List of nationality transfers in chess

This is a list of chess players who have moved to compete for another country.

To countries in Africa
Name From nation To nation
Samy Shoker  France  Egypt
Kurt Dreyer  Germany South Africa
Wolfgang Heidenfeld  Germany South Africa
 Ireland
Simon Rubinstein  Austria South Africa
Bruno Edgar Siegheim  Germany South Africa

To countries in the Americas
Name From nation To nation
Albert Becker  Austria
 Germany		  Argentina
Francisco Benkö  Germany  Argentina
Moshe Czerniak  Palestine
 Poland		  Argentina
 Israel
Erich Eliskases  Austria/ Germany  Argentina
Nicolas Engalicev  Latvia/ Italy  Canada
Movsas Feigins  Latvia  Argentina
Paulino Frydman  Poland  Argentina
Sonja Graf  Germany  Argentina
 United States
Aristide Gromer  France  Argentina
Zelman Kleinstein  Palestine  Argentina
Markas Luckis  Lithuania  Argentina
Paul Michel  Germany  Argentina
Miguel Najdorf  Poland  Argentina
Jiri Pelikan  Czechoslovakia  Argentina
Hermann Pilnik  Germany  Argentina
Meir Rauch  Palestine
 Poland		  Argentina
 Israel
Ilmar Raud  Estonia  Argentina
Heinrich Reinhardt  Germany  Argentina
Chris de Ronde  Netherlands  Argentina
Paulette Schwartzmann  France  Argentina
Adolf Seitz  Germany  Argentina
  Switzerland
Karel Skalička  Czechoslovakia  Argentina
Maxim Sorokin  Russia  Argentina
Gideon Ståhlberg  Sweden  Argentina
 Sweden
Franciszek Sulik  Poland  Argentina
 Australia
Victor Winz  Germany
 Palestine		  Argentina
Paul Baender  Germany  Bolivia
Ludwig Engels  Germany  Brazil
Jacob Ascher  England  Canada
Evgeny Bareev  Russia  Canada
Fedir Bohatyrchuk  Soviet Union  Canada
Géza Füster  Hungary  Canada
Leonid Gerzhoy  Israel  Canada
Igor Vasilyevich Ivanov  Soviet Union  Canada
 United States
Carlos Jauregui  Chile  Canada
Miervaldis Jurševskis  Latvia  Canada
Natalia Khoudgarian  Russia  Canada
Anton Kovalyov  Argentina  Canada
Stanislav Kriventsov  Russia
 United States		  Canada
Roman Pelts  Soviet Union  Canada
William H. K. Pollock  England/ Ireland  Canada
Edward Porper  Israel
 Soviet Union		  Canada
Alexander Rabinovich  Israel  Canada
Bator Sambuev  Russia  Canada
Artiom Samsonkin  Belarus  Canada
Zoltan Sarosy  Hungary  Canada
Stephen Francis Smith  United Kingdom  Canada
Yan Teplitsky  Israel
 Russia		  Canada
Dimitri Tyomkin  Israel  Canada
Povilas Vaitonis  Lithuania  Canada
Zvonko Vranesic  Yugoslavia  Canada
Yang Kaiqi  China  Canada
Qiyu Zhou  Finland  Canada
Alexis Cabrera  Cuba  Colombia
 Spain
Neuris Delgado Ramírez  Cuba  Colombia
 Paraguay
Daniel Tapia  United States  Colombia
Gerardo Budowski  Germany
 Venezuela		  Costa Rica
Francisco Perez  Spain  Cuba
Nelson Pinal Borges  Cuba  Dominican Republic
Lisandro Fernandez Reyes  Cuba  Ecuador
Paul Klein  Germany  Ecuador
Bruno Moritz  Germany  Ecuador
Lemnys Arias  Honduras  El Salvador
Alvaro Blanco Fernandez  Cuba  Mexico
Juan Carlos González Zamora  Cuba  Mexico
Neuris Delgado Ramírez  Colombia
 Cuba		  Paraguay
Tatev Abrahamyan  Armenia  United States
Anna Akhsharumova  Soviet Union  United States
Varuzhan Akobian  Armenia  United States
