# List of FIDE federation player transfers

This is an incomplete list of chess players who have represented more than one nation in FIDE-sanctioned tournaments. These players underwent a change in national federation affiliation but may not necessarily changed their citizenship in the process but may have to satisfy residency requirements. This excludes players which did not compete in any FIDE-sanctioned event for their previous federation.

## To countries in the Americas

| Name | Previous federation | New federation | Year |
| Albert Becker | Germany | Argentina |
| Francisco Benkö | Germany | Argentina |
| Erich Eliskases | Germany | Argentina |
| Nicolas Engalicev | Latvia/ Italy | Canada |
| Movsas Feigins | Latvia | Argentina |
| Paulino Frydman | Poland | Argentina |
| Sonja Graf | Germany | Argentina United States |
| Aristide Gromer | France | Argentina |
| Zelman Kleinstein | Palestine | Argentina |
| Markas Luckis | Lithuania | Argentina |
| Paul Michel | Germany | Argentina |
| Miguel Najdorf | Poland | Argentina |
| Jiri Pelikan | Czechoslovakia | Argentina |
| Hermann Pilnik | Germany | Argentina |
| Meir Rauch | Palestine Poland | Argentina Israel |
| Ilmar Raud | Estonia | Argentina |
| Heinrich Reinhardt | Germany | Argentina |
| Chris de Ronde | Netherlands | Argentina |
| Paulette Schwartzmann | France | Argentina |
| Adolf Seitz | Germany | Argentina Switzerland |
| Karel Skalička | Czechoslovakia | Argentina |
| Maxim Sorokin | Russia | Argentina |
| Gideon Ståhlberg | Sweden | Argentina Sweden |
| Franciszek Sulik | Poland | Argentina Australia |
| Victor Winz | Germany Palestine | Argentina |
| Paul Baender | Germany | Bolivia |
| Ludwig Engels | Germany | Brazil |
| Jacob Ascher | England | Canada |
| Evgeny Bareev | Russia | Canada |
| Fedir Bohatyrchuk | Soviet Union | Canada |
| Géza Füster | Hungary | Canada |
| Leonid Gerzhoy | Israel | Canada |
| Igor Vasilyevich Ivanov | Soviet Union | Canada United States |
| Carlos Jauregui | Chile | Canada |
| Miervaldis Jurševskis | Latvia | Canada |
| Natalia Khoudgarian | Russia | Canada |
| Anton Kovalyov | Argentina | Canada |
| Stanislav Kriventsov | Russia United States | Canada |
| Roman Pelts | Soviet Union | Canada |
| William H. K. Pollock | England/ Ireland | Canada |
| Edward Porper | Israel Soviet Union | Canada |
| Alexander Rabinovich | Israel | Canada |
| Bator Sambuev | Russia | Canada |
| Artiom Samsonkin | Belarus | Canada |
| Zoltan Sarosy | Hungary | Canada |
| Stephen Francis Smith | United Kingdom | Canada |
| Yan Teplitsky | Israel Russia | Canada |
| Dimitri Tyomkin | Israel | Canada |
| Povilas Vaitonis | Lithuania | Canada |
| Zvonko Vranesic | Yugoslavia | Canada |
| Yang Kaiqi | China | Canada |
| Qiyu Zhou | Finland | Canada |
| Alexis Cabrera | Cuba | Colombia Spain |
| Neuris Delgado Ramírez | Cuba | Colombia Paraguay |
| Daniel Tapia | United States | Colombia |
| Gerardo Budowski | Germany Venezuela | Costa Rica |
| Francisco Perez | Spain | Cuba |
| Nelson Pinal Borges | Cuba | Dominican Republic |
