highest rating |
player name |
Years |
# of Games |
| 2395 |
| WACH, Markus |
1992-2002 |
50 |
| 2353 |
| WADDINGTON, M |
2001 |
20 |
| 2310 |
  | WADE, Robert |
1942-2008 |
493 |
| 2292 |
| WAGENER, Anna |
2007-2009 |
25 |
| 2307 |
| WAGENER, Claude |
1992-2007 |
34 |
| 2143 |
  | WAGMAN, Stuart |
1965-2006 |
36 |
| 2376 |
| WAGNER, Claude |
1984-2004 |
18 |
| |
  | WAGNER, Heinrich |
1910-1932 |
114 |
| 2580 |
  | WAHLS, Matthias |
1985-2005 |
234 |
| |
  | WAHLTUCH, Victor L |
1898-1929 |
41 |
| 2401 |
| WAHONO, Awam |
2000-2009 |
52 |
| 2464 |
  | WAITZKIN, Joshua |
1985-1999 |
198 |
| 2371 |
 | WAJIH, Nassir |
1994-2001 |
20 |
| |
  | WALBRODT, Karl August |
1891-1900 |
144 |
| 2350 |
| WALEK, Milan |
1991-2008 |
35 |
| 2281 |
| WALKER, David |
1965-1999 |
19 |
| 2262 |
| WALKER, Martin |
1992-2007 |
22 |
| 2231 |
  | WALL, Bill |
1969-2005 |
357 |
| 2356 |
| WALL, Gavin |
1993-2008 |
54 |
| 2282 |
| WALLACE, Paul |
1974-2008 |
35 |
| 2419 |
  | WALLACE, John Paul |
1992-2006 |
45 |
| |
 | WALLIS, Philip N |
1923-1970 |
60 |
| 2191 |
| WALSH, Hector |
1999-2007 |
23 |
| |
| WALSH, James |
1954-1958 |
28 |
| |
  | WALTER, Max |
1923-1937 |
31 |
| 2316 |
 | WALTHER, Edgar |
1949-1992 |
98 |
| 2238 |
| WALTON, Alan J |
2004-2009 |
69 |
| |
 | WAMBUGU, Jane Wanjiru |
2004-2006 |
21 |
| 2510 |
| WANG, Mong Lin |
1997 |
24 |
| 2466 |
  | WANG, Puchen |
2000-2009 |
70 |
| 2526 |
 | WANG, Rui |
1995-2009 |
99 |
| 2580 |
  | WANG, Zili |
1987-2005 |
119 |
| |
| WANSINK, Robert |
1973-1989 |
24 |
| 2506 |
| WARAKOMSKI, Tomasz |
2001-2007 |
75 |
| 2527 |
 | WARD, Christopher |
1981-2008 |
252 |
| |
  | WARE, Preston |
1859-1882 |
76 |
| 2270 |
| WARNER, Delisle |
1999-2006 |
25 |
| 2325 |
| WASSIN, Sergej |
2000-2008 |
19 |
| 2300 |
| WASTNEY, Scott |
1995-2006 |
37 |
| 2032 |
  | WATAI, Miyoko |
1976-1999 |
19 |
| |
 | WATERMAN, Dennis |
1971-1976 |
23 |
| 2147 |
| WATERS, Clive |
1999-2001 |
21 |
| 2116 |
| WATERS, Michael |
1992-2008 |
40 |
| 2422 |
 | WATSON, Joe |
1973-2003 |
37 |
| 2345 |
  | WATSON, John L |
1970-2003 |
61 |
| 2527 |
  | WATSON, William Nicholas |
1977-2001 |
221 |
| 2293 |
| WATSON, Bruce R |
1976-2009 |
68 |
| 2367 |
| WATZKA, Horst |
1967-2003 |
28 |
| 2348 |
 | WEBB, Laurence E |
1991-2008 |
41 |
| 2356 |
