# Liste deutscher Schachspieler

Die Liste deutscher Schachspieler enthält Schachspieler, die für den Deutschen Schachbund oder den Deutschen Schachverband der DDR spielberechtigt sind oder waren (beziehungsweise vor Gründung des Deutschen Schachbundes Staatsbürger des Deutschen Reiches oder eines Vorgängerstaates waren) und mindestens eine der folgenden Bedingungen erfüllen:
* Träger einer der folgenden FIDE-Titel: Großmeister, Ehren-Großmeister, Internationaler Meister, Großmeisterin der Frauen, Ehren-Großmeisterin der Frauen, Internationale Meisterin der Frauen;
* Träger einer der folgenden ICCF-Titel: Großmeister, Verdienter Internationaler Meister, Internationaler Meister, Großmeisterin der Frauen, Internationale Meisterin der Frauen;
* Gewinn einer nationalen Einzelmeisterschaft (offene Klasse oder Wettbewerb der Frauen inklusive der Meisterschaften des Saarlandes zwischen 1947 und 1956 sowie des Dähne-Pokals);
* Ernennung zum Nationalen Meister des Deutschen Schachbundes zwischen 1952 und 1974
* eine historische Elo-Zahl von mindestens 2500 (vor Einführung der Elo-Zahl des Weltschachbundes FIDE im Juli 1971).
Die Liste befindet sich auf dem Stand vom 1. März 2025.

## Allgemeines

Im Nahschach sind 92 Großmeister (darunter mit Elisabeth Pähtz eine Frau), 272 Internationale Meister (darunter mit Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska, Zoya Schleining und Dinara Wagner drei Frauen), 23 Großmeisterinnen der Frauen und 39 Internationale Meisterinnen der Frauen für den Deutschen Schachbund spielberechtigt. 13 Großmeister, 10 Internationale Meister, 2 Großmeisterinnen der Frauen und 7 Internationale Meisterinnen der Frauen sind nicht mehr für den Deutschen Schachbund spielberechtigt, 11 Großmeister, 2 Ehren-Großmeister, 34 Internationale Meister, eine Großmeisterin der Frauen und 6 Internationale Meisterinnen der Frauen sind bereits verstorben. Emanuel Lasker war von 1894 bis 1921 Weltmeister, Alexander Chalifman von 1999 bis 2000 FIDE-Weltmeister.
Im Fernschach haben 74 deutsche Spieler den Titel eines Großmeisters (darunter Annemarie Burghoff als einzige Frau), 164 den eines Verdienten Internationalen Meisters, 248 den eines Internationalen Meisters (darunter mit Juliane Hund, Constanze Jaeckel, Sabine Plauth-Herr und Anja Schmidt vier Frauen), 15 den eines Großmeisters der Frauen und 10 den eines Internationalen Meisters der Frauen erworben. Von diesen sind 14 Großmeister, 16 Verdiente Internationale Meister, 42 Internationale Meister und eine Internationale Meisterin der Frauen bereits verstorben. Mit Horst Rittner, Fritz Baumbach, Michail Umansky und Ulrich Stephan gewannen vier deutsche Spieler eine Fernschachweltmeisterschaft. Fernschacheuropameister wurden Werner Stern (zweimal), Erich Thiele, Klaus Engel, Wilfried Sauermann, Hans Palm, Hans-Ulrich Grünberg, Dieter Mohrlok, Gerhard Binder, Günter Schuh, Wolfgang Häßler, Karl-Heinz Kraft, Manfred Hafner, Jörg Sawatzki, Michael Stettler, Werner Hase und Klaus Weber. Juliane Hund gewann die 1. Frauen-Fernschach-Europameisterschaft.
Es wurden 133 deutsche Einzelmeisterschaften (darunter vier Meisterschaften der Sowjetischen Besatzungszone und 39 Meisterschaften der DDR) und 89 deutsche Meisterschaften der Frauen (darunter zwei Meisterschaften der Sowjetischen Besatzungszone und 39 Meisterschaften der DDR) ausgespielt. Rekordmeister ist Wolfgang Uhlmann mit elf Titeln (alle bei DDR-Meisterschaften), den Wettbewerb der Frauen gewann Edith Keller-Herrmann mit zehn Titeln (davon fünf bei DDR-Meisterschaften) am häufigsten. Der Dähne-Pokal wurde 69-mal ausgespielt, mit Hagen Poetsch und Sven Telljohann gelang es zwei Spielern, den Wettbewerb je dreimal zu gewinnen. Der Titel eines Nationalen Meisters des Deutschen Schachbundes wurde an 71 Spieler vergeben. Von diesen wurden acht zum Großmeister ernannt, zwei zum Ehren-Großmeister, 18 zum Internationalen Meister und 11 zum FIDE-Meister.
Weitere 73 deutsche Spieler erreichten vor Juni 1971 eine historische Elo-Zahl über 2499.

## Liste

Die folgende Tabelle enthält diese Angaben:
* Name: Nennt den Namen des Spielers.
* geb.: Nennt das Geburtsjahr des Spielers.
* gest.: Nennt das Sterbejahr des Spielers.
* FIDE: Nennt den höchsten Nahschach-Titel des Spielers (GM = Großmeister, HGM = Ehren-Großmeister, IM = Internationaler Meister, WGM = Großmeisterin der Frauen, FM = FIDE-Meister, WIM = Internationale Meisterin der Frauen, CM = Candidate Master, WFM = FIDE-Meisterin der Frauen, NM = Nationaler Meister des Deutschen Schachbundes).
* Jahr1: Nennt das Jahr der FIDE- oder NM-Titelverleihung
* ICCF: Nennt den höchsten ICCF-Titel des Spielers (GM = Großmeister, SIM = Verdienter Internationaler Meister, IM = Internationaler Meister, LGM = Großmeisterin der Frauen, LIM = Internationale Meisterin der Frauen).
* Jahr2: Nennt das Jahr der ICCF-Titelverleihung
* Titel: Nennt die Anzahl der gewonnenen deutschen Einzelmeisterschaften.
* Dähne-Pokal: Nennt die Anzahl der Siege im Dähne-Pokal
* Titel (Frauen): Nennt die Anzahl der gewonnenen deutschen Einzelmeisterschaften der Frauen.
* historische Elo: Nennt für Spieler, die weder FIDE- noch ICCF-Titel haben und nie eine deutsche Meisterschaft gewonnen haben, die höchste vor Juli 1971 erreichte historische Elo-Zahl, sofern diese mindestens 2500 beträgt.
* weitere Verbände: Gibt für Spieler, die früher oder später für mindestens einen anderen Verband spielberechtigt waren (beziehungsweise vor Gründung des Deutschen Schachbundes die Staatsangehörigkeit eines anderen Staates hatten), diese Verbände mit den Zeiträumen der Spielberechtigung (sofern bekannt) an.
* m/w: Gibt das Geschlecht (m = männlich, w = weiblich) an
| Name | geb. | gest. | FIDE | Jahr1 | ICCF | Jahr2 | Titel | Dähne-P. | Titel (Frauen) | historische Elo | weitere Verbände | m/w |
| Dennes Abel | 1989 | | IM | 2014 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Kirstin Achatz | 1986 | | | | LGM | 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Edgar Achilles | 1952 | | | | SIM | 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Herbert Adelseck | | | | | SIM | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Carl Ahues | 1883 | 1968 | IM | 1950 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Walter Alberti | | | | | IM | 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Rainer Albrecht | 1952 | | | | IM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hubert Amann | 1953 | | | | SIM | 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Jens Andersen | 1960 | | | | SIM | 1999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ralf Anderskewitz | 1959 | | | | IM | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Adolf Anderssen | 1818 | 1879 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2744 | | m |
| Gordon Andre | 1979 | | | | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Horst-Peter Anhalt | 1952 | | | | SIM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Volker-Michael Anton | 1951 | 2021 | | | GM | 1987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ralf Appel | 1971 | | GM | 2008 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Anatoli Archipoff | 1922 | 2011 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2519 | | m |
| Lothar Arnold | 1959 | | IM | 1998 | SIM | 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Lewon Aronjan | 1982 | | GM | 2000 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Armenien (bis 2003, 2004 bis 2021), Vereinigte Staaten (seit 2021) | m |
| Stephan Arounopoulos | 1965 | | | | IM | 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Joachim Asendorf | 1965 | | FM | 2002 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Stefan Auch | 1975 | | | | SIM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Helga Axt | 1937 | | WIM | 1961 | | | 0 | 0 | 3 | | | w |
| Andreas Bachmann | 1955 | | FM | 1992 | GM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wolfgang Bachmann | 1959 | | | | SIM | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Uwe Bade | 1940 | | | | IM | 1990 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Mietek Bakalarz | 1960 | | IM | 2004 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Polen (bis 1988), Luxemburg (seit 2001) | m |
| Jakob Balcerak | 1979 | | IM | 2000 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Marco Baldauf | 1990 | | GM | 2019 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Alexander Bangiev | 1946 | | IM | 1994 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991), Russland (1992–1993) | m |
| Anatoly Bannik | 1921 | 2013 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2640 | Sowjetunion | m |
| David Baramidze | 1988 | | GM | 2004 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Georgien (bis 2000) | m |
| Curt von Bardeleben | 1861 | 1924 | | | | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2710 | | m |
| Hans-Gerhard Barsch | 1938 | | | | SIM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ralf Barten | 1958 | | | | SIM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Robert Baskin | 1999 | | IM | 2016 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Herbert Bastian | 1952 | | IM | 2005 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Manfred Bauer | 1951 | | | | SIM | 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Robert Bauer | 1967 | | | | GM | 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wolfgang Bauer | 1936 | 2011 | | | IM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hans-Jürgen Baum | 1939 | | | | IM | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Fritz Baumbach | 1935 | | FM | 1985 | GM | 1973 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Uwe Baumgardt | 1962 | 2019 | | | IM | 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Reinhard Baumhus | 1964 | | IM | 1990 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Gertrude Baumstark | 1941 | 2020 | WIM | 1970 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Rumänien (bis 2004) | w |
| Bernhard Bayer | 1979 | | IM | 2012 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Werner Beckemeyer | 1959 | | IM | 1992 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Marcel Becker | 1978 | | IM | 2019 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Martin Alexander Becker | 1987 | | IM | 2009 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Stephan Becking | 1979 | | IM | 2013 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Karl-Willi Behle | 1934 | | FM | 1983 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Helmut Behling | | | | | SIM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Günther Beikert | 1968 | | IM | 1993 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Alexander Belezky | 1983 | | IM | 1998 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ukraine (bis 2017) | m |
| Jordanka Belić | 1964 | | WGM | 2000 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Jugoslawien (bis 1992), Serbien (seit 2009) | w |
| Herbert Bellmann | | | | | SIM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Martina Beltz | 1962 | | WIM | 1983 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Martin Bennedik | 1971 | | | | SIM | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Otto Benkner | 1909 | 1996 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Saarland (1947–1956) | m |
| Francisco Benkö | 1910 | 2010 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2520 | Argentinien (ab 1936) | m |
| Norbert Bensiek | 1959 | | | | IM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Björn Bente | 1974 | 2023 | FM | 2015 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Maximilian Berchtenbreiter | 1994 | | IM | 2013 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Alexander Berelowitsch | 1967 | | GM | 1997 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ukraine (bis 2008) | m |
| Igor Berezovsky | 1971 | | IM | 2001 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Russland (bis 1997), Monaco (seit 2014) | m |
| Steve Berger | 1981 | | IM | 2011 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Harald Berglöf | | | | | SIM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Michael Bergmann | 1972 | | | | SIM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Gerson Berlinger | 1969 | | | | SIM | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Stephan Berndt | 1974 | | IM | 1998 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wolfram Berner | 1931 | | NM | 1970 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Rolf Bernhardt | 1942 | | FM | 1983 | | | 0 | 2 | 0 | | | m |
| Dieter Bertholdt | 1935 | 2023 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2514 | | m |
| Hans Besser | 1935 | 2002 | FM | 1983 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Jörg Betker | | | | | SIM | 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Schweiz | m |
| Thomas Betzelt | 1957 | | | | SIM | 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hans-Dieter Beuchler | 1926 | | | | IM | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Elke Frieda Beyer-Titjen | | | | | LIM | 1977 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Wolfgang Beykirch | 1930 | | | | SIM | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Michael Bezold | 1972 | | GM | 1998 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wolfram Bialas | 1935 | 1998 | FM | 1983 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Martin Bier | 1854 | 1934 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2514 | | m |
| Bernhard Bierwisch | 1929 | | | | IM | 1990 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Gerhard Binder | 1944 | | | | SIM | 1999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Falko Bindrich | 1990 | | GM | 2007 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Klaus Bischoff | 1961 | | GM | 1990 | | | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Stefan Bißmann | 1964 | | | | IM | 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wolfgang Blank | | | | | SIM | 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Dieter Blau | | | | | SIM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Jörg Blauert | 1964 | | IM | 1993 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Holger Blauhut | 1969 | | CM | 2019 | SIM | 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Norwegen (seit 2018) | m |
| Matthias Blübaum | 1997 | | GM | 2015 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Sonja Maria Bluhm | 1998 | | WIM | 2019 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Max Blümich | 1888 | 1942 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2570 | | m |
