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 NamePrevious federationNew federationYearRef.Levon Aronian2021Albert BeckerFrancisco BenköErich EliskasesNicolas Engalicev/Movsas FeiginsPaulino FrydmanSonja GrafAristide GromerZelman KleinsteinMarkas LuckisPaul MichelMiguel NajdorfJiri PelikanHermann PilnikMeir RauchIlmar RaudHeinrich ReinhardtChris de RondePaulette SchwartzmannAdolf SeitzKarel SkaličkaMaxim SorokinGideon StåhlbergFranciszek SulikVictor WinzPaul BaenderLudwig EngelsJacob AscherEvgeny BareevFedir BohatyrchukGéza FüsterLeonid GerzhoyIgor Vasilyevich IvanovCarlos JaureguiMiervaldis JurševskisNatalia KhoudgarianAnton KovalyovStanislav KriventsovRoman PeltsWilliam H. K. Pollock/Edward PorperAlexander RabinovichBator SambuevArtiom SamsonkinZoltan SarosyStephen Francis SmithYan TeplitskyDimitri TyomkinPovilas VaitonisZvonko VranesicYang KaiqiQiyu ZhouAlexis CabreraNeuris Delgado RamírezDaniel TapiaGerardo BudowskiFrancisco PerezNelson Pinal BorgesLisandro Fernandez ReyesPaul KleinBruno MoritzLemnys Arias2001Alvaro Blanco FernandezJuan Carlos González ZamoraNeuris Delgado RamírezTatev AbrahamyanAnna AkhsharumovaVaruzhan AkobianLev AlburtBabakuli AnnakovCamilla BaginskaiteBatchimeg TuvshintugsMikhail BaturynJulio Becerra RiveroAnjelina BelakovskaiaPal BenkoHorace BigelowBoris BluminWalter BrowneLázaro BruzónOscar ChajesAkshat ChandraFidel Corrales JimenezDorsa DerakhshaniLeinier DomínguezElena Donaldson-AkhmilovskayaLeonids DreibergsRoman DzindzichashviliLouis EisenbergArpad EloJaan EhlvestEsther EpsteinSergey ErenburgSamuel FactorAli FarahatFlorin FelecanAndrei-Costel FloreanSabina-Francesca FoisorSelim FranklinTimur GareyevSamuel GoldAlexander GoldinRusudan Goletiani2001Renier GonzalezSonja GrafEduard GufeldBoris GulkoDmitry GurevichAnna HahnHolden Hernandez CarmenateIldar IbragimovAlexander IvanovIgor Vasilyevich IvanovZviad IzoriaGregory KaidanovGata KamskyAlbert KapengutMona May KarffLubomir KavalekHans KmochBoris KoganGeorge KoltanowskiBoris KreimanStanislav KriventsovEdward LaskerEmanuel LaskerAnatoly LeinIrina LevitinaTheodor LichtenheinMarlo MicayabasNikolay MinevElshan MoradiAlejandro MorenoKateřina NěmcováViktorija NiAlexander OnischukGeorgi OrlovNazí PaikidzeSam PalatnikRudolf PitschakJoseph PlatzSusan PolgarStepan Popel/ Yuniesky Quesada PerezAlejandro RamirezSamuel ReshevskyKaterina RohonyanJacob RosenthalNicolas RossolimoJohn William SchultenGabriel SchwartzmanGregory Serper Alexander ShabalovLeonid ShamkovichAnna SharevichMiron SherKamran ShiraziYury ShulmanMikhail ShurWesley So2014Wilhelm SteinitzAlexander StripunskyDariusz ŚwierczPovilas TautvaišasOscar TennerGulrukhbegim TokhirjonovaMyroslav TurianskyMilan VukcevichAleksander WojtkiewiczAlex YermolinskyAnna ZatonskihElmārs ZemgalisYaroslav ZherebukhRaset ZiatdinovLuis Ernesto RodiJaime Bograd Gerardo BudowskiAriel Marichal GonzalezAntonio MedinaWilson PalenciaLászló TapasztóFelix Ynojosa