Lev Alburt  Soviet Union  United States
Babakuli Annakov  Turkmenistan  United States
Camilla Baginskaite  Lithuania  United States
Batchimeg Tuvshintugs  Mongolia  United States
Mikhail Baturyn  Belarus  United States
Julio Becerra Rivero  Cuba  United States
Anjelina Belakovskaia  Ukraine  United States
Pal Benko  Hungary  United States
Horace Bigelow  England  United States
Boris Blumin  Canada  United States
Walter Browne  Australia  United States
Lázaro Bruzón  Cuba  United States
Oscar Chajes  Austria-Hungary  United States
Akshat Chandra  India  United States
Fidel Corrales Jimenez  Cuba  United States
Dorsa Derakhshani  Iran  United States
Leinier Domínguez  Cuba  United States
Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya  Soviet Union  United States
Leonids Dreibergs  Latvia  United States
Roman Dzindzichashvili  Israel
 Soviet Union		  United States
Louis Eisenberg  Ukraine  United States
Arpad Elo  Hungary  United States
Jaan Ehlvest  Estonia  United States
Esther Epstein  Soviet Union  United States
Sergey Erenburg  Israel
 Soviet Union		  United States
Samuel Factor  Poland  United States
Ali Farahat  Egypt  United States
Florin Felecan  Romania  United States
Andrei-Costel Florean  Romania  United States
Sabina-Francesca Foisor  Romania  United States
Selim Franklin  England  United States
Timur Gareyev  Uzbekistan  United States
Samuel Gold  Austria-Hungary  United States
Alexander Goldin  Israel
 Soviet Union		  United States
Rusudan Goletiani  Georgia  United States
Renier Gonzalez  Cuba  United States
Sonja Graf  Argentina
 Germany		  United States
Eduard Gufeld  Georgia  United States
Boris Gulko  Soviet Union  United States
Dmitry Gurevich  Soviet Union  United States
Anna Hahn  Latvia  United States
Holden Hernandez Carmenate  Cuba  United States
Ildar Ibragimov  Russia  United States
Alexander Ivanov  Soviet Union  United States
Igor Vasilyevich Ivanov  Canada
 Soviet Union		  United States
Zviad Izoria  Georgia  United States
Gregory Kaidanov  Russia  United States
Gata Kamsky  Soviet Union  United States
Albert Kapengut  Belarus  United States
Mona May Karff  Palestine  United States
Lubomir Kavalek  Czechoslovakia  United States
Hans Kmoch  Austria  United States
Boris Kogan  Soviet Union  United States
George Koltanowski  Belgium  United States
Boris Kreiman  Soviet Union  United States
Stanislav Kriventsov  Russia  Canada
 United States
Edward Lasker  Germany  United States
Emanuel Lasker  Germany
 Soviet Union		  United States
Anatoly Lein  Soviet Union  United States
Irina Levitina  Soviet Union  United States
Theodor Lichtenhein  Germany  United States
Marlo Micayabas  Philippines  United States
Nikolay Minev  Bulgaria  United States
Elshan Moradi  Iran  United States
Alejandro Moreno  Cuba  United States
Kateřina Němcová  Czech Republic  United States
Viktorija Ni  Latvia  United States
Alexander Onischuk  Ukraine  United States
Georgi Orlov  Russia  United States
Nazí Paikidze  Georgia  United States
Sam Palatnik  Soviet Union  United States
Rudolf Pitschak  Czechoslovakia  United States
Joseph Platz  Germany  United States
