List of nationality transfers in chess
To countries in Europe

List of nationality transfers in chess

Section Title: To countries in Europe
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Name	From nation	To nation

Vangjel Buli	Italy	Albania

Robert Aloma Vidal	Spain	Andorra

Oscar de la Riva Aguado	Spain	Andorra

Juan Mellado Triviño	Spain	Andorra

David Norwood	England	Andorra

Josep Oms Pallise	Spain	Andorra

Maria Kursova	Russia	Armenia

Sergei Movsesian	Georgia Czech Republic Slovakia	Armenia

Arsen Yegiazarian	Russia	Armenia

Valery Atlas	Soviet Union Liechtenstein	Austria

Valery Beim	Soviet Union Israel	Austria

Ivo Donev	Bulgaria	Austria

Alexander Halprin	Russia	Austria

Tunc Hamarat	Turkey	Austria

Stefan Kindermann	Germany Australia	Austria

Julius Perlis	Poland	Austria

Davit Shengelia	Georgia	Austria

Regina Theissl Pokorna	Slovakia	Austria

Gadir Guseinov	Russia	Azerbaijan

Zaur Mammadov	Russia	Azerbaijan

Arkadij Naiditsch	Latvia Germany	Azerbaijan

Stefan Beukema	Netherlands	Belgium

Vladimir Chuchelov	Russia	Belgium

Alexander Dgebuadze	Georgia	Belgium

Andrija Fuderer	Yugoslavia	Belgium

Mikhail Gurevich	Soviet Union	Belgium Turkey

Mher Hovhannisyan	Armenia	Belgium

Vadim Malakhatko	Ukraine	Belgium

Ulvi Sadikhov	Azerbaijan	Belgium

Victor Soultanbeieff	Ukraine	Belgium

Anna Zozulia	Ukraine	Belgium

Suat Atalık	Turkey	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ivan Galić	Croatia	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Borki Predojević	FR Yugoslavia	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Dalibor Stojanović	Serbia and Montenegro	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Tatjana Lematschko	Soviet Union	Bulgaria Switzerland