| Lisandro Fernandez Reyes | Cuba | Ecuador |
| Paul Klein | Germany | Ecuador |
| Bruno Moritz | Germany | Ecuador |
| Lemnys Arias | Honduras | El Salvador | 2001 |
| Alvaro Blanco Fernandez | Cuba | Mexico |
| Juan Carlos González Zamora | Cuba | Mexico |
| Neuris Delgado Ramírez | Colombia Cuba | Paraguay |
| Tatev Abrahamyan | Armenia | United States |
| Anna Akhsharumova | Soviet Union | United States |
| Varuzhan Akobian | Armenia | United States |
| Lev Alburt | Soviet Union | United States |
| Babakuli Annakov | Turkmenistan | United States |
| Camilla Baginskaite | Lithuania | United States |
| Batchimeg Tuvshintugs | Mongolia | United States |
| Mikhail Baturyn | Belarus | United States |
| Julio Becerra Rivero | Cuba | United States |
| Anjelina Belakovskaia | Ukraine | United States |
| Pal Benko | Hungary | United States |
| Horace Bigelow | England | United States |
| Boris Blumin | Canada | United States |
| Walter Browne | Australia | United States |
| Lázaro Bruzón | Cuba | United States |
| Oscar Chajes | Austria-Hungary | United States |
| Akshat Chandra | India | United States |
| Fidel Corrales Jimenez | Cuba | United States |
| Dorsa Derakhshani | Iran | United States |
| Leinier Domínguez | Cuba | United States |
| Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya | Soviet Union | United States |
| Leonids Dreibergs | Latvia | United States |
| Roman Dzindzichashvili | Israel Soviet Union | United States |
| Louis Eisenberg | Ukraine | United States |
| Arpad Elo | Hungary | United States |
| Jaan Ehlvest | Estonia | United States |
| Esther Epstein | Soviet Union | United States |
| Sergey Erenburg | Israel Soviet Union | United States |
| Samuel Factor | Poland | United States |
| Ali Farahat | Egypt | United States |
| Florin Felecan | Romania | United States |
| Andrei-Costel Florean | Romania | United States |
| Sabina-Francesca Foisor | Romania | United States |
| Selim Franklin | England | United States |
| Timur Gareyev | Uzbekistan | United States |
| Samuel Gold | Austria-Hungary | United States |
| Alexander Goldin | Israel Soviet Union | United States |
| Rusudan Goletiani | Georgia | United States | 2001 |
| Renier Gonzalez | Cuba | United States |
| Sonja Graf | Argentina Germany | United States |
| Eduard Gufeld | Georgia | United States |
| Boris Gulko | Soviet Union | United States |
| Dmitry Gurevich | Soviet Union | United States |
| Anna Hahn | Latvia | United States |
| Holden Hernandez Carmenate | Cuba | United States |
| Ildar Ibragimov | Russia | United States |
| Alexander Ivanov | Soviet Union | United States |
| Igor Vasilyevich Ivanov | Canada Soviet Union | United States |
| Zviad Izoria | Georgia | United States |
| Gregory Kaidanov | Russia | United States |
| Gata Kamsky | Soviet Union | United States |
| Albert Kapengut | Belarus | United States |
| Mona May Karff | Palestine | United States |
| Lubomir Kavalek | Czechoslovakia | United States |
| Hans Kmoch | Austria | United States |
