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WikiProject Chess

Welcome to WikiProject Chess! This WikiProject is to improve information on articles related to chess (including all chess games, e.g. xiangqi, shogi, chaturanga or Indian chess). This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and/or see the list below. Feel free to join this WikiProject by adding your name to the list.

Chess articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	Bottom	???	Total
Quality	FA	0	3	0	1	1	0	5
	A	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
	GA	10	5	6	15	6	0	42
	B	14	30	38	43	9	4	138
	C	22	102	129	281	17	13	564
	Start	0	79	522	1,816	54	53	2,524
	Stub	0	11	212	3,970	26	56	4,275
	FL	0	1	1	1	0	0	3
	List	2	2	22	105	4	5	140
	Redirect	0	0	13	91	0	0	104
	???	0	0	0	0	0	21	21
	Total	48	233	944	6,324	117	152	7,818

Looking for something to do? Feel free to help out with any of the tasks below:

One of the goals of WikiProject Chess is the uniform presentation of chess related articles. For this aim, a couple of templates have been created. See Category:Chess templates for a full list; the most useful ones are explained below.

According to the Wikimedia commons, the current "standard" for Chess diagrams on Wikipedia is the chess diagram template. See Template:Chess_diagram for the template and Template_talk:Chess_diagram for instructions on how to use it. While diagrams have used a Wikipedia-specific format, with Lua support the {{Chess diagram}} code in the English Wikipedia now supports FEN directly.

Here is how a chess diagram looks in the Wikipedia source:

{{Chess diagram|align=tright|fen=r3r1k1/pp3pbp/1Bp1b1p1/8/2BP4/Q1n2N2/P4PPP/3R1K1R b - - 0 18|footer=Describe position here}}

Which will look like this:

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h
8									8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h

Describe position here

A template has been created to display an infobox for chess players. See Template:Infobox_chess_player for an example and instructions on how to use it. The easy way to use it is copy an existing similar one.

A 'Infobox chess player' is already found on many pages like Mikhail Chigorin, Mikhail Botvinnik for dead people and for a living person Susan Polgar, Anatoly Karpov, etc. Where no photo of the player is available, Hans Berliner is a good example.

For external links, Template:fide for the FIDE rating card and Template:chessgames player for the link to the player's page at ChessGames.com are available. Other sites such as 365chess.com may be entered manually. The following are some of the external links that may be used for a player profile, using Viswanathan Anand as an example:

 * {{fide|id=5000017|name=Viswanathan Anand}}
 * {{Chessgames player|12088|Viswanathan Anand}}
 * [http://www.365chess.com/players/Viswanathan_Anand Viswanathan Anand] chess games at 365Chess.com
 * [http://www.olimpbase.org/players/mw0k8ogi.html Viswanathan Anand] team chess record at OlimpBase.org
 * [http://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/player/Anand,%20Viswanathan.html Viswanathan Anand] FIDE rating history, 1984-2001 at OlimpBase.org
 * [http://www.benoni.de/schach/elo/elohis.html?id=5000017 Viswanathan Anand] FIDE rating history at benoni.de
 * [http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/PlayerProfile.asp?Params=199510SSSSS3S003424000000111000000000001310100 Viswanathan Anand] at [[Chessmetrics]]
 * [http://main.uschess.org/msa/MbrDtlMain.php?12465315 Viswanathan Anand] USCF profile

will be displayed as

• Viswanathan Anand rating card at FIDE
• Viswanathan Anand player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Viswanathan Anand chess games at 365Chess.com
• Viswanathan Anand team chess record at OlimpBase.org
• Viswanathan Anand FIDE rating history, 1984-2001 at OlimpBase.org
• Viswanathan Anand FIDE rating history at benoni.de
• Viswanathan Anand at Chessmetrics
• Viswanathan Anand USCF profile

There are perhaps still 1000 chess players to do, and it looks like there will be more than enough to do for quite some time. A full list of chess players is found here, although a shorter list like List of chess grandmasters might be more interesting to work through.

A template has been created to display an infobox for chess openings. See Template:Infobox chess opening for an example and instructions on how to use it. For a list of chess openings see List of chess openings and List_of_chess_topics#Opening_articles.

The template Template:Chess Barnstar has been created to be awarded to Wikipedians who have accomplished something great for the coverage of chess on Wikipedia.

• A list of most wanted articles, based on a redlink count in chess articles can be found at Wikipedia:CHESS/Most_Wanted.

• A stencil for creating chess player articles can be found here.

• Strong players who don't have articles, e.g. Jorge Sammour-Hasbun. See also List of chess grandmasters – over 500 grandmasters lack articles on the English Wikipedia although many have Wikipedia articles in other languages.

• Leading women players – see List of female chess players for current lists of women with the Grandmaster title or the International Master title; recent additions to these lists may not already have articles.

• Other important women players present and past – many are World Championship candidates, multiple national champions, etc. – for example, Vera Obermuller.