| Michael Bock | | | | | IM | 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Steffen Bock | | | | | SIM | 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Tomislav Bodrozic | 1989 | | IM | 2016 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Sebastian Bogner | 1991 | | GM | 2009 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Schweiz (seit 2013) | m |
| Efim Bogoljubow | 1889 | 1952 | GM | 1951 | | | 4 | 0 | 0 | | Russisches Kaiserreich (bis 1917), Sowjetunion (1922–1927) | m |
| Oleg Boguslawski | 1985 | | IM | 2010 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Yuri Boidman | 1952 | | IM | 2000 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ukraine (bis 1996) | m |
| Michael Böken | | | | | IM | 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Barbara Bolz | | | | | LGM | 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Uwe Bönsch | 1958 | | GM | 1986 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Holger Borchers | 1954 | | | | SIM | 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Otto Borik | 1947 | | IM | 1982 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Tschechoslowakei | m |
| Martin Borriss | 1970 | | IM | 1991 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ekaterina Borulya | 1969 | | WGM | 1994 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991), Ukraine (1992–1994) | w |
| Egbert Bösenberg | | | | | SIM | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Albert Bost | 1968 | | | | SIM | 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Helmuth Böttger | 1924 | | | | IM | 1967 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ralph Brachtel | 1945 | | | | IM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Frank Bracker | 1989 | | IM | 2015 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Gerd Branding | 1962 | | | | GM | 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Anneliese Brandler | 1904 | nach 1963 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | w |
| Franz Bräuer | 1994 | | IM | 2016 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Arik Braun | 1988 | | GM | 2008 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Christian Braun | 1986 | | IM | 2012 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Johannes Braun | | | | | IM | 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Vitali Braun | 1984 | | FM | 2006 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Dennis Breder | 1980 | | IM | 2001 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Oliver Brendel | 1963 | | IM | 2003 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ilja Brener | 1989 | | IM | 2007 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Andreas Brenke | 1966 | | | | GM | 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Werner Breustedt | 1931 | 2011 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2512 | | m |
| Martin Breutigam | 1965 | | IM | 2002 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Rüdiger Breyther | 1953 | | FM | 1983 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Wolfgang Bricke | | | | | IM | 1995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Alfred Brinckmann | 1891 | 1967 | IM | 1953 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wilhelm Brinkmann | 1947 | 2025 | | | SIM | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dänemark | m |
| Wolfgang Brodda | | | | | GM | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Stefan Bromberger | 1982 | | GM | 2014 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Steffen Brömme | | | | | IM | 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Horst Broß | 1964 | | | | GM | 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Joachim Brückner | 1957 | | | | IM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Konrad Brüderle | 1954 | | | | IM | 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Martin Brüdigam | 1987 | | IM | 2018 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Joachim Brüggemann | 1951 | | IM | 2007 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Heinrich Brüning | 1933 | | | | IM | 1995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Lucas Brunner | 1967 | | GM | 1994 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Schweiz (seit 1989) | m |
| Valentin Buckels | 2001 | | IM | 2018 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Jürgen Bücker | | | | | GM | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Rainer Buhmann | 1981 | | GM | 2007 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wolfgang Bunk | 1966 | | | | SIM | 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Dimitri Bunzmann | 1982 | | GM | 2003 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Brigitte Burchardt | 1954 | | WIM | 1975 | | | 0 | 0 | 3 | | | w |
| Ulrich Burgarth | | | | | SIM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Heinrich Burger | 1941 | | | | GM | 1995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Annemarie Burghoff | 1955 | | | | GM | 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Klaus Busch | 1965 | | IM | 1990 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Detlef Buse | 1952 | | | | SIM | 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Stephan Busemann | 1957 | | | | GM | 1995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Olaf Büßing | 1969 | | | | SIM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Roland Butze | | | | | IM | 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Günter Capelan | 1932 | 1992 | IM | 1968 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Heinz de Carbonnel | 1916 | 1986 | | | IM | 1965 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Carl Carls | 1880 | 1958 | IM | 1951 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Jonathan Carlstedt | 1990 | | IM | 2011 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Johannes Carow | 1996 | | IM | 2017 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Thomas Casper | 1960 | | IM | 1984 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Alexander Chalifman | 1966 | | GM | 1990 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1990), Russland (seit 1992) | m |
| Evgueni Chevelevitch | 1953 | | IM | 2008 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Manfred Christoph | 1931 | 1994 | NM | 1969 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Panagiotis Cladouras | 1961 | | IM | 1988 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Christian Clemens | 1940 | | FM | 1983 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hans-Hermann Clever | 1956 | | | | SIM | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Norbert Coenen | 1968 | | IM | 2003 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Erich Cohn | 1884 | 1918 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2593 | | m |
| Wilhelm Cohn | 1859 | 1913 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2645 | | m |
| Malte Colpe | 1992 | | IM | 2017 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Harm Cording | 1937 | | FM | 1986 | IM | 1974 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Thomas Cuno | 1967 | | | | SIM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Anne Czäczine | 1985 | | WIM | 2004 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Richard Czaya | 1905 | 1978 | NM | 1952 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Josef Czukor | | | | | SIM | 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Peter Dankert | 1953 | 2004 | FM | 1984 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Matthias Dann | 1991 | | IM | 2013 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Klaus Darga | 1934 | | GM | 1964 | | | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Peter Daus | 1965 | | | | IM | 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| René Dausch | 1960 | | IM | 2014 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Rustem Dautov | 1965 | | GM | 1990 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991), Russland (1992–1993) | m |
| Evgeny Degtiarev | 1987 | | IM | 2013 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Russland (bis 2002) | m |
| Isabel Delemarre | 1978 | | WIM | 1998 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Gunter Delfs | | | | | IM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Christian Deppe | 1949 | | | | IM | 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Anna Dergatschowa | 1969 | | WIM | 1998 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Russland (bis 2003) | w |
| Marius Deuer | 2008 | | IM | 2023 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Egon Dieckmann | | | | | IM | 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Klaus Dietrich | 1965 | | | | IM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Herbert Dietzsch | 1946 | | | | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Volkmar Dinstuhl | 1972 | | IM | 2002 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Egon Ditt | 1931 | 2005 | FM | 1983 | IM | 1980 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Sieghart Dittmann | 1934 | | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2563 | | m |
| Kateryna Dolschykowa | 1988 | | WIM | 2005 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ukraine (bis 2023) | w |
| Dario Dončević | 1958 | | IM | 1986 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kroatien (seit 1996) | m |
| Alexander Donchenko | 1998 | | GM | 2015 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Anatoly Donchenko | 1940 | | IM | 1993 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991), Russland (1992–2002) | m |
| Manfred Dorer | 1947 | | | | IM | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Fabian Döttling | 1980 | | GM | 2003 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Lorenz Maximilian Drabke | 1984 | 2018 | IM | 2002 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Italien (bis 2002) | m |
| Wolfgang Drescher | 1954 | | | | IM | 1988 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Kurt Dreyer | 1909 | 1981 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Südafrika | m |
| Jürgen Dueball | 1943 | 2002 | IM | 1973 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Heinz-Wilhelm Dünhaupt | 1912 | 1998 | | | GM | 1973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Matthias Duppel | 1980 | | IM | 2001 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Tina Duppel | 1984 | | WIM | 2003 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Jürgen Ebert | 1959 | | | | IM | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Thorsten Eckhardt | 1966 | | | | IM | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Helmut Edelmann | | | | | SIM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Axel Eger | 1956 | | | | IM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Amadeus Eisenbeiser | 1987 | | IM | 2002 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Johannes Eising | 1935 | 2022 | FM | 1983 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Max Eisinger | 1909 | 1989 | NM | 1952 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Holger Ellers | 1976 | | IM | 1997 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Peter Ellinger | 1958 | | | | IM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Paul Ellrich | 1941 | 2023 | NM | 1963 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Rudolf Elstner | 1893 | 1966 | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hans-Marcus Elwert | 1962 | | | | GM | 1995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Peter Enders | 1963 | 2025 | GM | 1997 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Holger Eng | 1961 | | IM | 1986 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Klaus Engel | 1934 | | | | GM | 1983 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Luis Engel | 2002 | | GM | 2020 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Georg Engelhardt | | 2013 | | | SIM | 1999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ludwig Engels | 1905 | 1967 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2636 | Brasilien | m |
| Fabian Englert | 1990 | | IM | 2017 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Günter Enigk | | 2000 oder 2001 | | | IM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wilhelm Ernst | 1905 | 1952 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2612 | | m |
| Rolf Ertl | 1941 | | | | IM | 1991 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Franz Escher | 1931 | 2014 | | | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Lutz Espig | 1949 | | GM | 1983 | | | 3 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Werner Fademrecht | | | | | SIM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hans-Peter Fecht | 1956 | | | | SIM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Michael Fedorovsky | 1976 | | IM | 2009 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ukraine (bis 2009) | m |
| Petra Feibert | 1958 | 2010 | WIM | 1978 | | | 0 | 0 | 3 | | | w |
| Fabian Ferster | 1986 | | CM | 2012 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Liechtenstein (seit 2004) | m |
| Martin Fette | 1956 | | FM | 1986 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Aljoscha Feuerstack | 1988 | | IM | 2011 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Michael Feygin | 1975 | | GM | 2013 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ukraine (bis 2005) | m |
| Thomas Fiebig | 1986 | | IM | 2012 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Günter Fiensch | 1933 | 2017 | | | IM | 1991 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Atila Gajo Figura | 1989 | | IM | 2014 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ingo Firnhaber | 1942 | | | | GM | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Gisela Fischdick | 1955 | | WGM | 2005 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Detlev Fischer | | | | | IM | 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Johann Fischer | | | | | IM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wolfgang Fischer | | | | | GM | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Gennadij Fish | 1973 | | GM | 2007 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Russland (bis 1994), Ukraine (1995–2001) | m |
| Edgar Flacker | | | | | IM | 1991 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | England | m |
| Ernst Flechsig | 1852 | 1890 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2544 | | m |