| Boris Kogan | Soviet Union | United States |
| George Koltanowski | Belgium | United States |
| Boris Kreiman | Soviet Union | United States |
| Stanislav Kriventsov | Russia | Canada United States |
| Edward Lasker | Germany | United States |
| Emanuel Lasker | Germany Soviet Union | United States |
| Anatoly Lein | Soviet Union | United States |
| Irina Levitina | Soviet Union | United States |
| Theodor Lichtenhein | Germany | United States |
| Marlo Micayabas | Philippines | United States |
| Nikolay Minev | Bulgaria | United States |
| Elshan Moradi | Iran | United States |
| Alejandro Moreno | Cuba | United States |
| Kateřina Němcová | Czech Republic | United States |
| Viktorija Ni | Latvia | United States |
| Alexander Onischuk | Ukraine | United States |
| Georgi Orlov | Russia | United States |
| Nazí Paikidze | Georgia | United States |
| Sam Palatnik | Soviet Union | United States |
| Rudolf Pitschak | Czechoslovakia | United States |
| Joseph Platz | Germany | United States |
| Susan Polgar | Hungary | United States |
| Stepan Popel | Ukraine/ Poland France | United States |
| Yuniesky Quesada Perez | Cuba | United States |
| Alejandro Ramirez | Costa Rica | United States |
| Samuel Reshevsky | Poland | United States |
| Katerina Rohonyan | Ukraine | United States |
| Jacob Rosenthal | Poland Netherlands | United States |
| Nicolas Rossolimo | France | United States |
| John William Schulten | Germany | United States |
| Gabriel Schwartzman | Romania | United States |
| Gregory Serper | Uzbekistan | United States |
| Alexander Shabalov | Latvia | United States |
| Leonid Shamkovich | Soviet Union Israel | United States |
| Anna Sharevich | Belarus | United States |
| Miron Sher | Russia | United States |
| Kamran Shirazi | Iran | United States France |
| Yury Shulman | Belarus | United States |
| Mikhail Shur | Azerbaijan | United States |
| Wesley So | Philippines | United States | 2014 |
| Wilhelm Steinitz | Austrian Empire United Kingdom | United States |
| Alexander Stripunsky | Ukraine | United States |
| Dariusz Świercz | Poland | United States |
| Povilas Tautvaišas | Lithuania | United States |
| Oscar Tenner | Germany | United States |
| Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova | Uzbekistan | United States |
| Myroslav Turiansky | Soviet Union Austria | United States |
| Milan Vukcevich | Yugoslavia | United States |
| Aleksander Wojtkiewicz | Soviet Union Poland | United States |
| Alex Yermolinsky | Soviet Union | United States |
| Anna Zatonskih | Ukraine | United States |
| Elmārs Zemgalis | Latvia | United States |
| Yaroslav Zherebukh | Ukraine | United States |
| Raset Ziatdinov | Uzbekistan | United States |
| Luis Ernesto Rodi | Argentina | Uruguay |
| Jaime Bograd | Romania | Venezuela |
| Gerardo Budowski | Germany | Venezuela Costa Rica |
| Ariel Marichal Gonzalez | Cuba | Venezuela |
| Antonio Medina | Spain | Venezuela |
| Wilson Palencia | Colombia | Venezuela |
| László Tapasztó | Hungary | Venezuela |
| Felix Ynojosa | England | Venezuela |

