988			1	0	0			m
Wilhelm Hilse	1878	1940					0	0	0	2512		m
Jobst Hinne							0	1	0			m
Tobias Hirneise	1989		IN THE	2009			0	0	0			m
Rudi Hirr	1938				SIM	2009	0	0	0			m
Philipp Hirschfeld	1840	1896					0	0	0	2600		m
Hartmut Höbel	1945				SIM	2007	0	0	0			m
Werner Hobusch	1935				IN THE	2000	0	0	0			m
Georg Hodakowsky	1917	after 1986					0	1	0		Latvia (until 1940)	m
André Hoffmann	1968				SIM	2003	0	0	0			m
Frank Hoffmann	1963				IN THE	2007	0	0	0			m
Horst Hoffmann	1938				IN THE	1997	0	0	0			m
Michael Hoffmann	1970		GM	2009			0	0	0			m
Paul Hoffmann	1984		IN THE	2012			0	0	0			m
Hans-Joachim Hofstetter	1958		FM	2004	GM	2003	0	0	0			m
Klemens Hohm					IN THE	1994	0	0	0			m
Karl Holländer	1868	after 1892					0	0	0	2661		m
Frank Holzke	1971		GM	2008			0	0	0			m
Baldur Hönlinger	1905	1990	NM	1952			0	0	0		Austria (until 1938)	m
Vlastimil hoard	1944		GM	1965			3	0	0		Czechoslovakia (until 1986)	m
Bernhard Horwitz	1808	1885					0	0	0	2579	England (from 1845)	m
Dieter Hottes	1935		NM	1961			0	0	0			m
Horst Hradetzky	1931				IN THE	1993	0	0	0			m
Joachim Hubener	1910	after 1993			IN THE	1992	0	0	0			m
Robert Huebner	1948		GM	1971			2	0	0			m
Marco Hüls	1970				IN THE	2000	0	0	0			m
Barbara dog	1959		WGM	1982			0	0	3		Switzerland (since 1991)	w
Isabel dog	1962		WFM	1990			0	0	2			w
Juliane dog	1928	1999			IN THE	1980	0	0	0			w
Horst hunger					IN THE	2007	0	0	0			m
Helmut Hürter	1953		FM	2015	IN THE	1993	0	0	0			m
Niclas Huschenbeth	1992		GM	2012			2	0	0			m
Frank Idler	1960				IN THE	2009	0	0	0			m
Achim Illner	1970		IN THE	2012			0	0	0			m
Hans-Jürgen Isigkeit	1956				SIM	2008	0	0	0			m
Thomas Jackelen	1965		IN THE	2003			0	0	0			m
Constanze Jaeckel	1965				IN THE	2014	0	0	0			w
Walter Hunter	1913	1976	NM	1952			0	1	0			m
Constanze Jahn	1963		WIM	1990			0	0	0			w
Otilia Jahn	1968		WIM	1989			0	0	0		Romania (until 1989)	w
Frerik Janz	1979		IN THE	2013			0	0	0			m
Norbert Janzen	1956	2017			IN THE	2016	0	0	0			m
Michael Jendrian	1970				SIM	2017	0	0	0			m
Vladimir Yepishin	1965		GM	1990			0	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992–2000, since 2001)	m
Sven Joachim	1969		IN THE	2009			0	0	0			m
Christian Joecks	1967		IN THE	1997			0	0	0			m
Helmut John					IN THE	1996	0	0	0			m
Walter John	1879	1940					0	0	0	2602		m
Egon Joppen	1926		NM	1961			0	0	0		Switzerland	m
Ulrich Joppich	1949				SIM	2009	0	0	0			m
Julian Jorczik	1992		IN THE	2011			0	0	0			m
Tobias Jugelt	1975		IN THE	2009			0	0	0			m
Botho Jung	1955				IN THE	2011	0	0	0			m
Klaus Junge	1924	1945					0	0	0	2661		m
Otto Junge	1887	1978					0	0	0		Chile (until 1930)	m
Gertrud Juergens							0	0	1			w
Vera Juergens	1969		WGM	1993			0	0	0		Bulgaria (until 1992)	w
Artur Yusupov	1960		GM	1980			1	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992)	m
Gabriele Just	1936						0	0	3			w
Alexander Kabatianski	1958		IN THE	1994			0	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1991), Ukraine (1992–1994)	m
Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska	1971		IN THE	1997			0	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1991), Georgia (1992–1993)	w
Dennis Kaczmarczyk	1991		IN THE	2016			0	0	0			m
Frank Kaden	1961				IN THE	2000	0	0	0			m
Fred Kahl	1961				SIM	2003	0	0	0			m
Manfred Kahn	1931	2010			IN THE	1975	0	0	0			m
Wolfgang Kaiser	1962		IN THE	1994			0	0	0			m
Sergei Kalinichev	1956		GM	1997			1	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992–1995)	m
Arkadius Georg Kalka	1971		IN THE	2015			0	0	0			m
Uwe Kaminski	1962		IN THE	1990			0	0	0			m
Silvia Kamp	1972				LIM	2013	0	0	0			w
Ulrich fighting handle	1936				IN THE	1992	0	0	0			m
Norbert Karker	1929	1998			IN THE	1968	0	0	0			m
Siegfried Karkuth		2009			GM	2006	0	0	0			m
Irmgard Karner	1927	2014					0	0	1			w
Udo Käser	1967		FM	1999			0	1	0			m
Rita Kas-Fromm	1956		WIM	1984			0	0	0		Hungary (until 1988)	w
Günter Kassing					IN THE	1994	0	0	0			m
Ludger Keitlinghaus	1965		GM	1998			0	1	0			m
Hanno Keller	1932				IN THE	1987	0	0	0			m
Harald Keller	1955				IN THE	2010	0	0	0			m
Rudolf Keller	1917	1993	IN THE	1950			0	0	0			m
Edith Keller-Herrmann	1921	2010	WGM	1978			0	0	10			w
Heinz-Erich van Kempen	1955				GM	1998	0	0	0			m
Guido Kern	1961		IN THE	1996			0	0	0			m
Manfred Kern	1949				IN THE	1991	0	0	0			m
Uwe Kersten	1968		IN THE	2020			0	0	0			m
Alfred Kertesz	1944		IN THE	1986			0	0	0		Romania (until 1986)	m
Hans-Günter Kestler	1939	2013	IN THE	1976			1	1	0			m
Klaus Keuter					GM	2013	0	0	0			m
Vincent Keymer	2004		GM	2020			0	0	0			m
Boris Khanukov	1939		IN THE	2009			0	0	0			m
Igor Khenkin	1968		GM	1992			1	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992–1993, 1998), Israel (1993–1997)	m
Veronika Kiefhaber	1976		WIM	2001			0	0	0			w
Georg Kieninger	1902	1975	IN THE	1950			3	0	0			m
Fred Kindbeiter					SIM	2012	0	0	0			m
Stefan Kindermann	1959		GM	1988			0	1	0		Austria (1979, since 2004)	m
Peter Kindl	1958		FM	1987	IN THE	1991	0	0	0			m
Steffen Kiupel					IN THE	1998	0	0	0			m
Otto Klatt					IN THE	2010	0	0	0			m
Martin Klebel	1966		IN THE	1993			0	0	0			m
Hans-Georg Klein	1960				IN THE	2002	0	0	0			m
Hanna Marie Klek	1995		WGM	2017			0	0	1			w
Tamara Klink	1967		WGM	2000			0	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992–1993), Kazakhstan (1993–2001)	w
