Hall Of Fame - 23: Akiba Rubinstein
Akiba Rubinstein was one of the world's best players in the early 20th century and leaves behing an impressive legacy of...
Hall Of Fame - 25: David Bronstein
David Bronstein is best known for tying the 1951 World Championship match against Botvinnik, while also giving the chess...
Hall Of Fame - 26: Adolf Anderssen
Anderssen won two big tournaments in 1851 and 1862, as well as giving the world the "Immortal Game".
Hall Of Fame - 28: Louis Charles Mahe de la Bourdonnais
The French master was considered to be the strongest player in the world in the early 1800s.
Hall Of Fame - 29: Bent Larsen
The Great Dane makes the Top 30. Another Great Dane explains why.
Hall Of Fame - 30: Samuel Reshevsky
Reshevsky was a contender for the World Championship from the mid-1930s to the mid-60s.
Hall Of Fame - 31: Efim Bogoljubov
Another veteran, who played two World Championship matches.
Hall Of Fame - 32: Reuben Fine
He did just fine in 1938.
Hall Of Fame - 33: Levon Aronian
The Armenian Superstar requires no introduction
Hall Of Fame - 34: Siegbert Tarrasch
Dr. Tarrasch was maybe the world's best player in the 1890s.
Hall Of Fame - 35: Vasyl Ivanchuk
Widely considered a chess genius, Ivanchuk enters the list.
Hall Of Fame - 36: Carl Schlechter
Schlechter was the first player to seriously challenge Lasker in a World Championship match.
Hall Of Fame - 37: Harry Pillsbury
Harry Nelson Pillsbury only had a brief career, but his highs were incredibly high.
Hall Of Fame - 38: Efim Geller
An amazing tournamemnt player, Geller never got to a World Championship match, but had + scores against the likes of Fischer,...
Chess Hall Of Fame - 39: Boris Gelfand
Gelfand came close to the World Championship title in 2012, when he lost to Vishy Anand by the smallest of margins.
Chess Hall Of Fame - 40:Mikhail Chigorin
"The Founder of the Soviet School of Chess"
Chess Hall Of Fame - 50: Aron Nimzowitsch
Aron Nimzowitsch is best known for his book 'My System'. But does he belong here as a player?
Chess Hall Of Fame - 49: Sergey Karjakin
Sergey Karjakin held Magnus Carlsen to a 6-6 tie in classical games in their World Championship match.
Chess Hall Of Fame - 48: Lajos Portisch
Hungary's Lajos Portisch had a long and distinguished career.
Chess Hall Of Fame - 47: Lev Polugaevsky
Lev Polugaevsky is a representative of an incredibly strong generation of Soviet players. Never in a title match, but very...
Chess Hall Of Fame - 46: Gata Kamsky
Gata Kamsky emerges as a prodigy in the 1990s, takes time off from chess from 1996-2004, but returns in 2004 and goes on...
Chess Hall Of Fame - 45: Geza Maroczy
Maroczy was born in 1870 and was one of the leading players of his time. Enough?
Chess Hall Of Fame - 44: Peter Leko
After becoming the youngest grandmaster in the world in 1994, Peter Leko played a World Championship match against Vladimir...
Chess Hall Of Fame - 43: Szymon Winawer
Winawer is one of the premier players a looong time ago. Where does that rank him?
Chess Hall Of Fame - 42: Miguel Najdorf
Miguel Najdorf was one of the world's best players in the 1940s and 1950s.