| Jürgen Fleck | 1960 | | IM | 2002 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Frank Flöter | 1960 | | | | IM | 1991 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ricarda Flügel | | | | | LGM | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Gerhard Flum | 1931 | 2008 | | | IM | 1991 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Karl-Heinz Folgmann | 1933 | | | | IM | 1984 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Heribert Franke | 1961 | | IM | 1986 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Joachim Franz | 1934 | 2020 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2519 | | m |
| Daniel Fridman | 1976 | | GM | 2001 | | | 3 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991), Lettland (1992–2007) | m |
| Rafael Fridman | 1979 | | IM | 2008 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Lettland (bis 2007) | m |
| Frank Fritsche | 1963 | | | | IM | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Alexander Fritz | 1857 | 1932 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2531 | | m |
| Jürgen Fritz | 1965 | | | | IM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Peter Fröhlich | 1972 | | IM | 2000 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Marius Fromm | 2004 | | IM | 2023 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Stefan Frübing | 1988 | | IM | 2017 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Heinz Fuchs | 1963 | | IM | 1997 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Judith Fuchs | 1990 | | WGM | 2017 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Reinhart Fuchs | 1934 | 2017 | IM | 1962 | | | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Walter Fuchs | 1949 | 2018 | | | IM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Klaus Fuhrwerk | | | | | IM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Klaus Funke | 1953 | | | | IM | 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Christian Gabriel | 1975 | | GM | 1996 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Norbert Gallinnis | 1967 | | FM | 2005 | SIM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wolfgang Galow | 1956 | | | | IM | 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Lothar Gärtig | 1935 | | | | IM | 1971 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Alexander Gasthofer | 1985 | | IM | 2004 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Viktor Gasthofer | 1957 | | IM | 1998 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Russland (bis 1997) | m |
| Jürgen Gather | 1966 | | | | IM | 1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Gernot Gauglitz | 1962 | | IM | 1986 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Jürgen Gburek | 1967 | | | | SIM | 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Thomas Gebur | 1968 | | | | IM | 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Walter Geißler | 1939 | | | | IM | 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Helmut Geist | 1947 | | | | GM | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Manfred Genzmann | 1936 | 2007 | | | SIM | 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Frank Gerhardt | 1964 | | | | GM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Mathias Gerusel | 1938 | | IM | 1968 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Julian Geske | 1992 | | IM | 2012 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Michael Gessat | | | | | IM | 1995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Guido Giese | 1965 | | | | IM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Reinhard Giese | 1965 | | | | IM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Karl Gilg | 1901 | 1981 | IM | 1953 | | | 0 | 2 | 0 | | Tschechoslowakei | m |
| Gennadij Ginsburg | 1971 | | GM | 2006 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991), Ukraine (1992–1994) | m |
| Ewgeni Gisbrecht | 1973 | | IM | 1999 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Helmut Glaser | | | | | SIM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Helmut F. Glaser | | | | | SIM | 1999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Matthias Gleichmann | 1962 | | | | GM | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Igor Glek | 1961 | | GM | 1990 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991), Russland (1992–2000, 2019–2022), Belgien (seit 2022) | m |
| Francesco de Gleria | 1979 | | IM | 1999 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Manfred Glienke | 1954 | | IM | 1999 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Tihomir Glowatzky | 1949 | | | | IM | 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Frank Goertz | 1961 | | | | IM | 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Antje Göhler | 1967 | | WIM | 1988 | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | w |
| Carl Göring | 1841 | 1879 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2534 | | m |
| Wladimir Gostomelski | | | | | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Russland (seit 1993) | m |
| Hermann von Gottschall | 1862 | 1933 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2652 | | m |
| Hartmut Grabinger | 1942 | | | | IM | 1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Alexander Graf | 1962 | | GM | 1992 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991), Usbekistan (1992–2001) | m |
| Felix Graf | 1993 | | IM | 2014 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Jürgen Graf | 1963 | | IM | 1987 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Rena Graf | 1962 | | WGM | 1999 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991), Usbekistan (1992–2001) | w |
| Sonja Graf | 1908 | 1965 | WIM | 1950 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Argentinien (1939–1947), Vereinigte Staaten (ab 1947) | w |
| Florian Grafl | 1982 | | IM | 2004 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Arvid Grahl | 1952 | | | | IM | 1993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Josef Grammatikoff | 1910 | 1944 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2504 | | m |
| Spartak Grigorian | 1998 | | IM | 2021 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Helmut Grill | | | | | SIM | 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Boris Grimberg | 1988 | | IM | 2011 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Karl-Friedrich Grimm | | | | | IM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wolfgang Grohde | 1957 | | | | SIM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Eberhard Gromotka | | | | | IM | 1995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Harry Gromotka | | | | | SIM | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| David Groß | 1978 | | IM | 1999 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Klaus-Ulrich Groth | 1948 | 2016 | | | SIM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hans-Joachim Grottke | 1942 | | | | IM | 1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Gerd-Peter Grün | 1957 | | IM | 1986 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hans-Ulrich Grünberg | 1956 | | IM | 1980 | GM | 1990 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Boris Grusman | 1934 | | FM | 2000 | IM | 1991 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991), Russland (1992–2014) | m |
| Felix Grzeskowiak | 1910 | 1989 | | | IM | 1970 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Adrian Gschnitzer | 1999 | | IM | 2020 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Oswald Gschnitzer | 1966 | | IM | 1991 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Kurt Gumprich | 1904 | 1971 | NM | 1952 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Jan Gustafsson | 1979 | | GM | 2003 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Lev Gutman | 1945 | | GM | 1986 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1978), Israel (1980–1986) | m |
| Dieter Gutsche | | | | | SIM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Tobias Habermehl | | | | | SIM | 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ali Habibi | 1954 | | IM | 1992 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Christian Hacker | 1963 | | | | IM | 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Jonas Hacker | 1996 | | | | IM | 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Gerhard Haese | | 2018 | | | IM | 1993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Manfred Hafner | | | | | IM | 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Eduard Hahn | 1911 | 1996 | NM | 1953 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Karl-Heinz Hallier | 1933 | 2002 | | | IM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Henner Hamann | | | | | IM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Raik Hameister | | | | | IM | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Michael Hammes | 1974 | | IM | 2009 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Johannes Hampel | 1934 | | | | IM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| André Hanauer | | | | | IM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Horst Handel | 1935 | | | | GM | 1987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Florian Handke | 1982 | | GM | 2003 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Torsten Hannebauer | 1964 | | | | IM | 1995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Rolf Hantke | | | NM | 1955 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Jörg Harm | 1967 | | | | IM | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Max Harmonist | 1864 | 1907 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2533 | | m |
| Daniel Harrwitz | 1823 | 1884 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2644 | | m |
| Laura Hartmann | | | | | LGM | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Thomas Hartung | 1957 | | | | IM | 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Michael Hase | | | | | SIM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Werner Hase | 1937 | | | | SIM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Albert Hasselmeyer | 1959 | | | | SIM | 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wolfgang Häßler | 1956 | | | | GM | 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Thorsten Michael Haub | 1968 | | GM | 2015 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Werner Haufe | 1930 | | | | SIM | 1999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Daniel Hausrath | 1976 | | GM | 2013 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Rolf Häußler | 1929 | | | | IM | 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Georg Hechler | 1932 | | | | IM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hans-Joachim Hecht | 1939 | | GM | 1973 | IM | 1980 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Hermann Heemsoth | 1909 | 2006 | | | GM | 1987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Anja Hegeler | 1965 | 2022 | WIM | 1988 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Mark Heidenfeld | 1968 | | IM | 1998 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Irland (seit 1997) | m |
| Wolfgang Heidenfeld | 1911 | 1981 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Südafrika (ca. 1935–1958), Irland (ab 1958) | m |
| Rita Heigl | 1933 | | | | LIM | 1979 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Paul Heilemann | 1925 | | | | GM | 1984 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ernst Heilmann | 1881 | 1940 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2516 | | m |
| Michael Jörg Heilmann | | | | | SIM | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Andreas Heimann | 1992 | | GM | 2016 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wolfram Heimbrodt | 1954 | | | | IM | 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Gundula Heinatz | 1969 | | WIM | 1993 | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | Schweiz (seit 2001) | w |
| Detlef Heinbuch | 1961 | | IM | 1986 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Josefine Heinemann | 1998 | | WGM | 2018 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Thies Heinemann | 1971 | | GM | 2018 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Herbert Heinicke | 1905 | 1988 | IM | 1953 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Marion Heintze | 1954 | | WIM | 1983 | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | w |
| Axel Heinz | 1987 | | IM | 2009 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Olaf Heinzel | 1968 | | IM | 2005 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Stefan Heise | 1964 | | | | SIM | 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Manfred Heitmann | 1950 | | | | IM | 1991 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Karl Helling | 1904 | 1937 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2589 | | m |
| Martin Henk | 1965 | | | | SIM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Dirk Hennig | 1969 | | IM | 1996 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Artur Hennings | 1940 | 2003 | IM | 1965 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Günter Henrich | 1952 | 2008 | | | IM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Thomas Henrichs | 1973 | | IM | 1998 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Christof Herbrechtsmeier | 1953 | | FM | 1983 | IM | 1990 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Thomas Herfurth | 1956 | | | | IM | 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ulf von Herman | 1965 | | IM | 2005 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Manfred Hermann | 1942 | | IM | 1991 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hans-Otto Herr | 1955 | 2021 | | | IM | 1995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hans Herrmann | 1906 | nach 1947 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2506 | | m |
| Knut Herschel | 1948 | 1999 | | | GM | 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Peter Hertel | 1958 | | FM | 1995 | GM | 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Gerald Hertneck | 1963 | | GM | 1991 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Max Hess | 1997 | | IM | 2023 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Olena Hess | 1971 | | WIM | 1999 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ukraine (bis 2005) | w |
| Ralf Hess | 1944 | | IM | 1980 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Laszlo Hetey | 1975 | | IM | 1996 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa | 1817 | 1899 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2630 | | m |
| Enno Heyken | 1959 | | IM | 1988 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Gerd Heyl | | | | | IM | 1995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Jörg Hickl | 1965 | | GM | 1988 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wilhelm Hilse | 1878 | 1940 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2512 | | m |