Svetlana monastery	1962		WFM	2010	LGM	2013	0	0	0		Belarus (until 1999), Russia (2000–2010)	w
Klaus Klundt	1941		IN THE	1988			0	0	0			m
Siegfried Kluve					GM	1997	0	0	0			m
Rainer Knaak	1953		GM	1975			5	0	0			m
Willi Knebel	1936	2007			IN THE	1996	0	0	0			m
Watu Kobese	1973		IN THE	1995			0	0	0		South Africa (since 1995)	m
Berthold Koch	1899	1988	IN THE	1950	IN THE	1959	2	0	0			m
Hans-Georg Koch	1940				IN THE	2004	0	0	0			m
Thomas Koch	1972		IN THE	2012			0	0	0			m
Hans-Uwe Kock	1938		FM	1992			0	0	0		Liechtenstein (since 2009)	m
Klaus Kögler					GM	2007	0	0	0			m
Werner Kohl			NM	1963			0	0	0			m
Anton Kohler	circa 1907	1961					0	0	0	2615		m
Bernd Kohlweyer	1964		IN THE	1991			0	1	0			m
Friedrich Koehnlein	1879	1916					0	0	0	2583		m
Ekkehard Kolbe					IN THE	1992	0	0	0			m
Dietmar Kolbus	1966		IN THE	2005			0	0	0			m
Dmitrij Kollars	1999		IN THE	2016			0	0	0			m
Thorben Koop	1997		IN THE	2016			0	0	0			m
Christian Koepke	1984		IN THE	2011			0	0	0			m
Elena Koepke	1984		WGM	2007			0	0	0		Uzbekistan (until 2003)	w
Luba Kopylov	1979		WIM	2003			0	0	1		Ukraine (until 2003)	w
Ludger Koerholz	1960		IN THE	2001			0	0	0			m
Olga Koslowa	1976		WIM	2000			0	0	0		Russia (until 2002)	w
Jens Kotainy	1994		IN THE	2012			0	1	0			m
Ernst Kotzem	1935				IN THE	1994	0	0	0			m
Wolf-Dieter Krabbe	1942				SIM	2003	0	0	0			m
Jörg Kracht	1963				IN THE	2001	0	0	0			m
Dieter Kraft	1936				SIM	2014	0	0	0			m
Karl-Heinz Kraft	1946				IN THE	1994	0	0	0			m
Martin Kramer	1987		GM	2012			0	0	0			m
Hans Kranki	1908	1942					0	0	0	2527		m
Yaroslav Krasovitsky	1992		IN THE	2014			0	0	0			m
Rudolf Kraus							0	0	0	2527		m
Kurt Krause	1909	1978					0	0	0	2523		m
Rainer Kraut	1966		IN THE	1987			0	0	0			m
Jürgen Krebs	1953				IN THE	1998	0	0	0			m
Sandra Krege	1987						0	0	1			w
Mira Kremer							0	0	2			w
Heinz Kretschmar	1920	1999 or 2000			IN THE	1975	0	0	0			m
Martin Kreuzer	1962		FM	1993	GM	1993	0	0	0			m
Matthias Kribben	1960				GM	2009	0	0	0			m
Leonid Kritz	1984		GM	2003			0	0	0		Russia (until 1999)	m
Peter Kruchem					SIM	2000	0	0	0			m
Hilmar Kruger	1955				SIM	1999	0	0	0			m
Hartwig Kruse					SIM	2000	0	0	0			m
Hanno Kuhn					IN THE	2002	0	0	0			m
Peter Kühn	1976		IN THE	2007			0	0	0			m
Günter Kühnel	1936	2010			GM	2009	0	0	0			m
Werner Kunerth	1907	1991					0	0	0	2558		m
Vitaly Kunin	1983		GM	2006			0	0	0		Russia (until 2002)	m
Uwe Kunsztowicz	1944		FM	1983			0	2	0			m
Kerstin Kunze	1971		WIM	2003			0	0	1			w
Fred Kunzelmann	1940				GM	2007	0	0	0			m
Wilfried Kurth					SIM	2000	0	0	0			m
Mark Kvetny	1997		IN THE	2017			0	0	0			m
Anni Laakmann	1937		WFM	1983			0	0	4th			w
Hans-Georg Lachmann	1905	1992					0	0	0	2500		m
Helmut Lachmann	1956				SIM	2001	0	0	0			m
Alexander Lagunov	1967		IN THE	1991			0	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1991)	m
Raphael Lagunow	2000		IN THE	2019			0	0	0			m
Markus Lammers	1986		IN THE	2011			0	0	0			m
Jonas Lampert	1997		IN THE	2014			0	0	0		Switzerland (until 2008)	m
Frank Lamprecht	1968		IN THE	1999			0	0	0			m
Siegfried Landgrave	1935	2013			IN THE	1971	0	0	0			m
Herbert Lang	1941	2018			IN THE	1996	0	0	0			m
Helmut Lange	1936	2017					0	0	0	2506		m
Lutz Lange	1936	2012			IN THE	2000	0	0	0			m
Max Lange	1832	1899					0	0	0	2540		m
Wilfried Lange	1910	1993	NM	1952			0	0	0			m
Ferenc Langheinrich	1983		IN THE	2019			0	0	0			m
Hannes Langrock	1983		IN THE	2009			0	1	0			m
Johannes Lanzendörfer	1957				IN THE	1993	0	0	0			m
Bertold Lasker	1860	1928					0	0	0	2683		m
Edward Lasker	1885	1981	IN THE	1963			0	0	0		United States (from 1914)	m
Emanuel Lasker	1868	1941					0	0	0	2878		m
Ralf Lau	1959		GM	1986			0	0	0			m
Arnd Lauber	1976		IN THE	1999			0	0	0			m
Ingrid Lauterbach	1960		WIM	1987			0	0	0		England (since 1994)	w
Christina Lehmann	1951						0	0	2			w
Heinz Lehmann	1921	1995	HGM	1992			0	0	0			m
Bernard Leiber	1943				SIM	2001	0	0	0			m
Hans-Hermann Lemke	1950	2011			IN THE	1997	0	0	0			m
Manfred Lennartz	1952				IN THE	2013	0	0	0			m
Paul Saladin Leonhardt	1877	1934					0	0	0	2639		m
Volker Leupold	1960				SIM	2010	0	0	0			m
Felix Levin	1958		GM	1998			0	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1991), Ukraine (1992–1997)	m
René Libeau	1965		IN THE	1995			0	0	0			m
Heinz Liebert	1936		IN THE	1966			0	0	0			m
Ursula Liebert	1933	1998					0	0	2			w
Carsten Lingnau	1969		IN THE	1993			0	0	0			m
Thomas Link	1959						0	1	0			m
Thomas Lins					SIM	2010	0	0	0			m
Fabian Lipinsky	1979		IN THE	1998			0	0	0			m
Paul Lipke	1870	1955					0	0	0	2725		m
Winfried Lobner	1964				IN THE	2010	0	0	0			m
Eric Lobron	1960		GM	1982			2	0	0			m
Markus Löffler	1969		IN THE	1999			0	0	0			m
Stefan Löffler	1968		IN THE	1993			0	0	0			m
Werner Löffler	1946				IN THE	2011	0	0	0			m
Gerhard Loeh	1936				GM	1990	0	0	0			m
Heinrich Lohmann	1911	after 1965	NM	1952			0	0	0			m
Heinrich Lohmann	1944 or 1945				SIM	2005	0	0	0			m
Willi Looschelders					SIM	2011	0	0	0			m
Gerhard Lorson	1919	1992					0	0	0		Saarland (1947–1956)	m
Jakov Loxins	1985		IN THE	2012			0	0	0		Russia (until 2014)	m
Melanie Lubbe	1990		WGM	2012			0	0	0			w
Nikolas Lubbe	1990		IN THE	2013			0	0	0			m
Hannelore Lucht							0	0	1			w
Norbert gap	1970		IN THE	1992			0	0	0			m
Christoph Ludwig	1950				SIM	2006	0	0	0			m
Eckhard Lüers	1954				SIM	1999	0	0	0			m