To countries in Asia NamePrevious federationNew federationYearRef.Igors RausisPaul TruongIzak Aloni/Boris AltermanBoris AvrukhDina Belenkaya2022Alexander BagrationiValeri BeimAbram Blass/Angela BorsukOmar Cartagena2001Moshe Czerniak/Ronald Cusi2000Boruch Israel DynerRoman DzindzichashviliDavid Enoch/Sergey ErenburgElenara Eynullaeva2001Roza Eynullaeva2001Boris GelfandLeonid GofshteinAlexander GoldinRusudan GoletianiVitali GolodIzaak GrynfeldAndrei GurbanovLev GutmanAlexander HuzmanBella IglaBoris KantslerMichael KlenburgTamara KlinkAlla KushnirVladimir LiberzonAleksandras Machtas/Houshang MashianVictor MikhalevskiVadim MilovEvgeny Miller2001Ariah Mohiliver/Jacob MureyMenachem Oren/Raaphi PersitzYosef Porath/Edward PorperLev PsakhisMeir Rauch/Salome ReischerEva Repkova2001Tagir Sadriev2001Leonid ShamkovichYuliya ShvaygerIlya SmirinLazare SuchowolskiEmil SutovskyGedali SzapiroYan TeplitskyMark TseitlinIsakas VistaneckisVictor Winz/Leonid YudasinTatiana ZatulovskayaYaacov ZilbermanDomingo RamosYevgeniy PakVladislav TkachievEva RepkovaEvgenij ErmenkovChristian Michel YunisZhu ChenZhe Quan2001Gong QianyunLi RuofanEnrique PacienciaOlimpiu G. UrcanBuenaventura VillamayorWu ShaobinZhang ZhongJose Camacho ColladosAlexey KimGamil AgamalievEkaterina AtalikCemil GulbasMikhail GurevichAlexander IpatovErgin MollaogluDragan ŠolakTrần Thanh Tú
To countries in Europe NamePrevious federationNew federationYearRef.Vangjel BuliRobert Aloma VidalOscar de la Riva AguadoJuan Mellado TriviñoDavid NorwoodJosep Oms PalliseMaria KursovaSergei MovsesianArsen YegiazarianValery AtlasValeri BeimIvo DonevAlexander HalprinTunç HamaratStefan KindermannJulius PerlisDavit ShengeliaRegina Theissl PokornaGadir GuseinovZaur MammadovArkadij NaiditschStefan BeukemaVladimir ChuchelovAlexander DgebuadzeAndrija FudererMikhail GurevichMher HovhannisyanVadim MalakhatkoUlvi SadikhovVictor SoultanbeieffAnna ZozuliaInna Dubinka2001Suat AtalıkIvan GalićBorki PredojevićDalibor StojanovićTatjana LematschkoIlja Lebović-NaderEmir DizdarevićValentina GolubenkoEsad GorićFazil HavejZdenko KožulBojan KurajicaMario LazzarattiDanijel LumelovićIván MorovicDrazen MušeMladen MušeDragan NovakovićMiroslav PucovskiDražen SermekDomagoj VlašićVasilios KotroniasThomas Hinks-EdwardsAlexey KislinskyEpaminondas KourousisPeter MichalikSergei MovsesianVitezslav PriehodaIgors RausisOleg SpirinJoanna WorekKassa KorleyAron NimzowitschJana BellinMurray ChandlerDagnė ČiukšytėAnya CorkeDaniel Howard FernandezDavid FriedgoodBogdan LalićSue MaroroaMichael RahalMihai ȘubăRobert WadeAlexander AlekhineSilvia AleksievaAmir BagheriAbraham BaratzOssip BernsteinJosef CukiermanJosif DorfmanAlireza Firouzja2021Tigran GharamianFrançois GodartHichem HamdouchiBorya IderAndrei IstrățescuVictor KahnLionel Kieseritzky LivoniaAnthony KostenBachar KouatlyVladimir LazarevNikolay LegkyNino MaisuradzeLéon MonossonCatalin NavrotescuVladimir OkhotnikStepan Popel/Anda ŠafranskaAndrei ShchekachevKamran ShiraziAlmira SkripchenkoAndrei SokolovBoris SpasskySavielly TartakowerVladislav TkachievMiodrag TodorcevicAnatoly VaisserIvan CheparinovLevon AronianAlbert BeckerAlexander BelezkyAleksandar BerelovichIgor BerezovskyEfim BogoljubovRustem DautovMichael FedorovskyMichael FeyginDaniel FridmanRafael FridmanKarl GilgIgor GlekAlexander GrafBernhard GregoryLev GutmanBaldur HönlingerVlastimil HortOtto JungeKetino KachianiIgor KhenkinJerzy KonikowskiLeonid KritzJonas LampertElena LevushkinaPaul ListJakov LoxineJakob MeisterMarta MichnaLeonid MilovPaul MrossIllya MutschnikArkadij NaiditschLiviu-Dieter NisipeanuLuděk PachmanSergej SalovSergiu SamarianMassoud Amir SawadkuhiPaul Felix SchmidtNikolai ShalnevIgor SolomunovićEugen TripolskyLeon