| Jobst Hinne | | | | | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Tobias Hirneise | 1989 | | IM | 2009 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Rudi Hirr | 1938 | | | | SIM | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Philipp Hirschfeld | 1840 | 1896 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2600 | | m |
| Hartmut Höbel | 1945 | | | | SIM | 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Werner Hobusch | 1935 | | | | IM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Georg Hodakowsky | 1917 | nach 1986 | | | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Lettland (bis 1940) | m |
| André Hoffmann | 1968 | | | | SIM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Frank Hoffmann | 1963 | | | | IM | 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Horst Hoffmann | 1938 | | | | IM | 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Michael Hoffmann | 1970 | | GM | 2009 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Paul Hoffmann | 1984 | | IM | 2012 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hans-Joachim Hofstetter | 1958 | | FM | 2004 | GM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Klemens Hohm | | | | | IM | 1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Karl Holländer | 1868 | nach 1892 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2661 | | m |
| Frank Holzke | 1971 | | GM | 2008 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Baldur Hönlinger | 1905 | 1990 | NM | 1952 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Österreich (bis 1938) | m |
| Vlastimil Hort | 1944 | | GM | 1965 | | | 3 | 0 | 0 | | Tschechoslowakei (bis 1986) | m |
| Bernhard Horwitz | 1808 | 1885 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2579 | England (ab 1845) | m |
| Dieter Hottes | 1935 | 2022 | NM | 1961 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Horst Hradetzky | 1931 | | | | IM | 1993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Joachim Hübener | 1910 | nach 1993 | | | IM | 1992 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Robert Hübner | 1948 | 2025 | GM | 1971 | | | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Marco Hüls | 1970 | | | | IM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Barbara Hund | 1959 | | WGM | 1982 | | | 0 | 0 | 3 | | Schweiz (seit 1991) | w |
| Isabel Hund | 1962 | | WFM | 1990 | | | 0 | 0 | 2 | | | w |
| Juliane Hund | 1928 | 1999 | | | IM | 1980 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Horst Hunger | | | | | IM | 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Helmut Hürter | 1953 | | FM | 2015 | IM | 1993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Niclas Huschenbeth | 1992 | | GM | 2012 | | | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Andreas Husemann | 1966 | | | | IM | 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Frank Idler | 1960 | | | | IM | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Achim Illner | 1970 | | IM | 2012 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hans-Jürgen Isigkeit | 1956 | | | | SIM | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Thomas Jackelen | 1965 | | IM | 2003 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Constanze Jaeckel | 1965 | | | | IM | 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Walter Jäger | 1913 | 1976 | NM | 1952 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Constanze Jahn | 1963 | | WIM | 1990 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Otilia Jahn | 1968 | | WIM | 1989 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Rumänien (bis 1989) | w |
| Frerik Janz | 1979 | | IM | 2013 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Norbert Janzen | 1956 | 2017 | | | IM | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Jewhen Jelisejew | 1998 | | IM | 2018 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ukraine (bis 2023) | m |
| Michael Jendrian | 1970 | | | | SIM | 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wladimir Jepischin | 1965 | | GM | 1990 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991), Russland (1992–2000, seit 2001) | m |
| Sven Joachim | 1969 | | IM | 2009 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Christian Joecks | 1967 | | IM | 1997 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Helmut John | | | | | IM | 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Walter John | 1879 | 1940 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2602 | | m |
| Egon Joppen | 1926 | | NM | 1961 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Schweiz | m |
| Ulrich Joppich | 1949 | | | | SIM | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Julian Jorczik | 1992 | | IM | 2011 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Tobias Jugelt | 1975 | | IM | 2009 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Botho Jung | 1955 | | | | IM | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Klaus Junge | 1924 | 1945 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2661 | | m |
| Otto Junge | 1887 | 1978 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Chile (bis 1930) | m |
| Gertrud Jürgens | | | | | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | w |
| Vera Jürgens | 1969 | | WGM | 1993 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Bulgarien (bis 1992) | w |
| Artur Jussupow | 1960 | | GM | 1980 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991), Russland (1992) | m |
| Gabriele Just | 1936 | | | | | | 0 | 0 | 3 | | | w |
| Alexander Kabatianski | 1958 | | IM | 1994 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991), Ukraine (1992–1994) | m |
| Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska | 1971 | | IM | 1997 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991), Georgien (1992–1993) | w |
| Dennis Kaczmarczyk | 1991 | | IM | 2016 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Frank Kaden | 1961 | | | | IM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Fred Kahl | 1961 | | | | SIM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Manfred Kahn | 1931 | 2010 | | | IM | 1975 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wolfgang Kaiser | 1962 | | IM | 1994 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Sergei Kalinitschew | 1956 | | GM | 1997 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991), Russland (1992–1995) | m |
| Arkadius Georg Kalka | 1971 | | IM | 2015 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Uwe Kaminski | 1962 | | IM | 1990 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Silvia Kamp | 1972 | | | | LIM | 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Ulrich Kampfhenkel | 1936 | | | | IM | 1992 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Norbert Karker | 1929 | 1998 | | | IM | 1968 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Siegfried Karkuth | | 2009 | | | GM | 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Irmgard Karner | 1927 | 2014 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | w |
| Udo Käser | 1967 | | FM | 1999 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Rita Kas-Fromm | 1956 | | WIM | 1984 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ungarn (bis 1988) | w |
| Günter Kassing | | | | | IM | 1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ludger Keitlinghaus | 1965 | | GM | 1998 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Hanno Keller | 1932 | | | | IM | 1987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Harald Keller | 1955 | | | | IM | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Rudolf Keller | 1917 | 1993 | IM | 1950 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Edith Keller-Herrmann | 1921 | 2010 | WGM | 1978 | | | 0 | 0 | 10 | | | w |
| Heinz-Erich van Kempen | 1955 | | | | GM | 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Guido Kern | 1961 | 2021 | IM | 1996 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Manfred Kern | 1949 | | | | IM | 1991 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Uwe Kersten | 1968 | | IM | 2020 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Alfred Kertesz | 1944 | | IM | 1986 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Rumänien (bis 1986) | m |
| Hans-Günter Kestler | 1939 | 2013 | IM | 1976 | | | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Klaus Keuter | | | | | GM | 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Vincent Keymer | 2004 | | GM | 2020 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Boris Khanukov | 1939 | 2023 | IM | 2009 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Igor Khenkin | 1968 | | GM | 1992 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991), Russland (1992–1993, 1998), Israel (1993–1997) | m |
| Veronika Kiefhaber | 1976 | | WIM | 2001 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Georg Kieninger | 1902 | 1975 | IM | 1950 | | | 3 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Fred Kindbeiter | | | | | SIM | 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Stefan Kindermann | 1959 | | GM | 1988 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Österreich (1979, seit 2004) | m |
| Peter Kindl | 1958 | | FM | 1987 | IM | 1991 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Steffen Kiupel | | | | | IM | 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Otto Klatt | | | | | IM | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Martin Klebel | 1966 | | IM | 1993 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hans-Georg Klein | 1960 | | | | IM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hanna Marie Klek | 1995 | | WGM | 2017 | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | w |
| Tamara Klink | 1967 | | WGM | 2000 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991), Russland (1992–1993), Kasachstan (1993–2001) | w |
| Svetlana Kloster | 1962 | | WFM | 2010 | LGM | 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Belarus (bis 1999), Russland (2000–2010) | w |
| Klaus Klundt | 1941 | | IM | 1988 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Siegfried Kluve | | | | | GM | 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Rainer Knaak | 1953 | | GM | 1975 | | | 5 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Willi Knebel | 1936 | 2007 | | | IM | 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Watu Kobese | 1973 | | IM | 1995 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Südafrika (seit 1995) | m |
| Berthold Koch | 1899 | 1988 | IM | 1950 | IM | 1959 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hans-Georg Koch | 1940 | | | | IM | 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Thomas Koch | 1972 | | IM | 2012 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hans-Uwe Kock | 1938 | | FM | 1992 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Liechtenstein (seit 2009) | m |
| Klaus Kögler | | | | | GM | 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Werner Kohl | | | NM | 1963 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Anton Kohler | ca. 1907 | 1961 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2615 | | m |
| Bernd Kohlweyer | 1964 | | IM | 1991 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Friedrich Köhnlein | 1879 | 1916 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2583 | | m |
| Ekkehard Kolbe | | | | | IM | 1992 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Dietmar Kolbus | 1966 | 2024 | IM | 2005 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Isle of Man (seit 2021) | m |
| Dmitrij Kollars | 1999 | | GM | 2017 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Tobias Kölle | 2004 | | IM | 2023 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Thorben Koop | 1997 | | IM | 2016 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Christian Köpke | 1984 | | IM | 2011 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Elena Köpke | 1984 | | WGM | 2007 | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | Usbekistan (bis 2003) | w |
| Luba Kopylov | 1979 | | WIM | 2003 | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | Ukraine (bis 2003) | w |
| Ludger Körholz | 1960 | | IM | 2001 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Olga Koslowa | 1976 | | WIM | 2000 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Russland (bis 2002) | w |
| Jens Kotainy | 1994 | | IM | 2012 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Ernst Kotzem | 1935 | | | | IM | 1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wolf-Dieter Krabbe | 1942 | | | | SIM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Jörg Kracht | 1963 | | | | IM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Dieter Kraft | 1936 | | | | SIM | 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Karl-Heinz Kraft | 1946 | | | | IM | 1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Julian Kramer | 1997 | | IM | 2021 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Martin Krämer | 1987 | | GM | 2012 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hans Kranki | 1908 | 1942 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2527 | | m |
| Jaroslaw Krassowizkij | 1992 | | IM | 2014 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Rudolf Kraus | | | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2527 | | m |
| Kurt Krause | 1909 | 1978 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2523 | | m |
| Rainer Kraut | 1966 | | IM | 1987 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Jürgen Krebs | 1953 | | | | IM | 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Sandra Krege | 1987 | | | | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | w |
| Mira Kremer | | | | | | | 0 | 0 | 2 | | | w |
| Heinz Kretschmar | 1920 | 1999 oder 2000 | | | IM | 1975 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Martin Kreuzer | 1962 | | FM | 1993 | GM | 1993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Matthias Kribben | 1960 | | | | GM | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Leonid Kritz | 1984 | | GM | 2003 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Russland (bis 1999) | m |
| Jegor Kriwoborodow | 1989 | | GM | 2011 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Russland (bis 2024) | m |
| Peter Kruchem | | | | | SIM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hilmar Krüger | 1955 | 2021 | | | SIM | 1999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hartwig Kruse | | | | | SIM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Tobias Kügel | 1995 | | IM | 2024 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hanno Kuhn | | | | | IM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Peter Kühn | 1976 | | IM | 2007 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Günter Kühnel | 1936 | 2010 | | | GM | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Werner Kunerth | 1907 | 1991 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2558 | | m |