| WEBB, Richard |
1974-2006 |
20 |
| 2445 |
  | WEBB, Simon |
1965-2005 |
138 |
| 2450 |
| WEBER, Karlheinz |
1992-2003 |
54 |
| 2249 |
| WEBER, Jean Marie |
1997-2007 |
70 |
| 2435 |
| WEBSTER, Andrew |
1988-2002 |
60 |
| 2187 |
| WEBSTER, Richard J |
2005-2009 |
36 |
| 2529 |
 | WEDBERG, Tom |
1973-2007 |
258 |
| 2273 |
 | WEEKS, Manuel William |
1999-2008 |
33 |
| 2330 |
 | WEEMAES, Ronald |
1984-2001 |
23 |
| |
  | WEENINK, Henri |
1919-1931 |
87 |
| 2250 |
 | WEERAMANTRY, Sunil |
1970-2009 |
84 |
| 2233 |
 | VAN WEERSEL, Arlette |
2000-2009 |
129 |
| |
 | WEGEMUND, Otto |
1905-1923 |
24 |
| 2371 |
| WEGENER, Dirk |
1991-2009 |
28 |
| 2405 |
| WEGENER, Olaf |
1999-2005 |
20 |
| 2451 |
| WEGERLE, Joerg |
1997-2009 |
29 |
| 2423 |
 | WEHMEIER, Stefan |
1992-2007 |
41 |
| 2406 |
| WEI, Chenpeng |
2005 |
31 |
| |
 | WEICHSELBAUMER, Ernst |
1952-1954 |
25 |
| 2512 |
 | VAN DER WEIDE, Karel |
1988-2009 |
177 |
| 2290 |
 | VAN DER WEIDE, Piet |
1968-1982 |
37 |
| 2339 |
| WEIDEMANN, Joerg |
1976-1994 |
29 |
| |
| WEIDMAN, Mark |
2006 |
19 |
| 2388 |
 | WEIMING, Goh |
2004-2008 |
63 |
| 2361 |
| WEINDL, Alfred |
1985-2008 |
43 |
| |
| WEINITSCHKE, Erich |
1938-1983 |
18 |
| |
  | WEINSTEIN, Raymond Allen |
1958-1964 |
33 |
| 2450 |
  | WEINSTEIN, Norman |
1967-1984 |
83 |
| 2422 |
| WEINZETTL, E |
1991-2002 |
46 |
| 2364 |
| WEINZETTL, Ernst |
1988-2008 |
19 |
| 2603 |
  | WEIQI, Zhou |
2001-2009 |
116 |
| |
| WEIR, Peter Bryan |
1976-1986 |
30 |
| 2235 |
| WEISENBURGER, Horst |
1974-2003 |
18 |
| 2469 |
 | WEISS, Christian |
1995-2007 |
78 |
| |
  | WEISS, Max |
1862-1890 |
168 |
| |
| WEISSGERBER, Gerhard |
1931-1936 |
27 |
| |
| VON WEIZSAECKER, Robert |
2000-2002 |
23 |
| 2375 |
 | WELIN, Mats Erik Thomas |
1975-1999 |
24 |
| 2405 |
  | WELLING, Gerard |
1973-2009 |
1,052 |
| 2355 |
  | WELLS, Ian Duncan |
1975-1981 |
63 |
| 2545 |
  | WELLS, Peter K |
1981-2009 |
481 |
| 2714 |
  | VAN WELY, Loek |
1987-2009 |
2,059 |
| |
 | WEMMERS, Carl |
1876-1881 |
51 |
| 2406 |
| WEMMERS, Xander |
1994-2009 |
23 |
| 2314 |
 | WEMPE, Joost |
1995-2009 |
40 |
| 2340 |
  | WENDI, George Xie |
2001-2008 |
30 |
| 2396 |
 | WENG, Lim Yee |
1995-2008 |
73 |
|
| |
highest rating |
player name |
Years |
# of Games |
| 2404 |
| WENHAO, Wang |
1993-2005 |