Emir Dizdarević	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Croatia

Valentina Golubenko	Estonia	Croatia

Esad Gorić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Croatia

Bojan Kurajica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Croatia

Iván Morovic	Chile	Croatia

Drazen Muse	Germany	Croatia

Mladen Muse	Germany	Croatia

Dragan Novaković	Serbia and Montenegro	Croatia

Miroslav Pucovski	Serbia	Croatia

Dražen Sermek	Slovenia	Croatia

Vasilios Kotronias	Greece	Cyprus

Thomas Hinks-Edwards	England	Czech Republic

Alexey Kislinsky	Ukraine	Czech Republic

Epaminondas Kourousis	Greece	Czech Republic

Peter Michalik	Slovakia	Czech Republic

Sergei Movsesian	Georgia	Czech Republic Slovakia Armenia

Vitezslav Priehoda	Slovakia	Czech Republic

Igor Rausis	Latvia Bangladesh	Czech Republic

Oleg Spirin	Russia	Czech Republic

Joanna Worek	Poland	Czech Republic

Kassa Korley	United States	Denmark

Aron Nimzowitsch	Russian Empire	Denmark

Jana Bellin	Czechoslovakia	England

Murray Chandler	New Zealand	England

Dagne Ciuksyte	Lithuania	England

Anya Corke	Hong Kong	England

Daniel Howard Fernandez	Singapore	England

David Friedgood	South Africa	England

Bogdan Lalić	Croatia	England

Sue Maroroa	New Zealand	England

Michael Rahal	Spain	England

Mihai Suba	Romania	England

Robert Wade	New Zealand	England

Alexander Alekhine	Soviet Union	France

Silvia Aleksieva	Bulgaria	France

Amir Bagheri	Iran	France

Abraham Baratz	Romania	France

Ossip Bernstein	Russian Empire	France

Josef Cukierman	Poland	France

Josif Dorfman	Soviet Union	France

Tigran Gharamian	Armenia	France

François Godart	Belgium	France

Hichem Hamdouchi	Morocco	France

Borya Ider	Mongolia	France

Andrei Istrățescu	Romania	France

Victor Kahn	Russia	France

Lionel Kieseritzky	Flag of Livonia Livonia	France

Anthony Kosten	England	France

Bachar Kouatly	Lebanon	France

Vladimir Lazarev	Russia	France

Nikolay Legky	Ukraine	France

Nino Maisuradze	Georgia	France

Léon Monosson	Soviet Union	France

Catalin Navrotescu	Romania	France

Vladimir Okhotnik	Ukraine	France

Stepan Popel	Ukraine/ Poland	France United States

Anda Šafranska	Latvia	France

Andrei Shchekachev	Russia	France

Kamran Shirazi	Iran United States	France

Almira Skripchenko	Moldova	France

Andrei Sokolov	Russia	France

Boris Spassky	Soviet Union	France

Savielly Tartakower	Poland	France

Vladislav Tkachiev	Russia Kazakhstan	France

Miodrag Todorcevic	Yugoslavia	France Spain

Anatoly Vaisser	Soviet Union	France

Ivan Cheparinov	Bulgaria	Georgia

Levon Aronian	Armenia	Germany

Albert Becker	Austria	Germany Argentina

Alexander Belezky	Ukraine	Germany

Aleksandar Berelovich	Ukraine	Germany

Igor Berezovsky	Russia	Germany Monaco

Efim Bogoljubov	Soviet Union	Germany

Rustem Dautov	Russia	Germany

Michael Fedorovsky	Ukraine	Germany

Michael Feygin	Ukraine	Germany

Daniel Fridman	Latvia	Germany

Rafael Fridman	Latvia	Germany

Karl Gilg	Czechoslovakia	Germany

Igor Glek	Russia	Germany

Alexander Graf	Uzbekistan	Germany

Bernhard Gregory	Russian Empire	Germany

Lev Gutman	Soviet Union Israel	Germany

Baldur Hönlinger	Austria	Germany

Vlastimil Hort	Czechoslovakia	Germany

Otto Junge	Chile	Germany

Ketino Kachiani	Georgia	Germany

Igor Khenkin	Russia	Germany

Jerzy Konikowski	Poland	Germany

Leonid Kritz	Russia	Germany

Jonas Lampert	Switzerland	Germany

Paul List	Russian Empire	Germany United Kingdom

Jakov Loxine	Russia	Germany

Jakob Meister	Russia	Germany

Marta Michna	Poland	Germany

Leonid Milov	Ukraine	Germany

Paul Mross	Poland	Germany

Illya Mutschnik	Ukraine	Germany

Arkadij Naiditsch	Latvia	Germany Azerbaijan

Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu	Romania	Germany

Ludek Pachman	Czechoslovakia	Germany

Sergej Salov	Russia	Germany

Sergiu Samarian	Romania	Germany

Massoud Amir Sawadkuhi	Iran	Germany

Paul Felix Schmidt	Estonia	Germany

Nikolai Shalnev	Ukraine	Germany

Igor Solomunović	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Germany Serbia

