New and updated (18 Mar. 2024)
** Players and events that are newly added since the previous update
* Players and events whose information or references have been revised since the previous update

Update notes  

Players

 * Adam (3)  
 * Adam, E.  
 * Adams, E.B. (2)  
** Akopian, A.G.  
 * Alles Monasterio, P.  
 * Altgauzen, A.  
 * Andersen, E.  
 * Andersen, L.T.  
** Arkdzhevsky  
 * Artlow  
 * Asbeck, S.A.E.  
 * Ashitkov  
** Atabekian, P.  
** Azbukin  
** Babin  
 * Baburin  
 * Bagdasarian, A.  
 * Bagdasarian, G.  
 * Baird, D.G.  
 * Bampton, S.W.  
 * Barcza, G.  
 * Barron, T.S.  
 * Barry, P.  
 * Batuev, A.M.  
 * Baturinsky, V.D.  
 * Baucher, H.  
 * Baum, E.V.  
** Beda  
 * Behnisch, M.O.G.  
 * Bellotti, L.  
 * Benner, G.J.  
 * Bensadon, R.  
** Berestovy  
 * Berger, I.  
 * Berger, J.N.  
 * Bergmann, W. (1)  
 * Bern  
** Bernath, J.  
 * Bernstein, J.  
 * Bernstein, L.  
 * Bernstein, N.  
 * Berthoud Daguerre, R.E.  
 * Beskrovny, M.S.  
** Bessudov  
 * Beynon, F.P.  
** Bickel, W.  
 * Bierwirth, A.H.  
** Biziukov  
 * Blake, C.W.  
 * Blakiston, R.  
 * Bogatirev, L.  
** Bogoiavlensky  
 * Bogoljubow, E.D.  
** Bohn  
 * Bolbochan, Ja.  
 * Bolster, T.  
 * Boness  
 * Book, E.E.  
 * Bourke, P.M.A.  
 * Boysan, M.  
 * Brinckmann, A.  
 * Brunohler, M.  
 * Budo, A.  
 * Burian, L.  
** Butaev, G.  
** Byrne, C.J.  
 * Candolin, A.E.  
 * Carver, E.A.  
 * Cass, A.C.  
 * Cassinelli, A.  
 * Ceccarini, F.  
 * Chajes, O.  
 * Champion, C.P.  
 * Chepurnov, A.A.  
** Cherniavsky  
 * Chibor  
 * Christensen, A.A.  
 * Cordel, O.  
** Cox, T.  
 * Creevey, J.C.  
 * Cruusberg, A.  
 * Csath, I.  
 * Czarnowski, H.I.  
 * Dafoe, W.J.  
 * Davison, A.T.  
 * Delmar, E. (1)  
 * Desler, A.  
 * Dobias, J.  
** Dobrusky, J.  
 * Donegan, A.W.  
 * Dornbach, J.  
 * Driver, P.B.  
 * Dubinin, P.V.  
 * Dubois, S.  
 * Duclos, E.P.  
 * Dufresne, G.  
 * Dunaev  
 * Dunst, T.A.  
 * Duras, O.  
 * Dusek (1)  
** Dzerovich  
 * Enequist, L.N.  
 * Enevoldsen, J.  
 * Engel (1)  
 * Erdesz, N.  
 * Ettlinger, A.K.  
 * Evladov  
 * Falkbeer, E.K.  
 * Fernandez, G.  
 * Fernandez, J.  
 * Ferrante, A.  
 * von Feyerfeil, E.  
** Fischer, F.L.  
 * Fish, M.  
 * Fisher, G.F.  
 * Flack, U.J.  
** Flatt, K.  
 * Foltys, J.  
 * Foltys, M.  
 * Frere, W.  
 * Freundlich, A.  
 * Frey, T.  
 * Fuchs (2)  
 * Fuderer, K.  
 * Fulop, J.E.  
 * Fuss, I.  
 * Fuster, G.  
 * Gaevsky, A.N.  
 * Galvin, B.St.J.  
 * Gavvi  
 * Gedalia, C.  
 * Geier, W.  
 * Geiman  
 * Gemzoe, J.E.W.  
 * Gereben, E.  
 * Gergenreder, V.F.  
 * Gerrard, J.T.  
