U.S. Chess Hall of Fame

2023

William Shinkman

1847 - 1933 Read More

2023

Lisa Lane

1938 - Read More

2023

Yury Shulman

1975 - Read More

2022

John Watson

1951 - not deceased Read More

2022

James Tarjan

1952 - not deceased Read More

2022

Daniel Willard Fiske

1831 - 1904 Read More

2021

James Sherwin

1933 - Read More

2021

Frank Brady

1934 - Read More

2020

Dr. Jeanne Cairns Sinquefield

1946 - Read More

2020

Rex Sinquefield

1944 - Read More

2019

William Lombardy

1937 - 2017 Read More

2019

Susan Polgar

1969 - Read More

2019

Max Judd

1851 - 1906 Read More

2018

Bill Goichberg

1942 - Read More

2018

Alex Onischuk

1975 - Read More

2017

Edward Lasker

1885 - 1981 Read More

2016

Maurice Ashley

1966 - not deceased Read More

2016

Gata Kamsky

1974 - Read More

2015

Alexander Shabalov

1967 - not deceased Read More

2014

Jacqueline Piatigorsky

1911 - 2012 Read More

2014

Abraham Kupchik

1892 - 1970 Read More

2013

Gregory Kaidanov

1959 - not deceased Read More

2013

Mona May Karff

1912 - 1998 Read More

2012

Alex (Yermo) Yermolinsky

1958 - not deceased Read More

2011

Boris Gulko

1947 - not deceased Read More

2011

Andrew (Andy) Soltis

1947 - not deceased Read More

2010

Herman Steiner

1905 - 1955 Read More

2010

Diane Savereide

1954 - not deceased Read More

2010

Jackson W. Showalter

1859 - 1935 Read More

2009

John Fedorowicz

1958 - not deceased Read More

2009

Burt Hochberg

1933 - 2006 Read More

2008

Nick E. de Firmian

1957 - not deceased Read More

2008

Joel Benjamin

1964 - not deceased Read More

2008

Larry Christiansen

1956 - not deceased Read More

2007

Jeremy Gaige

1927 - 2011 Read More

2007

Irving Chernev

1900 - 1981 Read More

2006

Yasser Seirawan

1960 - not deceased Read More

2004

Anatoly Lein

1931 - 2018 Read More

2004

Leonid Shamkovich

1923 - 2005 Read More

2003

Donald Byrne

1930 - 1976 Read More

2003

Lev Alburt

1945 - not deceased Read More

2003

Walter Shawn Browne

1949 - 2015 Read More

2001

Lubomir Kavalek

1943 - 2021 Read More

2000

Edmar Mednis

1937 - 2002 Read More

1999

Benjamin Franklin

1706 - 1790 Read More

1998

Milan Vukcevich

1937 - 2003 Read More

1997

Kenneth Harkness

1898 - 1972 Read More

1996

Fred Reinfeld

1910 - 1964 Read More

1995

Edmund Broadley Edmondson, Jr.

1920 - 1982 Read More

1994

Robert E. Byrne

1928 - 2013 Read More

1994

Larry Melvyn Evans

1932 - 2010 Read More

1994

Arthur Bernard Bisguier

1929 - 2017 Read More

1993

Victor Palciauskas

1941 - not deceased Read More

1993

Pal Benko

1928 - 2019 Read More

1992

Arnold Sheldon Denker

1914 - 2005 Read More

1992

Gisela K. Gresser

1906 - 2000 Read More

1992

George Henry Mackenzie

1837 - 1891 Read More

1991

Arthur William Dake

1910 - 2000 Read More

1991

John (Jack) W. Collins

1912 - 2001 Read More

1990

Hans Berliner

1929 - 2017 Read More

1989

Al Horowitz

1907 - 1973 Read More

1988

Hermann Helms

1870 - 1963 Read More

1988

Arpad Emrick Elo

1903 - 1992 Read More

1987

Sam Loyd

1841 - 1911 Read More

1987

Wilhelm (William) Steinitz

1836 - 1900 Read More

1986

Frank J. Marshall

1877 - 1944 Read More

1986

Harry Nelson Pillsbury

1872 - 1906 Read More

1986

Robert (Bobby) James Fischer

1943 - 2008 Read More

1986

Reuben Fine

1914 - 1993 Read More

1986

Isaac Kashdan

1905 - 1985 Read More

1986

Samuel Herman Reshevsky

1911 - 1992 Read More

1986

Paul Charles Morphy

1837 - 1884 Read More

1986

George Koltanowski

1903 - 2000 Read More