Susan Polgar  Hungary  United States
Stepan Popel  Ukraine/ Poland
 France		  United States
Yuniesky Quesada Perez  Cuba  United States
Alejandro Ramirez  Costa Rica  United States
Samuel Reshevsky  Poland  United States
Katerina Rohonyan  Ukraine  United States
Jacob Rosenthal  Poland
 Netherlands		  United States
Nicolas Rossolimo  France  United States
John William Schulten  Germany  United States
Gabriel Schwartzman  Romania  United States
Gregory Serper  Uzbekistan  United States
Alexander Shabalov  Latvia  United States
Leonid Shamkovich  Soviet Union
 Israel		  United States
Anna Sharevich  Belarus  United States
Miron Sher  Russia  United States
Kamran Shirazi  Iran  United States
 France
Yury Shulman  Belarus  United States
Mikhail Shur  Azerbaijan  United States
Wesley So  Philippines  United States
Wilhelm Steinitz  Austrian Empire
 United Kingdom		  United States
Alexander Stripunsky  Ukraine  United States
Dariusz Świercz  Poland  United States
Povilas Tautvaišas  Lithuania  United States
Oscar Tenner  Germany  United States
Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova  Uzbekistan  United States
Myroslav Turiansky  Soviet Union
 Austria		  United States
Milan Vukcevich  Yugoslavia  United States
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz  Soviet Union
 Poland		  United States
Alex Yermolinsky  Soviet Union  United States
Anna Zatonskih  Ukraine  United States
Elmārs Zemgalis  Latvia  United States
Yaroslav Zherebukh  Ukraine  United States
Raset Ziatdinov  Uzbekistan  United States
Luis Ernesto Rodi  Argentina  Uruguay
Jaime Bograd  Romania  Venezuela
Gerardo Budowski  Germany  Venezuela
 Costa Rica
Ariel Marichal Gonzalez  Cuba  Venezuela
Antonio Medina  Spain  Venezuela
Wilson Palencia  Colombia  Venezuela
László Tapasztó  Hungary  Venezuela
Felix Ynojosa  England  Venezuela

To countries in Asia
Name From nation To nation
Igors Rausis  Latvia  Bangladesh
 Czech Republic
Paul Truong  United States  Cambodia
Izak Aloni  Poland  Palestine/ Israel
Boris Alterman  Soviet Union  Israel
Boris Avrukh  Kazakhstan  Israel
Alexander Bagrationi  Ukraine  Israel
Valery Beim  Soviet Union  Israel
 Austria
Abram Blass  Poland  Palestine/ Israel
Angela Borsuk  Ukraine  Israel
Moshe Czerniak  Poland  Palestine/ Israel
Boruch Israel Dyner  Belgium  Israel
Roman Dzindzichashvili  Soviet Union  Israel
 United States
David Enoch  Germany  Palestine/ Israel
Sergey Erenburg  Russia  Israel
 United States
Boris Gelfand  Belarus  Israel
Leonid Gofshtein  Soviet Union  Israel
Alexander Goldin  Russia  Israel
 United States
Vitali Golod  Ukraine  Israel
Izaak Grynfeld  Poland  Israel
Andrei Gurbanov  Belarus  Israel
Lev Gutman  Soviet Union  Israel
 Germany
Alexander Huzman  Ukraine  Israel
Bella Igla  Russia  Israel
Boris Kantsler  Kyrgyzstan  Israel
Michael Klenburg  Ukraine  Israel
Alla Kushnir  Soviet Union  Israel
Vladimir Liberzon  Soviet Union  Israel
Aleksandras Machtas  Lithuania  Palestine/ Israel
Houshang Mashian  Iran  Israel
Victor Mikhalevski  Soviet Union  Israel
Vadim Milov  Russia  Israel
  Switzerland
