>>518729009Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) – Grandmaster, two-time World Chess Championship runner-up (2021, 2023). He has Jewish ancestry on his father's side.
Levon Aronian (USA) – Former world #2, multiple-time World Cup winner, and one of the most creative players of his generation. His mother is Jewish.
Boris Gelfand (Israel) – Former World Championship challenger (2012), long-time elite player, and one of Israel's greatest chess players.
Daniel Naroditsky (USA) – Grandmaster, top bullet and blitz player, commentator, and content creator, born to Russian-Jewish parents.
Evgeny Alekseev (Israel) – Strong grandmaster who transferred from Russia to Israel in 2023.
Irina Krush (USA) – Grandmaster (GM), eight-time U.S. Women's Chess Champion, and the only American woman to hold the GM title. Born in Ukraine to a Jewish family.
Emil Sutovsky (Israel) – Grandmaster and President of FIDE, of Jewish descent.
Dina Belenkaya (Israel) – Woman Grandmaster (WGM), popular chess streamer, and content creator with Jewish heritage.
Levy Rozman (USA) – International Master (IM) and creator of GothamChess, one of the most popular chess YouTube and Twitch channels. Born in New York to a Jewish family.
Eric Rosen (USA) – International Master (IM), well-known chess streamer, educator, and content creator with a calm and instructive style.
Mike Klein (USA) – National Master (NM), journalist, and chess educator, best known as FunMasterMike on
Chess.com.
Ben Finegold (USA) – Grandmaster (GM), popular chess streamer, known for his humorous and sarcastic style of teaching chess. Comes from a Jewish-American chess family
Maxim Dlugy (USA) – Grandmaster, former World Junior Champion, and chess coach with Jewish heritage.
Jennifer Shahade (USA) – Woman Grandmaster (WGM), two-time U.S. Women’s Chess Champion, author, chess commentator, and poker player with Jewish heritage.
