List of French chess players

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Chantal de Chaudé silane took 1950 as the first woman on a Chess Olympiad in part.

The list of French chess players contains chess players who are or were eligible to play for the French Chess Federation and who meet at least one of the following conditions:

General

In local chess, 47 grandmasters (including Marie Sebag as the only woman ), 115 international masters (including four women with Silvia Collas , Pauline Guichard , Sophie Milliet and Almira Scripcenco ), 9 women's grandmasters and 18 international women's champions are eligible to play for the French Chess Federation . Eleven grandmasters, six international masters and two international women masters are no longer eligible to play for the French Chess Federation, three grandmasters, four international masters, one women's grandmaster and one honorary women's grandmaster have already passed away. Alexander Alekhine was from 1927 to 1935 and from 1937 to 1946 world champion , Boris Spassky 1969-1972.

In correspondence chess, 8 French players have acquired the title of Grand Master, 24 that of an Honored International Master, 32 that of an International Master (including two women with Melissa Broudin and Jacqueline Roos ), two that of a Women's Grand Master and two that of an International Women's Master . Of these, one Grand Master, one Honored International Master, three International Master, one Grand Master of Women and one International Master of Women have already passed away. Christophe Léotard won the 19th World Correspondence Chess Championship.

The French individual championships were played 93 times and the French women’s championship 64 times. The record champion is Étienne Bacrot with eight titles, Sophie Milliet and Almira Scripcenco won the women's competition most often with six titles each.

Another 16 French players had a historic Elo rating of over 2,499 before June 1971.

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The following table contains this information:

  • Name : gives the name of the player.
  • Life data : states the year of birth and, if applicable, the year of death of the player.
  • FIDE : Names the highest FIDE title of the player (GM = Grand Master, IM = International Master, WGM = Women's Grand Master, HWGM = Honorary Grand Master of Women, FM = FIDE Master , WIM = International Women's Master, WFM = FIDE -Master of Women)
  • Year : Name the year the 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).
  • Year : Name the year the title was awarded.
  • Title : The number of French individual championships won.
  • Title (women) : The number of French individual championships won by women.
  • Historical Elo : For players who have neither FIDE nor ICCF titles and have never won a French championship, the highest historical Elo number achieved before July 1971 , provided it is at least 2500.
  • Other associations : For players who were sooner or later eligible to play for at least one other association, this indicates these associations with the periods of eligibility to play (if known).

The list is current as of April 8, 2020.

