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Also Known As Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen
Born November 30, 1990 (age 33) • Tønsberg • Norway
Viswanathan Anand
Viswanathan Anand
Indian chess player
Susan Polgar.
Susan Polgar
American chess player
Ding Liren
Ding Liren
Chinese chess player
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov
Soviet-born chess player
Bobby Fischer
Bobby Fischer
American-Icelandic chess player
Karpov, Anatoly Yevgenyevich
Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov
Russian chess player
Zhu Chen
Zhu Chen
Chinese chess player
Ludmilla Vladimirovna Rudenko
Ukrainian chess player
Stefanova, Antoaneta
Antoaneta Stefanova
Bulgarian chess player
Olga Nikolayevna Rubtsova
Russian chess player
Xu Yuhua
Chinese chess player
Hou Yifan.
Hou Yifan
Chinese chess player
Spassky, Boris
Boris Spassky
Russian chess player
Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik
Soviet chess player
Chess champions José Raúl Capablanca (left) and Emanuel Lasker.
Emanuel Lasker
German chess player
Viktor Korchnoi.
Viktor Korchnoi
Russian chess grandmaster
Mikhail Nekhemyevich Tal
Latvian chess player
Alekhine, Alexander
Alexander Alekhine
Russian-French chess player
Xie Jun
Chinese chess player
Steinitz, Wilhelm
Wilhelm Steinitz
Austrian chess player

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