 * Giustiniani  
 * Gize, A.  
 * Goerlich, R.S.  
 * Gohle, A.  
 * Goldberg, G.A.  
 * Goldstein, S. (1)  
 * Goloshchapov  
** Golubev (1)  
** Golubev (2)  
 * Gorfinkel, A.M.  
** von Gottschall, R.  
** Graessler, F.  
 * Green, Mat.  
 * Greenberg, J.  
 * Greenberg, S.  
** Grigera, R.  
** Grigoriev (1)  
 * Grimm, V.  
 * Gringaus  
 * Grommer, J.  
 * Grossman, N.  
 * Gunzberg, L.  
 * von Guretzky-Cornitz, B.G.N.  
 * Gygli, F.  
 * Habig, J.C.  
** Hacker, A.  
 * Haertel, W.  
 * Hage, P.  
 * Hago, M.D.  
 * Hallbauer, P.F.A.W.  
 * Hamermesh, M.  
 * Hamppe, C.  
 * Hanauer, M.L.  
 * Hanham, J.M.  
 * Hansen, V.  
 * Havasi, K.  
 * Heilimo, E.V.  
 * Heinicke, H.T.  
 * Hengstenberg, C.  
 * Henneberger, M.  
 * Henneberger, W.  
** Hennel, E.  
 * von Hennig, H.  
 * Henssler, K.  
 * Herrmann, H.  
 * Hicken, F.A.  
 * Hipp, F.A.  
 * Hirschbach, H.  
 * Hoing, K.  
 * Huntington, W.S.  
 * Hymes, C.  
 * Hymes, E.  
 * Hymes, M.  
 * Hymes, N.  
 * Ievers, H.  
 * Iglitsky, A.M.  
 * Iliesco, J.T.  
 * Ivanov (10)  
 * Jackson, J. (2)  
 * Jaffe, C.  
 * Jakab, A.  
 * Jasnogrodsky, N.  
 * Johner, H.L.  
 * Judd, Max  
 * Kaiev, L.A.  
** Kaiser, W.A.  
 * Kalmanok  
 * Kamenetsky, Y.E.  
 * Karapetian, B.  
 * Karapetian, V.  
 * Karchikian, O.  
 * Karjakin  
 * Karlin, O.  
 * Kasparian, G.M.  
 * Kaspersky, A.A.  
 * Katz, S.  
 * Keidanski, H.  
 * Keller, A.D.  
 * Kholodkevich, K.I.  
 * Kirillov, V.G.  
** Kiss, I.  
 * Klausen, V.  
 * Kleczynski, J. (1)  
 * Kliefoth, A.  
 * Knorre, V.  
** Knup, E.  
 * Koberl, F.  
 * Kockelkorn, K.  
 * Koehler, E.  
 * Koehler, G.H.  
 * Kogan, S.  
 * Kohtz, J.  
 * Kopaev, N.A.  
 * Koptev  
 * Korning, P.  
 * Kostiuk  
** Kovalevsky  
 * Kreymborg, A.F.  
 * Krogius, A.R.  
 * Krushinsky, I.K.  
 * Krygel  
** Kubala  
 * Kubbel, L.I.  
 * Kulev  
 * Kupchik, A.  
 * Kupidlovsky  
** Kurianov  
 * Kurishkin  
** Kuzmin  
 * Kuzminikh, E.F.  
** Kuznetsov, A.P.  
 * Kvicala, A. (1)  
 * Lange, Max  
 * Larsen, O.  
 * Laszlo, C.  
 * Lehmann, H.G.  
 * Lehner, H.F.  
 * de Lelie, A.  
 * Lequesne, E.L.  
** Lesiuk  
 * Levenstein, R.  
 * Lichtenscheidt, R.  
 * Lie, N.  
 * Liebenstein, H.  
 * Lillie, C.A.  
 * van der Linde, A.  
 * Lindroos, E.H.A.  
** Lisbaron, W.  
 * Liska, A.  
 * Lissner, J.  
 * Liublinsky, V.A.  
 * Loven, G.  
 * Lowcki, M.L.  
** Lukacs, D.  
 * MacLeod, D.R.  
 * Maczuski, A.L.  
** Magee, E.  
 * Magee, J.F.  