| Vitaly Kunin | 1983 | | GM | 2006 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Russland (bis 2002) | m |
| Uwe Kunsztowicz | 1944 | | FM | 1983 | | | 0 | 2 | 0 | | | m |
| Kerstin Kunze | 1971 | | WIM | 2003 | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | w |
| Fred Kunzelmann | 1940 | | | | GM | 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wilfried Kurth | | | | | SIM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Mark Kvetny | 1997 | | IM | 2017 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Anni Laakmann | 1937 | | WFM | 1983 | | | 0 | 0 | 4 | | | w |
| Hans-Georg Lachmann | 1905 | 1992 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2500 | | m |
| Helmut Lachmann | 1956 | | | | SIM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Alexander Lagunow | 1967 | | IM | 1991 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991) | m |
| Raphael Lagunow | 2000 | | IM | 2019 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Markus Lammers | 1986 | | IM | 2011 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Jonas Lampert | 1997 | | GM | 2020 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Schweiz (bis 2008) | m |
| Frank Lamprecht | 1968 | | IM | 1999 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Siegfried Landgraf | 1935 | 2013 | | | IM | 1971 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Herbert Lang | 1941 | 2018 | | | IM | 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Helmut Lange | 1936 | 2017 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2506 | | m |
| Lutz Lange | 1936 | 2012 | | | IM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Max Lange | 1832 | 1899 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2540 | | m |
| Wilfried Lange | 1910 | 1993 | NM | 1952 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ferenc Langheinrich | 1983 | | IM | 2019 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hannes Langrock | 1983 | | IM | 2009 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Johannes Lanzendörfer | 1957 | | | | IM | 1993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Bertold Lasker | 1860 | 1928 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2683 | | m |
| Edward Lasker | 1885 | 1981 | IM | 1963 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Vereinigte Staaten (ab 1914) | m |
| Emanuel Lasker | 1868 | 1941 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2878 | | m |
| Ralf Lau | 1959 | | GM | 1986 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Arnd Lauber | 1976 | | IM | 1999 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ingrid Lauterbach | 1960 | | WIM | 1987 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | England (seit 1994) | w |
| Christina Lehmann | 1951 | | | | | | 0 | 0 | 2 | | | w |
| Heinz Lehmann | 1921 | 1995 | HGM | 1992 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Bernard Leiber | 1943 | 2023 | | | SIM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hans-Hermann Lemke | 1950 | 2011 | | | IM | 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Manfred Lennartz | 1952 | | | | IM | 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Paul Saladin Leonhardt | 1877 | 1934 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2639 | | m |
| Volker Leupold | 1960 | | | | SIM | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Felix Levin | 1958 | | GM | 1998 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991), Ukraine (1992–1997) | m |
| René Libeau | 1965 | | IM | 1995 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Heinz Liebert | 1936 | | IM | 1966 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ursula Liebert | 1933 | 1998 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 2 | | | w |
| Carsten Lingnau | 1969 | | IM | 1993 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Thomas Link | 1959 | | | | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Thomas Lins | | | | | SIM | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Fabian Lipinsky | 1979 | | IM | 1998 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Paul Lipke | 1870 | 1955 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2725 | | m |
| Winfried Lobner | 1964 | | | | IM | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Eric Lobron | 1960 | | GM | 1982 | | | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Markus Löffler | 1969 | | IM | 1999 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Stefan Löffler | 1968 | | IM | 1993 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Werner Löffler | 1946 | | | | IM | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Gerhard Löh | 1936 | | | | GM | 1990 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Heinrich Lohmann | 1911 | nach 1965 | NM | 1952 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Heinrich Lohmann | 1944 oder 1945 | | | | SIM | 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Willi Looschelders | | | | | SIM | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Gerhard Lorson | 1919 | 1992 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Saarland (1947–1956) | m |
| Jakov Loxine | 1985 | | IM | 2012 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Russland (bis 2014) | m |
| Melanie Lubbe | 1990 | | WGM | 2012 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Nikolas Lubbe | 1990 | | GM | 2023 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hannelore Lucht | | | | | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | w |
| Norbert Lücke | 1970 | | IM | 1992 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Christoph Ludwig | 1950 | | | | SIM | 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Eckhard Lüers | 1954 | | | | SIM | 1999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Jan-Christoffer Lüers | 1979 | | | | IM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Thomas Luther | 1969 | | GM | 1994 | | | 3 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Anke Lutz | 1970 | | WIM | 1995 | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | w |
| Christopher Lutz | 1971 | | GM | 1992 | | | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Reimund Lutzenberger | 1967 | | | | IM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Alexander Lytchak | 1978 | | IM | 2007 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Gottlieb Machate | 1904 | 1974 | NM | 1952 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Heiko Machelett | 1979 | | IM | 1998 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Manuela Mader | 1990 | | WIM | 2009 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Jürgen Mädler | 1936 | 2005 | | | IM | 1977 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Manfred Mädler | 1934 | | | | SIM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Karl-Heinz Maeder | 1948 | 2013 | FM | 1992 | GM | 1991 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Thomas Mahling | 1968 | | | | GM | 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Iris Mai | 1962 | | WIM | 1986 | | | 0 | 0 | 3 | | | w |
| Alexander Maier | 1960 | | IM | 1998 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Christian Maier | 1959 | | IM | 2004 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Romuald Mainka | 1963 | | GM | 1993 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Jens-Uwe Maiwald | 1974 | | GM | 1999 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Burkhard Malich | 1936 | | GM | 1975 | | | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ralph Mallée | 1945 | | NM | 1974 | GM | 1989 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Marina Manakov | 1969 | | WIM | 1995 | | | 0 | 0 | 2 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991) | w |
| Andreas Mandel | 1962 | | IM | 2005 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Walter Mandel | 1919 | 1980 | NM | 1959 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Christian Mann | 1971 | | IM | 1991 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Traute Manthey | | | | | LIM | 1981 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Marco Mantovanelli | 1965 | | | | SIM | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Boris Margolin | 1971 | | IM | 1994 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991), Russland (1992–1997) | m |
| Alexander Markgraf | 1981 | | IM | 2011 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hans-Joachim Marotz | | 2010 | | | IM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Thomas Märten | | | | | SIM | 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Stefan Marth | 1965 | | | | IM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Thomas Martin | 1966 | | FM | 2004 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Werner Mathes | | 2012 | | | SIM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Artur Matt | 1937 | | | | SIM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Sönke Maus | 1967 | | IM | 1988 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Stepanka Mayer | 1949 | | WIM | 1970 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Tschechoslowakei (bis 1980) | w |
| Věra Medunová | 1965 | | WIM | 1995 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Tschechoslowakei (bis 1992), Tschechien (1993, seit 2001) | w |
| Uwe Mehlhorn | 1961 | | | | SIM | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wolfgang Mehlhorn | 1957 | | | | SIM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Annemarie Sylvia Meier | 1957 | | | | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | w |
| Georg Meier | 1987 | | GM | 2007 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Maximilian Meinhardt | 1986 | | IM | 2009 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Gerlef Meins | 1970 | | IM | 1997 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Bernd Meissner | 1974 | | IM | 2007 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Jakob Meister | 1955 | | GM | 2008 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991), Russland (1992–2004) | m |
| Peter Meister | 1966 | | IM | 1990 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Tatiana Melamed | 1974 | | WGM | 1999 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ukraine (bis 2010) | w |
| Gerhard Melson | | | | | SIM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wolfgang Mescheder | 1948 | | | | IM | 1991 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Johannes Metger | 1851 | 1926 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2603 | | m |
| Werner Metz | 1944 | | | | GM | 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Klaus-Dieter Meyer | 1938 | | | | IM | 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Nils Michaelsen | 1967 | | IM | 1993 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Paul Michel | 1905 | 1977 | IM | 1956 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Argentinien (nach 1939) | m |
| Georg Jakob Michels | | | | | IM | 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Marta Michna | 1978 | | WGM | 1999 | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | Polen (bis 2007) | w |
| Klaus Mielke | 1938 | | | | SIM | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Jacques Mieses | 1865 | 1954 | GM | 1950 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | England (nach 1938) | m |
| Samuel Mieses | 1841 | 1884 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2517 | | m |
| Olivér Mihók | 1993 | | GM | 2015 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ungarn (bis 2003, seit 2005) | m |
| Leonid Milov | 1966 | | GM | 2012 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991), Ukraine (1992–2005) | m |
| Johannes Minckwitz | 1843 | 1901 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2578 | | m |
| Michael Mischustov | 1967 | | FM | 1990 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Stefan Mohr | 1967 | | GM | 1989 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Günther Möhring | 1936 | 2006 | IM | 1976 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Dieter Mohrlok | 1938 | 2010 | IM | 1969 | GM | 1998 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Christian-Peter Mokrys | | | | | SIM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Martin Molinaroli | 1966 | | | | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Reinhard Moll | 1952 | | | | GM | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Léon Mons | 1995 | | GM | 2018 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Astrid Montag | | | | | LIM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Wilfrid Franz Montag | | | | | IM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Dieter Morawietz | 1963 | | IM | 2008 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Walter Morena | ca. 1915 | 1975 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Saarland (1947–1956) | m |
| Wolfgang Moser | 1948 | | | | IM | 1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Harald Mößle | | | | | IM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Karen Movsesjan | 1963 | | GM | 1994 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991), Armenien (1992–1993, seit 1997) | m |
| Paul Mross | 1910 | 1991 | NM | 1955 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Polen (vor 1934) | m |
| Gerhard Müller | 1953 | | | | GM | 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Karsten Müller | 1970 | | GM | 1998 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Klaus-Detlef Müller | | | | | SIM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Matthias Müller | 1964 | | IM | 2001 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Oliver Müller | 1969 | | IM | 2018 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ralf Müller | | | | | SIM | 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Werner Müller | 1965 | | FM | 1993 | IM | 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ingo Muschalek | 1966 | | | | SIM | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Dražen Muše | 1971 | | IM | 1999 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kroatien (seit 2006) | m |
| Mladen Muše | 1963 | | GM | 2001 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kroatien (seit 2006) | m |
| Annmarie Mütsch | 2002 | | WIM | 2019 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Belgien (seit 2024) | w |