• We need an article on (dedicated) chess computers. Only the article on computer chess briefly mentions them, but the topic definitely deserves to have its own article (history, most important brands, etc.). There is a lot to say here. A good collection of links can be found at www.chesscomputers.org.

• Chess World Cup 1982, held in Hamburg and televised. Tournament book (in German) here.

• The Grandmasters Association or 'GMA' was a forerunner of the Professional Chess Association and Association of Chess Professionals, and the organising body of the 1988–1989 World Cup events. The Exec. Director was Lubomir Kavalek. The history of PCA and GMA can be found here.

• Chess magazines: List of chess periodicals has many red links:
  American Chess Journal | Baltische Schachblaetter | Brüderschaft Deutsches Wochenschach | Chess Express | Columbia Chess Chronicle | Computerschach und Spiele | Der Schachfreund | Le Courrier des Échecs | L'Italia Scacchistica | Messaggero Scacchi | Northwest Chess | Panorama Szachowa | Peón de rey | Probleemblad | Schaak Magazine | Schach [de] | Schach-Magazin 64 | StrateGems | Schweizerische Schachzeitung | Tidsskrift for Skak | The London Chess Fortnightly | The Philidorian | Torre & Cavallo Scacco!.

• Years in chess (see Category:Chess by year) before 1987 which don't have articles like 1985 in chess, 1984 in chess, etc.

• Chess articles found on other language Wikis which could be translated into English.

• Richard Eales. A noted chess historian, he wrote Chess: The History of a Game (1985) and has been Head of History of Kent in Canterbury. Gaige says he is Richard Geoffrey Eales born in 1949. Tied for second in the 1970 British Championship, played for England. Olimpbase has in in the 1976 European Men's Chess Club Cup and the Richard G Eales page on chessgames.com has more details.

• Student World Team Chess Championship (aka Student Olympiad) had 22 editions from 1954 to 1977.[1] We might be able to cover the brief history of the poorly conceived U26 Team Championship and the even briefer history of the U20 Team Championship on the same page. http://www.olimpbase.org has some information.

• Several articles related to chess composition, such as:
  • Problem (chess magazine), started in 1951 by Nenad Petrović it was official journal of FIDE-PCCC(Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions)
  • World Congress of Chess Composition, first one was held in Piran in 1958., since then organized yearly;
  • Codex of Chess Composition or Codex for Chess Composition, first one was introduced at 1958 World Congress of Chess Composition; it is a set of rules concerning "problem chess" (for composition, solving, publication); one of the foundations of chess composition
  • Theme (chess), e.g., 100$ theme, Oudot theme - themes in helpmates.
  • Phoenix task (chess composition) - one of the task classes in composition chess

• Need help on a well organized List of chess organizations, see current draft: List of chess organizations
• An article on the 2025 season of the Global Chess League like Global Chess League 2024

Articles listed here are added manually and may not include all articles up for deletion. See #Article alerts for an automated list.

The following chess-related articles are currently marked as orphans:

They should be linked from other articles or their notability should be questioned (e.g. considered for deletion).

A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.

• All stubs in Category:Chess stubs, such as Outpost (chess) or Romantic chess
• All articles in Category:Chess articles needing expert attention

• The articles on the various tournament systems and tie-breaking systems, we have a bit of information, see Category:Chess tournament systems, but most articles in that category need serious revision. For instance Scheveningen system is a stub (it for instance mentions that it is a popular way to create title norm opportunities, which is true, but needs a cite.

• A lot of the Chess Olympiads (see Category:Chess Olympiads) are stubs, a lot of work left there!.

• Elo rating system needs work - a lot of unreferenced material, may be OR or POV.

Today (March 12, 2008) someone tagged a section of it with "O.R." and added a lot of "fact" tags.

• Top importance articles that require much work. Chess strategy, Chess tactics, Queen (chess), Rook (chess), King (chess), A.D Philidor, Boris Spassky

• High importance articles that require much work. Queen's Gambit, World Chess Championship 2010, Gambit, Timeline of chess, Interzonal

• Chess title and FIDE title link back to each other and appear to contain some crossover/duplication. Would these be better combined into one article? Also, both articles focus on performance based titles while 'International Arbiter' and 'International Organizer' titles appear to have been ignored, even though they are both Chess and FIDE titles. Another point to consider is the presence of Russian Federation grandmaster titles that are sometimes described as more prestigious than the FIDE equivalent - these may need some coverage.
• Chess database could be improved and expanded, with more sources added
• Global Chess League, there is a lot of info to get into this stub: Event origins, event organization, teams, results, commentators, purse, etc. Please help.
• Draft:Faustino Oro, young Argentine player

Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of chess people

Leading (deceased) players still missing a photo include, in no particular order: |Baruch Wood | Hans Berliner

Some important (deceased) players need improved photos, even though they may have one already, for example Aivars Gipslis | Alexander Konstantinopolsky | Lajos Steiner.

In terms of living players, the copyright laws are more stringent, nevertheless good quality images are sought of masters.