Tuhan-BaranowskiRoman VidonyakArtur YusupovJohannes ZukertortYelena DemboAtanas DimitrovAndreas KeliresIgor Miladinović FR YugoslaviaCao SangAlexander CherninYelena DemboHoang Thanh TrangOliver MihokSzidonia VajdaHenrik DanielsenLenka PtáčníkováAlexander BaburinWolfgang HeidenfeldBrian ReillyEsteban CanalFabiano CaruanaAlberto DavidIgor EfimovCarlos Garcia PalermoLexy OrtegaFrancesco RambaldiElena SedinaEugenio SzabadosStefano TataiBela TothOlga ZiminaAlexander ZlochevskijLūcijs EndzelīnsIgor KovalenkoEvgeny SveshnikovValery AtlasVladas MikėnasElvira BerendMichael WiedenkellerKiril GeorgievVladimir GeorgievTorben SorensenIgor BerezovskyAlgimantas ButnoriusIgor EfimovRobert FontaineDamir LevacicDavid MarcianoNenad SulavaTea LanchavaIwona Bos-SwiecikRoberto CifuentesAnish GiriSopiko GuramishviliKäty van der Mije-NicolauIozefina PăuleţPeng ZhaoqinIvan SokolovGennadi SosonkoErika SzivaHiong Liong TanSergei TiviakovMaxim DevereauxBjarke SahlJonathan TisdallAlina KashlinskayaMichał KrasenkowAleksandra MaltsevskayaAleksander WojtkiewiczJurij ZezulkinIrina BulmagaTim WalastBibisara AssaubayevaRoman BabiciAlisa GalliamovaErnesto Inarkiev2000Sergey KarjakinKateryna LagnoSvetlana MatveevaMaxim PavlovLeonid RaikinElena TairovaTatjana VasilevichValeriy YoshanKira ZvorykinaJacob AagaardKetevan Arakhamia-GrantAndrew GreetMatthew TurnerSuat AtalıkDejan PavlovićIgor SolomunovićRanko SzuhanekJovana VojinovićSergei MovsesianIndira BabataevaAlexander BeliavskyZvonimir MeštrovićAdrian MikhalchishinAnna MuzychukSalo FlohrEmanuel LaskerAndor Lilienthal Olga AlexandrovaAlexis CabreraRenier Castellanos RodriguezRoberto CifuentesDiego Del ReyJavier Gil CapapeJosé Angel Guerra MéndezIrisberto HerreraEduardo IturrizagaAlexander IpatovIbragim KhamrakulovOleg KorneevAna MatnadzeViktor MoskalenkoMiguel Muñoz PantojaOrelvis Perez MitjansDaniel Rodriguez PinedaHoracio Saldano DayerAlexei ShirovMihai ȘubăMiodrag TodorcevicElizbar UbilavaRenier Vazquez IgarzaArturo Vidarte MoralesEvgeny AgrestJuan Manuel Bellón LópezLeho LaurineJerzy LewiSebastian BognerBranko FilipovićRobert FontaineJoseph GallagherViktor GavrikovErnő GerebenBarbara HundNedeljko KelecevicViktor KorchnoiTatjana LematschkoVadim MilovIvan NemetRaaphi PersitzArtur PopławskiPeter Petrovich SaburovAdolf SeitzAleksandr Vladimirovich KalininVladimir MakarovSergey SmolinIstván FazekasIsidor GunsbergBernhard HorwitzErnest KleinImre König/Čeněk KottnauerPaul ListJohann Löwenthal James MasonOlga MenchikVera MenchikJacques MiesesWilhelm SteinitzMir Sultan KhanJohannes ZukertortNigel DaviesLajos Asztalos Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and SlovenesMirko Bröder Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and SlovenesHenrijeta Konarkowska-SokolovIrina Chelushkina FR YugoslaviaMaria Manakova FR YugoslaviaSvetlana Prudnikova FR Yugoslavia
To countries in Oceania NamePrevious federationNew federationYearRef.Romanas ArlauskasBéla BergerIgor BjelobrkArianne CaoiliBobby ChengLūcijs EndzelīnsTemur KuybokarovNaum LevinDaniela Nuțu-GajićKarlis OzolsNgan Phan-KoshnitskyJulia RyjanovaLajos SteinerFranciszek SulikZhang JilinLev AptekarWilliam FairhurstHelen MilliganOrtvin Sarapu
See also List of sportspeople who competed for more than one nation FIDE flag player
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