| Ilja Mutschnik | 1985 | | IM | 2003 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ukraine (bis 2004) | m |
| Arkadij Naiditsch | 1985 | | GM | 2001 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Lettland (bis 1997), Aserbaidschan (2015 bis 2024), Bulgarien (seit 2024) | m |
| Holger Namyslo | 1956 | | FM | 2007 | SIM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Alexander Naumann | 1979 | | GM | 2005 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Uwe Nebel | 1952 | | | | IM | 1995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Maximilian Neef | 1996 | | IM | 2016 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Heiko Neß | 1978 | | | | SIM | 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ralf Neubauer | 1952 | | | | IM | 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Thomas Neuer | 1964 | | | | SIM | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Bernd Neumann | 1964 | | | | IM | 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Gustav Richard Neumann | 1838 | 1881 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2742 | | m |
| Joachim Neumann | 1943 | | | | GM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Igor Neyman | 1982 | | FM | 2012 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Arno Nickel | 1952 | | | | GM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Reiner-Gert Nickel | 1940 | | | | SIM | 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Walter Niephaus | 1923 | 1992 | NM | 1952 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Oliver Niklasch | 1968 | | IM | 2005 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Manfred Nimtz | 1955 | | | | GM | 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu | 1976 | | GM | 1997 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Rumänien (bis 2014, seit 2023) | m |
| Werner Nitsche | | 2012 | | | SIM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Christopher Noe | 1996 | | IM | 2016 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Uwe Nogga | | | | | SIM | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Waltraud Nowarra | 1940 | 2007 | WIM | 1966 | | | 0 | 0 | 7 | | | w |
| Eveline Nünchert | 1943 | | WFM | 1990 | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | w |
| Friedrich Nürnberg | 1909 | 1984 | NM | 1952 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Gertrud Nüsken | 1917 | 1972 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 4 | | | w |
| Alfred van Nüß | 1898 | 1961 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2534 | | m |
| Wilfred Nyberg | | | | | IM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Rainer Oechslein | 1941 | | | | IM | 1987 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Heinz Offenborn | 1936 | | | | IM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hans-Paul Ollmann | 1944 | | | | SIM | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wilhelm Orbach | 1894 | 1944 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2548 | | m |
| Filiz Osmanodja | 1996 | | WGM | 2020 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Peter Ostermeyer | 1943 | | IM | 1981 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wolfgang Ott | 1943 | | IM | 1991 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Mark Ousatchi | 1921 | 2010 | FM | 1994 | IM | 1991 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991), Ukraine (1992–2004; im Fernschach bis 2010) | m |
| Luděk Pachman | 1924 | 2003 | GM | 1954 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Tschechoslowakei (bis 1974, 1992), Tschechien (1993–1999) | m |
| Silvia Paddock | 1974 | | WIM | 2001 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Schweden (seit 1999) | w |
| Elisabeth Pähtz | 1985 | | GM | 2022 | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | w |
| Thomas Pähtz | 1956 | | GM | 1990 | | | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Jakob Leon Pajeken | 2003 | | IM | 2019 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hans Palm | 1951 | | | | IM | 1981 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Srđan Panzalović | 1970 | | IM | 1999 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Jugoslawien (bis 1994) | m |
| Peter Panzer | 1963 | | IM | 1993 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Sarah Papp | 1988 | | WGM | 2012 | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | w |
| Ashot Parvanyan | 2001 | | IM | 2018 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Armenien (bis 2018) | m |
| Mehmed Pasalic | 1974 | | IM | 2008 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Bosnien und Herzegowina (bis 1995) | m |
| Klaus-Michael Paul | | | | | IM | 1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Dirk Paulsen | 1959 | | FM | 1983 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Louis Paulsen | 1833 | 1891 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2710 | | m |
| Wilfried Paulsen | 1828 | 1901 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2520 | | m |
| Günter Pechwitz | 1941 | | | | SIM | 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Thore Perske | 1999 | | IM | 2017 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Werner Pesch | 1938 | | NM | 1961 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Uwe Peschke | 1962 | 2015 | | | SIM | 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Anthony Petkidis | 1994 | | IM | 2022 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wadym Petrowskyj | 2007 | | IM | 2023 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ukraine (bis 2024) | m |
| Edin Pezerović | 1973 | | IM | 2001 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Jugoslawien (bis 1992), Bosnien und Herzegowina (1993–2002) | m |
| Herbert Pfaff | 1941 | | | | IM | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Gerhard Pfeiffer | 1923 | 2000 | IM | 1957 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Helmut Pfleger | 1943 | | GM | 1975 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Roland Pfretzschner | 1958 | | FM | 1998 | SIM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Jakob Pfreundt | 1998 | | IM | 2018 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Jürgen Pichler | 1961 | | IM | 1991 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Manfred Pichler | 1955 | | | | SIM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ralf Piecusch | | | | | IM | 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Carsten Pieper-Emden | 1963 | | IM | 1990 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Klaus Piersig | 1955 | | | | IM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Siegfried Pietruske | 1933 | 2010 | | | IM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wolfgang Pietzsch | 1930 | 1996 | GM | 1966 | | | 4 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Dieter Pirrot | 1964 | | IM | 1993 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Matjaž Pirš | 1956 | | FM | 1990 | GM | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Jugoslawien (bis 1992), Slowenien (im Nahschach) | m |
| Gregory Pitl | 1982 | | IM | 2006 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Sabine Plauth-Herr | 1958 | | | | IM | 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Sebastian Plischki | 1974 | | IM | 2007 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Karlheinz Podzielny | 1928 | 2015 | | | IM | 1995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Karl-Heinz Podzielny | 1954 | 2019 | IM | 1987 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hagen Poetsch | 1991 | | GM | 2018 | | | 0 | 3 | 0 | | | m |
| Dirk Poldauf | 1965 | | IM | 1993 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hans Polzer | 1946 | 2005 | | | IM | 1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Rainer Polzin | 1971 | | GM | 2007 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Josef Porath | 1909 | 1996 | IM | 1952 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Palästina (1934–1948), Israel (ab 1948) | m |
| Ehrhardt Post | 1881 | 1947 | | | | | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Karl-Friedrich Poulheim | 1936 | | | | SIM | 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Michael Pracejus | 1940 | | | | IM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Christoph Pragua | 1950 | | | | SIM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Edgar Prang | 1948 | | FM | 1996 | SIM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wolfgang Priepke | 1962 | | | | IM | 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Heinz Prokopp | 1930 | 2012 | | | SIM | 1999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Swen Pröttel | 1972 | | CM | 2015 | IM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Michael Prusikin | 1978 | | GM | 2004 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Joachim Prüß | | | | | IM | 1967 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Robert Rabiega | 1971 | | GM | 2002 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Jens Rach | 1966 | | | | IM | 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Bernd Rädeker | 1938 | 2013 | | | SIM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wolfgang Raschewski | | | | | IM | 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hannes Rau | 1985 | | IM | 2005 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Thomas Raupp | 1958 | | FM | 1987 | GM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wilhelm Rautenberg | 1910 | 1983 | NM | 1952 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Alexander Raykhman | 1992 | | IM | 2014 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Bernd Rechel | 1970 | | IM | 2001 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Olaf Redlich | | | | | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Helmut Reefschläger | 1944 | 2015 | IM | 1985 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Oliver Reeh | 1964 | | IM | 1988 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Thomas Reich | 1963 | | IM | 1994 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Norbert Reichel | 1956 | | | | IM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Werner Reichenbach | 1936 | 2016 | FM | 1983 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Günter von Rein | 1938 | | | | IM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Heinrich Reinhardt | 1903 | 1990 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2518 | Argentinien (nach 1939) | m |
| Ludwig Rellstab | 1904 | 1983 | IM | 1950 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Christoph Renner | 1967 | | IM | 1994 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Heinrich Repp | 1946 | | | | SIM | 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Dieter Reppmann | | | | | GM | 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hans-Jürgen Reschke | | 2012 oder 2013 | | | SIM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Stefan Reschke | 1965 | 2022 | IM | 1994 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hermann Rhode | | | | | SIM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Salomon Ricardo-Rocamora | 1855 | 1923 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2511 | Vereinigte Staaten (ab 1893) | m |
| Christian Richter | 1978 | | IM | 2009 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Kurt Richter | 1900 | 1969 | IM | 1950 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Michael Richter | 1978 | | GM | 2015 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Mirko Richter | 1969 | | | | IM | 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Nils Richter | 2003 | | IM | 2023 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Stephan Richter | 1964 | | | | IM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wolfgang Richter | 1968 | | IM | 1996 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Gerd Rickers | 1937 | | | | IM | 1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Fritz Riemann | 1859 | 1932 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2632 | | m |
| Friedl Rinder | 1905 | 2001 | WIM | 1957 | | | 0 | 0 | 5 | | | w |
| Horst Rittner | 1930 | 2021 | | | GM | 1960 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Matthias Röder | 1966 | | IM | 1989 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ludwig Rödl | 1907 | 1970 | IM | 1953 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wolfgang Rohde | 1951 | | | | GM | 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Manfred Ronczkowski | 1935 | 2013 | | | SIM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Detlef Rook | 1968 | | | | SIM | 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ksenia Roos | 1984 | | WIM | 2001 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Russland (bis 2008) | w |
| Michael Roos | 1978 | | IM | 2003 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Willy Rosen | 1933 | | FM | 1998 | IM | 1989 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ralf Rosin | 1966 | | | | SIM | 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Jonas Rosner | 1990 | | IM | 2018 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ulrike Rößler | 1977 | | WIM | 2000 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Detlef Rost | 1962 | | | | SIM | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Arkadi Rotstein | 1961 | | GM | 1994 | IM | 1990 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991), Ukraine (1992–1999) | m |
| Jefim Rotstein | 1933 | 2021 | FM | 2003 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2534 | Sowjetunion (bis 1991), Ukraine (1992–2002) | m |
| Ludwig Röver | 1936 | | | | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Anna Rudolph | 1978 | | WIM | 2007 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ukraine (bis 2002) | w |
| Matthias Ruf | 1968 | | IM | 1990 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Volkhard Rührig | 1953 | 1990 | FM | 1983 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Michael Rümmele | 1962 | | | | GM | 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Frank Ruppel | | | | | IM | 1962 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Andreas Rupprecht | 1972 | | IM | 2015 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Joanna Sadkiewicz | 1966 | | WIM | 1986 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Polen (bis 2000) | w |
| Mark Safjanowski | 1950 | | IM | 1994 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Jugoslawien (1991–1994), Ukraine (1995–1999) | m |
| Walter Sahlmann | 1911 | 1976 | NM | 1952 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Sergej Salov | 1940 | | IM | 1992 | IM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991), Russland (1992–2004) | m |