Jan-Christoffer Lüers	1979				IN THE	2001	0	0	0			m
Thomas Luther	1969		GM	1994			3	0	0			m
Anke Lutz	1970		WIM	1995			0	0	1			w
Christopher Lutz	1971		GM	1992			2	0	0			m
Reimund Lutzenberger	1967				IN THE	2003	0	0	0			m
Alexander Lytchak	1978		IN THE	2007			0	0	0			m
Gottlieb Machate	1904	1974	NM	1952			0	0	0			m
Heiko Machelett	1979		IN THE	1998			0	0	0			m
Manuela Mader	1990		WIM	2009			0	0	0			w
Jürgen Mädler	1936	2005			IN THE	1977	0	0	0			m
Manfred Mädler	1934				SIM	2001	0	0	0			m
Karl-Heinz Maeder	1948	2013	FM	1992	GM	1991	0	0	0			m
Thomas Mahling	1968				GM	2013	0	0	0			m
Iris May	1962		WIM	1986			0	0	3			w
Alexander Maier	1960		IN THE	1998			0	0	0			m
Christian Maier	1959		IN THE	2004			0	0	0			m
Romuald Mainka	1963		GM	1993			0	0	0			m
Jens-Uwe Maiwald	1974		GM	1999			0	0	0			m
Burkhard Malich	1936		GM	1975			2	0	0			m
Ralph Mallée	1945		NM	1974	GM	1989	0	0	0			m
Marina Manakov	1969		WIM	1995			0	0	2		Soviet Union (until 1991)	w
Andreas Mandel	1962		IN THE	2005			0	0	0			m
Walter Mandel	1919	1980	NM	1959			0	0	0			m
Christian man	1971		IN THE	1991			0	0	0			m
Trust Manthey					LIM	1981	0	0	0			w
Marco Mantovanelli	1965				SIM	2009	0	0	0			m
Boris Margolin	1971		IN THE	1994			0	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992–1997)	m
Alexander Margrave	1981		IN THE	2011			0	0	0			m
Hans-Joachim Marotz		2010			IN THE	2002	0	0	0			m
Thomas Märten					SIM	2013	0	0	0			m
Stefan Marth	1965				IN THE	2003	0	0	0			m
Thomas Martin	1966		FM	2004			0	1	0			m
Werner Mathes		2012			SIM	2002	0	0	0			m
Artur Matt	1937				SIM	2001	0	0	0			m
Sönke mouse	1967		IN THE	1988			0	0	0			m
Stepanka Mayer	1949		WIM	1970			0	0	0		Czechoslovakia (until 1980)	w
Věra Medunová	1965		WIM	1995			0	0	0		Czechoslovakia (until 1992), Czech Republic (1993, since 2001)	w
Uwe Mehlhorn	1961				SIM	2008	0	0	0			m
Wolfgang Mehlhorn	1957				SIM	2002	0	0	0			m
Annemarie Sylvia Meier	1957						0	0	1			w
Georg Meier	1987		GM	2007			0	0	0			m
Maximilian Meinhardt	1986		IN THE	2009			0	0	0			m
Gerlef mine	1970		IN THE	1997			0	0	0			m
Bernd Meissner	1974		IN THE	2007			0	0	0			m
Jacob Master	1955		GM	2008			0	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992-2004)	m
Peter Master	1966		IN THE	1990			0	0	0			m
Tatiana Melamed	1974		WGM	1999			0	0	0		Ukraine (until 2010)	w
Gerhard Melson					SIM	2001	0	0	0			m
Wolfgang Mescheder	1948				IN THE	1991	0	0	0			m
Johannes Metger	1851	1926					0	0	0	2603		m
Werner Metz	1944				GM	1996	0	0	0			m
Klaus-Dieter Meyer	1938				IN THE	2014	0	0	0			m
Nils Michaelsen	1967		IN THE	1993			0	0	0			m
Paul Michel	1905	1977	IN THE	1956			0	0	0		Argentina (after 1939)	m
Georg Jakob Michels					IN THE	1998	0	0	0			m
Marta Michna	1978		WGM	1999			0	0	1		Poland (until 2007)	w
Klaus Mielke	1938				SIM	2009	0	0	0			m
Jacques Mieses	1865	1954	GM	1950			0	0	0		England (after 1938)	m
Samuel Lousy	1841	1884					0	0	0	2517		m
Olivér Mihók	1993		GM	2015			0	0	0		Hungary (until 2003, since 2005)	m
Leonid Milov	1966		GM	2012			0	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1991), Ukraine (1992–2005)	m
Johannes Minckwitz	1843	1901					0	0	0	2578		m
Michael Mischustov	1967		FM	1990			0	1	0			m
Stefan Mohr	1967		GM	1989			0	0	0			m
Günther Möhring	1936	2006	IN THE	1976			1	0	0			m
Dieter Mohrlok	1938	2010	IN THE	1969	GM	1998	0	1	0			m
Christian-Peter Mokrys					SIM	2002	0	0	0			m
Martin Molinaroli	1966						0	1	0			m
Reinhard Moll	1952				GM	2009	0	0	0			m
Léon Mons	1995		GM	2018			0	0	0			m
Astrid Monday					LIM	2000	0	0	0			w
Wilfrid Franz Monday					IN THE	2003	0	0	0			m
Dieter Morawietz	1963		IN THE	2008			0	0	0			m
Walter Morena	circa 1915	1975					0	0	0		Saarland (1947–1956)	m
Wolfgang Moser	1948				IN THE	1994	0	0	0			m
Harald Mößle					IN THE	2000	0	0	0			m
Karen Movsesjan	1963		GM	1994			0	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1991), Armenia (1992–1993, since 1997)	m
Paul Mross	1910	1991	NM	1955			0	0	0		Poland (before 1934)	m
Gerhard Müller	1953				GM	2006	0	0	0			m
Karsten Müller	1970		GM	1998			0	1	0			m
Klaus-Detlef Mueller					SIM	2000	0	0	0			m
Matthias Müller	1964		IN THE	2001			0	0	0			m
Oliver Muller	1969		IN THE	2018			0	0	0			m
Ralf Mueller					SIM	2014	0	0	0			m
Werner Müller	1965		FM	1993	IN THE	1997	0	0	0			m
Ingo Muschalek	1966				SIM	2009	0	0	0			m
Dražen Muše	1971		IN THE	1999			0	0	0		Croatia (since 2006)	m
Mladen Muše	1963		GM	2001			0	0	0		Croatia (since 2006)	m
Annmarie Mütsch	2002		WIM	2019			0	0	0			w
Ilya Mutschnik	1985		IN THE	2003			0	0	0		Ukraine (until 2004)	m
Arkadij Naiditsch	1985		GM	2001			1	0	0		Latvia (until 1997), Azerbaijan (since 2015)	m
Holger Namyslo	1956		FM	2007	SIM	2002	0	0	0			m
Alexander Naumann	1979		GM	2005			0	0	0			m
Uwe Nebel	1952				IN THE	1995	0	0	0			m
Maximilian Neef	1996		IN THE	2016			0	0	0			m
Heiko Neß	1978				SIM	2013	0	0	0			m
Ralf Neubauer	1952				IN THE	2015	0	0	0			m
Thomas Neuer	1964				SIM	2010	0	0	0			m
Bernd Neumann	1964				IN THE	2006	0	0	0			m
Gustav Richard Neumann	1838	1881					0	0	0	2742		m
Joachim Neumann	1943				GM	2001	0	0	0			m
Igor Neyman	1982		FM	2012			0	1	0			m
Arno Nickel	1952				GM	2001	0	0	0			m
Reiner-Gert Nickel	1940				SIM	2013	0	0	0			m
Walter Niephaus	1923	1992	NM	1952			0	0	0			m