Surname Life dates FIDE year ICCF year title Title (women) historical Elo other associations
Thal Abergel 1982 GM 2008 0 0
Claude Adrian 1963 IN THE 2001 0 0
Maxime Aguettaz 1984 IN THE 2007 0 0
Alexander Alekhine 1892-1946 0 0 Russian Empire (until 1917), Soviet Russia (1917–1921)
Emmanuel Amigues 1980 IN THE 2007 0 0
Gilles Andruet 1958-1995 IN THE 1982 1 0
Angles d'Auriac 0 1
Darko Anic 1957 GM 1999 0 0 Yugoslavia (until 1990)
Manuel Apicella 1970 GM 1995 1 0
Jules Armas 1955 IN THE 1987 0 0 Romania (until 1990)
Suat Atalık 1964 GM 1994 0 0 Turkey (1986–2000, 2005–2019), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2000–2005), Serbia (since 2019)
Arnold Aurbach 1885-1952 0 0 2543 Russian Empire
Jeanne d'Autremont 1899-1979 0 3
Étienne Bacrot 1983 GM 1997 8th 0
Pierre Bailet 1988 IN THE 2012 0 0
Jean Banet 1944 SIM 2004 0 0
Abraham Baratz 1895-1975 0 0 2543 Romania
Pierre Barbot 1995 IN THE 2016 0 0
Daniel Baron 1958 IN THE 1998 0 0
Harutjun Barseghjan 1998 IN THE 2018 0 0 Armenia (until 2017)
Christian Bauer 1977 GM 1997 3 0
Xavier Bedouin 1981 IN THE 2010 0 0
Slim Belkhodja 1962 GM 2002 0 0 Tunisia (since 2001)
Bilel Bellahcene 1998 GM 2018 0 0 Algeria (since 2018)
Anthony Bellaiche 1987 IN THE 2003 0 0
Yohan Benitah 1979 IN THE 2002 0 0
Natacha Benmesbah 1989 WIM 2011 0 0
Michel Benoit 1949 1 0
Luc Bergez 1975 IN THE 1998 0 0
Volf Bergraser 1904-1986 GM 1981 2 0
Christophe Bernard 1952 IN THE 1996 1 0
Ossip Bernstein 1882-1962 GM 1950 0 0 Russian Empire (until 1917)
Bernard Berriot IN THE 2001 0 0
Louis Betbeder Matibet 1901-1986 0 0 2541
Louis Bigot 1913-1996 1 0
Manuel Bijaoui 1985 IN THE 2009 0 0
Maurice Billecard 1876-1940 0 0 2501
Brice Boissel 1958 SIM 2001 0 0
Andreea Bollengier 1975 WIM 1999 0 0 Romania (until 2010)
Jean-Pierre Boudre 1954 IN THE 1988 0 0
César Boutteville 1917-2015 6th 0
Olivier Bouverot 1965 SIM 2004 0 0
Stephen Boyd 1955 FM 1997 IN THE 2008 0 0 Canada (until 1996)
Emmanuel Bricard 1966 GM 2005 1 0
Philippe Brochet 1975 IN THE 2003 0 0
Melissa Broudin IN THE 2013 0 0
Nicolas Brunner 1984 IN THE 2007 0 0
Benjamin Bujisho 1978 IN THE 2002 0 0
Quentin Burri 2001 IN THE 2018 0 0
Sevan Buscara 1992 IN THE 2016 0 0
Tristan Calistri 1973 IN THE 2013 0 0
Jean-Luc Chabanon 1971 GM 2001 0 0
Edward Chamier 1840-1892 0 0 2518
Aliaksei Charnushevich 1978 GM 2012 0 0 Belarus (until 2003)
André Chéron 1895-1980 3 0
François Chevaldonnet 1950-2016 IN THE 1983 1 0
Isabelle Choko 1928 0 1
Pascal Chomet 1961 IN THE 1997 0 0
Philippe Chopin SIM 2005 0 0
Mathilde Chung 1999 WFM 2016 0 0 Monaco (since 2010)
Christophe Claverie 1973 IN THE 2002 0 0
Albert Clerc 1830-1918 0 0 2518
Nicolas Cléry 1980 IN THE 2010 0 0
Vincent Colin 1980 IN THE 2004 0 0
Didier Collas 1972 IN THE 1996 0 0
Silvia Collas 1974 IN THE 2005 0 1 Bulgaria (until 2002)
Mathilde Congiu 1989 WIM 2008 0 0
Mario Corinthios 1924-1988 IN THE 1988 0 0
Matthieu Cornette 1985 GM 2008 1 0
Sébastien Cossin 1986 IN THE 2007 0 0
Melkior Cotonnec 1987 IN THE 2013 0 0
Robert Crépeaux 1900-1994 3 0
Josef Cukierman 1900-1941 0 0 2546 Poland (until 1926)
Roger Daniel 1915-1999 1 0
Vincent David 1976-2012 IN THE 2009 0 0
Jean De Lagonterie IN THE 2003 0 0
Christopher Debray 1984 IN THE 2011 0 0
Jean-Marc Degraeve 1971 GM 1998 0 0
Suzanne Dehelly 1896-1968 0 1
Michel Del Gobbo 1946 SIM 1999 0 0
Alain Del Vecchio 1969 SIM 2005 0 0
Axel Delorme 1990 IN THE 2008 0 0
Laurie Delorme 1984 WIM 2009 0 0
Adrien Demuth 1991 GM 2015 0 0
Olivier Deville 1963 IN THE 2012 0 0
Lucas Di Nicolantonio 1993 IN THE 2019 0 0
Jean-Michel Dijon 1963 IN THE 2010 0 0