Ariah Mohiliver  Poland  Palestine/ Israel
Jacob Murey  Soviet Union  Israel
Menachem Oren  Poland  Palestine/ Israel
Raaphi Persitz  United Kingdom  Israel
  Switzerland
Yosef Porath  Germany  Palestine/ Israel
Edward Porper  Soviet Union  Israel
 Canada
Lev Psakhis  Soviet Union  Israel
Meir Rauch  Poland  Palestine/ Israel
Salome Reischer  Austria  Palestine
Leonid Shamkovich  Russia  Israel
 United States
Yuliya Shvayger  Ukraine  Israel
Ilya Smirin  Soviet Union  Israel
Lazare Suchowolski  Poland
 Australia		  Israel
Emil Sutovsky  Soviet Union  Israel
Gedali Szapiro  Poland  Israel
Yan Teplitsky  Russia  Israel
 Canada
Mark Tseitlin  Soviet Union  Israel
Isakas Vistaneckis  Lithuania  Israel
Victor Winz  Germany  Palestine/ Israel
 Argentina
Leonid Yudasin  Russia  Israel
Tatiana Zatulovskaya  Russia  Israel
Yaacov Zilberman  Soviet Union  Israel
Domingo Ramos  Philippines  Japan
Yevgeniy Pak  Uzbekistan  Kazakhstan
Vladislav Tkachiev  Russia  Kazakhstan
 France
Eva Repková  Slovakia  Lebanon
Evgenij Ermenkov  Bulgaria  Palestine
Christian Michel Yunis  Chile  Palestine
Zhu Chen  China  Qatar
Gong Qianyun  China  Singapore
Li Ruofan  China  Singapore
Enrique Paciencia  Philippines  Singapore
Olimpiu G. Urcan  Romania  Singapore
Buenaventura Villamayor  Philippines  Singapore
Wu Shaobin  China  Singapore
Zhang Zhong  China  Singapore
Jose Camacho Collados  Spain  South Korea
Alexey Kim  Russia  South Korea
Gamil Agamaliev  Azerbaijan  Turkey
Ekaterina Atalik  Russia  Turkey
Cemil Gulbas  Belgium  Turkey
Mikhail Gurevich  Soviet Union
 Belgium		  Turkey
Alexander Ipatov  Ukraine
 Spain		  Turkey
Ergin Mollaoglu  Bulgaria  Turkey
Dragan Šolak  Serbia  Turkey

To countries in Europe
Name From nation To nation
Vangjel Buli  Italy  Albania
Robert Aloma Vidal  Spain  Andorra
Oscar de la Riva Aguado  Spain  Andorra
Juan Mellado Triviño  Spain  Andorra
David Norwood  England  Andorra
Josep Oms Pallise  Spain  Andorra
Maria Kursova  Russia  Armenia
Sergei Movsesian  Georgia
 Czech Republic
 Slovakia		  Armenia
Arsen Yegiazarian  Russia  Armenia
Valery Atlas  Soviet Union
 Liechtenstein		  Austria
Valery Beim  Soviet Union
 Israel		  Austria
Ivo Donev  Bulgaria  Austria
Alexander Halprin  Russia  Austria
Tunç Hamarat  Turkey  Austria
Stefan Kindermann  Germany
 Australia		  Austria
Julius Perlis  Poland  Austria
Davit Shengelia  Georgia  Austria
Regina Theissl Pokorna  Slovakia  Austria
Gadir Guseinov  Russia  Azerbaijan
Zaur Mammadov  Russia  Azerbaijan
Arkadij Naiditsch  Latvia
 Germany		  Azerbaijan
Stefan Beukema  Netherlands  Belgium
Vladimir Chuchelov  Russia  Belgium
Alexander Dgebuadze  Georgia  Belgium
Andrija Fuderer  Yugoslavia  Belgium
Mikhail Gurevich  Soviet Union  Belgium
 Turkey
Mher Hovhannisyan  Armenia  Belgium
Vadim Malakhatko  Ukraine  Belgium
Ulvi Sadikhov  Azerbaijan  Belgium
Victor Soultanbeieff  Ukraine  Belgium
Anna Zozulia  Ukraine  Belgium
Suat Atalık  Turkey  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ivan Galić  Croatia  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Borki Predojević FR Yugoslavia  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dalibor Stojanović  Serbia and Montenegro  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tatjana Lematschko  Soviet Union  Bulgaria