See the Talk page (December 2007) for more information on how these photos may possibly be obtained. This page has a lot of photos, but they all seem to be small (100 pixels wide).

Others: Play-by-mail game.

NEW. The YouTube channel Gibraltar International Chess Festival has hundreds of Creative Commons–licensed interview videos, which may be of very good quality. Unfortunately, most of them seem to be poorly lit.

Some articles are frequently overtaken by events, and need to be kept up to date. Examples include List of chess grandmasters, FIDE world rankings, and articles about active "super-GMs" including Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian, Fabiano Caruana, Vishwanathan Anand, Ding Liren, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Hikaru Nakamura and Alexander Grischuk.

• Most of the new chess related articles will show up here: User:AlexNewArtBot/ChessSearchResult.

An assortment of useful tools created by Philcha

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Chess/Tools

• The names of pieces (king, queen, rook, etc.) are not capitalized (except when the first word of a sentence).
• The words "white" and "black" are capitalized only when they are used as substitutes for player names, e.g. "... captured White's rook" and "the black queen ...".
• Following our sources, chess opening names are capitalized as proper nouns, e.g., "King's Gambit", "Nimzo-Indian Defence", and "Dragon Variation".
• In quotations, the capitalization used in the source is followed, even if different from the above conventions.

When describing moves, use short form English algebraic notation, and include Template:Algebraic notation. Thus, only the destination square is indicated, not the original square except for disambiguation purposes, e.g. Kf1, not Kg1-f1. Castling is indicated by 0-0 or 0-0-0, not O-O or O-O-O. Captures are indicated by the letter "x" rather than a multiplication sign ("×") or other indicator such as a colon (":"). Pawn captures include the "x" sign and name the destination square even in cases where there is no ambiguity, e.g. exd5 rather than exd or ed. Checks are indicated by "+" (plus sign), and checkmates by "#" (hash sign). There are no symbols specifically for discovered check or double check; simply use "+" for these. Promotions are indicated by "=" (equals sign), e.g. h8=Q. Be cautious with the use of chess annotation symbols (e.g. !, ?, ??), or any other editorial comment on a move. If challenged, an annotation needs a source, or else it may be removed.

Chess games with little or no commentary may be formatted as a dense block, PGN style. In the case when there is significant commentary (such as in Immortal Game), moves are written in boldface, and the annotations/commentary are most usually started in a separate indented paragraph for readability. The leads of openings articles have commentary outdented and moves indented (as in King's Gambit, McDonnell Gambit), and occasionally an article uses this formatting as well (e.g. Ruy Lopez, Noah's Ark Trap). An article with massive annotations/commentary (such as Kasparov versus the World) is best presented without any indenting. Due to accessibility concerns, it is recommended to use description list formatting to keep the HTML output clean.

For match or tournament scores, follow the formatting conventions at the Chess scoring article, using a minus sign (−; −) instead of hyphens or dashes (see MOS:MINUS), except for "A–B" format scores, which use an unspaced en dash (see MOS:ENBETWEEN).

Use ½ to denote the scoring for a drawn game, rather than .5, 0.5, 1/2, 1⁄2, or ⁠1/2⁠. The first of these is generally used in print books and magazines. MOS:FRAC generally discourages the use of "precomposed fractions" such as this one, but makes an exception for articles in which ½ is the only fraction used, such as most chess articles.

Only opening names that are in common use and have been published in reliable sources (e.g. Modern Chess Openings) should be used on Wikipedia. In naming chess openings and variations, particularly obscure ones, beware of using "internet names". The internet has seen the introduction of a plethora of non-traditional opening names on self-published websites which are not normally used in chess literature, and the websites often copy each other in using them. For the more obscure or unconventional openings, some of which have acquired multiple names, a reliable source for the name should be provided. Addition of "meme openings" to articles is discouraged.

Published FIDE ratings are given priority and may be included in a player's Infobox. Exceptionally, if a FIDE rating is unavailable, then a national federation's rating (e.g. USCF) may be used. Unofficial live chess ratings, such as those published by the site 2700chess.com and unofficial historical ratings such as those published by the sites chessmetrics.com and edochess.ca are considered self-published and should not be included in a player's Infobox. They are not normally mentioned in articles, as this is potentially undue weight.

Articles on chess players should meet the general notability guideline (GNG) of significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. That said, achievements of a chess player that make them likely to meet the GNG standard include:

1. Has been awarded the title of Grandmaster (GM).
2. Has participated in a World Chess Championship, Women's World Chess Championship or Chess World Cup.
3. Has won a national or continental championship or women's championship.
4. Has earned a team or individual medal at a Chess Olympiad or Women's Chess Olympiad.
5. Has written one or more notable books on the game
6. Has significantly contributed to the development of chess in their country
7. Has made a significant contribution to chess theory
8. Has coached a high level chess player

Failure to meet these criteria does not mean an article must be deleted; conversely, meeting any of these criteria does not mean that an article must be kept. The article should provide reliable sources showing that the subject meets the general notability guideline or other topic-specific notability guidelines. This section is intended as a rough guide to notability, and has little weight in deletion discussions.