Oliver Niklasch	1968		IN THE	2005			0	0	0			m
Manfred Nimtz	1955				GM	1997	0	0	0			m
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu	1976		GM	1997			1	0	0		Romania (until 2014)	m
Werner Nitsche		2012			SIM	2001	0	0	0			m
Christopher Noe	1996		IN THE	2016			0	0	0			m
Uwe Nogga					SIM	2010	0	0	0			m
Waltraud Nowarra	1940	2007	WIM	1966			0	0	7th			w
Eveline Nünchert	1943		WFM	1990			0	0	1			w
Friedrich Nuremberg	1909	1984	NM	1952			0	0	0			m
Gertrud Nüsken							0	0	4th			w
Alfred van Nuess	1898	1961					0	0	0	2534		m
Wilfred Nyberg					IN THE	2002	0	0	0			m
Rainer Oechslein	1941				IN THE	1987	0	1	0			m
Heinz Offenborn	1936				IN THE	2002	0	0	0			m
Hans-Paul Ollmann	1944				SIM	2009	0	0	0			m
Wilhelm Orbach	1894	1944					0	0	0	2548		m
Filiz Osmanodja	1996		WGM	2020			0	0	0			w
Peter Ostermeyer	1943		IN THE	1981			1	0	0			m
Wolfgang Ott	1943		IN THE	1991			0	0	0			m
Mark Ousatchi	1921	2010	FM	1994	IN THE	1991	0	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1991), Ukraine (1992-2004; in correspondence chess until 2010)	m
Luděk Pachman	1924	2003	GM	1954			1	0	0		Czechoslovakia (until 1974, 1992), Czech Republic (1993–1999)	m
Silvia Paddock	1974		WIM	2001			0	0	0		Sweden (since 1999)	w
Elisabeth Pähtz	1985		IN THE	2004			0	0	1			w
Thomas Pähtz	1956		GM	1990			2	0	0			m
Jakob Leon Pajeken	2003		IN THE	2019			0	0	0			m
Hans Palm	1951				IN THE	1981	0	0	0			m
Srđan Panzalović	1970		IN THE	1999			0	0	0		Yugoslavia (until 1994)	m
Peter Panzer	1963		IN THE	1993			0	0	0			m
Sarah Papp	1988		WGM	2012			0	0	1			w
Ashot Parvanjan	2001		IN THE	2018			0	0	0		Armenia (until 2018)	m
Mehmed Pasalic	1974		IN THE	2008			0	0	0		Bosnia and Herzegovina (until 1995)	m
Klaus-Michael Paul					IN THE	1994	0	0	0			m
Dirk Paulsen	1959		FM	1983			0	1	0			m
Louis Paulsen	1833	1891					0	0	0	2710		m
Wilfried Paulsen	1828	1901					0	0	0	2520		m
Günter Pechwitz	1941				SIM	2004	0	0	0			m
Thore Perske	1999		IN THE	2017			0	0	0			m
Werner Pesch	1938		NM	1961			0	0	0			m
Uwe Peschke	1962	2015			SIM	2012	0	0	0			m
Edin Pezerović	1973		IN THE	2001			0	0	0		Yugoslavia (until 1992), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1993–2002)	m
Herbert Pfaff	1941				IN THE	2011	0	0	0			m
Gerhard Pfeiffer	1923	2000	IN THE	1957			0	0	0			m
Helmut Pfleger	1943		GM	1975			1	0	0			m
Roland Pfretzschner	1958		FM	1998	SIM	2003	0	0	0			m
Jakob Pfreundt	1998		IN THE	2018			0	0	0			m
Jürgen Pichler	1961		IN THE	1991			0	0	0			m
Manfred Pichler	1955				SIM	2001	0	0	0			m
Ralf Piecusch					IN THE	2014	0	0	0			m
Carsten Pieper-Emden	1963		IN THE	1990			0	0	0			m
Klaus Piersig	1955				IN THE	2000	0	0	0			m
Siegfried Pietruske	1933	2010			IN THE	2003	0	0	0			m
Wolfgang Pietzsch	1930	1996	GM	1966			4th	0	0			m
Dieter Pirrot	1964		IN THE	1993			0	0	0			m
Matjaž Pirš	1956		FM	1990	GM	2011	0	0	0		Yugoslavia (until 1992), Slovenia (in local chess)	m
Gregory Pitl	1982		IN THE	2006			0	0	0			m
Sabine Plauth-Herr	1958				IN THE	1998	0	0	0			w
Sebastian Plischki	1974		IN THE	2007			0	0	0			m
Karlheinz Podzielny	1928	2015			IN THE	1995	0	0	0			m
Karl-Heinz Podzielny	1954	2019	IN THE	1987			0	0	0			m
Hagen Poetsch	1991		GM	2018			0	3	0			m
Dirk Poldauf	1965		IN THE	1993			0	0	0			m
Hans Polzer	1946	2005			IN THE	1994	0	0	0			m
Rainer Polzin	1971		GM	2007			0	0	0			m
Josef Porath	1909	1996	IN THE	1952			0	0	0		Palestine (1934–1948), Israel (from 1948)	m
Ehrhardt Post	1881	1947					2	0	0			m
Karl-Friedrich Poulheim	1936				SIM	2004	0	0	0			m
Michael Pracejus	1940				IN THE	2000	0	0	0			m
Christoph Pragua	1950				SIM	2002	0	0	0			m
Edgar Prang	1948		FM	1996	SIM	2003	0	0	0			m
Wolfgang Priepke	1962				IN THE	2013	0	0	0			m
Heinz Prokopp	1930	2012			SIM	1999	0	0	0			m
Swen Pröttel	1972		CM	2015	IN THE	2003	0	0	0			m
Michael Prusikin	1978		GM	2004			0	0	0			m
Joachim Prüß					IN THE	1967	0	0	0			m
Robert Rabiega	1971		GM	2002			1	0	0			m
Jens Rach	1966				IN THE	2019	0	0	0			m
Bernd Rädeker	1938	2013			SIM	2001	0	0	0			m
Wolfgang Raschewski					IN THE	1997	0	0	0			m
Hannes Rau	1985		IN THE	2005			0	0	0			m
Thomas Raupp	1958		FM	1987	GM	2001	0	0	0			m
Wilhelm Rautenberg	1910	1983	NM	1952			0	0	0			m
Alexander Raykhman	1992		IN THE	2014			0	0	0			m
Bernd Rechel	1970		IN THE	2001			0	0	0			m
Olaf Redlich							0	1	0			m
Helmut Reefschläger	1944	2015	IN THE	1985			0	0	0			m
Oliver Reeh	1964		IN THE	1988			0	0	0			m
Thomas Reich	1963		IN THE	1994			0	0	0			m
Norbert Reichel	1956				IN THE	2000	0	0	0			m
Werner Reichenbach	1936	2016	FM	1983			0	1	0			m
Günter von Rein	1938				IN THE	2000	0	0	0			m
Heinrich Reinhardt	1903	1990					0	0	0	2518	Argentina (after 1939)	m
Ludwig Rellstab	1904	1983	IN THE	1950			1	0	0			m
Christoph Renner	1967		IN THE	1994			0	0	0			m
Heinrich Repp	1946				SIM	2005	0	0	0			m
Dieter Reppmann					GM	2005	0	0	0			m
Hans-Jürgen Reschke		2012 or 2013			SIM	2000	0	0	0			m
Stefan Reschke	1965		IN THE	1994			0	0	0			m
Hermann Rhode					SIM	2003	0	0	0			m
Salomon Ricardo-Rocamora	1855	1923					0	0	0	2511	United States (from 1893)	m
Christian Richter	1978		IN THE	2009			0	0	0			m
Kurt Richter	1900	1969	IN THE	1950			1	0	0			m
Michael Richter	1978		GM	2015			0	0	0			m
Mirko Richter	1969				IN THE	2004	0	0	0			m
Stephan Richter	1964				IN THE	2001	0	0	0			m
Wolfgang Richter	1968		IN THE	1996			0	0	0			m