Thomas Dionisi 1993 IN THE 2019 0 0
Josif Dorfman 1952 GM 1978 1 0 Soviet Union (until 1991)
Jonathan Dourerassou 1989 GM 2016 0 0
Martine Dubois 1959 WIM 1990 0 1 Monaco (since 2018)
Aurelien Dunis 1979 IN THE 2003 0 0
Duval 0 1
Romain Édouard 1990 GM 2009 1 0
Nicolas Eliet 1972 IN THE 1998 0 0
Patrice Etchegaray 1969 IN THE 1993 0 0
Thibault Fantinel 1992 IN THE 2017 0 0
Francis Farcy IN THE 1996 0 0
François Fargère 1985 GM 2009 0 0
Sébastien Feller 1991 GM 2007 0 0
Michel Feroul 1944 IN THE 1991 0 0
Maud Flandin 0 1
Christine Flear 1967 WIM 1987 0 5 England (1989–1990)
Gabriel Flom 1986 GM 2020 0 0
Robert Fontaine 1980 GM 2002 0 0 Monaco (2016 to 2018), Switzerland (since 2018)
Gilles François 1957 IN THE 2002 0 0
Laurent Fressinet 1981 GM 2000 2 0
Marie Jeanne Frigard 0 4th
Sabine Fruteau 1972 WFM 1992 0 2
Yovann Gatineau 2002 IN THE 2020 0 0
Eric Gaudineau 1974 IN THE 2013 0 0
Frank Geider 1961 IN THE 2003 0 0
Alain Genzling 1989 IN THE 2011 0 0
Claire Gervais 1976 WIM 1996 0 3
Tigran Gharamian 1984 GM 2009 1 0 Armenia (until 2004)
Aimé Gibaud 1888-1957 4th 0
Nicolas Giffard 1950 IN THE 1980 2 0
Eric Girard 1970 IN THE 2015 0 0
Gary Giroyan 1996 IN THE 2013 0 0
Maxence Godard 1972 IN THE 2000 0 0
François Godart 1994 IN THE 2015 0 0 Belgium (until 2006, since 2009)
Stéphane Goerlinger 1960 GM 2005 0 0
Richard Goldenberg 1947 FM 1980 IN THE 1986 0 0
Gildas Goldsztejn 1982 IN THE 2008 0 0
Jacques Gourmelon IN THE 1991 0 0
Pavel Govciyan 1984 IN THE 2006 0 0
Yannick Gozzoli 1983 GM 2012 0 0
Aristide Gromer 1908-1966 3 0
Pauline Guichard 1988 IN THE 2019 0 2
Laurent Guidarelli 1981 GM 2014 0 0
Gilles Guidici 1967 IN THE 2007 0 0
Fabien Guilleux 1990 IN THE 2011 0 0
Aldo Haïk 1952 IN THE 1977 2 0
Adina-Maria Hamdouchi 1979 WGM 2003 0 0 Romania (until 2010)
Hicham Hamdouchi 1972 GM 1994 1 0 Morocco (until 2009, since 2016)
Arnaud Hauchard 1971 GM 2000 0 0
Cécile Haussernot 1998 WIM 2017 0 0
Gilles Hervet 1966 SIM 2003 0 0
David Housieaux 1983 IN THE 2008 0 0
Claude Hugot 1929-1978 1 0
Borya Ider 1994 IN THE 2014 0 0 Mongolia (until 2007)
Andrei Istrățescu 1975 GM 1994 0 0 Romania (until 2011, since 2017)
Dawid Janowski 1868-1927 0 0 2776 Russian Empire
Christophe Jaulneau 1966 SIM 2006 0 0
Gabriel Javelle 1918 IN THE 1971 0 0
Sébastien Joie 1987 IN THE 2015 0 0
Jean-François Jolly 1986 IN THE 2011 0 0
Victor Kahn 1889-1971 1 0 Russian Empire
Yannick Kambrath 1997 IN THE 2018 0 0
Ishmael Karim 1985 IN THE 2008 0 0 Morocco (since 2003)
Jean-Philippe Karr 1976 IN THE 2001 0 0
Isabelle Kientzler-Guerlain 1972 0 1
Lionel Kieseritzky 1806-1853 0 0 2734 Russian Empire (until 1839)
Jean-Réne Koch 1970 IN THE 1989 0 0
Anthony costs 1958 GM 1990 0 0 England (until 2002)
Bachar Kouatly 1958 GM 1989 1 0 Lebanon (until 1983)
Maxime Lagarde 1994 GM 2013 1 0
Roza Lallemand 1961-2008 WGM 2000 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992–1998)
Guillaume Lamard 1997 IN THE 2020 0 0
Charles Lamoureux 1967 IN THE 1994 0 0
Vladimir Lazarev 1964 GM 2000 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992–2007)
Joël Lautier 1973 GM 1990 2 0
Jean-Pierre Le Roux 1982 GM 2010 0 0
Julia Lebel-Arias 1946 WIM 1985 0 3 Argentina (until 1982), Monaco (since 2002)
Pierre LeBled IN THE 2005 0 0
Jean-Olivier Leconte 1968 FM 2007 SIM 2002 0 0
Maria Leconte 1970 WGM 2002 0 1 Soviet Union (until 1991), Ukraine (1992–1997)
Michel Lecroq GM 1997 0 0
Josiane Legendre 0 1
Nikolay Legky 1955 GM 1994 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1991), Ukraine (1992–2010)
Ludovic Lejarre 1976 IN THE 2008 0 0
Alain Lelievre SIM 1999 0 0