Analysis by a chess engine is original research and cannot be used on Wikipedia. This includes engine analysis generated by posting games or positions on sites such as lichess.org.

In general, a move's merits should be described in human terms. For example, write "White has an advantage due to the lead in development and weak black d-pawn", not "Stockfish evaluates this position at +1.2". Engine evaluations do not represent the absolute truth, only one engine's assessment of a position on a particular piece of hardware with particular settings after analysing a particular number of nodes. However, if a reliable source refers to engine analysis, this can be used.

Chess literature has traditionally used the masculine third person pronoun when referring to an impersonal or hypothetical player, e.g. "Black should play ...d5 to free his king's bishop." This style of writing is increasingly considered dated. Editors are encouraged to consider alternatives to simply substituting they/their/them or she/her/her where he/his/him occur, however, as this tends to distract attention from the point being made. For example, the passive voice or constructions like "free the king's bishop" can be used instead.

Placing medal tables in a chess player's infobox (or even just adding a medal table alone) is discouraged. It would be a form of original research as it would use Wikipedia's editorial voice to elevate medals to a level of undue importance in Wikipedia that they don't have in the real world. Although chess players who win medals value them, credentials and other criteria for judging a player's success and strength tend to run to FIDE title, ratings, championships won, etc.

Using medals from the Chess Olympiad illustrates somes flaws this approach:

• A team medal earned in a team event may not reflect the player's performance. For example, if he fell sick and only played one game, he still gets the medal.
• A board prize earned in a team event may have been earned by facing a weak field. For example, Thai Dai Van Nguyen won an individual gold medal for second board in the 45th Chess Olympiad where out of ten opponents, only one was rated higher than 2600.

Medal tables can also be bloated which could lead to a subpar viewing experience especially when viewing on a mobile phone.

Finally most of the strongest tournaments do not award medals at all.

A better alternative is creating a "notable tournaments won" section or summary in the article's body to highlight a player's achievements. Examples of this include Vasyl Ivanchuk#Notable tournament victories and Alexander Alekhine#Summary of results in competitions. The regular table format allows inclusion of a lot more information and in a format that is easier to understand. Placing a potentially large table near the end of an article is much better than putting it at the top and before the article body.

As with all wikipedia articles, self-published sources are generally considered unreliable. Print sources are generally considered reliable, but certain authors such as Eric Schiller and Raymond Keene have a reputation for unreliability. Among the best online sources are Edward Winter and The Week in Chess.

• When creating a new chess article, please add {{WikiProject Chess|class= |importance= }} to its talk page. The class and importance can be filled in or left blank. Also please add it to the index of chess articles.
• When moving/renaming a chess article, please make the change in the index of chess articles also. This is so that changes to the article under the new name will show up under "related changes" to the index article. (The exact title of the article has to be on that page for it to show up that way.)
• When creating an article about a player, there are a number of related player lists. Consider whether the article should be added to any of them. These include:
  • Wikipedia:WikiProject Chess/Index of chess articles
  • List of female chess players
  • List of female chess grandmasters
  • List of chess players
  • List of amateur chess players

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This is a list of Wikipedians who are active in WikiProject Chess. If you’re interested in helping, feel free to join by adding your name to the list below, in alphabetical order. If you wish, leave a comment about your special interests in this project and five tildes.

Once you have joined, you may also add the Show membership userbox to your userpage as explained above.

