Berikut adalah daftar pecatur profesional terkenal dunia.
Amerika Serikat
sunting- Jude Acers
- Weaver Adams
- Varuzhan Akobian
- Lev Alburt
- Maurice Ashley
- Julio Becerra Rivero
- Joel Benjamin
- Pal Benko
- Vinay Bhat
- Arthur Bisguier
- Walter Browne
- Robert Byrne
- Larry Christiansen
- Nick De Firmian
- Arnold Denker
- Maxim Dlugy
- John Donaldson
- Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya
- Tom Dorsch
- Roman Dzindzichashvili
- Larry M. Evans
- Reuben Fine
- Benjamin Finegold
- Robert J. Fischer
- Alexander Goldin
- Steve Greanias
- John Grefe
- Boris Gulko
- Ildar Ibragimov
- Alexander Ivanov
- Max Judd
- Gregory Kaidanov
- Gata Kamsky
- Isaac Kashdan
- Lubomir Kavalek
- George Koltanowski
- Irina Krush
- Sergey Kudrin
- William Lombardy
- George Mackenzie
- Frank J. Marshall
- Paul Morphy
- Hikaru Nakamura
- Igor Novikov
- Alexander Onischuk
- Georgy Orlov
- Harry Pillsbury
- Susan Polgar
- Sammy Reshevsky
- Ken Rogoff
- Michael Rohde
- Eric Schiller
- Yasser Seirawan
- Alexander Shabalov
- Jennifer Shahade
- Leonid Shamkovich
- Alex Sherzer
- Jackson Showalter
- Yuri Shulman
- Jeremy Silman
- Andrew Soltis
- Herman Steiner
- Alexander Stripunsky
- Emory Tate
- Joshua Waitzkin
- Aleksander Wojtkiewicz
- Alex Yermolinsky
Argentina
suntingArmenia
sunting- Vladimir Akopian
- Zaven Andriasian
- Levon Aronian
- Karen Asrian
- Smbat Lputian
- Artashes Minasian
- Lilit Mkrtchian
- Ashot Nadanian
- Tigran Petrosian
- Gabriel Sargissian
- Rafael Vaganian
Australia
suntingAustria
sunting- Albert Becker
- Johann Berger
- Oldrich Duras
- Georg Marco
- Carl Schlechter
- Rudolf Spielmann
- Wilhelm Steinitz
Azerbaijan
suntingBelanda
sunting- Jan Hein Donner
- Max Euwe
- Haije J. Kramer
- Erwin l'Ami
- Friso Nijboer
- Adolf Georg Olland
- Jeroen Piket
- Dimitri Reinderman
- Jan Smeets
- Ivan Sokolov
- Gennadi Sosonko
- Jan Timman
- Sergei Tiviakov
- Erik Van Den Doel
- Paul Van der Sterren
- John Van der Wiel
- Loek Van Wely
- Jan Werle
Belarus
sunting- Aleksej Aleksandrov
- Viacheslav Dydyshko
- Alexei Fedorov
- Albert Kapengut
- Viktor Kupreichik
- Alexey Sokolsky
- Gavriil Veresov
Belgia
suntingBrasil
sunting- Henrique Mecking
- Gilberto Milos
- Jaime Sunye Neto
- Octavio Trompowsky
- Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk
- Giovanni Vescovi
Britania Raya
sunting- Michael Adams
- Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander
- Michael Basman
- Henry Bird
- Joseph Blackburne
- Stuart Conquest
- Nigel Davies
- John Emms
- Harry Golombek
- Daniel Gormally
- Harriet Hunt
- Raymond Keene
- Vera Menchik
- Jacques Mieses
- Tony Miles
- Stuart Milner-Barry
- Jonathan Penrose
- James Plaskett
- Matthew Sadler
- Nigel Short
- Howard Staunton
- George Alan Thomas
- William Winter
- Frederick Yates
Bulgaria
sunting- Milko Bobotsov
- Ivan Cheparinov
- Silvio Danailov
- Aleksander Delchev
- Evgenij Ermenkov
- Kiril Georgiev
- Krum Georgiev
- Veselin Topalov
Ceko
sunting- Salomon Flohr
- Jan Foltys
- Lubomir Ftacnik
- Zbyněk Hráček
- Karel Hromádka
- Vlastimil Jansa
- Viktor Láznička
- Vera Menchik
- David Navara
- Luděk Pachman
- Richard Réti
- Jaroslav Sajtar
- Jan Smejkal
- Karel Treybal
Denmark
suntingEstonia
suntingFilipina
sunting- Rogelio Antonio, Jr.
- Rosendo Balinas, Jr.