Gerd Rickers	1937				IN THE	1994	0	0	0			m
Fritz Riemann	1859	1932					0	0	0	2632		m
Friedl cattle	1905	2001	WIM	1957			0	0	5			w
Horst Rittner	1930				GM	1960	0	0	0			m
Matthias Röder	1966		IN THE	1989			0	0	0			m
Ludwig Rödl	1907	1970	IN THE	1953			0	0	0			m
Wolfgang Rohde	1951				GM	2006	0	0	0			m
Manfred Ronczkowski	1935	2013			SIM	2000	0	0	0			m
Detlef Rook	1968				SIM	2014	0	0	0			m
Ksenia Roos	1984		WIM	2001			0	0	0		Russia (until 2008)	w
Michael Roos	1978		IN THE	2003			0	0	0			m
Willy Rosen	1933		FM	1998	IN THE	1989	0	0	0			m
Ralf Rosin	1966				SIM	2004	0	0	0			m
Ulrike Roessler	1977		WIM	2000			0	0	0			w
Detlef Rost	1962				SIM	2009	0	0	0			m
Arkadi Rotstein	1961		GM	1994	IN THE	1990	0	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1991), Ukraine (1992–1999)	m
Jefim Rotstein	1933		FM	2003			0	0	0	2534	Soviet Union (until 1991), Ukraine (1992–2002)	m
Ludwig Roever	1936						0	1	0			m
Anna Rudolph	1978		WIM	2007			0	0	0		Ukraine (until 2002)	w
Matthias Ruf	1968		IN THE	1990			0	0	0			m
Volkhard Rührig	1953	1990	FM	1983			0	1	0			m
Michael Rümmele	1962				GM	2012	0	0	0			m
Frank Ruppel					IN THE	1962	0	0	0			m
Andreas Rupprecht	1972		IN THE	2015			0	0	0			m
Joanna Sadkiewicz	1966		WIM	1986			0	0	0		Poland (until 2000)	w
Mark Safjanowski	1950		IN THE	1994			0	0	0		Yugoslavia (1991-1994), Ukraine (1995-1999)	m
Walter Sahlmann	1911	1976	NM	1952			0	0	0			m
Sergei Salov	1940		IN THE	1992	IN THE	2002	0	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992-2004)	m
Sergiu Samarian	1923	1991			IN THE	1973	0	0	0		Romania (until 1976)	m
Friedrich Sämisch	1896	1975	GM	1950			0	0	0			m
Mekki Samraoui	1953				SIM	2006	0	0	0			m
Christian Sandor	1975		IN THE	1996			0	0	0			m
Oksana Sarana-Hungeling	1979		WGM	1999			0	0	0		Ukraine (until 2000)	w
Wilfried Sauermann	1939	2013			SIM	2001	0	0	0			m
Massoud Amir Sawadkuhi	1942	2017	IN THE	2015			0	0	0		Iran (until 1979, from 2005)	m
Jörg Sawatzki	1965				IN THE	1996	0	0	0			m
Peter Schaaf	1938				IN THE	2002	0	0	0			m
Manfred Schäfer	1912	1996			IN THE	1986	0	0	0			m
Markus Schäfer	1969		IN THE	1991			0	1	0			m
Emil Schallopp	1843	1919					0	0	0	2650		m
Andreas Schartner					IN THE	2004	0	0	0			m
Gerhard Schebler	1969		GM	2004			0	0	0			m
Christoph Scheerer	1980		IN THE	2005			0	0	0			m
Maria Scheffold		1970					0	0	1			w
Ralf Scheipl	1934		FM	1983			0	0	0			m
Andreas Schenk	1982		IN THE	2002			0	0	0			m
Thomas Scherk					SIM	2007	0	0	0			m
Bernhard Scheuermann	1961				SIM	2003	0	0	0			m
Theodor von Scheve	1851	1922					0	0	0	2669		m
Karl-Josef Schiffer	1937	1998	NM	1969	IN THE	1979	0	0	0			m
Wilhelm Schifferdecker	1919	1994	FM	1983			0	0	0			m
Adrian Schilcher	1966				SIM	2014	0	0	0			m
Frank Schilling	1959				IN THE	2001	0	0	0			m
Andreas Schinke	1964				SIM	2006	0	0	0			m
Werner Schlachetka	1943	2016			IN THE	1988	0	0	0			m
Willi Schlage	1888	1940					0	0	0	2517		m
Daniel Bad	1974		IN THE	2015			0	0	0			m
Zoya Schleining	1961		IN THE	2016			0	0	1		Soviet Union (until 1991), Ukraine (1992–2000)	w
Rolf Schlieder	1919				IN THE	1994	0	0	0			m
Rolf Schlindwein	1974		IN THE	1994			0	0	0			m
Fritz Schlösser	1939				SIM	2001	0	0	0			m
Philipp Schlosser	1968		GM	1992			0	0	0			m
Elke Schludecker	1953				LGM	2017	0	0	0			w
Jürgen Schmall	1967				IN THE	1997	0	0	0			m
Roland Schmaltz	1974		GM	2001			0	0	0			m
Thomas Schmelz	1958				SIM	2002	0	0	0			m
Lothar Schmid	1928	2013	GM	1959	GM	1959	1	0	0			m
Anja Schmidt					IN THE	2010	0	0	0			w
Bodo Schmidt	1950		FM	1983			0	2	0			m
Gerhard W. Schmidt	1957				SIM	2005	0	0	0			m
Jessica Schmidt	1979		WGM	2006			0	0	1			w
Jürgen Schmidt	1940 or 1941				IN THE	1992	0	0	0			m
Matthias Schmidt					SIM	2014	0	0	0			m
Paul Felix Schmidt	1916	1984	IN THE	1950			1	0	0		Estonia (until 1939), United States (from 1950)	m
Peter Schmidt	1969		IN THE	1993			0	0	0			m
Silvia Schmidt	1969				LIM	2000	0	0	0			w
Theo Schmidt	1959				SIM	2007	0	0	0			m
Torsten Schmidt	1965				SIM	2001	0	0	0			m
Ludwig Schmitt	1902	1980					0	0	0	2538		m
Eckhard Schmittdiel	1960		GM	1994			0	1	0			m
Klaus Schmitzer	1965		FM	1990	SIM	2009	0	0	0			m
Michael Schnabel	1949				IN THE	2011	0	0	0			m
Bernd Schneider	1965		IN THE	1986			0	0	0			m
Birgit Schneider	1960				LIM	2000	0	0	0			w
Ilya Schneider	1984		IN THE	2009			0	0	0			m
Jana Schneider	2002		FM	2016			0	0	1			w
Markus Schneider	1966				IN THE	1997	0	0	0			m
Wolfgang Schneider	1939				SIM	1999	0	0	0			m
Christian Scholz	1973		IN THE	2004			0	0	0			m
Werner Schön	1949				SIM	2008	0	0	0			m
Wolfram Schön	1967		IN THE	1987	GM	2006	0	0	0		Norway (until 1985), Canada (correspondence chess)	m
Maria Schöne	1987		WIM	2009			0	0	0			w
Ralf Schöne	1961		IN THE	1997			0	0	0			m
Günter Schöneberg	1925	2001			IN THE	2000	0	0	0			m
Manfred Schöneberg	1946		FM	1987			1	0	0			m
Helmut Schönherr	1929	2000			IN THE	1975	0	0	0			m
Georg Schories	1874	1934					0	0	0	2524	England	m
Arnold Schottländer	1854	1909					0	0	0	2575		m
Alexander Schramm	1985				SIM	2011	0	0	0			m
Kurt Schreiber	1946				SIM	2001	0	0	0			m
Werner Schreiber	1931				IN THE	2002	0	0	0			m
Frank Schröder	1957				GM	2008	0	0	0			m
Jan-Christian Schröder	1998		GM	2015			0	0	0			m
Frank Schubert	1966				SIM	2008	0	0	0			m
Günter Schuchardt	1944	2016			IN THE	1998	0	0	0			m