1. Quote Veteran (talk · contribs) Somewhat veteran chess player.
2. 9ninety (talk · contribs) I enjoy playing chess and am fairly good at it, and I love spectating, analysing and following chess events and games. 9ninety (talk) 09:45, 25 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
3. Craffael.09 (talk · contribs)
4. 11achitturi (talk · contribs)
5. A3811 (talk · contribs)
6. Abhishek.5678 (talk · contribs) I have major contributions in pages related to World Championship cycle and other strong tournaments in 2025.
7. Abhishikt (talk · contribs)
8. Adnan.jsr (talk · contribs)I'm a active chess player who is interested mostly in Chess Openings and it's variation and also love to improvise in it.
9. Adpete (talk · contribs) I mainly contribute to the chess history articles. 01:04, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
10. Alan Islas (talk · contribs)
11. Alexcalamaro (talk · contribs) 12 May, 2023
12. Allenjambalaya (talk · contribs) I'm a newbie Wikipedian who happens to be a retired chess player.15:11, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
13. Andreas Kaufmann (talk · contribs) 06:52, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
14. Andrejj (talk · contribs) 2009
15. Arbitrarily0 (talk · contribs) 19 August, 2008
16. Artichoker (talk · contribs) I'm interested in chess traps and openings. 00:22, 10 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
17. Arunram (talk · contribs) Interested in Chess topics. Currently contribute to India content and GM pages. Created Wikibook Indian Chess players.
18. Astrophobe (talk) 21:35, 28 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
19. ATM622 (talk · contribs)
20. Awesome Aasim (talk · contribs) Why not? Chess is fun. Aasim (talk) 15:43, 9 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
21. Awesome Days (talk · contribs)
22. Ayyydoc (talk · contribs) jazz bassist who also loves chess. i also love opening preparation and the science behind computer chess.
23. Billbrock (talk · contribs) Some years ago, I rewrote several sections of Bobby Fischer. Happy to help with rewrites. Billbrock (talk) 03:13, 3 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
24. BIONICLE233 (talk · contribs) 18:29, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
25. Bobbylon (talk · contribs) OTB player (FIDE), coach, arbiter. Interested in History of chess, Chess statistics and lists, Mathematics in Chess. 21:47, 17 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
26. Zenomemo (talk · contribs) I'm interested in chess traps and openings.Zenomemo (talk) 18:41, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
27. Brittle_heaven (talk · contribs) 11:31, 12 August 2007
28. Bruce leverett (talk · contribs) 15:04, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
29. Bubba73 (talk · contribs) Might as well join. 05:43, 23 July 2006 (UTC) I've been playing since 1966. I have over 200 chess books, the bulk of which are on the endgame. I edit mostly endgames, rules, and chess terms. I am a USCF local-level tournament director. 05:33, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
30. burritok (talk · contribs) 13:50, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
31. CaptainMorgan (talk · contribs) It appears I was once on this project, as my personal page shows a userbox that hasn't been edited since the year 2009. :) Well, I'm back. Cheers 10:37, 7 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
32. Carcharoth (talk · contribs) - club chess player, with interest in chess history. 12:30, 24 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
33. CatcherStorm (talk · contribs) - Started chess in 2013, began playing rated in 2016. Current USCF rating is 794/P21 at the time of joining this WikiProject. It is my goal to reach 1500 by the summer of 2017. CatcherStorm ^talk 17:33, 24 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
34. CeviLevita (talk · contribs) - Tournament player, enjoy following tournaments and chess history. 18:57, 27 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
35. Chessedit (talk · contribs)
36. ChessPlayerLev (talk · contribs) USCF-rated chess expert, former chess coach, and very interested in chess history and classical players.
37. Chessrat (talk · contribs) - I often update chess-related articles; FIDE rating ~2000. 16:30, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
38. Chillowack (talk · contribs) - chess expert and enthusiast
39. Chr.K. (talk · contribs) Among thoughts for other innovations for the project, believe a table for chess games can be created, one much more easeful on the eye than the current system. 01:25, 29 July 2007.
40. Cobblet (talk · contribs)
41. CommonCuppa (talk · contribs) rated about 1800, with a general desire to see chess articles improve, mostly with minor edits. 29 November, 2023
42. crapat2hu (talk · contribs)
43. Crazyjonyjon465 (talk · contribs) Semi-active player online and OTB, ELO ~1000 - I've been covering the games for the 2023 World Championship, so I may as well join this project and find other things to contribute to. 01:16, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
44. Dancing Dollar (talk · contribs) I'm currently a candidate master in chess and want to help. 07:51, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
45. DaQuirin (talk · contribs) I am not too active on the English site, but I am willing to contribute in the field of chess history. 09:47, 29 July 2008
46. Dawkin Verbier (talk · contribs)
47. DENAMAX (talk · contribs)
48. Dev Darshan T. K. (talk · contribs) Fairly good chess player (1100+ FIDE) and chess follower
49. DocFido (talk · contribs) I'm a chess player18:59, 26 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
50. Double sharp (talk · contribs) Sometimes. Mostly chess variants and fairy chess pieces. 13:09, 24 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
51. DrZukhar (talk · contribs) I am not that strong at chess, but I do enjoy staring at the players.
52. DShafer (talk · contribs) - I've been playing chess on and off more or less serious for 63 years, having learned at the ripe old age of 5. One-time rated club player now resurrecting deeper interest in semi-retirement. 12:05, 2 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
53. Eagleash (talk · contribs) Only play online for 'amusement' nowadays. 23:52, 4 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
54. Edderiofer (talk · contribs) I'm a problemist (by which I mean I primarily have interest in the niche subcategory of chess compositions). 11:26, 25 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
55. Einliterflasche (talk · contribs) I like chess. At the moment ~900 rating on Chess.com
56. Epicgenius (talk · contribs) 18:40, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
57. Ernstblumberg (talk · contribs) 23:01, 25 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
58. Erukx (talk · contribs) Chess openings expert and chess history buff
59. Faithlessthewonderboy (talk · contribs) I'd like to create/contribute to articles concerning little known or obscure chess players. My favorite player is Tal. 02:10, 29 August 2007