Claude Lemoine 1932 1 0
Christophe Léotard 1966 GM 2000 0 0
Claude LePage IN THE 2013 0 0
Benoît Lepelletier 1978 IN THE 1995 0 0
Patrice Lerch 1977 IN THE 2014 0 0
Didier Leroy 1977 IN THE 2001 0 0
Marc Leski 1961 IN THE 1986 0 0
Jean-Claude Letzelter 1940 FM 1986 3 0
Damir Levacic 1959 IN THE 1990 0 0 Monaco (since 2013)
Fabien Libiszewski 1984 GM 2009 0 0
Quentin Loiseau 1995 IN THE 2013 0 0
Germaine Long 0 1
Sébastien Luce 1963 IN THE 1990 0 0
Mircea-Sergiu Lupu 1962 GM 1985 0 0 Romania (until 1999)
Smaranda Lupu 1967 WIM 1987 0 0 Romania (until 1999)
Jacques Maclès 1945 FM 1983 1 0
Nino Maisuradze 1982 WGM 2009 0 2 Georgia (until 2008)
Thierry Manouck 1957 IN THE 1984 0 0
Cyril Marcelin 1979 GM 1998 0 0
David Marciano 1969 GM 1998 0 0 Monaco (since 2014)
Claire Martel 1945 LIM 1982 0 0
Marina Martsynovskaya 1973 WIM 2003 0 0
Cyril Marzolo 1978 IN THE 1999 0 0
Michaël Massoni 1992 IN THE 2013 0 0
Marc'Andria Maurizzi 2007 IN THE 2019 0 0
Sébastien Mazé 1984 GM 2007 0 0
Guy Mazzoni 1929-2002 2 0
Manuel Ménétrier 1968 GM 2002 0 0
Étienne human 1969 IN THE 2004 0 0
Milinka Merlini 1929-1996 0 5 Yugoslavia (until 1972)
Xavier Merrheim 1968 IN THE 2014 0 0
Claude Miclot 1934 IN THE 1986 0 0
Sophie Milliet 1983 IN THE 2009 0 6th
Gilles Mirallès 1966 GM 1997 2 0
Anne Moingt 1974 WIM 2001 0 0
Charles Monroy 1984 IN THE 2010 0 0
Jules Moussard 1995 GM 2016 0 0
André Muffang 1897-1989 IN THE 1951 1 0
Jerome Muller SIM 2003 0 0
Jean-Baptiste Mullon 1978 IN THE 2009 0 0
Maurice Muneret 1945-2016 SIM 2005 0 0
Jacob Murey 1941 GM 1987 IN THE 1970 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1977), Israel (1978–1986, since 1995)
Igor-Alexandre Nataf 1978 GM 1998 IN THE 2010 0 0
Andreea-Cristiana Navrotescu 1996 WIM 2016 0 0
Catalin Navrotescu 1967 IN THE 1991 0 0 Romania (until 2013)
Jean Netzer 1987 IN THE 2007 0 0
Mustapha Nezar 1976 IN THE 2008 0 0
Chi Minh Nguyen 1976 IN THE 2007 0 0
Malina Nicoara 1969 WIM 1997 0 1 Romania (until 1992)
Vladimir Okhotnik 1950 GM 2011 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992), Ukraine (1993–2006)
Jean-Christophe Olivier 1965 IN THE 2001 0 0
Philippe Pansier SIM 2006 0 0
Louise Pape 0 1
Arnaud Payen 1972 IN THE 1998 0 0
Laurent Pecot 1964 SIM 2002 0 0
Mikael Pellen 1962 SIM 2013 0 0
Michel Pellisseri 1961 IN THE 2006 0 0
Eneida Pérez 1964 WFM 2003 0 0 Dominican Republic (since 2002)
Pierre Petitcunot 1980 IN THE 2015 0 0
Christophe Philippe 1974 IN THE 2003 0 0
Guillaume Philippe 1999 IN THE 2020 0 0
Romain Picard 1982 IN THE 2011 0 0
Xavier Pichelin SIM 2014 0 0
Richard Pile 1987 IN THE 2014 0 0
Davoud Pira 1960 IN THE 1998 0 0
Jacques Planté 1924-1989 1 0
Eric Prié 1962 GM 1995 1 0
Bożena Pytel 1945 WIM 1974 0 0 Poland (until 1990)
Krzysztof Pytel 1945 IN THE 1975 0 0 Poland (until 1980)
Marthe Raimondi LIM 1997 0 0
Arnaud Rainfray 1983 IN THE 2004 0 0
Maurice Raizman 1905-1974 6th 0
Francesco Rambaldi 1999 GM 2015 0 0 Italy (since 2010)
Éloi Relange 1976 GM 1998 0 0
Georges Renaud 1893-1975 1 0
Olivier Renet 1964 GM 1990 0 0
Jean-Noël Reef 1981 GM 2014 0 0
Jules Arnous de Rivière 1830-1905 0 0 2563
Alain Rogemont 1955 IN THE 1998 0 0
Pierre Rolland 1926-1967 1 0
Celine Roos 1953 WIM 1985 0 0 Canada (until approx. 1988)
Daniel Roos 1959 IN THE 1982 0 0
Jacqueline Roos 1930-2016 IN THE 2010 0 0
Jean-Luc Roos 1955 IN THE 1994 0 0
Louis Roos 1957 IN THE 1982 1 0
Michel Roos 1932-2002 1 0
Samuel Rosenthal 1837-1902 0 0 2655 Russian Empire
Kevin Roser 1979 IN THE 2008 0 0
Nicolas Rossolimo 1910-1975 GM 1953 1 0 United States
David Roubaud GM 2014 0 0
Marina Roumegous 1964 WIM 1996 0 0 Yugoslavia (until 1998)