Dirk Shoe	1979		IN THE	2012			0	0	0			m
Günter Schuh	1932				SIM	2005	0	0	0			m
John William Schulten	1821	1875					0	0	0	2509	United States	m
Günter Schulz	1971				IN THE	2003	0	0	0			m
Karsten Schulz	1962		FM	1992			0	1	0			m
Klaus-Jürgen Schulz	1960		IN THE	1986			0	1	0			m
Volker Schulz					SIM	2010	0	0	0			m
Ulrich Schulze	1950		IN THE	1991			0	0	0			m
Ralf Schüppel	1938				SIM	2009	0	0	0			m
Heinz Schüppen	1938				IN THE	2012	0	0	0			m
Peter Schuster	1942				SIM	2003	0	0	0		Czech Republic (Nahschach)	m
Theo Schuster	1911	1998	NM	1952			0	0	0			m
Ullrich Schuster	1951				IN THE	2000	0	0	0			m
Ingo Schütt	1934				GM	1998	0	0	0			m
Manfred Schütze	1941				SIM	2016	0	0	0			m
Michael Schwarz	1971		IN THE	1993			0	0	0		Austria (since 2003)	m
Miroslav Schwarz	1975		IN THE	1998			0	0	0		Ukraine (until 2003)	m
Carsten Schweer	1969				IN THE	2012	0	0	0			m
Victoria Schweer					LGM	2016	0	0	0			w
Mathias Schwenk	1969				SIM	2011	0	0	0			m
Thomas Schwetlick	1960				SIM	2010	0	0	0			m
Heinrich Schwierzy	1959				IN THE	1994	0	0	0			m
Hans-Elmar Schwing	1972		FM	1997			0	1	0			m
Dirk Sebastian	1979		IN THE	2017			0	0	0			m
Christian Seel	1983		IN THE	2004			0	0	0			m
Wolfgang Seeliger	1927				IN THE	1975	0	0	0			m
Rudiger Seger	1968		IN THE	2002			0	0	0			m
Norbert Sehner	1960		IN THE	1986			0	0	0			m
Friedebert Seibt	1948						0	1	0			m
Sandra Seidel	1976				LGM	2010	0	0	0			w
Ulricke Seidemann	1955		WFM	1992			0	0	1			w
Jakob Adolf Seitz	1898	1970					0	0	0	2514		m
Christian Sender	1961				GM	2002	0	0	0			m
Martin Senff	1980		IN THE	2000			0	0	0			m
Arpad Serner					SIM	2001	0	0	0			m
Paul Klemens Seuffert	1860	1896					0	0	0	2574		m
Georg Seul	1963		IN THE	1993			0	0	0			m
Alexander Seyb	1991		IN THE	2015			0	0	0			m
Nikolai Shalnev	1944		GM	2001			0	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1991), Ukraine (1992–1998), Russia (1999–2004)	m
Olga Shalnyeva	1946		WIM	2002			0	0	0		Russia (until 2001), Ukraine (2001–2007)	w
Amina Sherif	1999		WIM	2013			0	0	0		Egypt (since 2013)	w
Evgenija Shmirina	1989		WIM	2004			0	0	0			w
Fiona Sieber	2000		WIM	2017			0	0	0			w
Sebastian Siebrecht	1973		GM	2008			0	0	0			m
Georg Siegel	1962	2010?	IN THE	1994			0	0	0			m
Paul Siegel	1916		NM	1952			0	0	0			m
Bruno Siegheim	1875	1952					0	0	0		South Africa	m
Rainer Siegmund	1943				IN THE	1991	0	0	0			m
Rudolf Sielaff	1931				SIM	2001	0	0	0			m
Christof Sielecki	1974		IN THE	2012			0	0	0			m
Myrna Siewert					LGM	2004	0	0	0			w
Wolfgang Siewert	1951				SIM	2001	0	0	0			m
Horst Sikorsky	1958				SIM	2012	0	0	0			m
Reinhard Sikorsky	1948				IN THE	2015	0	0	0			m
Ralf-Axel Simon	1953		FM	1990	IN THE	2012	0	0	0			m
Christoph Singer	1970		IN THE	2017			0	0	0		Austria (until 1991)	m
Bodo Sitarek	1947				IN THE	1991	0	0	0			m
Hermann Skarke	1931	2019			IN THE	1991	0	0	0			m
Ullrich Skorna	1948				IN THE	1996	0	0	0			m
Andreas Skulteti					IN THE	2000	0	0	0			m
Roman Slobodjan	1975		GM	1996			0	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1991)	m
Igor Solomunović	1972		IN THE	2008			0	0	0		Yugoslavia (until 1993), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1994-2003), Serbia (since 2013)	m
Stefan Solonar	1956		IN THE	1991			0	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1991), Moldova (1992–2000)	m
Achim Soltau	1938	2016			GM	1992	0	0	0			m
Hans-Hubert Sunday	1954		IN THE	1987			0	0	0			m
Karl-Heinz Söntges	1946	2011			SIM	2001	0	0	0			m
Bela Soos	1930	2007	IN THE	1967			0	0	0		Romania (until 1973)	m
Georgios Souleidis	1972		IN THE	1999			0	0	0		Greece (since 2000)	m
Ute late	1961						0	0	1			w
Klaus Sperhake					SIM	2003	0	0	0			m
Gunter spit	1964		IN THE	2008			0	0	0			m
Claus Sprengelmeier	1947				GM	2006	0	0	0			m
Jan Michael Sprenger	1982		GM	2018			0	0	0			m
Peter Staller	1942		FM	1983			0	0	0			m
Wolfgang Standke					GM	2012	0	0	0			m
Markus Stangl	1969		GM	1993			0	0	0			m
Bodo Starck	1934		FM	1986			0	0	0	2525		m
Lars Stark	1983		IN THE	2007			0	0	0			m
Heiko Starke					IN THE	2011	0	0	0			m
René-Reiner Starke	1969				GM	2012	0	0	0			m
Uwe Staroske	1966				SIM	2014	0	0	0			m
Horst Staudler		2009			SIM	2001	0	0	0			m
Hans-Hilmar Staudte	1911	1979	NM	1952			0	0	0			m
Johannes Steckner	1966		FM	1987	IN THE	1994	0	0	0			m
Bernd Stein	1955		IN THE	1985			0	0	0			m
Georg Stein	1909	in the 1980s					1	0	0			m
Claudia Steinbacher	1970		WIM	2007			0	0	0			w
Jürgen Stephan					GM	2012	0	0	0			m
Ulrich Stephan	1970				GM	2010	0	0	0			m
Werner Stephan							0	1	0			m
Dieter Stern	1934	2011			GM	1985	0	0	0			m
René Stern	1972		GM	2014			0	0	0			m
Werner Stern	1932	2018			GM	2009	0	0	0			m
Günter Stertenbrink	1954				GM	1984	0	0	0			m
Michael Stettler	1961		FM	1992	IN THE	1998	0	0	0			m
Ottilie Stibaner	1908	1972					0	0	1			w
Roland boots	1964				IN THE	2004	0	0	0			m
Helmut Stieger	1941				IN THE	2011	0	0	0			m
Manfred Stock					IN THE	1994	0	0	0			m
Mario Stöckert					SIM	2009	0	0	0			m
Thomas Stomberg	1987		IN THE	2013			0	0	0			m
Michael Strache	1988						0	1	0			m
Erich Stransky					IN THE	1983	0	0	0			m
Jörg Straschewski	1959				IN THE	2000	0	0	0			m
Natalia Straub	1978		WGM	1998			0	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1991), Ukraine (1992–2007)	w
Benedikt Striepens	1964				IN THE	2001	0	0	0			m