## To countries in Asia

| Name | Previous federation | New federation | Year |
| Igors Rausis | Latvia | Bangladesh Czech Republic |
| Paul Truong | United States | Cambodia |
| Izak Aloni | Poland | Palestine/ Israel |
| Boris Alterman | Soviet Union | Israel |
| Boris Avrukh | Kazakhstan | Israel |
| Dina Belenkaya | Russia | Israel | 2022 |
| Alexander Bagrationi | Ukraine | Israel |
| Valeri Beim | Soviet Union | Israel Austria |
| Abram Blass | Poland | Palestine/ Israel |
| Angela Borsuk | Ukraine | Israel |
| Moshe Czerniak | Poland | Palestine/ Israel |
| Boruch Israel Dyner | Belgium | Israel |
| Roman Dzindzichashvili | Soviet Union | Israel United States |
| David Enoch | Germany | Palestine/ Israel |
| Sergey Erenburg | Russia | Israel United States |
| Boris Gelfand | Belarus | Israel |
| Leonid Gofshtein | Soviet Union | Israel |
| Alexander Goldin | Russia | Israel United States |
| Vitali Golod | Ukraine | Israel |
| Izaak Grynfeld | Poland | Israel |
| Andrei Gurbanov | Belarus | Israel |
| Lev Gutman | Soviet Union | Israel Germany |
| Alexander Huzman | Ukraine | Israel |
| Bella Igla | Russia | Israel |
| Boris Kantsler | Kyrgyzstan | Israel |
| Michael Klenburg | Ukraine | Israel |
| Alla Kushnir | Soviet Union | Israel |
| Vladimir Liberzon | Soviet Union | Israel |
| Aleksandras Machtas | Lithuania | Palestine/ Israel |
| Houshang Mashian | Iran | Israel |
| Victor Mikhalevski | Soviet Union | Israel |
| Vadim Milov | Russia | Israel Switzerland |
| Ariah Mohiliver | Poland | Palestine/ Israel |
| Jacob Murey | Soviet Union | Israel |
| Menachem Oren | Poland | Palestine/ Israel |
| Raaphi Persitz | United Kingdom | Israel Switzerland |
| Yosef Porath | Germany | Palestine/ Israel |
| Edward Porper | Soviet Union | Israel Canada |
| Lev Psakhis | Soviet Union | Israel |
| Meir Rauch | Poland | Palestine/ Israel |
| Salome Reischer | Austria | Palestine |
| Leonid Shamkovich | Russia | Israel United States |
| Yuliya Shvayger | Ukraine | Israel |
| Ilya Smirin | Soviet Union | Israel |
| Lazare Suchowolski | Poland Australia | Israel |
| Emil Sutovsky | Soviet Union | Israel |
| Gedali Szapiro | Poland | Israel |
| Yan Teplitsky | Russia | Israel Canada |
| Mark Tseitlin | Soviet Union | Israel |
| Isakas Vistaneckis | Lithuania | Israel |
| Victor Winz | Germany | Palestine/ Israel Argentina |
| Leonid Yudasin | Russia | Israel |
| Tatiana Zatulovskaya | Russia | Israel |
| Yaacov Zilberman | Soviet Union | Israel |
| Domingo Ramos | Philippines | Japan |
| Yevgeniy Pak | Uzbekistan | Kazakhstan |
| Vladislav Tkachiev | Russia | Kazakhstan France |
| Eva Repková | Slovakia | Lebanon |
| Evgenij Ermenkov | Bulgaria | Palestine |
| Christian Michel Yunis | Chile | Palestine |
| Zhu Chen | China | Qatar |
| Gong Qianyun | China | Singapore |
| Li Ruofan | China | Singapore |
| Enrique Paciencia | Philippines | Singapore |
| Olimpiu G. Urcan | Romania | Singapore |
| Buenaventura Villamayor | Philippines | Singapore |
| Wu Shaobin | China | Singapore |
| Zhang Zhong | China | Singapore |
| Jose Camacho Collados | Spain | South Korea |
| Alexey Kim | Russia | South Korea |
| Gamil Agamaliev | Azerbaijan | Turkey |
| Ekaterina Atalik | Russia | Turkey |
| Cemil Gulbas | Belgium | Turkey |
| Mikhail Gurevich | Soviet Union Belgium | Turkey |
| Alexander Ipatov | Ukraine Spain | Turkey |
| Ergin Mollaoglu | Bulgaria | Turkey |
| Dragan Šolak | Serbia | Turkey |
| Trần Thanh Tú | Vietnam | Japan |