Eugen Tripolsky	Ukraine	Germany

Leon Tuhan-Baranowski	Poland	Germany

Roman Vidonyak	Ukraine	Germany

Artur Yusupov	Russia	Germany

Johannes Zukertort	Poland	Germany United Kingdom

Yelena Dembo	Israel Hungary	Greece

Atanas Dimitrov	Bulgaria	Greece

Andreas Kelires	Cyprus	Greece

Igor Miladinović	Yugoslavia	Greece

Cao Sang	Vietnam	Hungary

Alexander Chernin	Soviet Union	Hungary

Yelena Dembo	Israel	Hungary Greece

Hoang Thanh Trang	Vietnam	Hungary

Oliver Mihok	Germany	Hungary

Szidonia Vajda	Romania	Hungary

Henrik Danielsen	Denmark	Iceland

Lenka Ptáčníková	Czech Republic	Iceland

Alexander Baburin	Russia	Ireland

Wolfgang Heidenfeld	Germany South Africa	Ireland

Brian Reilly	France United Kingdom	Ireland

Esteban Canal	Peru	Italy

Fabiano Caruana	United States	Italy

Alberto David	Luxembourg	Italy

Igor Efimov	Georgia	Italy Monaco

Carlos Garcia Palermo	Argentina	Italy

Lexy Ortega	Cuba	Italy

Francesco Rambaldi	France	Italy

Elena Sedina	Ukraine	Italy

Eugenio Szabados	Hungary	Italy

Stefano Tatai	Hungary	Italy

Bela Toth	Hungary	Italy

Olga Zimina	Russia	Italy

Alexander Zlochevskij	Russia	Italy

Lucijs Endzelins	Estonia	Latvia Australia

Igor Kovalenko	Ukraine	Latvia

Evgeny Sveshnikov	Russia	Latvia

Valery Atlas	Soviet Union	Liechtenstein Austria

Vladas Mikėnas	Estonia	Lithuania

Michael Wiedenkeller	Sweden	Luxembourg

Kiril Georgiev	Bulgaria	North Macedonia

Vladimir Georgiev	Bulgaria	North Macedonia

Torben Sorensen	Denmark	Malta

Igor Berezovsky	Russia Germany	Monaco

Algimantas Butnorius	Lithuania	Monaco

Igor Efimov	Georgia Italy	Monaco

Robert Fontaine	France	Monaco

Damir Levacic	France	Monaco

David Marciano	France	Monaco

Tea Bosboom-Lanchava	Georgia	Netherlands

Iwona Bos-Swiecik	Poland	Netherlands

Roberto Cifuentes	Chile	Netherlands Spain

Anish Giri	Russia	Netherlands

Alexandra van der Mije-Nicolau	Romania	Netherlands

Zhaoqin Peng	China	Netherlands

Ivan Sokolov	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Netherlands

Gennadi Sosonko	Soviet Union	Netherlands

Erika Sziva	Hungary	Netherlands

Hiong Liong Tan	Indonesia	Netherlands

Sergei Tiviakov	Russia	Netherlands

Maxim Devereaux	England	Norway

Bjarke Sahl	Denmark	Norway

Jonathan Tisdall	United States	Norway

Michał Krasenkow	Russia	Poland

Alexander Wojtkiewicz	Soviet Union	Poland United States

Jurij Zezulkin	Belarus	Poland

Irina Bulmaga	Moldova	Romania

Bibisara Assaubayeva	Kazakhstan	Russia

Roman Babici	Moldova	Russia

Alisa Galliamova	Ukraine	Russia

Ernesto Inarkiev	Kyrgyzstan	Russia

Sergey Karjakin	Ukraine	Russia

Kateryna Lagno	Ukraine	Russia

Svetlana Matveeva	Kyrgyzstan	Russia

Leonid Raikin	Ukraine	Russia

Elena Tairova	Belarus	Russia

Valeriy Yoshan	Ukraine	Russia

Kira Zvorykina	Belarus	Russia

Jacob Aagaard	Denmark	Scotland

Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant	Georgia	Scotland

Andrew Greet	England	Scotland

Matthew Turner	England	Scotland

Dejan Pavlović	Montenegro	Serbia

Igor Solomunović	Bosnia and Herzegovina Germany	Serbia

Ranko Szuhanek	Romania	Serbia

Sergei Movsesian	Georgia Czech Republic	Slovakia Armenia

Indira Babataeva	Kazakhstan	Slovenia

Alexander Beliavsky	Ukraine	Slovenia