Raoul straw hackers	1987		IN THE	2009			0	0	0			m
Andreas Strunski	1992		IN THE	2010			0	0	0			m
Hugo addiction	1874	1916					0	0	0	2594		m
Dirk Suhl	1962						0	1	0			m
Berthold Suhle	1837	1904					0	0	0	2731		m
Alois Sweet	1943		NM	1970			0	0	0			m
Rasmus Svane	1997		GM	2016			0	0	0			m
Rudolf Swiderski	1878	1909					1	0	0			m
Iamze Tammert	1971		WIM	2014			0	0	0		Georgia (until 2003)	w
Siegbert Tarrasch	1862	1934					3	0	0			m
Hans Tauber	1963				SIM	2013	0	0	0			m
Richard Teichmann	1868	1925					0	0	0	2744		m
Sven Telljohann	1971		IN THE	1995			0	3	0			m
Benjamin Tereick	1990		IN THE	2011			0	0	0			m
Rudolf Teschner	1922	2006	HGM	1992			2	0	0			m
Henrik Teske	1968		GM	1996			0	0	0			m
Jürgen Teufel	1946		NM	1967			0	0	0			m
Jörg Teumer	1972				IN THE	1996	0	0	0			m
Matthias Thesing	1965		IN THE	1987			0	0	0			m
Lars Thiede	1970		IN THE	2001			0	0	0			m
Erich Thiele	1930	2005			IN THE	1970	0	0	0			m
Günter Thies	1958				IN THE	1997	0	0	0			m
Marco Thinius	1968		IN THE	2004			0	0	0			m
Hagen Tiemann	1934				SIM	1999	0	0	0			m
Raj Tischbierek	1962		GM	1990			2	0	0			m
Dirk Topolewski	1962				IN THE	1993	0	0	0			m
Bettina Trabert	1969		WGM	2000			0	0	0			w
Gerhard Traut	1938				IN THE	2003	0	0	0			m
Thomas Traut					IN THE	2001	0	0	0			m
Eugene Tripolsky	1962		IN THE	2000			0	0	0		Ukraine (until 2009)	m
Jörn-Uwe Trippe					IN THE	1994	0	0	0			m
Paul Tröger	1913	1992	NM	1952			1	0	0			m
Christian Troyke	1971		IN THE	1996			0	0	0			m
Wolfgang Uhlmann	1935	2020	GM	1959			11	0	0			m
Mikhail Umansky	1952	2010	IN THE	1997	GM	1994	0	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992–2001)	m
Volker Unbelief	1955				IN THE	1994	0	0	0			m
Wolfgang Unzicker	1925	2006	GM	1954			7th	0	0			m
Julian Urban	1969		IN THE	1991			0	0	0			m
Wolfgang Utesch					IN THE	2016	0	0	0			m
Hans-Joachim Vatter	1956		FM	1988			0	1	0			m
Helge Verhoef	1969				SIM	2010	0	0	0			m
Gerhard Vetter	1936				IN THE	1996	0	0	0			m
Herbert Vetter	1957						0	1	0			m
Nellya Vidonyak	1971		WIM	1999			0	0	0		Ukraine (until 1995)	w
Roman Vidonyak	1972		IN THE	1993			0	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1991), Ukraine (1992-2004)	m
Roven bird	2000		IN THE	2015			0	0	0			m
Lothar Vogt	1952		GM	1976			2	0	0			m
Roland Voigt	1981		IN THE	2019			0	0	0			m
Bernd Vökler	1963		IN THE	2015			0	0	0			m
Karsten Volke	1965		IN THE	1990			0	0	0			m
Maximilian Voss	1965				GM	2003	0	0	0			m
Hans-Dieter Vötter	1942				SIM	2002	0	0	0			m
Dennis Wagner	1997		GM	2015			0	0	0			m
Heinrich Wagner	1888	1959	IN THE	1953			0	0	0			m
Annett Wagner-Michel	1955		WIM	1975			0	0	2			w
Matthias Wahls	1968		GM	1989			2	0	0			m
Carl August Walbrodt	1871	1902					1	0	0			m
Stefan Walter	1986		IN THE	2017			0	0	0			m
Ursula Wasnetsky	1931	2009					0	0	1			w
Karlheinz Weber	1934				IN THE	1995	0	0	0			m
Klaus Weber	1967				IN THE	2000	0	0	0			m
Ulrich Wedemeyer					IN THE	1994	0	0	0			m
Olaf Wegener	1981		IN THE	2004			0	0	0			m
Jörg Wegerle	1985		IN THE	2008			0	0	0			m
Hannu Wegner	1967		IN THE	1990			0	0	0			m
Stefan Wehmeier	1970		IN THE	1997			0	0	0			m
Alfred Weindl	1964		IN THE	2005			0	0	0			m
Wilfried Weingarz	1961				SIM	2011	0	0	0			m
Günter Weinitschke	1928				IN THE	1997	0	0	0			m
Manfred Weinmann-Musset	1944				IN THE	2001	0	0	0			m
Horst Weisenburger	1949				SIM	2001	0	0	0			m
Gerhard Weissgerber	1905	1937					0	0	0	2562		m
Wolfgang Weißleder	1948				SIM	2002	0	0	0			m
Robert K. von Weizsäcker	1954				GM	2004	0	0	0			m
Rudi Welzenheimer					IN THE	2009	0	0	0			m
Carl Wemmers	1845	1882					0	0	0	2503		m
René Wendt	1962		FM	1992	IN THE	1992	0	0	0			m
Jörg Wengler	1967				IN THE	2003	0	0	0			m
Clemens Werner	1946		FM	1993	IN THE	1996	0	0	0			m
Dimo Werner	1952		IN THE	1986			0	0	0			m
Ernst Werner	1936				IN THE	1996	0	0	0			m
Carola von der Weth	1959		WFM	1990			0	0	1			w
Cliff Wichmann	1971		IN THE	2011			0	0	0			m
Karl-Günter Wilhelm	1935				IN THE	2001	0	0	0			m
Christian Wilhelmi	1976		IN THE	1997			0	0	0			m
Dirk Wilhelmi					SIM	2010	0	0	0			m
Sabine Willert-Betker	1962				LGM	2013	0	0	0			w
Thomas Winckelmann					GM	2004	0	0	0			m
Georg Windhausen	1960				SIM	2014	0	0	0			m
Thorsten Winkler	1966				SIM	2007	0	0	0			m
Till Wippermann	1980		IN THE	2005			0	0	0			m
Klaus Wockenfuß	1951		IN THE	1987			1	0	0			m
Friederike Wohlers-Armas	1962		WIM	1994			0	0	0		France (since 1991)	w
Friedrich Wolfenter	1933				SIM	2006	0	0	0			m
Baldwin Wolff	1819	1907					0	0	0	2530		m
Rudolf Wolfrum					SIM	2012	0	0	0			m
Sigmund Wolk	1911	after 1972	NM	1957			0	2	0			m
Mathias Womacka	1966		GM	2010			0	0	0			m
Klaus Wrba					IN THE	2000	0	0	0			m
Hans-Dieter Wunderlich	1952				GM	2006	0	0	0			m
Lev Yankelevich	1997		IN THE	2016			0	0	0			m
Andreas Zach	1960		FM	2011			0	1	0			m
Rainer Zajontz	1952				SIM	2004	0	0	0			m
Herbert Zapf					IN THE	2011	0	0	0			m
Ilya Zaragatsky	1985		GM	2013			0	0	0			m
Alexander Zatsch	1952				IN THE	1993	0	0	0			m
Hubert Zautzig	1958				GM	2010	0	0	0			m
Gerhard Zecha					IN THE	1997	0	0	0			m
Michael Zeihser	1959				IN THE	2000	0	0	0			m
Michael Zeitlein	1947		GM	1987	GM	1990	0	0	0		Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992–1997)	m
Patrick Zelbel	1993		IN THE	2011			0	0	0			m
Frank Zeller	1969		IN THE	2001			0	0	0			m
Ludwig Zier	1955		CM	2008	IN THE	2001	0	0	0			m
