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I removed some names from the list of "famous" chess players because these names do not have any special significance in the history of chess (or in some cases, not yet, since some of the players are still active GM's). There are literally hundreds of Grandmasters, many of them rated above 2600; just a strong rating should not qualify them in this list. Also, some of the entries were just ridiculous.
Hello! I added a few players (a couple of US and Canadian champions, and Irving Chernev :), but I was wondering how the country associated with each player was being standardized. Place of birth? Country they played for/in regularly? For example, Chessbase's database apppears to use the country they played for/in. Also, having read the previous, I have to agree with Camembert - why not include all the players you can? If you want to impose criteria (like titled players only?) or split the pages, that's something to do in the future, isn't it? -- Khamsin 05:53, 18 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Is Shirov a Spanish citizen now? ChessPlayer 01:09, 15 May 2004 (UTC)
I hadn't noticed the inconsistent wikilinking until the bot-assisted change of a link halfway through. Currently, most of the country names aren't wikilinked, but a few are. The consistent policies would be: (1) link each country the first time it appears; or (2) don't link any of them. I favor #2 because anyone wanting more information about a player's origin will click on the link to that player's article, rather than go to the country article to look at its flag or whatever. JamesMLane 04:01, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Is there a good reason for listing notable female players separately? When the page was created [1] there were only fourteen names in total (including four women). Now that the male list has expanded so much, it looks a bit odd to have the two sections; on the other hand, I can see that it's important to recognise "women in chess" in some way. I'd like to merge the lists, but I'm not sure how best to avoid information loss - how should the female entries be marked, if at all? Perhaps it's worth creating Women in chess to cover the topic directly, and just list players here without any special marking. Thanks in advance for comments. --AlexG 21:20, 16 Jul 2004 (UTC)
The word notable can be interpreted in many different ways. Surely we should have a concrete definition for who qualifies? Ludraman 14:20, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
I removed Richard Urwand (Egypt, France, 1914–2006) without prejudice against putting him back in if someone can demonstrate he was a notable chess player. Richard Urwand is a redlink, a google search was unproductive except for wikipedia mirrors, no Urwand games are found at http://chessgames.com, and there are no Urwand games in my Fritz/Chessbase database. 71.82.170.150 06:33, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
I would suggest to add external links for red-linked names (like I did for Abram Rabinovich), according to wikipedia:Verifiability policies. `'mikka (t) 16:07, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
There is a discussion on correctness of original names usage. I suggest to look at solid sources on chess. One of the best is http://www.olimpbase.org/ (see, http://www.olimpbase.org/statistics/all_id01.html). Mibelz 9:35, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
Should we create a separate section for women chess players? I think we should because they compete in women-only tournaments, and have a women's world champion, so it is a relevant distinction - but I'd like some approval (even silent approval) so that if I do it, nobody will object. Shalom Hello 05:10, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
I would like to continue to point out my objection to listing Edgar Allan Poe as an "avid" player of chess. I am very well aware of his essay on Maelzel's Chess Player (in fact, I wrote a fair amount of the article on it) but I have yet to find evidence that Poe himself was a player, let alone an "avid" one. It's like suggesting that Oscar Wilde was an accomplished painter because he wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray. Even the description on this list says, "The people in this list are famous in other areas of activity, but are known to have played chess or maintain a current interest in chess." So, someone needs to provide a source that shows he played chess or maintained an interest in chess. Frankly, Poe's inclusion on this page lies somewhere between misleading and absolutely incorrect. I suggest his name be removed (again) until a source is found that shows real evidence beyond conjecture. Please consider reading WP:V in particular if you want to make a case for Poe. --Midnightdreary 01:18, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
Shouldn't this be renamed as "List of known Chess players"? Permafry42 (talk) 00:38, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
What's the deal on the five or six Armenian players plunked miserably into the External References section? It's a visual eyesore and a conceptual non sequitur. Well, it seems more than obvious that they don't belong there. Should they be in the main list of chess players? I know virtually nothing about chess or its players. Would someone knowledgeable please figure out what to do with said Armenians, and act accordingly -- move, delete, whatever? Toddcs (talk) 21:32, 15 September 2009 (UTC) And on closer inspection it looks like those same guys were shoved mercilessly into a couple of other places on the page, too. Call it vandalism or ignorance, it's an ugly sight. Help! Toddcs (talk) 21:49, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
This seems to be trivial, unsourced, original research & unsustainable in its current state. It's effectively meaningless due to the overly broad criteria applied... I've placed a tag, and was tempted remove it entirely. Is this an essential part of the list for some category or Wikipedia infrastructure. If not, I Support removing it... thoughts? Boogerpatrol (talk) 15:21, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
Can the name Sultan Kahn be added if it hasn't been already? Briaboru (talk) 05:12, 14 April 2024 (UTC)