60. Fedmonger (talk · contribs) I've loved chess ever since I learned it at 3, playing against my mum and brother constantly. Hoping to assist in spreading the influence and influx the people and rules to teach more and inform of chess itself, as a surprising amount of people don't know how to play. Thanks for reading, hope it made sense! 21:54 15 January 2026
61. FinalForm (talk · contribs)
62. Florence Hansen (talk · contribs) Just a person who likes to play Chess.
63. Francois-Pier (talk · contribs)
64. Frank Niro (talk · contribs) President of Chess Journalists of America
65. fuzzyhair2 (talk · contribs) I am a geek. A bold thinker. 08:38, 1 April 2009 (UTC)games/positions on the Wikipedia page. 05:29, 23 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
66. Geekpotato24 (talk · contribs) I am an active player on lichess and chess.com, I like chess variants. 15:29, 15 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
67. Greenman (talk · contribs)
68. Goodlucksil (¿Need something?)
69. GrouchyDan (talk · contribs) I'm an aging patzer of the 1600 ELO type; I usually make only spelling, grammar and usage edits.
70. Guy Macon (talk · contribs) 00:01 March 2012 Toy engineer hoping to make handheld LCD chess toys stronger and more human-like.
71. HadesTTW (talk · contribs) Not a great player but I enjoy watching super-GM tournaments and women's events.
72. Handthrown (talk · contribs)
73. Hannu-san (talk · contribs) (talk) 17:20, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
74. HelloThereMinions ^t 00:51, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
75. H elokeinu h 1 (talk · contribs)
76. Hopscotch27 (talk · contribs)
77. Hushpuckena (talk · contribs) Retired USCF master, though I remain interested in the history of the game and its players. Have done some copy editing (used to write for a chess magazine), and would like to see general state of articles on chess in Wikipedia improve. Hushpuckena (talk) 09:29, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
78. infiniti4 (talk · contribs), I am an average club player and am interested in mostly computer chess.
79. Ioannes Pragensis (talk · contribs) 09:26, 4 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
80. Jack234567 (talk · contribs) Mainly interested in endgames, tablebases and computer chess
81. Jarmihi_GOCE (talk) 19:00, 18 November 2015 (UTC) I am good at organizing and standardizing content; I work as a copy editor and I enjoy working with and creating systems.[reply]
82. Jayesh07 (talk · contribs)
83. J-E-N-O-V-A (talk · contribs) 20:17 4th October 2014 (BST) I'd like to produce animated gif's to accompany the algebraic notation on chess articles describing move-sequences. If you know of software that can help me produce these images it'd be much appreciated.
84. Jollyjalopy (talk · contribs) I used to play competitively but now I just love monster chess and blitz.
85. Jordanyubin (talk · contribs) I am always happy to help.
86. J S Ayer (talk · contribs) Dilettante; I have just created an article for Courier Chess and rewritten the history section of bishop (chess) and have struggled with History of Chess and rewrote Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa and do a good deal of copy-editing.
87. Jkmaskell (talk · contribs) 12 July 2014
88. kieranian2001 (talk · contribs) interested in helping Kieranian2001 (talk) 13:13, 24 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
89. Kika.txt (talk · contribs) I update some players' pages with event results 06:19, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
90. Kingturtle (talk · contribs)
91. Kiril Simeonovski (talk · contribs) I can do a lot in editing variations in the chess theory. 12:55, 3 October 2008
92. kittyclassified (talk · contribs) I'm interested in chess. 27 September 2021
93. Knucmo2 (talk · contribs) 17 January 2021
94. KonstantinaG07 (talk · contribs)
95. KoRoBeNiKi (talk · contribs) I mostly edit online chess sites as well as online biographies, such as updating ratings and the related. In terms of ratings, I am around a 1850 in over the board standard and around 2050 in blitz. My FIDE blitz is around 2040. My usernames on sites are CabassoG on both Chess.com and Lichess. --KoRoBeNiKi SSBWiki Rollback Moderator and chess specialist 16:57, 25 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
96. Kpddg (talk)
97. Krakatoa (talk · contribs) I'm a USCF master at over-the-board chess and a USCF Senior Master at correspondence chess. I also have a lot of chess books. 17:46, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
98. Lordseriouspig (talk · contribs)
99. Malinaccier (talk · contribs) 18:52, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
100. Maxipups Mamsipupsovich (talk · contribs) Only acquainted with chess for a year and a bit at the time of writing, but boy has it been one chess-packed year. Interested in most things chess. Current rating: 1900/2100 (chess.com Rapid/Lichess Blitz) but constantly improving. e4 or death. Maxipups Mamsipupsovich (talk) 13:34, 23 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
101. Mark Chung (talk · contribs) 02:12, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
102. Markworthen (talk · contribs) Mark D Worthen PsyD (talk) [he/his/him] 17:15, 14 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
103. MarkZusab (talk · contribs)
104. Matthew_Yeager (talk · contribs) I'm able to help with some programmatic aspects as well. I'm working on a universal Game Board rendering script right now, and I've completed rendering FEN from a board position. Please post to my usertalk with any suggestions.
105. Matthewrbowker (talk · contribs) Enthusiastic amateur.
106. Mauropetrolo (talk · contribs) 10:54, 14 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
107. MaxBrowne (talk · contribs) Interested in chess history and theory. March 2013
108. Mia Mahey (talk · contribs) 23:41, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
109. Mibelz (talk · contribs) I am interested in History of Chess, especially the period 1850-1950. 19:06, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
110. Michael riber jorgensen (talk · contribs) Articles on tournament chess, mainly World Ch'ships. Joined January 2012.
111. Michael james campbell (talk · contribs) Have a Glicko rating of around 1250-1309 like to edit opening articles.
112. ModaShoe (talk · contribs) Rating of around 1000-1200 FIDE
113. MrsHudson (talk · contribs) 23 November 2008
114. Muhammad Areez (talk · contribs) I am a chess player who is determined to become the youngest World Chess Champion.
115. Neb.st (talk · contribs)
116. Nicoguaro (talk · contribs)
117. NovaSkola (talk · contribs) 15:55, 03 May 2009 (GMT)
118. Nannadeem (talk · contribs)
119. OilyDoily (talk · contribs) I'm new to chess and newer to wiki, I'm most interested in chess history and helping to improve stubs and starts:)
120. Padfather (talk · contribs)
121. Path slopu (talk · contribs)11:01, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
122. Pawnkingthree (talk · contribs) Interested in biographies and the history of the world championship.
123. PeskyGnat (talk · contribs) My main interest is openings, I have a small library of books. 21:48, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
124. Piranhamaster (talk · contribs) Interested in deep theory and little known chess players