| Sergiu Samarian | 1923 | 1991 | | | IM | 1973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Rumänien (bis 1976) | m |
| Friedrich Sämisch | 1896 | 1975 | GM | 1950 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Mekki Samraoui | 1953 | | | | SIM | 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Christian Sandor | 1975 | | IM | 1996 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Oksana Sarana-Hungeling | 1979 | | WGM | 1999 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ukraine (bis 2000) | w |
| Wilfried Sauermann | 1939 | 2013 | | | SIM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Massoud Amir Sawadkuhi | 1942 | 2017 | IM | 2015 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Iran (bis 1979, ab 2005) | m |
| Jörg Sawatzki | 1965 | | | | IM | 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Peter Schaaf | 1938 | | | | IM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Manfred Schäfer | 1912 | 1996 | | | IM | 1986 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Markus Schäfer | 1969 | | IM | 1991 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Emil Schallopp | 1843 | 1919 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2650 | | m |
| Andreas Schartner | | | | | IM | 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Gerhard Schebler | 1969 | | GM | 2004 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Christoph Scheerer | 1980 | | IM | 2005 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Maria Scheffold | | 1970 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | w |
| Ralf Scheipl | 1934 | | FM | 1983 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Andreas Schenk | 1982 | | IM | 2002 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Thomas Scherk | | | | | SIM | 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Bernhard Scheuermann | 1961 | | | | SIM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Theodor von Scheve | 1851 | 1922 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2669 | | m |
| Karl-Josef Schiffer | 1937 | 1998 | NM | 1969 | IM | 1979 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wilhelm Schifferdecker | 1919 | 1994 | FM | 1983 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Adrian Schilcher | 1966 | | | | SIM | 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Frank Schilling | 1959 | | | | IM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Andreas Schinke | 1964 | | | | SIM | 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Werner Schlachetka | 1943 | 2016 | | | IM | 1988 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Willi Schlage | 1888 | 1940 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2517 | | m |
| Daniel Schlecht | 1974 | | IM | 2015 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Zoya Schleining | 1961 | | IM | 2016 | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991), Ukraine (1992–2000) | w |
| Rolf Schlieder | 1919 | | | | IM | 1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Rolf Schlindwein | 1974 | | IM | 1994 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Fritz Schlösser | 1939 | | | | SIM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Philipp Schlosser | 1968 | | GM | 1992 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Elke Schludecker | 1953 | | | | LGM | 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Jürgen Schmall | 1967 | | | | IM | 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Roland Schmaltz | 1974 | | GM | 2001 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Thomas Schmelz | 1958 | | | | SIM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Lothar Schmid | 1928 | 2013 | GM | 1959 | GM | 1959 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Anja Schmidt | | | | | IM | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Bodo Schmidt | 1950 | | FM | 1983 | | | 0 | 2 | 0 | | | m |
| Gerhard W. Schmidt | 1957 | | | | SIM | 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Jessica Schmidt | 1979 | | WGM | 2006 | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | w |
| Jürgen Schmidt | 1940 oder 1941 | | | | IM | 1992 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Matthias Schmidt | | | | | SIM | 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Paul Felix Schmidt | 1916 | 1984 | IM | 1950 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Estland (bis 1939), Vereinigte Staaten (ab 1950) | m |
| Peter Schmidt | 1969 | | IM | 1993 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Silvia Schmidt | 1969 | | | | LIM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Theo Schmidt | 1959 | | | | SIM | 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Torsten Schmidt | 1965 | | | | SIM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ludwig Schmitt | 1902 | 1980 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2538 | | m |
| Eckhard Schmittdiel | 1960 | | GM | 1994 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Klaus Schmitzer | 1965 | | FM | 1990 | SIM | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Michael Schnabel | 1949 | | | | IM | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Bernd Schneider | 1965 | | IM | 1986 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Birgit Schneider | 1960 | | | | LIM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Ilja Schneider | 1984 | | IM | 2009 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Jana Schneider | 2002 | | WGM | 2021 | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | w |
| Markus Schneider | 1966 | | | | IM | 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wolfgang Schneider | 1939 | | | | SIM | 1999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Christian Scholz | 1973 | | IM | 2004 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Werner Schön | 1949 | | | | SIM | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wolfram Schön | 1967 | | IM | 1987 | GM | 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Norwegen (bis 1985), Kanada (Fernschach) | m |
| Maria Schöne | 1987 | | WIM | 2009 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Ralf Schöne | 1961 | | IM | 1997 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Günter Schöneberg | 1925 | 2001 | | | IM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Manfred Schöneberg | 1946 | | FM | 1987 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Helmut Schönherr | 1929 | 2000 | | | IM | 1975 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Georg Schories | 1874 | 1934 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2524 | England | m |
| Arnold Schottländer | 1854 | 1909 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2575 | | m |
| Alexander Schramm | 1985 | | | | SIM | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Kurt Schreiber | 1946 | | | | SIM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Werner Schreiber | 1931 | | | | IM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Frank Schröder | 1957 | | | | GM | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Jan-Christian Schröder | 1998 | | GM | 2015 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Frank Schubert | 1966 | | | | SIM | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Günter Schuchardt | 1944 | 2016 | | | IM | 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Dirk Schuh | 1979 | | IM | 2012 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Günter Schuh | 1932 | | | | SIM | 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| John William Schulten | 1821 | 1875 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2509 | Vereinigte Staaten | m |
| Günter Schulz | 1971 | | | | IM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Karsten Schulz | 1962 | | FM | 1992 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Klaus-Jürgen Schulz | 1960 | | IM | 1986 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Volker Schulz | | | | | SIM | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Lara Schulze | 2002 | | FM | 2019 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Ulrich Schulze | 1950 | | IM | 1991 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ralf Schüppel | 1938 | | | | SIM | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Heinz Schüppen | 1938 | | | | IM | 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Peter Schuster | 1942 | | | | SIM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Tschechische Republik (Nahschach) | m |
| Theo Schuster | 1911 | 1998 | NM | 1952 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ullrich Schuster | 1951 | | | | IM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ingo Schütt | 1934 | 2021 | | | GM | 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Manfred Schütze | 1941 | | | | SIM | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Michael Schwarz | 1971 | | IM | 1993 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Österreich (seit 2003) | m |
| Miroslav Schwarz | 1975 | | IM | 1998 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ukraine (bis 2003) | m |
| Carsten Schweer | 1969 | | | | IM | 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Victoria Schweer | | | | | LGM | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Mathias Schwenk | 1969 | | | | SIM | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Thomas Schwetlick | 1960 | | | | SIM | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Heinrich Schwierzy | 1959 | | | | IM | 1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hans-Elmar Schwing | 1972 | | FM | 1997 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Dirk Sebastian | 1979 | | IM | 2017 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Christian Seel | 1983 | | IM | 2004 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wolfgang Seeliger | 1927 | | | | IM | 1975 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Rüdiger Seger | 1968 | | IM | 2002 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Norbert Sehner | 1960 | | IM | 1986 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Friedebert Seibt | 1948 | | | | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Sandra Seidel | 1976 | | | | LGM | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Ulricke Seidemann | 1955 | | WFM | 1992 | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | w |
| Jakob Adolf Seitz | 1898 | 1970 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2514 | | m |
| Christian Sender | 1961 | | | | GM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Martin Senff | 1980 | | IM | 2000 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Arpad Serner | | | | | SIM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Paul Klemens Seuffert | 1860 | 1896 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2574 | | m |
| Georg Seul | 1963 | | IM | 1993 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Alexander Seyb | 1991 | | IM | 2015 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Nikolai Shalnev | 1944 | | GM | 2001 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991), Ukraine (1992–1998), Russland (1999–2004) | m |
| Olga Shalnyeva | 1946 | | WIM | 2002 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Russland (bis 2001), Ukraine (2001–2007) | w |
| Amina Sherif | 1999 | | WIM | 2013 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ägypten (seit 2013) | w |
| Evgenija Shmirina | 1989 | | WIM | 2004 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Fiona Sieber | 2000 | | WGM | 2023 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Sebastian Siebrecht | 1973 | | GM | 2008 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Georg Siegel | 1962 | 2010? | IM | 1994 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Paul Siegel | 1916 | | NM | 1952 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Bruno Siegheim | 1875 | 1952 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Südafrika | m |
| Rainer Siegmund | 1943 | | | | IM | 1991 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Rudolf Sielaff | 1931 | | | | SIM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Christof Sielecki | 1974 | | IM | 2012 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Myrna Siewert | | | | | LGM | 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Wolfgang Siewert | 1951 | | | | SIM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Horst Sikorsky | 1958 | | | | SIM | 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Reinhard Sikorsky | 1948 | | | | IM | 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ralf-Axel Simon | 1953 | | FM | 1990 | IM | 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Christoph Singer | 1970 | | IM | 2017 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Österreich (bis 1991) | m |
| Bodo Sitarek | 1947 | | | | IM | 1991 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hermann Skarke | 1931 | 2019 | | | IM | 1991 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ullrich Skorna | 1948 | | | | IM | 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Andreas Skulteti | | | | | IM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Roman Slobodjan | 1975 | | GM | 1996 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991) | m |
| Igor Solomunović | 1972 | | IM | 2008 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Jugoslawien (bis 1993), Bosnien und Herzegowina (1994–2003), Serbien (seit 2013) | m |
| Stefan Solonar | 1956 | | IM | 1991 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991), Moldawien (1992–2000) | m |
| Achim Soltau | 1938 | 2016 | | | GM | 1992 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hans-Hubert Sonntag | 1954 | | IM | 1987 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Karl-Heinz Söntges | 1946 | 2011 | | | SIM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Bela Soos | 1930 | 2007 | IM | 1967 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Rumänien (bis 1973) | m |
| Georgios Souleidis | 1972 | | IM | 1999 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Griechenland (seit 2000) | m |
| Ute Späte | 1961 | | | | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | w |
| Klaus Sperhake | | | | | SIM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Gunter Spieß | 1964 | | IM | 2008 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Claus Sprengelmeier | 1947 | | | | GM | 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Jan Michael Sprenger | 1982 | | GM | 2018 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Peter Staller | 1942 | 2019 | FM | 1983 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wolfgang Standke | | | | | GM | 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Markus Stangl | 1969 | 2020 | GM | 1993 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Bodo Starck | 1934 | | FM | 1986 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2525 | | m |