  Switzerland
Emir Dizdarević  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Croatia
Valentina Golubenko  Estonia  Croatia
Esad Gorić  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Croatia
Zdenko Kožul  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Croatia
Bojan Kurajica  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Croatia
Iván Morovic  Chile  Croatia
Drazen Muse  Germany  Croatia
Mladen Muse  Germany  Croatia
Dragan Novaković  Serbia and Montenegro  Croatia
Miroslav Pucovski  Serbia  Croatia
Dražen Sermek  Slovenia  Croatia
Vasilios Kotronias  Greece  Cyprus
Thomas Hinks-Edwards  England  Czech Republic
Alexey Kislinsky  Ukraine  Czech Republic
Epaminondas Kourousis  Greece  Czech Republic
Peter Michalik  Slovakia  Czech Republic
Sergei Movsesian  Georgia  Czech Republic
 Slovakia
 Armenia
Vitezslav Priehoda  Slovakia  Czech Republic
Igors Rausis  Latvia
 Bangladesh		  Czech Republic
Oleg Spirin  Russia  Czech Republic
Joanna Worek  Poland  Czech Republic
Kassa Korley  United States  Denmark
Aron Nimzowitsch  Russian Empire  Denmark
Jana Bellin  Czechoslovakia  England
Murray Chandler  New Zealand  England
Dagnė Čiukšytė  Lithuania  England
Anya Corke  Hong Kong  England
Daniel Howard Fernandez  Singapore  England
David Friedgood  South Africa  England
Bogdan Lalić  Croatia  England
Sue Maroroa  New Zealand  England
Michael Rahal  Spain  England
Mihai Suba  Romania  England
Robert Wade  New Zealand  England
Alexander Alekhine  Soviet Union  France
Silvia Aleksieva  Bulgaria  France
Amir Bagheri  Iran  France
Abraham Baratz  Romania  France
Ossip Bernstein  Russian Empire  France
Josef Cukierman  Poland  France
Josif Dorfman  Soviet Union  France
Tigran Gharamian  Armenia  France
François Godart  Belgium  France
Hichem Hamdouchi  Morocco  France
Borya Ider  Mongolia  France
Andrei Istrățescu  Romania  France
Victor Kahn  Russia  France
Lionel Kieseritzky Livonia  France
Anthony Kosten  England  France
Bachar Kouatly  Lebanon  France
Vladimir Lazarev  Russia  France
Nikolay Legky  Ukraine  France
Nino Maisuradze  Georgia  France
Léon Monosson  Soviet Union  France
Catalin Navrotescu  Romania  France
Vladimir Okhotnik  Ukraine  France
Stepan Popel  Poland/ Ukraine  France
 United States
Anda Šafranska  Latvia  France
Andrei Shchekachev  Russia  France
Kamran Shirazi  Iran
 United States		  France
Almira Skripchenko  Moldova  France
Andrei Sokolov  Russia  France
Boris Spassky  Soviet Union  France
Savielly Tartakower  Poland  France
Vladislav Tkachiev  Russia
 Kazakhstan		  France
Miodrag Todorcevic  Yugoslavia  France
 Spain
Anatoly Vaisser  Soviet Union  France
Ivan Cheparinov  Bulgaria  Georgia
Levon Aronian  Armenia  Germany
Albert Becker  Austria  Germany
 Argentina
Alexander Belezky  Ukraine  Germany
Aleksandar Berelovich  Ukraine  Germany
Igor Berezovsky  Russia  Germany
 Monaco
Efim Bogoljubov  Soviet Union  Germany
Rustem Dautov  Russia  Germany