125. Programmingchess (talk · contribs) Professional Chess Engine Programmer, amateur 2000 level player
126. Quale (talk · contribs) 06:41, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
127. Qwaiiplayer (talk) 18:29, 23 June 2021 (UTC) mostly focused on keeping the pages of high profile streamers under control[reply]
128. Qwertyxp2000 (talk · contribs) Qwertyxp2000 (talk)
129. Randompersonaddingrobotstuff (talk) 04:18, 20 November 2024 (UTC) hi i like chess[reply]
130. RaptorChief (talk) 05:46, 1 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
131. Rhododendrites (talk · contribs) - hoping to find time to make contributions to some of the openings and variants pages, but feel free to leave messages if you're looking for help with a particular article/topic/project. --Rhododendrites (talk) 21:51, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
132. Roller26 (talk · contribs)
133. Rtewqq (talk · contribs) I've been playing chess for a really long time. I love to play, but don't always have time too. 00:25, 9 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
134. Ruziklan (talk · contribs) chess composition (problems, themes, composers, terminology...) 17:56, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
135. Scholarus (talk · contribs) I'm an experienced chess player; I could expand articles on opening theory and tactics, for example. 04:13, 16 December 2006
136. ScottM84 (talk · contribs) 04:48, 2 January 2009
137. Shu Pu'er (talk · contribs) 1. d4 chess player, currently expanding articles on various 1. d4 openings. 10:16, 18 April 2023
138. Sirmouse (talk · contribs) 17:07, 27 November 2013
139. Sjakkalle (talk · contribs) 06:06, 29 March 2005.
140. Skynnyrr (talk · contribs) I've had an interest in playing since childhood, though I probably read more chess theory than I actually play. 01:35, 25 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
141. Sophia91 (talk · contribs) 23:50, 12 August 2015
142. soulbust (talk · contribs) Soulbust (talk) 12:54, 27 December 2012 (UTC) I am new to chess, but am in my school's chess club and wish to excel at it.[reply]
143. Sourov0000 (talk · contribs) I am a professional level chess player and like to analyze every move of chess. I can expand articles about tactics, formations and defense.
144. SpuriousQ (talk · contribs) 15:40, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
145. StephanQz (talk · contribs) 2:52, 3 April 2013 (CEST)
146. Steveg922 (talk · contribs) 13:02, 22 August 2013 (UTC) Active chess player for 15 years and avid follower of high level chess[reply]
147. Strawberry4Ever (talk · contribs) 20:19, 12 January 2016 (UTC) I'm a tournament director/arbiter and also have a fairly extensive chess library.[reply]
148. StudiesWorld (talk · contribs) 22:11, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
149. Tazerdadog (talk · contribs) Chess fan and woodpusher Tazerdadog (talk) 05:23, 18 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
150. The Gnome (talk · contribs)
151. The Optimistic One (talk · contribs)
152. The Master of Hedgehogs (talk · contribs)
153. TheQ_Editor (talk · contribs)
154. TL The Legend (talk · contribs) I'm not the best chess player, but I have an immense knowledge of openings and chess variations. 18:13, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
155. Tommy Kronkvist (talk · contribs) I used to be a Swedish club player; my merits include losing big-time to the (then) reigning Swedish Champions in the late 1980s and early 1990s... :-) Nowadays I'm not playing in a club, even though I still play a lot of chess. I'm mostly interested in chess history and hypermodern chess openings, such as the Réti Opening and Pirc Defence, and will try to contribute in those areas. 08:37, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
156. U+003F (talk · contribs) 08:53, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
157. UltraSonja (talk · contribs) Club chess player with an interest in PGNs.
158. Usedtobecool (talk · contribs) Avid follower of tournaments (might get to related articles in time to update them), also might create articles on players/events I find don't have one. 07:35, 17 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
159. Vikas chess (talk · contribs) I am a chess player with rating 2077.
160. VodkaJazz (talk · contribs) 5 November 2006
161. Volten0001 (talk · contribs) 00:47, 26 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
162. Voorlandt (talk · contribs) 00:16, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
163. WHPratt (talk · contribs) 15:47, I am an awful player, but I have studied the game and its history for decades. 24 May 2009 (UTC)
164. Wiae (talk · contribs) I'm an avid recreational player, and I'm mostly interested in keeping chess articles up to date. 20:00, 2 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
165. WilliamJE (talk · contribs) 14:19, 25 April 2012 (UTC), I'm rated expert in correspondence chess. Very knowledgeable about chess history from the 50's to the 80's[reply]
166. Yeti007 (talk · contribs) 20:18, 21 August 2015 (UTC) I follow current grandmaster chess tournaments and want to help update tournament results quickly.[reply]
167. ZeroOne (talk · contribs) 15:55, 26 March 2005
168. Destroyeraa (talk · contribs)Destroyeraa (talk) 01:33, 13 May 2020 (UTC) I am an avid chess players and I am good at expanding stub articles. I am interested in the different openings.[reply]
169. Ján Kepler (talk · contribs) I am a chess player, so I can help.--Ján Kepler (talk) 15:51, 21 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
170. Iloveguppy (talk · contribs) 11:35, 27th January 2021 (UTC) I am strong advanced chess player. I am interested in the chess history and chess openings and techniques. In terms of ratings I play mostly on chess.com and have a 1800+ rapid rating, 1700+ blitz rating and 1750+ bullet rating, although o sometimes play on lichess for blitz and bullet time controls and I am around 1900 for bullet and 2100 for Blitz.
171. JulieMinkai (talk · contribs) I love chess, even though I'm not very good at it. The chess section of WP seemed more or less drama-free, so I decided to join! 22:16, 2 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
172. Coolheights23 (talk · contribs) Rated 1550 bullet/blitz and 1800 rapid. Still learning and trying to get better. 6:48, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
173. Zpro1408 (talk · contribs) 00:12:08, 30 September 2022 (UTC) [reply]
174. Jishiboka1 (talk · contribs) I am 1250 but know a lot of stuff about openings and stuff. Jishiboka1 (talk) 00:42, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
175. Mr.Alpha7 (talk · contribs) I am a bit over 1000-rated on chess, but have been studying and want to help this game go on into the world even farther. 1:22, October 14 2024
176. 48JCL (talk • contribs) 20:44, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
177. EoEmery (talk) 08:32, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
178. Reverosie (talk · contribs) Very new to chess, but hoping to learn more about it with Wikipedia + connect with stronger players
179. Robal1991 (talk · contribs) 12:21, 16 January 2026

