List of Chess Players - K

K

• Beata Kądziołka (Poland, born 1986)
• Bernhard Kagan (Poland, Germany, 1866–1932)
• Shimon Kagan (Israel, born 1942)
• Victor Kahn (Russia, France, 1889–1971)
• Gregory Kaidanov (Ukraine, Russia, USA, born 1959)
• Osmo Kaila (Finland, 1916–1991)
• Charles Kalme (Latvia, Germany, USA, 1939–2003)
• Gata Kamsky (Russia, USA, born 1974)
• Ilya Kan (Russia, 1909–1978)
• Albert Kapengut (Belarus, born 1945)
• Julio Kaplan (Argentina, Puerto Rico, USA, born 1950)
• Darja Kapš (Slovenia, born 1981)
• Mona May Karff (Moldova, Russia, Palestine, USA, 1914–1998)
• Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine, born 1990)
• Anatoly Karpov (Russia, born 1951)
• Isaac Kashdan (USA, 1905–1985)
• Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan, born 1979)
• Garry Kasparov (Azerbaijan, Russia, born 1963)
• Genrikh Kasparyan (Armenia, 1910–1995)
• Miroslav Katětov (Czechoslovakia, 1918–1995)
• Arthur Kaufmann (Romania, Austria, 1872–1940)
• Lubomir Kavalek (Czechoslovakia, USA, born 1943)
• Raymond Keene (England, born 1948)
• Hermann Keidanski (Poland, Germany, 1865–1938)
• Dieter Keller (Switzerland, born 1936)
• Edith Keller-Herrmann (Germany, born 1921)
• Rudolf Keller (Germany, 1917–1993)
• Brian Kelly (Ireland, born 1978)
• Emil Kemény (Hungary, USA, 1860–1925)
• Edvīns Ķeņģis (Latvia, born 1959)
• Hugh Alexander Kennedy (Ireland, England, 1809–1878)
• Paul Keres (Estonia, 1916–1975)
• Alexander Kevitz (USA, 1902–1981)
• Rohini Khadilkar (India, born 1963)
• Alexander Khalifman (Russia, born 1966)
• Mir Sultan Khan (India, Pakistan, 1905–1966)
• Andrei Kharlov (Russia, born 1968)
• Murtas Kazhgaleyev (Kazakhstan, born 1973)
• Abram Khavin (Ukraine, 1914–1974)
• Igor Khenkin (Russia, Germany, born 1968)
• Denis Khismatullin (Russia, born 1984)
• Ratmir Kholmov (Russia, Belarus, Lithuania, 1925–2006)
• Natalia Khoudgarian (Russia, Canada, born 1975)
• Nino Khurtsidze (Georgia, born 1975)
• Feliks Kibbermann (Estonia, before 1914)
• Georg Kieninger (Germany, 1902–1975)
• Lionel Kieseritzky (Estonia, France, 1806–1853)
• R.K. Kieseritzky (Estonia, Russia, c. 1870 – aftere 1922)
• Daniel King (England, born 1963)
• Olof Kinnmark (Sweden, 1897–1970)
• Ove Kinnmark (Sweden, born 1944)
• Georg Klaus (Germany, 1912–1974)
• Jan Kleczyński, Jr. (Poland, 1875–1939)
• Jan Kleczyński, Sr. (Poland, 1837–1895)
• Ernst Klein (Austria, England, 1910–1990)
• Paul Klein (Germany, Ecuador, born 1930)
• Jānis Klovāns (Latvia, born 1935)
• Gyula Kluger (Hungary, 1914–1994)
• Hans Kmoch (Austria, Netherlands, USA, 1894–1973)
• Rainer Knaak (Germany, born 1953)
• Viktor Knorre (Russia, 1840–1919)
• Mikhail Kobalia (Russia, born 1978)
• Alexander Koblencs (Latvia, 1916–1993)
• Berthold Koch (Germany, 1899–1988)
• Alexander Kochyev (Russia, born 1956)
• Artur Kogan (Ukraine, Israel, born 1974)
• Boris Kogan (Russia, USA, 1940–1993)
