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Chess
strategy board game
80 entities
2 domains
Human
79Garry Kasparov
Person
Russian chess grandmaster and activist
Bobby Fischer
Person
American chess player (1943–2008)
Magnus Carlsen
Person
Norwegian chess player (born 1990)
Viswanathan Anand
Person
Indian chess grandmaster
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
Person
member of the British royal family and Duchess of Sussex since 2018
Marcel Duchamp
Person
French painter, sculptor, and chess player (1887–1968)
Anatoly Karpov
Person
Russian chess player
José Raúl Capablanca
Person
Cuban chess player (1888-1942)
Emanuel Lasker
Person
Greman chess player, World Chess champion (1868–1941)
Alexander Alekhine
Person
Russian-French chess player (1892–1946)
Boris Spassky
Person
Russian chess player (1937–2025)
Mikhail Botvinnik
Person
Soviet chess player
Mikhail Tal
Person
Soviet-Latvian chess player (1936-1992)
Lucrezia Borgia
Person
Spanish-Italian duchess-consort of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio (1480-1519)
Max Euwe
Person
Dutch chess player and mathematician
Tigran Petrosian
Person
Soviet Armenian Grandmaster and World Chess Champion
Vladimir Kramnik
Person
Russian chess grandmaster
Wilhelm Steinitz
Person
Austrian-American chess player (1836–1900)
Judit Polgár
Person
Hungarian chess player
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Person
Queen consort of France; Queen consort of England; suo jure Duchess of Aquitaine; patroness
Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma
Person
Empress Consort of the French from 1810 to 1814 and Monarch of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla from 1814 to 1847
Gukesh D
Person
Indian chess grandmaster
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
Person
Grand Duchess of Russia (1901–1918); fourth child and youngest daughter of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Veselin Topalov
Person
Bulgarian chess grandmaster
Paul Morphy
Person
US chess player (1837–1884)
Sergey Karjakin
Person
Russian chess player
Ding Liren
Person
Chinese grandmaster and former World Chess Champion
Vasily Smyslov
Person
Soviet chess grandmaster (1921–2010)
Nona Gaprindashvili
Person
Soviet chess player
Hikaru Nakamura
Person
American chess player
Siegbert Tarrasch
Person
German chess player, chess writer, and chess theoretician (1862–1934)
Anne of Brittany
Person
Duchess of Brittany and twice Queen of France (1477-1514)
Fabiano Caruana
Person
Italian-American chess player
Susan Polgar
Person
Hungarian chess player (born 1969)
Viktor Korchnoi
Person
Soviet-Swiss chess grandmaster
Paul Keres
Person
Estonian chess player and sportsperson (1916–1975)
Sarah Ferguson
Person
British writer, charity patron, public speaker, film producer and television personality, and former Duchess of York
Ian Nepomniachtchi
Person
Russian chess player
Levon Aronian
Person
Armenian-American chess player
Ruslan Ponomariov
Person
Ukrainian chess player
Mary of Burgundy
Person
duchess of Burgundy and wife of emperor Maximilian I (1457-1482)
François-André Danican Philidor
Person
French composer and chess player (1726-1795)
Hou Yifan
Person
Chinese chess player
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia
Person
Grand Duchess of Russia (1899–1918); third daughter of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Alexandra Kosteniuk
Person
Russian and Swiss chess player
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia
Person
Grand Duchess of Russia (1895–1918); eldest child of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Adolf Anderssen
Person
German chess champion, after Paul Morphy (1858-1860), second unofficial world chess champion (1851-1858, 1860-1865, 1867-1871), chess publicist
Alexander Khalifman
Person
Russian chess player
Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland
Person
youngest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden
Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Person
Uzbekistani chess player
Maia Chiburdanidze
Person
Georgian chess grandmaster
Anna Muzychuk
Person
Ukrainian chess player
Princess Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland
Person
daughter of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia
Person
Grand Duchess of Russia (1897–1918); second daughter of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Vasyl Ivanchuk
Person
Ukrainian chess player
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Person
Azerbaijani chess player
Aaron Nimzovich
Person
Latvian-born Danish chess player and theoretician (1886-1935)
Koneru Humpy
Person
Indian chess player
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg
Person
wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1868–1914)
Ju Wenjun
Person
Chinese chess player
Vera Menchik
Person
Czech chess player (1906–1944)
David Bronstein
Person
Soviet chess grandmaster
Praggnanandhaa
Person
Indian chess player
Teimour Radjabov
Person
Azerbaijani chess player
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
Person
Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine from 1877 to 1878
Mikhail Chigorin
Person
Russian chess player
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Person
English aristocrat, prolific writer, and scientist
Peter Leko
Person
Hungarian chess player
Nigel Short
Person
English chess player and writer
Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant
Person
heir apparent to the Belgian throne
Bent Larsen
Person
Danish chess grandmaster and author (1935–2010)
Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh
Person
British Royal, wife of Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh
Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
Person
Grand Duchess of Luxembourg from 1919 to 1964
Antoaneta Stefanova
Person
Bulgarian chess player
Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine
Person
Grand Duchess of Russia (1864–1918)
Alexander Grischuk
Person
Russian chess player
Efim Bogoljubov
Person
Russian chess player (1889–1952)
Anna Jagiellon
Person
Queen regnant of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania
Savielly Tartakower
Person
Polish and French chess player (1887–1956)