Josif Dorfman
Josif Dorfman(1952-) is a Soviet-French chess Grandmaster with a peak rating of 2617. He trained Garry Kasparov and wrote two books about chess.
Recent Articles
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- A Paul Morphy book and the 2025 Chess Journalists of America Awards
- The Second Chess Grandmaster
- No Praise, No Scorn—Just Chess
- Grandmaster Susan Polgar at US Chess SuperNationals VIII (May 2025)
- Webster University wins The President’s Cup!
Chess Players
Aaron Nimzowitsch Abhimanyu Mishra Adele Belcher Adolf Anderssen Albert Blees Albert Hodges Albert Pulitzer Alejandro Ramirez Aleksandar Indjic Aleksandra Goryachkina Alexander Alekhine Alexander Flamberg Alexander Khalifman Alexander Kotov Alexander Meek Alexander Onischuk Alexander Shabalov Alexandra Botez Alexandra Kosteniuk Alexey Root Alex Onischuk Alex Yermolinsky Alice Lee Alina Kashlinskaya Alireza Firouzja Almira Skripchenko Al Qudaimi Anatoly Karpov Andrew Tang Andrey Ostrovskiy Aniruddha Kumar Anish Giri Anjelina Belakovskaia Anna Gulko Anna Hahn Anna Muzychuk Anna Rudolf Anna Sharevich Anna Ushenina Anna Zatonskih Anthony Saidy Antoaneta Stefanova Aradh Kaur Aram Hakobyan Arjun Erigaisi Arthur Bisguier Arturo Pomar Salamanca Awonder Liang Balaji Daggupati Beatriz Marinello Ben Finegold Benjamin Gledura Benjamin Mukumbya Bent Larsen Bernhard Horwitz Bobby Fischer Boikhutso Mudongo Boris Spassky Brian Escalante Ramirez Bryce Tiglon Camilla Baginskaite Carissa Yip Carl Hovind Carsten Hansen Corina-Isabela Peptan Cristian Chirila Cyrus Lakdawala Daniel Dardha Daniel Harrwitz Daniel Naroditsky Darius Swiercz David Brodsky David Paravyan David Smerdon Dawid Przepiorka Diane Savereide Ding Liren Dmitry Gurevich Doug Root Edgar Colle Edward Lasker Elena Donaldson Elina Groberman Elisabeth Paehtz Elisaveta Bykova Eliška Richtrová Elliot Neff Elliott Winslow Elshan Moradiabadi Eman Sawan Emanuel Lasker Enrico Paoli Erich Gottlieb Eliskases Eric Liu Ernst Karl Falkbeer Erwin l'Ami Eva Aronson Fabiano Caruana Ferenc Berkes Frank Marshall Frederick Yates Frederik Svane Gadir Guseinov Garry Kasparov Gata Kamsky George Alan Thomas George Koltanowski Georg Marco Gisela Gresser Glenn Flear Greg Shahade Grigoriy Oparin Grigory Levenfish Gukesh Dommaraju Gunay Mammadzada Győző Forintos Géza Maróczy Hans Harestad Hans Niemann Harika Dronavali Heinrich Wolf Helgi Olafsson Hikaru Nakamura Hou Yifan Howard Staunton Ian Nepomniachtchi Igor Khmelnitsky Igor Novikov Igor Zaitsev Ilya Rabinovich Inna Koren Irina Bulmaga Irina Krush Irina Levitina Ivan Schitco Ivona Jezierska Jaan Ehlvest James Mason James Rizzitano Jan-Krzysztof Duda Jan Foltys Jason Liang Jeffery Xiong Jennifer Shahade Jennifer Yu Jesse Kraai Jim Eade Johannes Zukertort John Bartholomew John Burke John Cochrane John Collins John Donaldson John Emms John Nunn Joseph Blackburn Joshua Posthuma Josiah Stearman Josif Dorfman José Capablanca Jovanka Houska Judit Polgar Jules Arnous de Rivière Julio Becerra Julio Sadorra Ju Wenjun Karolina Olsarova Karsten Müller Kateryna Lagno Kateřina Němcová Keaton Kiewra Lajos Portisch Larry Christiansen Lauren Goodkind Lenier Domínguez Levon Aronian Levy Rozman Liem Le Lisa Lane Luis Engel Luis Paulsen Lyudmila Rudenko Madame de Remusat Magnus Carlsen Maia Chiburdanidze Makan Rafieeare Marcin Chmiel Marilyn Simmons Mariya Muzychuk Mark Dvoretsky Mary Bain Mary Kuhner Matias Shundi Maurice Ashley Max Euwe Maxim Dlugy Melikset Khachiyan Merab Gagunashvili Mihkail Botvinnik Mike Walder Mikhail Antipov Mikhail Tal Milan Vidmar Milan Vukcevich Mona Karff Nana Dzagnidze Nancy Roos Napoleon Bonaparte Natalya Tsodikova Nazi Paikidze Nethra Vinayagaram Nick de Firmian Nigel Short Nijat Abasov Nikita Vitiugov Nodirbek Abdusattorov Nona Gaprindashvili Oldrich Duras Olga Rubtsova Olga Sagalchik Ossip Bernstein Pal Benko Parham Maghsoodloo Patrick Wolff Paul Journoud Paul Keres Paul Morphy Paul Vaitonis Paul Whitehead Pentala Harikrishna Peter Boel Peter Prohaszka Peter Svidler Phiona Mutesi Pouria Darini Praggnanandhaa R Rahul Srivatshav Peddi Raymond Keene Ray Robson Reuben Fine Richard Rapport Richard Reti Robert Byrne Roberto Grau Rodney Malpert Ruslan Ponomariov Rustan Kasimdzhanov Rusudan Goletiani Ruy Lopez Sabina Foisor Salvatore Matera Sam Shankland Samuil Weinstein Saviely Tartakower Sergey Karjakin Sergey Kasparov Sharon Burtman Sharvesh Deviprasath Siegbert Tarrasch Simen Agdestein Sipke Ernst Sonja Graf SSammy Reshevsky Susan Polgar Svetozar Gligorić Tan Zhongyi Teimour Radjabov Tibor Karolyi Tigran Petrosian Torbjørn Ringdal Hansen Valentina Gunina Vasily Smyslov Vassily Ivanchuk Vasyl Ivanchuk Vera Menchik Vera Nebolsina Veselin Topalov Viacheslav Ragozin Victor Matviishen Vidit Santosh Gujrathi Viktor Korchnoi Vincent Keymer Viswanathan Anand Vladimir Akopian Vladimir Fedoseev Vladimir Kramnik Vlasta Macek Wei Yi Wesley So Wilhelm Steinitz William Lombardy William Norwood Potter Xie Jun Xu Yuhua Yasser Seirawan Yury Shulman Zhansaya Abdumalik Zhu Chen Zura Javakhadze Étienne Bacrot