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List of Jewish chess players

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File:Judit The Look Polgar.jpg
Judit Polgar
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Mikhail Tal 1961
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Mikhail Botvinnik
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Emanuel Lasker
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Wilhelm Steinitz
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Siegbert Tarrasch
File:Aron Nimzowitsch.jpg
Aron Nimzowitsch
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Akiba Rubinstein
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Viktor Korchnoi
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Savielly Tartakower
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Boris Gelfand

Jewish players and theoreticians have long been involved in the game of chess and have significantly contributed to the development of chess, which has been described as the "Jewish National game".

Although Jews make up less than 0.2% of the world's population, of the first 13 undisputed world champions, over 50% were Jewish, including the first two. The Modern school of chess espoused by Wilhelm Steinitz and Siegbert Tarrasch; the Hypermodernism influenced by Aron Nimzowitsch and Richard Réti; and the Soviet Chess School promoted by Mikhail Botvinnik were all strongly influenced by Jewish players. Other influential Jewish chess theoreticians, writers and players include Zukertort, Tartakower, Lasker, Rubinstein, Breyer, Spielmann, Reshevsky, Fine, Bronstein, Najdorf, Tal, Fischer, and Polgár.[1][2][3] Professor Arpad Elo, the inventor of the scientific rating system employed by FIDE, analysed some 476 major tournament players from the nineteenth century onward, and of the fifty-one highest ranked players, approximately one-half were Jewish.[4] One of the strongest ever players was the half Jewish Garry Kasparov, who was world No. 1 from 1985 until his retirement in 2005; however Kasparov has described himself as a "self-appointed Christian"[5] preferring to follow his mother's faith. The strongest female chess player in history by far is the Jewish Judit Polgár.[6] There is currently a strong Jewish presence among the world's best players.[citation needed] Currently, the world number six, Levon Aronian from Armenia, is half-Jewish. Beersheba in Israel is the city with the most chess grandmasters per capita in the world.[7] Israel has also won one silver and one bronze medal at Chess Olympiads.[8]

The topic of Jewish participation in chess is discussed extensively in academic and popular literature. One such book devoted to the topic is The Great Jewish Chess Champions by Harold U. Ribalow and Meir Z. Ribalow, Hippocrene Books, 1987, ISBN 0-87052-305-8 Search this book on .. Others include Chess, Jews, and history, by Victor Keats, 1994, Oxford Academia Publishers, ISBN 1-899237-00-3 Search this book on ., Chess Among the Jews: A Translation and Explanation of the Work of Moritz Steinschneider, by Victor Keats, 1995, ISBN 1-899237-02-X Search this book on ., Chess in Jewish history and Hebrew literature, by Victor Keats, 1995, Magnes Press, ISBN 965-223-915-1 Search this book on ., and Can I Play Chess on Shabbas, by Joe Bobker, 2008, ISBN 965-229-422-5 Search this book on .. See also Jewish chess masters on stamps, by Felix Berkovich and N. J. Divinsky, McFarland, 2000, ISBN 0-7864-0683-6 Search this book on .. H.G. Wells, himself a chessplayer, discusses the eminence of the Jewish race in chess, in his History of the World. The Museum of Jewish Heritage is developing a special gallery relating to Jews in sports and chess, which will recognize "major Jewish chess players such as Garry Kasparov, Mikhail Tal, and Judith Polgar".[9]

List

The list refers to chess players who are Jewish and have attained outstanding achievements in chess.

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Alexander Khalifman

See also

References

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  3. Berkovich, Felix (2000). Jewish Chess Masters on Stamps. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. pp. Chapter 5. Search this book on
  4. Elo, Arpad (1978). The Rating of Chess Players, Past and Present. New York: ARCO. Search this book on
  5. Garry Kasparov
  6. "World Top Chess players". FIDE. Archived from the original on 2022-01-01. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  7. Rabinowitz, Gavin (2005-01-30). "Beersheba Masters Kings, Knights, Pawns". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 30, 2005.
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  50. Hurst, Sarah (July 2003). Curse of Kirsan: Adventures in the Chess Underworld. ISBN 9781888690156. Retrieved June 4, 2010. Search this book on
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