17 |
| 2570 |
 | WENJIN, Wu |
1996-2008 |
96 |
| 2509 |
  | WENJUN, Ju |
2006-2009 |
120 |
| 2511 |
 | WENLIANG, Li |
1991-2005 |
50 |
| 2451 |
  | WENZHE, Liu |
1965-2000 |
37 |
| 2450 |
| VAN DER WERF, Mark |
1988-2008 |
88 |
| 2607 |
  | WERLE, Jan |
1994-2009 |
330 |
| 2395 |
 | WERNER, Clemens |
1976-2007 |
35 |
| 2376 |
| WERNER, Dimo |
1976-2008 |
152 |
| |
 | WERTHEIM, Willem Frederik |
1927-1933 |
18 |
| 2369 |
| VAN WESSEL, Rudy |
1996-2009 |
54 |
| 2426 |
| WESSMAN, Richard |
1986-2005 |
37 |
| 2410 |
  | WEST, Guy |
1976-2009 |
100 |
| 2107 |
| WEST, Vanessa |
2002-2007 |
21 |
| 2420 |
  | WESTERINEN, Heikki M J |
1961-2009 |
687 |
| 2305 |
 | WESTERMEIER, Arnulf |
1966-1982 |
23 |
| 2045 |
| WESTERWEELE, Henrik |
2000-2007 |
18 |
| |
| WESTMAN, Jan Erik |
1961-1966 |
18 |
| |
  | WEXLER, Bernardo |
1951-1978 |
74 |
| |
 | WEXLER, Francisco |
1953-1965 |
19 |
| |
  | WHEATCROFT, George Shorrock Ashcombe |
1937-1939 |
19 |
| |
  | WHITAKER, Norman Tweed |
1907-1951 |
33 |
| 2304 |
| WHITE, Michael J R |
1977-2009 |
85 |
| 2407 |
  | WHITEHEAD, Jay E |
1977-1998 |
78 |
| 2350 |
  | WHITEHEAD, Paul |
1978-1985 |
20 |
| 2385 |
  | WHITELEY, Andrew Jonathan |
1963-1998 |
382 |
| 2370 |
 | WIBE, Terje Paul |
1966-1991 |
49 |
| 2305 |
  | WICKER, Kevin J |
1975-1987 |
29 |
| 2310 |
| WIECZOREK, Oskar |
2008-2009 |
35 |
| 2454 |
 | WIEDENKELLER, Michael |
1979-2009 |
46 |
| 2590 |
  | VAN DER WIEL, John |
1976-2008 |
1,655 |
| 2250 |
| VAN WIERINGEN, Cornelius A |
1984-2001 |
20 |
| 2431 |
 | WIERSMA, Eelke |
1991-2009 |
44 |
| 2440 |
 | VAN WIJGERDEN, Cornelis |
1976-1985 |
44 |
| 2540 |
  | WILDER, Michael |
1979-1989 |
118 |
| 2343 |
| WILEY, Tom E |
1999-2009 |
70 |
| 2423 |
| WILLEMZE, Jeroen |
1994-2007 |
24 |
| 2422 |
 | WILLEMZE, Thomas |
2000-2009 |
76 |
| |
  | WILLIAMS, Elijah |
1835-1852 |
81 |
| 2347 |
  | WILLIAMS, Arthur Howard |
1968-1986 |
61 |
| 2550 |
  | WILLIAMS, Simon Kim |
1993-2009 |
325 |
| 2400 |
 | WILLIAMS, Leighton |
1997-2006 |
29 |
| 2240 |
  | WILLIAMS, Leo |
1969-1986 |
17 |
| 2239 |
| WILLMOTH, Robert |
1987-2002 |
42 |
| 1955 |
| WILSBECK, Jan Borge |
1994-2007 |
27 |
| 2101 |
 | WILSON, Alexandra |
2001-2009 |
64 |
| 2293 |
 | WILSON, Jonathan |
1795-1996 |
18 |
| 1945 |
| WILSON, Julie |