• Anton Kohler (Germany, born before 1914)
• Stanisław Kohn (Poland, 1895–1940)
• Friedrich Köhnlein (Germany, 1879–1916)
• Dmitry Kokarev (Russia, born 1982)
• Atanas Kolev (Bulgaria, born 1967)
• Henrijeta Konarkowska-Sokolov (Poland, Serbia, born 1938)
• Alexander Konstantinopolsky (Ukraine, 1910–1990)
• Ignác Kolisch (Slovakia, Austria-Hungary, 1837–1899)
• Jakub Kolski (Poland, 1899–1941)
• Akshayraj Kore (India 1988)
• Georges Koltanowski (Belgium, USA, 1903–2000)
• Koneru Humpy (India, born 1987)
• Imre König (Hungary, Yugoslavia, England, USA, 1899–1992)
• Jerzy Konikowski (Poland, Germany, born 1947)
• Danny Kopec (USA, born 1954)
• Viktor Korchnoi (Russia, Switzerland, born 1931)
• Anton Korobov (Ukraine, born 1985)
• Imre Korody (Hungary, 1905–1969)
• Alexey Korotylev (Russia, born 1977)
• Yona Kosashvili (Georgia, Israel, born 1970)
• Gary Koshnitsky (Moldova, Australia, 1907–1999)
• Nadezhda Kosintseva (Russia, born 1985)
• Tatiana Kosintseva (Russia, born 1986)
• Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia, born 1984)
• Borislav Kostić (Austria-Hungary, Yugoslavia, 1887–1963)
• Jan Kotrč (Czechoslovakia, 1862–1943)
• Vasilios Kotronias (Greece, born 1964)
• Pavel Kotsur (Kazakhstan, born 1974)
• Alexander Kotov (Russia, 1913–1981)
• Čeněk Kottnauer (Czechoslovakia, England, 1910–1996)
• Bachar Kouatly (Syria, Liban, France, born 1958)
• Vladimir Kovacevic (Croatia, born 1942)
• Alexander Kovchan (Ukraine, born 1983)
• Boris Koyalovich (Russia, 1867–1941)
• Valentina Kozlovskaya (Russia, born 1938)
• Zdenko Kozul (Croatia, born 1966)
• Jesse Kraai (USA, born 1972)
• Yair Kraidman (Israel, born 1932)
• Adolf Kraemer (Germany, 1898–1972)
• Adolf Kramer (Germany, 1871–1934)
• Haije Kramer (Netherlands, 1917–2004)
• Vladimir Kramnik (Russia, born 1975)
• Michał Krasenkow (Russia, Poland, born 1963)
• Orla Hermann Krause (Denmark, 1867–1935)
• Martyn Kravtsiv (Ukraine, born 1990)
• Boris Kreiman (Russia, USA, born 1976)
• Josef Krejcik (Austria, 1885–1957)
• Leon Kremer (Poland, 1901–1941)
• Martin Kreuzer (Germany, born 1962)
• Ljuba Kristol (Russia, Israel, born 1944)
• Stanislav Kriventsov (Russia, USA, born 1973)
• Nikolai Krogius (Russia, born 1930)
• Paul Krüger (Germany, 1871–1939)
• Irina Krush (Ukraine, USA, born 1983)
• Yuriy Kryvoruchko (Ukraine, born 1986)
• Arvid Kubbel (Russia, 1889–1938)
• Leonid Kubbel (Russia, 1891–1942)
• Sergey Kudrin (Russia, USA, born 1959)
• Adam Kuligowski (Poland, born 1955)
• Kaido Külaots (Estonia, born 1976)
• Abhijit Kunte (India, born 1977)
• Abraham Kupchik (Belarus, USA, 1892–1970)
• Viktor Kupreichik (Belarus, born 1949)
• Bojan Kurajica (Bosnia and Herzegovina, born 1947)
• Igor Kurnosov (Russia, born 1985)
• Alla Kushnir (Russia, Israel, born 1941)
• Gennady Kuzmin (Russia, born 1946)
• Yuriy Kuzubov (Ukraine, born 1990)
• Jan Kvicala (Czechoslovakia, 1868–1939)