 * Maguire, E.S.  
 * Makogonov, M.A.  
** Makovsky, K.  
 * Mandryka  
 * Manevich, A.I.  
 * Manghi, F.A.C.  
 * Marach, I.  
 * Marder, A.  
** Margolin  
** Markarov, R.  
 * Marshall, F.J.  
** Mattsson, L.A.  
 * Meck, K.  
** Menikoks  
 * Menke  
 * Menkes, H.  
 * Meyer, Os.  
 * Michel, W. (2)  
 * Mieses, S.  
 * Minckwitz, J.  
 * Minikes  
** Mkrtchian, V.  
 * Mohyla  
 * Molchadsky  
** Moldavsky  
** Moliak  
 * Moncur, B.W.  
 * Morgan, M.  
 * Morris, W.G.  
 * Mortimer, J.  
** Mosiakov  
 * Muller, Ha.  
 * Muller, Osc.C.  
 * Nadler, F.C.  
 * Naglis, B.P.  
 * Nastiushonok, Y.  
** Natan  
 * Nazanian, A.  
 * Nedospasov  
 * Nemlicher, S.Y.  
 * Neumann, G.R.L.  
 * Newman, S. (2)  
 * Nielsen, B.  
 * Nielsen, H.  
 * Nielsen, Ju.  
 * Nitzel  
 * O'Hanlon, J.J.  
** Oganesian, L.  
** Ogloblin  
 * Ojeda, J.  
 * Oltetsian, R.  
 * Ordel, S.A.  
 * Paclt, J.  
** Palomaa, V.A.  
 * Panasiuk  
 * Panchenko, N.A.  
 * Paulsen, W.  
 * Pavlov-Pianov, N.M.  
** Pavlov, M.  
** Pedersen, Joh.  
 * Pedersen, Jor.  
 * Pendleton, W.  
 * Perry-Smith, O.  
 * Petersen, J. (1)  
 * Phillips, H.M.  
 * Piazzini, L.R.  
** Pici  
 * Picken, W.  
 * Pimenov, S.I.  
 * Piro, A.  
 * Pisarev  
 * Piskov  
 * Pitschel, E.  
 * Pitschel, K.  
 * Poisl, A.  
 * Poletaev  
** Poliachek  
 * Polland, D.S.  
** Popov (5)  
 * Popov, V.V.  
** Porter, A.  
 * Potucek, L.  
 * Poulsen, C.  
** Poulsen, K.  
 * Pulkkinen, V.  
 * Punchard, C.  
** Putzman, J.  
 * Rada, J.  
 * Radchenko  
 * Radugin, A.V.  
 * Raettig, C.E.  
** Ragaz, K.  
** Ragovich  
 * Rasmusson, B.A.  
 * Ratner, B.Y.  
 * Rau  
 * Ravinsky, G.I.  
 * Rebizzo, C.  
** Reiner, K.  
 * Reinfeld, F.  
 * Rekach  
 * Richman, J.  
 * de Riviere, J.A.  
 * Robertson, D.C.  
 * Robertson, E.A.  
 * Rocamora, S.R.  
 * Rodatz, H.  
 * Rodin  
 * Roething, O.  
 * Rohacek, I.V.  
 * Roizen  
** Romanov (3)  
 * Rosen, L.  
 * Rosenbaum, H.W.  
 * Rosenthal, J.C.  
 * Rosenthal, S.  
 * Rostokin  
 * Rovner, D.O.  
** Rozentul  
 * Rubinstein, Si.  
 * Rubinstein, So.  
 * Rudakovsky, I.I.  
** Rybak  
 * Ryneisky  
 * Sacconi, A.  
 * Salo, T.  
 * Sanderson, E.  
 * Santasiere, A.E.  
** Sarkisian, G.  
 * Schafer, M.  
** Schenker, W.  
 * Schlesinger, P.T.  
 * von Schmidt, E.A.  
 * Schmidt, L.  
 * Schmorl, A.  
 * Schnitzler, G.  
 * Schonmann, W.  
 * Schultz, W.H.  
 * Schurig, B.E.R.  
** Schwabbauer, E.  
 * Seitz, J.A.  
 * Seitz, P.A.  
** Semenkin  
** Shadrin, A.  
 * Shalaev, N.  