• 7 April 2002: Chess was listed as "Brilliant Prose", the former version of "Featured Article".
• 30 December 2003: the WikiProject Chess was launched.
• 5 October 2007: the WikiProject Chess reaches 2,000 articles with the article George Botterill.
• 12 April 2008: the WikiProject Chess reaches 2,500 articles with the article Ariah Mohiliver.
• 30 September 2008: Rules of chess became the 10th article to reach a high level of quality (either FA-class, A-class or GA-class; see Wikipedia:WikiProject Chess/Reviewed articles).
• 25 January 2009: the WikiProject Chess reaches 3,000 articles with the article Vienna 1908 chess tournament.

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  Samuel Reshevsky versus the World

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  Atomic capture
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  Benjamin Franklin 1767
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  Hou Yifan (29762728494) (cropped)
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  Joseph Siffrein Duplessis - Benjamin Franklin - Google Art Project
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  Knight's tour anim 2
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  Samuel Reshevsky versus the World

Biographies of living people in chess articles that lack references can be seen here:

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Chess/Unreferenced BLPs

Articles for deletion

• 10 Apr 2026 – Chessgames.com (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Awesome Aasim (t · c); see discussion (5 participants; relisted)

Good article reassessments

• 26 Mar 2026 – Stanley Kubrick (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion

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• 18 Apr 2026 – Berlin Defence (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence by Cobblet (t · c); see discussion

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• 01 Jun 2020 – Computer Olympiad (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Grutness (t · c); see discussion

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• 16 Mar 2026 – Draft:Move ordering (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by RightYiZheng (t · c)
• 03 Mar 2026 – Draft:Cours Molière (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by ParisEduHistory (t · c)
• 14 Apr 2026 – Draft:Campeonato Nacional de Ajedrez por Equipos de Honduras 2025 (Blitz y Rápidas) (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Rotideypoc41352 (t · c) was declined by Greenman (t · c) on 17 Apr 2026

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