| Lars Stark | 1983 | | IM | 2007 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Heiko Starke | | | | | IM | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| René-Reiner Starke | 1969 | | | | GM | 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Uwe Staroske | 1966 | | | | SIM | 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Horst Staudler | | 2009 | | | SIM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hans-Hilmar Staudte | 1911 | 1979 | NM | 1952 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Johannes Steckner | 1966 | | FM | 1987 | IM | 1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Bernd Stein | 1955 | | IM | 1985 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Georg Stein | 1909 | in den 1980er Jahren | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Claudia Steinbacher | 1970 | | WIM | 2007 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Jürgen Stephan | | | | | GM | 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ulrich Stephan | 1970 | | | | GM | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Werner Stephan | | | | | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Dieter Stern | 1934 | 2011 | | | GM | 1985 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| René Stern | 1972 | | GM | 2014 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Werner Stern | 1932 | 2018 | | | GM | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Günter Stertenbrink | 1954 | | | | GM | 1984 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Michael Stettler | 1961 | | FM | 1992 | IM | 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ottilie Stibaner | 1908 | 1972 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | w |
| Roland Stiefel | 1964 | | | | IM | 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Helmut Stieger | 1941 | | | | IM | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Manfred Stock | | | | | IM | 1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Mario Stöckert | | | | | SIM | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Thomas Stomberg | 1987 | | IM | 2013 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Michael Strache | 1988 | | | | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Erich Stransky | | | | | IM | 1983 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Jörg Straschewski | 1959 | | | | IM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Natalia Straub | 1978 | | WGM | 1998 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991), Ukraine (1992–2007) | w |
| Benedikt Striepens | 1964 | | | | IM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Raoul Strohhäker | 1987 | | IM | 2009 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Andreas Strunski | 1992 | | IM | 2010 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hugo Süchting | 1874 | 1916 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2594 | | m |
| Dirk Suhl | 1962 | | | | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Berthold Suhle | 1837 | 1904 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2731 | | m |
| Alois Süß | 1943 | | NM | 1970 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Frederik Svane | 2004 | | IM | 2021 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Rasmus Svane | 1997 | | GM | 2016 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Rudolf Swiderski | 1878 | 1909 | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Iamze Tammert | 1971 | | WIM | 2014 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Georgien (bis 2003) | w |
| Siegbert Tarrasch | 1862 | 1934 | | | | | 3 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hans Tauber | 1963 | | | | SIM | 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Richard Teichmann | 1868 | 1925 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2744 | | m |
| Sven Telljohann | 1971 | | IM | 1995 | | | 0 | 3 | 0 | | | m |
| Benjamin Tereick | 1990 | | IM | 2011 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Rudolf Teschner | 1922 | 2006 | HGM | 1992 | | | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Henrik Teske | 1968 | | GM | 1996 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Jürgen Teufel | 1946 | | NM | 1967 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Jörg Teumer | 1972 | | | | IM | 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Matthias Thesing | 1965 | | IM | 1987 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Lars Thiede | 1970 | | IM | 2001 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Erich Thiele | 1930 | 2005 | | | IM | 1970 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Günter Thies | 1958 | | | | IM | 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Marco Thinius | 1968 | | IM | 2004 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hagen Tiemann | 1934 | | | | SIM | 1999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Raj Tischbierek | 1962 | | GM | 1990 | | | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Dirk Topolewski | 1962 | | | | IM | 1993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Bettina Trabert | 1969 | | WGM | 2000 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Gerhard Traut | 1938 | | | | IM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Thomas Traut | | | | | IM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Eugen Tripolsky | 1962 | | IM | 2000 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ukraine (bis 2009) | m |
| Jörn-Uwe Trippe | | | | | IM | 1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Paul Tröger | 1913 | 1992 | NM | 1952 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Christian Troyke | 1971 | | IM | 1996 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wolfgang Uhlmann | 1935 | 2020 | GM | 1959 | | | 11 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Michail Umansky | 1952 | 2010 | IM | 1997 | GM | 1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991), Russland (1992–2001) | m |
| Volker Unglaub | 1955 | | | | IM | 1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wolfgang Unzicker | 1925 | 2006 | GM | 1954 | | | 7 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Julian Urban | 1969 | | IM | 1991 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wolfgang Utesch | | | | | IM | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hans-Joachim Vatter | 1956 | | FM | 1988 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Helge Verhoef | 1969 | | | | SIM | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Gerhard Vetter | 1936 | | | | IM | 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Herbert Vetter | 1957 | | | | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Nellya Vidonyak | 1971 | | WIM | 1999 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ukraine (bis 1995) | w |
| Roman Vidonyak | 1972 | | IM | 1993 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991), Ukraine (1992–2004) | m |
| Roven Vogel | 2000 | | IM | 2015 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Lothar Vogt | 1952 | | GM | 1976 | | | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Roland Voigt | 1981 | | IM | 2019 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Bernd Vökler | 1963 | | IM | 2015 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Karsten Volke | 1965 | | IM | 1990 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Maximilian Voss | 1965 | | | | GM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hans-Dieter Vötter | 1942 | | | | SIM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Nikolas Wachinger | 2003 | | IM | 2022 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Dennis Wagner | 1997 | | GM | 2015 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Dinara Wagner | 1999 | | IM | 2023 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Russland (bis 2022) | m |
| Heinrich Wagner | 1888 | 1959 | IM | 1953 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Annett Wagner-Michel | 1955 | | WIM | 1975 | | | 0 | 0 | 2 | | | w |
| Matthias Wahls | 1968 | | GM | 1989 | | | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Carl August Walbrodt | 1871 | 1902 | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Stefan Walter | 1986 | | IM | 2017 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ursula Wasnetsky | 1931 | 2009 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | w |
| Karlheinz Weber | 1934 | | | | IM | 1995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Klaus Weber | 1967 | | | | IM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ulrich Wedemeyer | | | | | IM | 1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Olaf Wegener | 1981 | | IM | 2004 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Jörg Wegerle | 1985 | | IM | 2008 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hannu Wegner | 1967 | | IM | 1990 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Stefan Wehmeier | 1970 | | IM | 1997 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Alfred Weindl | 1964 | | IM | 2005 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Wilfried Weingarz | 1961 | | | | SIM | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Günter Weinitschke | 1928 | | | | IM | 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Manfred Weinmann-Musset | 1944 | | | | IM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Horst Weisenburger | 1949 | | | | SIM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Gerhard Weißgerber | 1905 | 1937 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2562 | | m |
| Wolfgang Weißleder | 1948 | | | | SIM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Robert K. von Weizsäcker | 1954 | | | | GM | 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Rudi Welzenheimer | | | | | IM | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Carl Wemmers | 1845 | 1882 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2503 | | m |
| René Wendt | 1962 | | FM | 1992 | IM | 1992 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Jörg Wengler | 1967 | | | | IM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Clemens Werner | 1946 | | FM | 1993 | IM | 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Dimo Werner | 1952 | | IM | 1986 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ernst Werner | 1936 | | | | IM | 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Carola von der Weth | 1959 | | WFM | 1990 | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | w |
| Cliff Wichmann | 1971 | | IM | 2011 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Karl-Günter Wilhelm | 1935 | | | | IM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Christian Wilhelmi | 1976 | | IM | 1997 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Dirk Wilhelmi | | | | | SIM | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Sabine Willert-Betker | 1962 | | | | LGM | 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Thomas Winckelmann | | | | | GM | 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Georg Windhausen | 1960 | | | | SIM | 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Thorsten Winkler | 1966 | | | | SIM | 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Lukas Winterberg | 1992 | | IM | 2023 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Till Wippermann | 1980 | | IM | 2005 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Klaus Wockenfuß | 1951 | 2022 | IM | 1987 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Friederike Wohlers-Armas | 1962 | | WIM | 1994 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Frankreich (seit 1991) | w |
| Friedrich Wolfenter | 1933 | | | | SIM | 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Balduin Wolff | 1819 | 1907 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2530 | | m |
| Rudolf Wolfrum | | | | | SIM | 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Sigmund Wolk | 1911 | nach 1972 | NM | 1957 | | | 0 | 2 | 0 | | | m |
| Mathias Womacka | 1966 | | GM | 2010 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Klaus Wrba | | | | | IM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hans-Dieter Wunderlich | 1952 | | | | GM | 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Lev Yankelevich | 1997 | | GM | 2022 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Andreas Zach | 1960 | | FM | 2011 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | m |
| Rainer Zajontz | 1952 | | | | SIM | 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Herbert Zapf | | | | | IM | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ilja Zaragatski | 1985 | | GM | 2013 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Alexander Zatsch | 1952 | | | | IM | 1993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hubert Zautzig | 1958 | | | | GM | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Gerhard Zecha | | | | | IM | 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Michael Zeihser | 1959 | | | | IM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Michael Zeitlein | 1947 | | GM | 1987 | GM | 1990 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Sowjetunion (bis 1991), Russland (1992–1997) | m |
| Patrick Zelbel | 1993 | | IM | 2011 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Frank Zeller | 1969 | | IM | 2001 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Ludwig Zier | 1955 | | CM | 2008 | IM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Gerhard Ziese | 1949 | | | | SIM | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Hans Ziewitz | 1933 | | | | GM | 1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Herbert Zimmer | 1955 | | | | IM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Bert Zimmermann | 1968 | | | | IM | 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Horst Zimmermann | 1935 | 2012 | | | IM | 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Lothar Zinn | 1938 | 1980 | IM | 1965 | | | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Anita Zinn-Kessler | | | | | LIM | 1975 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | w |
| Arno Zude | 1964 | | IM | 1995 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Erik Zude | 1965 | | IM | 2006 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Johannes Hermann Zukertort | 1842 | 1888 | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2798 | England | m |
| Martin Zumsande | 1981 | | IM | 2007 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |
| Robert Zysk | 1966 | | IM | 1986 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | m |