#20th Century
6 entries across 1 section of the encyclopedia.
Players
6- Player Judit Polgár
The strongest female chess player in history — the only woman ever to break the world top-ten, and the player who refused to compete in women-only events her entire career.
- Player Max Euwe
The fifth world chess champion — the only Dutchman ever to hold the title, and the mathematics professor who broke Alekhine's reign for two years.
- Player Emanuel Lasker
The second world chess champion, holder of the title for twenty-seven years — the longest reign in the history of the championship.
- Player Mikhail Tal
The Magician from Riga — the eighth world champion, whose unsound sacrifices and breakneck calculation gave attacking chess its modern grammar.
- Player Vasily Smyslov
The seventh world champion — a positional virtuoso whose harmony of pieces was the model the next two generations studied.
- Player Viktor Korchnoi
The Soviet defector who twice challenged Karpov for the world title — and the longest-active world-class player in the modern era.