Michael Fedorovsky  Ukraine  Germany
Michael Feygin  Ukraine  Germany
Daniel Fridman  Latvia  Germany
Rafael Fridman  Latvia  Germany
Karl Gilg  Czechoslovakia  Germany
Igor Glek  Russia  Germany
Alexander Graf  Uzbekistan  Germany
Bernhard Gregory  Russian Empire  Germany
Lev Gutman  Soviet Union
 Israel		  Germany
Baldur Hönlinger  Austria  Germany
Vlastimil Hort  Czechoslovakia  Germany
Otto Junge  Chile  Germany
Ketino Kachiani  Georgia  Germany
Igor Khenkin  Russia  Germany
Jerzy Konikowski  Poland  Germany
Leonid Kritz  Russia  Germany
Jonas Lampert   Switzerland  Germany
Elena Levushkina  Uzbekistan  Germany
Paul List  Russian Empire  Germany
 United Kingdom
Jakov Loxine  Russia  Germany
Jakob Meister  Russia  Germany
Marta Michna  Poland  Germany
Leonid Milov  Ukraine  Germany
Paul Mross  Poland  Germany
Illya Mutschnik  Ukraine  Germany
Arkadij Naiditsch  Latvia  Germany
 Azerbaijan
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu  Romania  Germany
Luděk Pachman  Czechoslovakia  Germany
Sergej Salov  Russia  Germany
Sergiu Samarian  Romania  Germany
Massoud Amir Sawadkuhi  Iran  Germany
Paul Felix Schmidt  Estonia  Germany
Nikolai Shalnev  Ukraine  Germany
Igor Solomunović  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Germany
 Serbia
Eugen Tripolsky  Ukraine  Germany
Leon Tuhan-Baranowski  Poland  Germany
Roman Vidonyak  Ukraine  Germany
Artur Yusupov  Russia  Germany
Johannes Zukertort  Poland  Germany
 United Kingdom
Yelena Dembo  Israel
 Hungary		  Greece
Atanas Dimitrov  Bulgaria  Greece
Andreas Kelires  Cyprus  Greece
Igor Miladinović  Yugoslavia  Greece
Cao Sang  Vietnam  Hungary
Alexander Chernin  Soviet Union  Hungary
Yelena Dembo  Israel  Hungary
 Greece
Hoang Thanh Trang  Vietnam  Hungary
Oliver Mihok  Germany  Hungary
Szidonia Vajda  Romania  Hungary
Henrik Danielsen  Denmark  Iceland
Lenka Ptáčníková  Czech Republic  Iceland
Alexander Baburin  Russia  Ireland
Wolfgang Heidenfeld  Germany
 South Africa		  Ireland
Brian Reilly  France
 United Kingdom		  Ireland
Esteban Canal  Peru  Italy
Fabiano Caruana  United States  Italy
Alberto David  Luxembourg  Italy
Igor Efimov  Georgia  Italy
 Monaco
Carlos Garcia Palermo  Argentina  Italy
Lexy Ortega  Cuba  Italy
Francesco Rambaldi  France  Italy
Elena Sedina  Ukraine  Italy
Eugenio Szabados  Hungary  Italy
Stefano Tatai  Hungary  Italy
Bela Toth  Hungary  Italy
Olga Zimina  Russia  Italy
Alexander Zlochevskij  Russia  Italy
Lūcijs Endzelīns  Estonia  Latvia
 Australia
Igor Kovalenko  Ukraine  Latvia
Evgeny Sveshnikov  Russia  Latvia
Valery Atlas  Soviet Union  Liechtenstein
 Austria
Vladas Mikėnas  Estonia  Lithuania
Elvira Berend  Kazakhstan  Luxembourg
Michael Wiedenkeller  Sweden  Luxembourg
Kiril Georgiev  Bulgaria  North Macedonia
Vladimir Georgiev  Bulgaria  North Macedonia
Torben Sorensen  Denmark  Malta
Igor Berezovsky  Russia
 Germany		  Monaco
Algimantas Butnorius  Lithuania  Monaco
Igor Efimov  Georgia
 Italy		  Monaco
Robert Fontaine  France  Monaco
  Switzerland
Damir Levacic  France  Monaco
David Marciano  France  Monaco
Nenad Sulava  Croatia  Monaco