** Shchegolev  
 * Shchipunov, V.  
** Shevelman  
 * Shipley, W.P.  
 * Shneider  
 * Short, R.  
** Shostak  
 * Shvartz  
** Sidorenkov  
 * Silantiev  
 * Silberman, S.  
 * Silich, V.I.  
** Skepner  
** Slepukhov  
 * Smirka, R.  
 * Smirnov, A.A.  
 * Smyth, C.  
 * Sneltjes, F.D.  
 * Sokolov, G.A.  
 * Sokolsky, A.P.  
 * Solin, H.I.  
 * Sooky, L.  
 * Sorensen, E.C.  
 * Sorokin, N.T.  
 * Spencer, R.J.  
 * Spielmann, R.  
 * Spitzer, L.  
 * Springer, J.  
 * Staehelin, A.  
 * Stashevsky, N.E.  
 * Staynes, W.  
** Steckel, W.H.  
** Stepaniants  
 * Stepanov, G.  
 * Sternberg, L.  
 * Strauss, An.  
 * Strehle, E.  
 * Studenetsky, A.N.  
 * Suchting, He.W.  
 * Sussman, Ab.M.  
 * Szabo, L.  
 * Taube, H.  
 * Tennenwurzel, E.  
 * Tholfsen, E.  
 * Thomas, C.K.  
 * Thomas, G.A.  
** Tikhomirov  
 * Tikhonov, V.M.  
** Titov, A.  
** Titov, N.  
 * Tolush, A.K.  
 * Treysman, G.N.  
 * Turover, I.S.  
** Tyrin  
 * Tyshler  
 * Ulianov  
 * Ushakov  
 * Vaida, A.  
 * Varentsov  
 * Varvarov  
 * Vasiliev, V.A.  
** Ventslav  
 * Veresov, G.N.  
 * Vigodchikov, K.A.  
** Vilen, T.J.  
** Vinogradov, V.P.  
 * Vitzthum von Eckstadt, C.W.  
 * Voellmy, E.  
 * Wemmers, C.  
 * Werndlij, T.J.  
 * Whitfield, K.H.  
 * Windberg, J.  
 * Wolff, H.B.  
 * Wulfing, O.  
** Yaroshevsky  
 * Young, J.W. (1)  
** Yudin  
 * Zagoriansky, E.A.  
 * Zek, I.V.  
** Zhabokritsky  
 * Zhidkov  
 * Zhilakov  
 * Zhitkevich  
 * Zhivtsov  
 * Zhudro  
** Zhukov  
** Zismen  
 * Zita, F.  
Events

Matches
 
 *  Tassinari, G. - de Riviere, J.A. 1856    Paris
 *  Bellotti, L. - de Riviere, J.A. 1862    Rome, Italy
 *  Kolisch, I. - Hirschfeld, P.M. 1864 (1)    Paris
 *  Kolisch, I. - Hirschfeld, P.M. 1864 (2)    Paris
 *  Kolisch, I. - Rosenthal, S. 1864    Paris
 *  Rosenthal, S. - von Schmidt, E.A. 1865    Leipzig
**  Sanderson, E. - MacLeod, D.R. 1882    Quebec
 *  Teichmann, R. - Jackson, E.M. 1896    London, England
 *  Judd, Max - Ceccarini, F. 1897    Rome, Italy
**  Blake, C.W. - Spencer, R.J. 1907    Winnipeg
 *  Spielmann, R. - Mieses, J. 1910    Regensburg
**  Bogoljubow, E.D. - Kupchik, A. 1924    New York
**  O'Hanlon, J.J. - Creevey, J.C. 1935    Dublin
**  Cox, T. - Bourke, P.M.A. 1936    Dublin
**  O'Hanlon, J.J. - Cox, T. 1936    Dublin
 
Tournaments
 
 *  London, England and Dublin 1865 (1)    St. James Club - Dublin Athenaeum Club Telegraphic Match
 *  Paris 1865    Grand tournoi de la Régence
**  Leipzig 1865    Augustea Club Tournament
 *  Berlin 1865    Berliner Schachgesellschaft Tournament
 *  Elberfeld 1865 (1)    5th West German Chess Congress
 *  Elberfeld 1865 (2)    5th West German Chess Congress Hauptturnier
 *  Aachen 1868    7th West German Chess Congress
**  Prague 1872    Prague Congress - Master Division
 *  Cobourg and Ottawa 1873    Cobourg - Ottawa Telegraph Match
 *  Quebec 1882    10th Canadian Championship Tournament
 *  Montreal 1883    11th Canadian Championship
 *  Quebec 1886 (1)    13th Canadian Championship Tournament
 *  Quebec and Montreal 1888    15th Canadian Championship
 *  Quebec 1893 (1)    20th Canadian Championship
