highest rating |
player name |
Years |
# of Games |
| 2395 |
 | WACH, Markus |
1989-2006 |
66 |
| 2353 |
 | WADDINGTON, Mike P |
2001-2013 |
37 |
| 2310 |
  | WADE, Robert |
1942-2008 |
622 |
| 2103 |
| WADSWORTH, Matthew J |
2012-2013 |
20 |
| 2362 |
 | WAGEIH, Kareim |
2008-2012 |
24 |
| 2292 |
 | WAGENER, Anna |
2007-2012 |
27 |
| 2307 |
 | WAGENER, Claude |
1992-2012 |
50 |
| 2143 |
  | WAGMAN, Stuart |
1965-2006 |
43 |
| 2376 |
 | WAGNER, Claude |
1984-2012 |
22 |
| 2487 |
 | WAGNER, Dennis |
2010-2013 |
39 |
| |
  | WAGNER, Heinrich |
1910-1932 |
130 |
| 2169 |
 | WAGNER-MICHEL, Annett |
1974-2001 |
26 |
| 2321 |
| WAHLBOM, Magnus |
1965-2013 |
35 |
| 2580 |
  | WAHLS, Matthias |
1985-2006 |
271 |
| |
  | WAHLTUCH, Victor L |
1898-1929 |
45 |
| 2405 |
 | WAHONO, Awam |
1990-2012 |
70 |
| 2464 |
  | WAITZKIN, Joshua |
1985-1999 |
202 |
| 2371 |
 | WAJIH, Nassir |
1994-2001 |
20 |
| |
| WAKABAYASHI, Hisako |
2004-2010 |
28 |
| |
  | VAN DER WAL, Jannes |
1993-1996 |
21 |
| |
  | WALBRODT, Karl August |
1891-1900 |
157 |
| 2381 |
 | WALEK, Milan |
1991-2010 |
37 |
| 2281 |
| WALKER, David |
1965-1999 |
19 |
| 2262 |
 | WALKER, Martin |
1992-2007 |
22 |
| 2231 |
  | WALL, Bill |
1969-2011 |
364 |
| 2356 |
  | WALL, Gavin |
1993-2013 |
81 |
| 2370 |
  | WALL, Tim |
1985-2012 |
27 |
| |
  | WALLACE, Albert Edward |
1886-1924 |
54 |
| 2282 |
| WALLACE, Paul |
1974-2012 |
51 |
| 2419 |
  | WALLACE, John Paul |
1992-2012 |
53 |
| 2305 |
  | WALLIS, Christopher |
2006-2012 |
22 |
| |
 | WALLIS, Philip N |
1923-1970 |
61 |
| 2389 |
 | WALLNER, Joachim |
1999-2012 |
26 |
| 2191 |
  | WALSH, Hector |
1999-2007 |
24 |
| |
  | WALSH, James |
1954-1976 |
30 |
| |
  | WALTA, Paivi |
1985-2012 |
31 |
| |
  | WALTER, Max |
1923-1937 |
33 |
| 2360 |
 | WALTER, Stefan |
2001-2013 |
24 |
| 2316 |
  | WALTHER, Edgar |
1949-1992 |
116 |
| 2238 |
 | WALTON, Alan J |
1997-2013 |
99 |
| |
  | WAMBUGU, Jane Wanjiru |
2004-2012 |
30 |
| 2057 |
 | WANG, Jesse |
2006-2011 |
32 |
| 2510 |
 | WANG, Mong Lin |
1997 |
24 |
| 2476 |
  | WANG, Puchen |
1998-2011 |
140 |
| 2382 |
  | WANG, Richard |
2009-2012 |
29 |
| 2526 |
  | WANG, Rui |
1995-2012 |
122 |
| 2196 |
 | WANSINK, Robert |
1973-2012 |
27 |
| 2366 |
 | WANTIEZ, Fabrice |
1996-2012 |
42 |
| 2252 |
 | WANYAMA, Harold |
2010-2012 |
19 |
| 2270 |
| WAQAR, Mohamed |
1991-2008 |
23 |
| 2192 |
 | WARAKOMSKA, Anna |
2008-2012 |
33 |
| 2506 |
 | WARAKOMSKI, Tomasz |
2001-2012 |
114 |
| 2527 |
  | WARD, Christopher |
1981-2012 |
272 |
| |
  | WARD, William |
1876-1911 |
24 |
| |
  | WARE, Preston |
1859-1882 |
80 |
| 2156 |
 | WARMAN, Simon M |
2001-2010 |
22 |
| 2270 |
 | WARNER, Delisle |
1999-2012 |
55 |
| |
| WASIF, Zenobia |
2010-2012 |
22 |
| 2326 |
 | WASSIN, Sergej |
2000-2010 |
31 |
| 2350 |
  | WASTNEY, Scott |
1994-2013 |
83 |
| 2032 |
  | WATAI, Miyoko |
1976-1999 |
19 |
| 2365 |
  | WATANABE, Akira |
1998-2012 |
22 |
| 2290 |
 | WATERMAN, Dennis |
1971-1976 |
26 |
| 2147 |
| WATERS, Clive L |
1999-2012 |
32 |
| 2122 |
| WATERS, Michael |
1992-2008 |
41 |
| 2345 |
  | WATSON, John L |
1966-2004 |
95 |
| |