Eric Ruch SIM 2002 0 0
Monique Ruck-Petit 1942 0 1
Anda Šafranska 1960 WGM 1999 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1991), Latvia (1992–2010)
François Sage SIM 2013 0 0
Pierre Saint-Amant 1800-1872 0 0 2603
Yann Salaün 1968 IN THE 2001 0 0
Marc Santo Roman 1960 GM 1996 3 0
Evgueny Savostianoff IN THE 2013 0 0
Andrei Schschekachev 1972 GM 1996 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992–2007)
Paulette Schwartzmann 1894-1953 0 3 Russian Empire (until 1918), Soviet Union (until 1932), Argentina (from 1939 at the earliest, from 1948 at the latest)
Victoria Schweitzer 1959 WIM 2004 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1991), Ukraine (1992–2003)
Almira Scripcenco 1976 IN THE 1998 0 6th Soviet Union (until 1991), Moldova (1992–2002)
Marie Sebag 1986 GM 2008 0 2
Alexei Seleznyov 1888-1967 0 0 2619 Russian Empire (until 1918), Soviet Union (until 1942)
Didier Sellos 1957 IN THE 1983 0 0
Jean-Luc Seret 1951 IN THE 1982 4th 0
Guillaume Sermier 1978 IN THE 2003 0 0 Switzerland (since 2009)
Robert Serradimigni GM 2009 0 0
Mehrshad Sharif 1952 IN THE 1975 0 0 Iran (until 1984)
Kamran Shirazi 1952 IN THE 1978 0 0 Iran (until 1983), United States (1984–2006)
Samy Shoker 1987 GM 2014 0 0 Egypt (since 2009)
Raphaëlle Siebrecht 1976 0 1
Chantal Chaudé de Silans 1919-2001 HWGM 1990 0 1
Olivier Simon 1980 IN THE 2006 0 0
Stanislaus Sittenfeld 1865-1902 0 0 2612
Christophe Sochacki 1994 IN THE 2011 0 0
Andreï Sokolov 1963 GM 1984 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992–2000)
Julien Song 1993 IN THE 2013 0 0
Boris Spassky 1937 GM 1955 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1982), Russia (since 2013)
Christophe Spitz 1966 GM 2007 0 0
Patrick Spitz 1963 SIM 2002 0 0
Stéphane Standaert 1976 IN THE 2014 0 0
Kazimierz Steczkowski 1947 IN THE 1984 0 0 Poland (until 1986 or 1987)
Victor Stéphan 1991 IN THE 2019 0 0
Madalina Stroe 1968 WIM 1992 0 0 Romania (until 1994)
Savielly Tartakower 1887-1956 GM 1950 1 0 Austria-Hungary , Poland
Jean pigeon house 1850-1919 0 0 2597 Russian Empire
Kevin Terrieux 1985 IN THE 2008 0 0
André Thiellement 1906-1976 2 0
Patrick Thirion 1966 SIM 2012 0 0
Laurent Tinture 1963 SIM 2014 0 0
Hugo Tirard 1977 IN THE 1999 0 0
Vladislav Tkachiev 1973 GM 1995 2 0 Kazakhstan (until 1997)
Miodrag Todorčević 1940 GM 1989 1 0 Yugoslavia (1978–1988, 1989–2003), Monaco (1988), Spain (since 2003)
Philippe Tombette 1952 SIM 2003 0 0
Olivier Touzane 1973 IN THE 1995 0 0
Loïc Travadon 2002 IN THE 2019 0 0
Nicolas Tripoteau 1983 IN THE 2010 0 0
Olivier Troffiguer 1958 IN THE 2000 0 0
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1990 GM 2005 3 0
Volodia Vaisman 1937 IN THE 1975 0 0 Romania (until 1986)
Manuel Valles 1990 IN THE 2014 0 0
Guillaume Vallin 1981 IN THE 2000 0 0
François Vareille 1966 IN THE 1996 0 0
Vazeille 0 2
Paul Velten 1993 GM 2018 0 0
Patrice Verdier 1962 FM 1997 IN THE 1996 0 0
Clovis Vernay 1989 IN THE 2008 0 0
Dominique Viard 1956 SIM 2002 0 0
Adolphe Viaud 1914-2010 IN THE 1983 0 0
Pierre Villegas 1992 IN THE 2018 0 0 Monaco (since 2010)
Alain Villeneuve 1945 IN THE 1988 0 0
Serge Vinot 1958 SIM 2001 0 0
Colomban Vitoux 1985 IN THE 2009 0 0
Anatole Vlachos 2002 IN THE 2020 0 0 Greece (since 2015)
Claude Wagner 1967 IN THE 1998 0 0
Anatoli Waisser 1949 GM 1985 1 0 Soviet Union (until 1991)
Pierre Weirich IN THE 2001 0 0
Anthony Wirig 1983 GM 2011 0 0
Friederike Wohlers-Armas 1962 WIM 1994 0 0 Federal Republic of Germany (until 1990)
Eugène Znosko-Borovsky 1884-1954 0 0 2613 Russian Empire (until 1918)