**  Montreal and Saint John 1894    Montreal - Saint John Telgraphic Match
 *  New York 1895 (4)    Manhattan - Staten Island Club Match
 *  Philadelphia 1898 (1)    Junior Chess Club Tournament
**  New York 1898 (3)    Manhattan Club Championship
 *  Toronto 1898    23rd Canadian Championship Tournament - First Class
 *  Eimsbuttel 1900 (1)    4th Lower Elbe Chess Federation Congress - Master Tournament
**  New York 1909 (4)    Rice Club Championship
 *  Hamburg 1910 (6)    17th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier B, Section 4
 *  Hamburg 1910 (9)    17th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier B, Siegergruppe 1
**  New York 1914 (1)    Rice Club - Progressive Club Match
**  New York 1914 (3)    Progressive Club Championship
 *  Frankfurt 1923 (4)    23rd German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier C
 *  Montreal 1929 (2)    35th Canadian Championship
**  Buenos Aires 1931 (5)    Selection Tournament - Preliminary
**  Buenos Aires 1931 (6)    Selection Tournament - Final
 *  Bad Pyrmont 1933 (2)    German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier 1
**  Helsinki 1934    8th Finnish Championship
 *  Bratislava 1934 (1)    Bratislava Tournament
**  Yerevan 1934    1st Armenian Championship
**  Vejle 1934    25th Danish Championship
**  Smolensk 1934    U.S.S.R. Championship Semi-final Selection Tournament
 *  Chester 1934 (3)    British Chess Federation - Major Open
**  Minsk 1934    7th Belarus Championship
**  Syracuse 1934 (2)    56th New York State Chess Association Championship
**  Leningrad 1934 (4)    Leningrad 1st Category Tournament
 *  Paris 1934 (2)    Paris Championship
**  Zurich 1934 (2)    Zurich Championship
**  Prague 1934 (4)    Prague Tournament
**  Helsinki 1935 (1)    7th Finnish Championship
 *  Kaunas 1935    Lithuanian Championship Candidates Tournament
**  Chelyabinsk 1935    Chelyabinsk Tournament
**  Kharkov 1935 (1)    MTS Championship
**  Baku 1935 (1)    Baku Tournament
**  Copenhagen 1935    26th Danish Championship
**  Luneburg 1935    Nordmark Championship
**  Smolensk 1935    Smolensk Tournament
**  Moscow 1935 (2)    1st Category Tournament - Group 1
**  Moscow 1935 (3)    1st Category Tournament - Group 2
**  Moscow 1935 (4)    1st Category Tournament - Group 3
**  Moscow 1935 (5)    1st Category Tournament - Group 4
**  Moscow 1935 (6)    1st Category Tournament - Group 5
 *  Vienna 1935 (2)    Bratislava - Vienna Match
**  Tata 1935 (2)    13th Hungarian National Tournament - Minor
**  Kharkov 1935 (3)    Trade Unions Championship Semi-Final, Group 1
**  Voronezh 1935 (2)    Trade Union Championship Semi-final
**  New York 1935 (4)    18th Marshall Club Championship
**  Basel 1935    Basel Tournament
**  Dublin 1935    20th Irish Championship Preliminary Tournament
**  Moravska Ostrava 1935    Moravska Ostrava Tournament
 *  Bratislava 1936 (1)    Bratislava Chmapionship
 *  Bratislava 1936 (2)    Bratislava Championship
 *  Vienna 1938 (1)    20th Trebitsch Memorial Tournament
 *  Gustrow 1940    38th Mecklenburg Federation Tournament
 *  Annaberg 1941    Sachsen Federation Tournament
 *  Krefeld 1941    Krefeld Tournament