Gerhard Ziese	1949				SIM	2009	0	0	0			m
Hans Ziewitz	1933				GM	1994	0	0	0			m
Herbert room	1955				IN THE	2003	0	0	0			m
Bert Zimmermann	1968				IN THE	1998	0	0	0			m
Horst Zimmermann	1935	2012			IN THE	1997	0	0	0			m
Lothar Zinn	1938	1980	IN THE	1965			2	0	0			m
Anita Zinn-Kessler					LIM	1975	0	0	0			w
Arno Zude	1964		IN THE	1995			0	0	0			m
Erik Zude	1965		IN THE	2006			0	0	0			m
Johannes Hermann Zukertort	1842	1888					0	0	0	2798	England	m
Martin Zumsande	1981		IN THE	2007			0	0	0			m
Robert Zysk	1966		IN THE	1986			0	0	0			m

See also

• List of German championships in chess
• List of International Masters (Germany)
• List of the National Masters of the German Chess Federation
• Dähne Cup

Web links

Commons : German chess players  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• German top 100 men and women (Elo list, active and inactive, English)
• German top 100 women (Elo list, active and inactive, English)
• Title holder in correspondence chess (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Calculated according to Jeff Sonas, see chessmetrics.com
2. ↑ Levon Aronjan once won the Armenian individual championship.
3. ↑ Mietek Bakalarz won the Luxembourg individual championship three times.
4. ↑ Gertrude Baumstark won the Romanian women's championship twice.
5. ↑ Karl-Willi Behle has also been national champion of the German Chess Federation since 1957.
6. ↑ Jordanka Belić won the Yugoslav women's championship once.
7. ↑ Otto Benkner won the independent Saarland championship four times.
8. ↑ Alexander Berelowitsch won the Ukrainian individual championship once.
9. ↑ Wolfram Bialas was also national champion of the German Chess Federation from 1955.
10. ↑ Efim Bogoljubow also won the Soviet individual championship twice.
11. ↑ Lucas Brunner won the Swiss individual championship once.
12. ↑ Annemarie Burghoff has also had the LGM title since 2005.
13. ↑ Alexander Chalifman won the Russian individual championship once.
14. ↑ Christian Clemens has also been the National Master of the German Chess Federation since 1961.
15. ↑ Kurt Dreyer won the South African individual championship twice.
16. ↑ Johannes Eising has also been national champion of the German Chess Federation since 1967.
17. ↑ Fabian Ferster won the Liechtenstein individual championship three times.
18. ↑ Daniel Fridman also won the Latvian individual championship once.
19. ↑ Sonja Graf won the United States Women's Championship twice.
20. ↑ Boris Grusman continues to represent the Russian Chess Federation in correspondence chess.
21. ↑ Mark Heidenfeld won the Irish individual championship once.
22. ↑ Wolfgang Heidenfeld won the South African and six times the Irish individual championship eight times.
23. ↑ Gundula Heinatz also won the Swiss women's individual championship once.
24. ↑ Vlastimil Hort also won the Czechoslovak individual championship six times.
25. ↑ Barbara Hund also won the Swiss women's championship once.
26. ↑ Juliane Hund also held the LIM title since 1975.
27. ↑ Constanze Jaeckel has also had the LGM title since 2011.
28. ↑ Otto Junge won the Chilean individual championship once.
29. ↑ Vera Juergens once won the Bulgarian women's individual championship.
30. ↑ Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska has also had the WGM title since 1990.
31. ↑ Watu Kobese won the South African championship three times.
32. ↑ Hans-Uwe Kock won the Liechtenstein individual championship once.
33. ↑ Gerhard Lorson won the independent Saarland championship twice.
34. ↑ Stepanka Mayer won the Czechoslovak women's championship five times.
35. ↑ Marta Michna also won the Polish women's championship once.
36. ↑ Walter Morena won the championship of the independent Saarland once.
37. ↑ Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu also won the Romanian individual championship three times.
38. ↑ Luděk Pachman also won the Czechoslovak individual championship seven times.
39. ↑ Elisabeth Pähtz has also had the WGM title since 2001.
40. ↑ Sabine Plauth-Herr has also had the LGM title since 1998.
41. ↑ Josef Porath won the League of Nations Championship for Palestine twice and the Israeli Championship four times.
42. ↑ Arkadi Rotstein is still eligible to play for the Ukraine in correspondence chess.
43. ↑ In correspondence chess, Sergei Salov continues to play for Russia.
44. ↑ Ralf Scheipl has also been national champion of the German Chess Federation since 1972.
45. ↑ Wilhelm Schifferdecker was also national champion of the German Chess Federation from 1952.
46. ↑ Zoya Schleining has also had the WGM title since 1987.
47. ↑ Anja Schmidt has also had the LGM title since 2005.
48. ↑ Paul Felix Schmidt also won the Estonian individual championship twice.
49. ↑ Jana Schneider has also had the WIM title since 2017.
50. ↑ Georg Siegel has been missing since December 7, 2010.
51. ↑ Bruno Siegheim won the South African individual championship twice.
52. ↑ Peter Staller has also been the National Master of the German Chess Federation since 1969.
53. ↑ Natalia Straub once won the Ukrainian women's individual championship.
54. ↑ In correspondence chess, Michail Umansky played for the Russian Federation until his death.