See also

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alexander Alekhine won the Russian and Soviet Russian individual championships once.
  2. ↑ Suat Atalık won the Turkish individual championship three times.
  3. ↑ In correspondence chess Stephen Boyd continues to play for the Canadian Federation.
  4. ↑ Melissa Broudin has also had the LGM title since 2013.
  5. ^ Mathilde Chung won the Monegasque women's championship once.
  6. ↑ Silvia Collas has also had the WGM title since 1998.
  7. ↑ Josif Dorfman also won the Soviet individual championship once.
  8. ↑ Pauline Guichard has also had the WGM title since 2011.
  9. ↑ Hicham Hamdouchi also won the Moroccan individual championship eleven times.
  10. ↑ Andrei Istrățescu won the Romanian individual championship twice.
  11. ↑ Dawid Janowski won the German individual championship once.
  12. ↑ Lionel Kieseritzky was born in the Russian Empire, according to the Julian calendar that was in effect there at the time, his birthday was in 1805.
  13. ↑ Julia Lebel-Arias also won the Argentine women's championship four times.
  14. ↑ Maria Leconte also won the Ukrainian women's championship once.
  15. ↑ Sophie Milliet has also had the WGM title since 2004.
  16. ↑ Eneida Pérez won the Dominican Republic women's championship seven times.
  17. ↑ Bożena Pytel won the Polish women's championship once.
  18. ↑ Krzysztof Pytel won the Polish individual championship twice.
  19. ↑ Jacqueline Roos also held the LGM title since 2001.
  20. ↑ Monique Ruck-Petit also won the Swiss women's championship once.
  21. ↑ Anda Šafranska has won the Latvian women's individual championship four or five times since the country gained independence.
  22. ↑ Paulette Schwartzmann also won the Argentinian women's championship four times.
  23. ↑ Almira Scripcenco has also had the WGM title since 1995.
  24. ↑ Marie Sebag has also had the WGM title since 2003.
  25. ↑ Mershad Sharif won the Iranian individual championship six times.
  26. ↑ Kamran Shirazi won the Iranian individual championship once.
  27. ↑ Andreï Sokolov once won the Soviet individual championship.
  28. ↑ Boris Spassky won the Soviet individual championship twice.
  29. ↑ Savielly Tartakower also won the Polish individual championship twice.
  30. ↑ Vladislav Tkachiev also won at least once the Kazakh individual championship.
  31. ↑ Pierre Villegas won the Monegasque individual championship once.