Tea Lanchava  Georgia  Netherlands
Iwona Bos-Swiecik  Poland  Netherlands
Roberto Cifuentes  Chile  Netherlands
 Spain
Anish Giri  Russia  Netherlands
Sopiko Guramishvili  Georgia  Netherlands
Käty van der Mije-Nicolau  Romania  Netherlands
Iozefina Păuleţ  Romania  Netherlands
Peng Zhaoqin  China  Netherlands
Ivan Sokolov  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Netherlands
Gennadi Sosonko  Soviet Union  Netherlands
Erika Sziva  Hungary  Netherlands
Hiong Liong Tan  Indonesia  Netherlands
Sergei Tiviakov  Russia  Netherlands
Maxim Devereaux  England  Norway
Bjarke Sahl  Denmark  Norway
Jonathan Tisdall  United States  Norway
Michał Krasenkow  Russia  Poland
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz  Soviet Union  Poland
 United States
Jurij Zezulkin  Belarus  Poland
Irina Bulmaga  Moldova  Romania
Bibisara Assaubayeva  Kazakhstan  Russia
Roman Babici  Moldova  Russia
Alisa Galliamova  Ukraine  Russia
Ernesto Inarkiev  Kyrgyzstan  Russia
Sergey Karjakin  Ukraine  Russia
Kateryna Lagno  Ukraine  Russia
Svetlana Matveeva  Kyrgyzstan  Russia
Maxim Pavlov  Ukraine  Russia
Leonid Raikin  Ukraine  Russia
Elena Tairova  Belarus  Russia
Tatjana Vasilevich  Ukraine  Russia
Valeriy Yoshan  Ukraine  Russia
Kira Zvorykina  Belarus  Russia
Jacob Aagaard  Denmark  Scotland
Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant  Georgia  Scotland
Andrew Greet  England  Scotland
Matthew Turner  England  Scotland
Suat Atalık  Turkey  Serbia
Dejan Pavlović  Montenegro  Serbia
Igor Solomunović  Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Germany		  Serbia
Ranko Szuhanek  Romania  Serbia
Jovana Vojinović  Montenegro  Serbia
Sergei Movsesian  Georgia
 Czech Republic		  Slovakia
 Armenia
Indira Babataeva  Kazakhstan  Slovenia
Alexander Beliavsky  Ukraine  Slovenia
Zvonimir Meštrović  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Slovenia
Adrian Mikhalchishin  Ukraine  Slovenia
Anna Muzychuk  Ukraine  Slovenia
Salo Flohr  Czechoslovakia  Soviet Union
Emanuel Lasker  Germany  Soviet Union
 United States
Andor Lilienthal  Hungary  Soviet Union
Olga Alexandrova  Ukraine  Spain
Alexis Cabrera  Cuba
 Colombia		  Spain
Renier Castellanos Rodriguez  Chile  Spain
Roberto Cifuentes  Chile
 Netherlands		  Spain
Diego Del Rey  Argentina  Spain
Javier Gil Capape  Australia  Spain
José Angel Guerra Méndez  Cuba  Spain
Irisberto Herrera  Cuba  Spain
Alexander Ipatov  Ukraine  Spain
 Turkey
Ibragim Khamrakulov  Uzbekistan  Spain
Oleg Korneev  Russia  Spain
Ana Matnadze  Georgia  Spain
Viktor Moskalenko  Ukraine  Spain
Miguel Muñoz Pantoja  Peru  Spain
Orelvis Perez Mitjans  Cuba  Spain
Daniel Rodriguez Pineda  Cuba  Spain
Horacio Saldano Dayer  Argentina  Spain
Alexei Shirov  Latvia  Spain
Mihai Suba  Romania  Spain
Miodrag Todorcevic  Yugoslavia
 France		  Spain
Elizbar Ubilava  Georgia  Spain
Renier Vazquez Igarza  Cuba  Spain
Arturo Vidarte Morales  Peru  Spain
Evgeny Agrest  Russia  Sweden
Juan Manuel Bellón López  Spain  Sweden
Leho Laurine  Estonia  Sweden
Jerzy Lewi  Poland  Sweden
Sebastian Bogner  Germany   Switzerland
Branko Filipović  Croatia   Switzerland