Zvonimir Meštrović	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Slovenia

Adrian Mikhalchishin	Ukraine	Slovenia

Anna Muzychuk	Ukraine	Slovenia

Salo Flohr	Czechoslovakia	Soviet Union

Emanuel Lasker	Germany	Soviet Union United States

Andor Lilienthal	Hungary	Soviet Union

Olga Alexandrova	Ukraine	Spain

Alexis Cabrera	Cuba Colombia	Spain

Renier Castellanos Rodriguez	Chile	Spain

Roberto Cifuentes	Chile Netherlands	Spain

Diego Del Rey	Argentina	Spain

Javier Gil Capape	Australia	Spain

José Angel Guerra Méndez	Cuba	Spain

Irisberto Herrera	Cuba	Spain

Alexander Ipatov	Ukraine	Spain Turkey

Ibragim Khamrakulov	Uzbekistan	Spain

Oleg Korneev	Russia	Spain

Ana Matnadze	Georgia	Spain

Viktor Moskalenko	Ukraine	Spain

Miguel Muñoz Pantoja	Peru	Spain

Orelvis Perez Mitjans	Cuba	Spain

Daniel Rodriguez Pineda	Cuba	Spain

Horacio Saldano Dayer	Argentina	Spain

Alexei Shirov	Latvia	Spain

Mihai Suba	Romania	Spain

Miodrag Todorcevic	Yugoslavia France	Spain

Elizbar Ubilava	Georgia	Spain

Renier Vazquez Igarza	Cuba	Spain

Arturo Vidarte Morales	Peru	Spain

Evgeny Agrest	Russia	Sweden

Juan Manuel Bellón López	Spain	Sweden

Leho Laurine	Estonia	Sweden

Jerzy Lewi	Poland	Sweden

Sebastian Bogner	Germany	Switzerland

Branko Filipović	Croatia	Switzerland

Robert Fontaine	France Monaco	Switzerland

Joseph Gallagher	England	Switzerland

Viktor Gavrikov	Lithuania	Switzerland

Ernő Gereben	Hungary	Switzerland

Barbara Hund	Germany	Switzerland

Nedeljko Kelecevic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Switzerland

Viktor Korchnoi	Soviet Union	Switzerland

Tatjana Lematschko	Soviet Union Bulgaria	Switzerland

Vadim Milov	Russia Israel	Switzerland

Ivan Nemet	Yugoslavia	Switzerland

Raaphi Persitz	England Israel	Switzerland

Artur Poplawski	Poland	Switzerland

Peter Petrovich Saburov	Russia	Switzerland

Adolf Seitz	Germany Argentina	Switzerland

Aleksandr Vladimirovich Kalinin	Belarus	Ukraine

Vladimir Makarov	Moldova	Ukraine

Sergey Smolin	Russia	Ukraine

István Fazekas	Czechoslovakia	United Kingdom

Isidor Gunsberg	Hungary	United Kingdom

Bernhard Horwitz	Germany	United Kingdom

Ernest Klein	Austria	United Kingdom

Imre König	Hungary/ Austria Yugoslavia	United Kingdom United States

Čeněk Kottnauer	Czechoslovakia	United Kingdom

Paul List	Russian Empire Germany	United Kingdom

Johann Löwenthal	Hungary	United Kingdom

James Mason	United States	United Kingdom

Olga Menchik	Soviet Union Czechoslovakia	United Kingdom

Vera Menchik	Soviet Union Czechoslovakia	United Kingdom

Jacques Mieses	Germany	United Kingdom

Wilhelm Steinitz	Austrian Empire	United Kingdom United States

Mir Sultan Khan	India	United Kingdom

Johannes Zukertort	Poland Germany	United Kingdom

Nigel Davies	England	Wales

Lajos Asztalos	Hungary	Yugoslavia

Mirko Bröder	Hungary	Yugoslavia

Henrijeta Konarkowska-Sokolov	Poland	Yugoslavia

Irina Chelushkina	Ukraine	FR Yugoslavia

Maria Manakova	Russia	FR Yugoslavia

Svetlana Prudnikova	Russia	FR Yugoslavia

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Sergey Karjakin transferred from Ukraine to Russia.

final_sentence: Sergey Karjakin transferred from Ukraine to Russia.