2004-2008 |
21 |
| 2536 |
 | WINANTS, Luc |
1982-2007 |
275 |
| |
  | WINAWER, Simon |
1867-1901 |
287 |
| 2401 |
 | WINER, Steven |
1998-2006 |
18 |
| 2252 |
 | WINIWARTER, Felix |
1955-2002 |
34 |
| 2162 |
 | WINKELMANN, Elena |
2004-2008 |
23 |
| 2325 |
 | WINSLOW, Elliott C |
1976-1995 |
21 |
| |
  | WINTER, William |
1919-1948 |
136 |
| 2378 |
| WINTZER, Joachim |
1988-2009 |
31 |
| 2462 |
 | WIPPERMANN, Till |
2000-2008 |
58 |
| 2491 |
 | WIRIG, Anthony |
2001-2009 |
90 |
| 2460 |
 | WIRTHENSOHN, Heinz |
1955-2006 |
140 |
| |
  | WISKER, John |
1866-1880 |
68 |
| 2428 |
 | WISNEWSKI, Christoph |
1994-2005 |
37 |
| 2280 |
| VAN WISSEN, Michiel E |
1996-2006 |
18 |
| 2178 |
  | WITKOWSKI, Stefan |
1949-2001 |
95 |
| 2290 |
  | WITT, Laszlo |
1964-1987 |
19 |
| 2306 |
| WITT, Rob |
1976-2006 |
48 |
| |
  | WITTEK, Alexander |
1875-1882 |
58 |
| 2248 |
| WITTMANN, Ralf |
1978-2001 |
28 |
| 2386 |
  | WITTMANN, Walter |
1974-2008 |
159 |
| 2389 |
| WIWE, Andreas |
2005-2009 |
19 |
| 2415 |
  | WOCKENFUSS, Klaus |
1968-1999 |
108 |
| 2457 |
 | WOHL, Aleksandar H |
1979-2009 |
194 |
| |
 | WOJCIECHOWSKI, Antoni |
1931-1937 |
20 |
| 2146 |
| WOJCIECHOWSKI, Paul |
2004-2006 |
23 |
| 2640 |
 | WOJTASZEK, Radoslaw |
1996-2009 |
293 |
| 2570 |
  | WOJTKIEWICZ, Aleksander |
1979-2006 |
1,173 |
| |
  | WOLF, Heinrich |
1894-1935 |
296 |
| |
 | WOLF, Siegfried Reginald |
1894-1931 |
27 |
| |
 | WOLFF, Balduin |
1856-1896 |
18 |
| 2595 |
  | WOLFF, Patrick |
1982-2008 |
228 |
| |
 | WOLK, Sigmund |
1946-1959 |
29 |
| 2495 |
| WOMACKA, Mathias |
1985-2007 |
83 |
| 2470 |
 | WONG, Meng-Kong |
1979-2007 |
68 |
| |
  | WOOD, Gabriel |
1946-1950 |
31 |
| |
  | WOOD, Baruch Harold |
1939-1969 |
126 |
| 2310 |
| WOREK, Joanna |
1996-2008 |
35 |
| 2407 |
| WORNATH, Kai Rudolf |
1999-2005 |
25 |
| |
  | WOTULO, Max Arie |
1960-1995 |
25 |
| 2445 |
| WRBA, Klaus |
1989-2000 |
20 |
| 2188 |
| WRIGHT, William B |
1990-2007 |
25 |
| 2235 |
| WRIGHT, Daniel |
1967-2001 |
44 |
| 2344 |
 | WU, Li |
2001-2007 |
50 |
| 2355 |
| WUKITS, Rene |
1997-2003 |
23 |
| 2596 |
 | WUNDERLICH, Dr. Hans-Dieter |
1987-2007 |
24 |
| 2297 |
| WUNNINK, Michael |
1996-2006 |
26 |
| 2376 |
 | WUTTKE, Johannes |
1999-2000 |
25 |
| |
  | WYVILL, Marmaduke |
1846-1859 |
28 |
|
|