Robert Fontaine  France
 Monaco		   Switzerland
Joseph Gallagher  England   Switzerland
Viktor Gavrikov  Lithuania   Switzerland
Ernő Gereben  Hungary   Switzerland
Barbara Hund  Germany   Switzerland
Nedeljko Kelecevic  Bosnia and Herzegovina   Switzerland
Viktor Korchnoi  Soviet Union   Switzerland
Tatjana Lematschko  Soviet Union
 Bulgaria		   Switzerland
Vadim Milov  Russia
 Israel		   Switzerland
Ivan Nemet  Yugoslavia   Switzerland
Raaphi Persitz  England
 Israel		   Switzerland
Artur Popławski  Poland   Switzerland
Peter Petrovich Saburov  Russia   Switzerland
Adolf Seitz  Germany
 Argentina		   Switzerland
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Kalinin  Belarus  Ukraine
Vladimir Makarov  Moldova  Ukraine
Sergey Smolin  Russia  Ukraine
István Fazekas  Czechoslovakia  United Kingdom
Isidor Gunsberg  Hungary  United Kingdom
Bernhard Horwitz  Germany  United Kingdom
Ernest Klein  Austria  United Kingdom
Imre König  Austria/ Hungary
 Yugoslavia		  United Kingdom
 United States
Čeněk Kottnauer  Czechoslovakia  United Kingdom
Paul List  Russian Empire
 Germany		  United Kingdom
Johann Löwenthal  Hungary  United Kingdom
James Mason  United States  United Kingdom
Olga Menchik  Soviet Union
 Czechoslovakia		  United Kingdom
Vera Menchik  Soviet Union
 Czechoslovakia		  United Kingdom
Jacques Mieses  Germany  United Kingdom
Wilhelm Steinitz  Austrian Empire  United Kingdom
 United States
Mir Sultan Khan  India  United Kingdom
Johannes Zukertort  Poland
 Germany		  United Kingdom
Nigel Davies  England  Wales
Lajos Asztalos  Hungary  Yugoslavia
Mirko Bröder  Hungary  Yugoslavia
Henrijeta Konarkowska-Sokolov  Poland  Yugoslavia
Irina Chelushkina  Ukraine FR Yugoslavia
Maria Manakova  Russia FR Yugoslavia
Svetlana Prudnikova  Russia FR Yugoslavia

To countries in Oceania
Name From nation To nation
Romanas Arlauskas  Lithuania  Australia
Irina Berezina  Russia  Australia
Béla Berger  Hungary  Australia
Igor Bjelobrk  New Zealand  Australia
Arianne Caoili  Philippines  Australia
Bobby Cheng  New Zealand  Australia
Lūcijs Endzelīns  Estonia
 Latvia		  Australia
John Angus Erskine  New Zealand  Australia
Vladimir Feldman  Russia  Australia
Stefan Kindermann  Germany  Australia
 Austria
Temur Kuybokarov  Uzbekistan  Australia
Gary Lane  England  Australia
Naum Levin  Soviet Union  Australia
Daniela Nuțu-Gajić  Romania  Australia
Karlis Ozols  Latvia  Australia
Ngan Phan-Koshnitsky  Vietnam  Australia
Julia Ryjanova  Russia  Australia
Rishi Sardana  India  Australia
Anastasia Sorokina  Belarus  Australia
Lajos Steiner  Hungary  Australia
Franciszek Sulik  Poland
 Argentina		  Australia
Zhang Jilin  China  Australia
Lev Aptekar  Soviet Union  New Zealand
Robert Henry Barnes  England  New Zealand
William Fairhurst  England/ Scotland  New Zealand
Aleksei Kulashko  Russia  New Zealand
Helen Milligan  Scotland  New Zealand
Ortvin Sarapu  Estonia  New Zealand

See also

References
  • "Player transfers from 2000". FIDE.
  • "Alphabetical list of players on FIDE lists 1971-2001". Olimpbase.
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