- Darwin Laylo
- Rico Mascarinas
- Renato Naranja
- Mark Paragua
- Wesley So
- Eugenio Torre
Finlandia
suntingGeorgia
sunting- Zurab Azmaiparashvili
- Maya Chiburdanidze
- Nona Gaprindashvili
- Tamaz Gelashvili
- Bukhuti Gurgenidze
- Zviad Izoria
- Baadur Jobava
- Mikhael Mchedlishvili
- Levan Pantsulaia
- Zurab Sturua
Hungaria
sunting- Peter Acs
- Andras Adorjan
- Zoltan Almasi
- Ferenc Berkes
- István Bilek
- Rudolf Charousek
- István Csom
- Ivan Farago
- Győző Forintos
- Attila Groszpeter
- Csaba Horvath
- Gabor Kallai
- Peter Leko
- Andor Lilienthal
- Geza Maroczy
- Jozsef Pinter
- Judit Polgár
- Sofia Polgár
- Susan Polgar
- Lajos Portisch
- Zoltan Ribli
- Gyula Sax
- Laszlo Szabo
India
sunting- Manuel Aaron
- Viswanathan Anand
- Dibyendu Barua
- Dronavalli Harika
- Pentala Harikrishna
- Humpy Koneru
- Mir Sultan Khan
Indonesia
sunting- Utut Adianto
- Haji Ardiansyah
- Cerdas Barus
- Ruben Gunawan
- Taufik Halay
- Edhi Handoko
- Denny Juswanto
- Cecep Kosasih
- Susanto Megaranto
- Salor Sitanggang
- Irene Kharisma Sukandar
- Herman Suradiradja
- Aston Taminsyah
- Fahrizal Nur Pratama
- Juneid U'Hum
Israel
suntingItalia
suntingJerman
sunting- Karl Ahues
- Adolf Anderssen
- Anatoly Bannik
- Klaus Bischoff
- Uwe Boensch
- Carl Carls
- Klaus Darga
- Vladimir Epishin
- Alexander Fritz
- Gerald Hertneck
- Robert Huebner
- Artur Jussupow
- Rainer Knaak
- Emanuel Lasker
- Eric Lobron
- Thomas Luther
- Christopher Lutz
- Arkadij Naiditsch
- Alexander Nenashev
- Louis Paulsen
- Wilfried Paulsen
- Siegbert Tarrasch
- Richard Teichmann
- Raj Tischbierek
- Wolfgang Uhlmann
- Wolfgang Unzicker
- Hermann Von Gottschall
- Heinrich Wagner
- Berthold Lasker
Kanada
sunting- Peter Biyiasas
- Mark Bluvshtein
- Pascal Charbonneau
- Kevin Spraggett
- Duncan Suttles
- Daniel Yanofsky
- Igor Zugic
Moldova
suntingNorwegia
suntingPeru
suntingPolandia
sunting- Jacek Gdanski
- Pawel Jaracz
- Michał Krasenkow
- Tomasz Markowski
- Miguel Najdorf
- David Przepiorka
- Wlodzimierz Schmidt
- Monika Socko
- Aleksander Sznapik
- Simon Winawer
- Johannes Zukertort
Prancis
sunting- Etienne Bacrot
- Ossip Bernstein
- Jean-Marc Degraeve
- Dawid Janowski
- Bachar Kouatly
- Igor Nataf
- Almira Skripchenko-Lautier
- Boris Spassky
- Jean Taubenhaus
- Vladislav Tkachiev
- Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
- Anatoly Vaisser
Republik Rakyat Tiongkok
suntingRumania
suntingRusia
sunting- Anatoly Karpov
- Garry Kasparov
- Tigran Petrosyan
- Andras Adorjan
- Alexander Alekhine
- Evgeny Alekseev
- Yuri Averbakh
- Evgeny Bareev
- Igor Bondarevsky
- Mikhail Botvinnik
- Mikhail Chigorin
- Alexei Dreev
- Mark Dvoretsky
- Semyon Furman
- Alexander Grischuk
- Alexander Iljin-Genevsky
- Ernesto Inarkiev
- Sergey Ionov
- Paul Keres
- Alexander Khalifman
- Andrei Kharlov
- Mikhail Kobalia
- Alexander Konstantinopolsky
- Oleg Korneev
- Alexei Kornev
- Nadezhda Kosintseva
- Tatiana Kosintseva
- Alexandra Kosteniuk
- Vladimir Kramnik
- Alexey Kuzmin
- Alexander Lastin
- Aleksei Lugovoi
- Vladimir Malakhov
- Alexander Morozevich
- Alexander Motylev
- Evgeny Najer
- Aaron Nimzowitsch
- Igor Platonov
- Lev Polugaevsky
- Nikolai Nikolaevich Rjumin
- Sergei Rublevsky
- Konstantin Sakaev
- Valery Salov
- Emmanuel Schiffers
- Ruslan Sherbakov
- Sergey Smagin
- Vasily Smyslov
- Maxim Sorokin
- Peter Svidler
- Mark Taimanov
- Saviely Tartakower
- Artyom Timofeev
- Vitaly Tseshkovsky
- Maxim Turov
- Mikhail Ulibin
- Vladimir Zagorovsky
- Abram Zamikhovsky
Serbia dan Montenegro
sunting- Goran Cabrilo
- Svetozar Gligoric
- Borislav Kostic
- Slavoljub Marjanovic
- Borislav Milic
- Dragoljub Velimirović
Spanyol
suntingSwedia
suntingUkraina
sunting- Alexander Areshchenko
- Vladimir Baklan
- Efim Bogoljubov
- David Bronstein
- Efim Geller
- Vasyl Ivanchuk
- Sergey Karjakin
- Katya Lahno
- Konstantin Lerner
- Alexander Moiseenko
- Valery Neverov
- Ruslan Ponomariov
- Aleksandr Shneider
- Leonid Stein
- Vladimir Tukmakov
- Boris Verlinsky
- Andrei Volokitin
- Andrey Zontakh
