Chess Grandmasters Crossword Puzzle

About the Chess Grandmasters Crossword Puzzle

This puzzle features renowned chess grandmasters from different eras and countries. Look for names such as Fischer, Capablanca, Kasparov, Polgar, and Carlsen, along with champions like Anand and Karpov. Chess fans, students learning about the game, and anyone curious about its greatest players will recognize many of the names.

This crossword draws on 30 clues about Chess Grandmasters. Each grid uses a different handful and fits them together a new way, so press New puzzle for another whenever you finish. The answers are in the answer key when you print, and behind the Reveal button when you play.

Sample clues

• •Russian-French champion who defeated Capablanca (8 letters)
• •Armenian grandmaster known for creative play (7 letters)
• •Soviet engineer and three-time world champion (9 letters)
• •American-Italian challenger in the 2018 title match (7 letters)
• •American prodigy who became world champion in 1972 (7 letters)
• •Chinese prodigy who became women’s world champion at sixteen (8 letters)
• •Champion who split from the world federation in 1993 (8 letters)
• •Norwegian grandmaster and five-time classical world champion (13 letters)

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