## To countries in Europe

| Name | Previous federation | New federation | Year |
| 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 |
| Valeri Beim | Soviet Union Israel | Austria |
| Ivo Donev | Bulgaria | Austria |
| Alexander Halprin | Russia | Austria |
| Tunç Hamarat | Turkey | Austria |
| Stefan Kindermann | Germany | 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 |
| Inna Dubinka | Ukraine | Belarus | 2001 |
| Suat Atalık | Turkey | Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbia |
| Ivan Galić | Croatia | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Borki Predojević | Serbia and Montenegro | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Dalibor Stojanović | Serbia and Montenegro | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Tatjana Lematschko | Soviet Union | Bulgaria Switzerland |
| Ilja Lebović-Nader | Azerbaijan Russia | Croatia |
| Emir Dizdarević | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Croatia |
| Valentina Golubenko | Estonia | Croatia |
| Esad Gorić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Croatia |
| Fazil Havej | Azerbaijan | Croatia |
| Zdenko Kožul | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Croatia |
| Bojan Kurajica | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Croatia |
| Mario Lazzaratti | Italy | Croatia |
| Danijel Lumelović | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Croatia |
| Iván Morovic | Chile | Croatia |
| Drazen Muše | Germany | Croatia |
| Mladen Muše | Germany | Croatia |
| Dragan Novaković | Serbia and Montenegro | Croatia |
| Miroslav Pucovski | Serbia | Croatia |
| Dražen Sermek | Slovenia | Croatia |
| Domagoj Vlašić | Ukraine | 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 |
| Igors 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 |
| Dagnė Čiukšytė | 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 |
| Alireza Firouzja | Iran | France | 2021 |
| 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 | 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 | Poland/ Ukraine | 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 Serbia and Montenegro | 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 |
| Elena Levushkina | Uzbekistan | 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 |
| Luděk 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 | FR 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 | 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 |
| Lūcijs Endzelīns | Estonia | Latvia Australia |
| Igor Kovalenko | Ukraine | Latvia |
| Evgeny Sveshnikov | Russia | Latvia |
| Valery Atlas | Soviet Union | Liechtenstein Austria |
| Vladas Mikėnas | Estonia | Lithuania |
| Elvira Berend | Kazakhstan | Luxembourg |
| 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 Switzerland |
| Damir Levacic | France | Monaco |
| David Marciano | France | Monaco |
| Nenad Sulava | Croatia | Monaco |
| Tea Lanchava | Georgia | Netherlands |
| Iwona Bos-Swiecik | Poland | Netherlands |
| Roberto Cifuentes | Chile | Netherlands Spain |
| Anish Giri | Russia | Netherlands |
| Sopiko Guramishvili | Georgia | Netherlands |
| Käty van der Mije-Nicolau | Romania | Netherlands |
| Iozefina Păuleţ | Romania | Netherlands |
| Peng Zhaoqin | 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 |
| Aleksander Wojtkiewicz | Soviet Union | Poland United States |
| Jurij Zezulkin | Belarus | Poland |
| Irina Bulmaga | Moldova | Romania |
| Tim Walast | England | Romania |
| Bibisara Assaubayeva | Kazakhstan | Russia |
| Roman Babici | Moldova | Russia |
| Alisa Galliamova | Ukraine | Russia |
| Ernesto Inarkiev | Kyrgyzstan | Russia | 2000 |
| Sergey Karjakin | Ukraine | Russia |
| Kateryna Lagno | Ukraine | Russia |
| Svetlana Matveeva | Kyrgyzstan | Russia |
| Maxim Pavlov | Ukraine | Russia |
| Leonid Raikin | Ukraine | Russia |
| Elena Tairova | Belarus | Russia |
| Tatjana Vasilevich | Ukraine | 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 |
| Suat Atalık | Turkey Bosnia and Herzegovina | Serbia |
| Dejan Pavlović | Montenegro | Serbia |
| Igor Solomunović | Bosnia and Herzegovina Germany | Serbia |
| Ranko Szuhanek | Romania | Serbia |
| Jovana Vojinović | Montenegro | 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 |
| Eduardo Iturrizaga | Venezuela | 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 Serbia and Montenegro | 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 Popławski | 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 | Austria/ Hungary 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 | Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
| Mirko Bröder | Hungary | Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
| Henrijeta Konarkowska-Sokolov | Poland | Yugoslavia |
| Irina Chelushkina | Ukraine | FR Yugoslavia |
| Maria Manakova | Russia | FR Yugoslavia |
| Svetlana Prudnikova | Russia | FR Yugoslavia |

## To countries in Oceania

| Name | Previous federation | New federation |
| Romanas Arlauskas | Lithuania | Australia |
| Béla Berger | Hungary | Australia |
| Igor Bjelobrk | New Zealand | Australia |
| Arianne Caoili | Philippines | Australia |
| Bobby Cheng | New Zealand | Australia |
| Lūcijs Endzelīns | Latvia | Australia |
| Temur Kuybokarov | Uzbekistan | Australia |
| Naum Levin | Soviet Union | Australia |
| Daniela Nuțu-Gajić | Romania | Australia |
| Karlis Ozols | Latvia | Australia |
| Ngan Phan-Koshnitsky | Vietnam | Australia |
| Julia Ryjanova | Russia | Australia |
| Lajos Steiner | Hungary | Australia |
| Franciszek Sulik | Poland | Australia |
| Zhang Jilin | China | Australia |
| Lev Aptekar | Soviet Union | New Zealand |
| William Fairhurst | England Scotland | New Zealand |
| Helen Milligan | Scotland | New Zealand |
| Ortvin Sarapu | Estonia | New Zealand |