  | WATSON, Charles Gilbert Marriott |
1916-1946 |
25 |
| 2527 |
  | WATSON, William Nicholas |
1977-2012 |
233 |
| 2300 |
 | WATSON, Bruce R |
1976-2012 |
144 |
| 2367 |
 | WATZKA, Horst |
1967-2003 |
30 |
| |
 | WATZL, Leopold |
1943-1961 |
22 |
| |
  | WAYTE, William |
1835-1894 |
29 |
| 2348 |
  | WEBB, Laurence E |
1990-2012 |
80 |
| 2088 |
| WEBB, Matthew |
2009-2011 |
24 |
| 2356 |
 | WEBB, Richard |
1974-2012 |
21 |
| 2445 |
  | WEBB, Simon |
1965-2005 |
163 |
| 2155 |
| WEBER, Francois |
2010-2013 |
26 |
| 2265 |
 | WEBER, Jean-Marie |
1975-2007 |
81 |
| 2450 |
 | WEBER, Karlheinz |
1992-2003 |
54 |
| 2406 |
 | WEBER, Tom |
2009-2012 |
25 |
| 2435 |
  | WEBSTER, Andrew |
1988-2002 |
79 |
| 2187 |
| WEBSTER, Richard J |
2005-2012 |
52 |
| 2529 |
  | WEDBERG, Tom |
1973-2007 |
280 |
| 2273 |
  | WEEKS, Manuel William |
1999-2008 |
33 |
| 2330 |
  | WEEMAES, Ronald |
1984-2001 |
26 |
| |
  | WEENINK, Henri |
1919-1931 |
106 |
| 2250 |
  | WEERAMANTRY, Sunil |
1970-2012 |
106 |
| 2246 |
  | VAN WEERSEL, Arlette |
2000-2013 |
209 |
| |
 | WEGEMUND, Otto |
1904-1923 |
27 |
| 2371 |
 | WEGENER, Dirk |
1991-2012 |
33 |
| 2430 |
  | WEGENER, Olaf |
1999-2012 |
39 |
| 2467 |
  | WEGERLE, Joerg |
1997-2012 |
58 |
| 2322 |
 | WEGLARZ, Leszek |
1984-2002 |
18 |
| 2358 |
  | WEGNER, Hannu |
1984-1994 |
31 |
| 2434 |
  | WEHMEIER, Stefan |
1992-2007 |
41 |
| 2406 |
 | WEI, Chenpeng |
2001-2005 |
41 |
| |
 | WEICHSELBAUMER, Ernst |
1952-1956 |
26 |
| 2484 |
 | WEIDA, Zhang |
1995-2013 |
21 |
| 2512 |
  | VAN DER WEIDE, Karel |
1988-2009 |
182 |
| 2290 |
 | VAN DER WEIDE, Piet |
1965-2010 |
41 |
| 2339 |
 | WEIDEMANN, Joerg |
1976-1995 |
32 |
| |
| WEIDMAN, Mark |
2006 |
19 |
| 2129 |
| WEIGHELL, Mark |
2001 |
20 |
| 2444 |
  | WEINBERGER, Tibor |
1955-2012 |
252 |
| 2377 |
 | WEINDL, Alfred |
1985-2012 |
49 |
| |
 | WEINER, Milan |
1954-1985 |
45 |
| |
| WEINITSCHKE, Erich |
1938-1983 |
18 |
| |
  | WEINSTEIN, Raymond Allen |
1957-1964 |
79 |
| 2450 |
  | WEINSTEIN, Norman |
1967-1984 |
105 |
| 2422 |
 | WEINZETTL, Ernst |
1987-2011 |
71 |
| 2628 |
  | WEIQI, Zhou |
2001-2013 |
249 |
| |
| WEIR, Peter Bryan |
1976-1998 |
34 |
| 2235 |
 | WEISENBURGER, Horst |
1974-2011 |
33 |
| 2469 |
  | WEISS, Christian |
1994-2012 |
92 |
| |
  | WEISS, Max |
1880-1911 |
166 |
| |
 | WEISSGERBER, Gerhard |
1927-1936 |
34 |
| |
  | VON WEIZSAECKER, Robert |
2000-2002 |
23 |
| 2375 |
 | WELIN, Mats Erik Thomas |
1975-2010 |
27 |
| 2405 |
  | WELLING, Gerard |
1973-2012 |
1,067 |
| 2355 |
  | WELLS, Ian Duncan |
1975-1981 |
65 |
| 2545 |
  | WELLS, Peter K |
1981-2012 |
563 |
| 2714 |
  | VAN WELY, Loek |
1985-2013 |
2,358 |
| 2201 |
  | WELZ, Dr. Peter |
1981-2012 |
25 |
| |
  | WEMMERS, Carl |
1876-1881 |
51 |
| 2428 |
  | WEMMERS, Xander |
1994-2013 |
33 |
| 2314 |
 | WEMPE, Joost |
1995-2010 |
42 |
|
| |
highest rating |
player name |
Years |
# of Games |
| 2478 |
  | WENDI, George Xie |
2001-2012 |
68 |
| 2379 |
 | WENDT, Jan-Dietrich |
2003-2009 |
19 |
| 2396 |
 | WENG, Lim Yee |
1995-2012 |
84 |
| 2570 |
  | WENJIN, Wu |
1996-2009 |
103 |
| 2557 |
  | WENJUN, Ju |
2004-2013 |
421 |
| 2511 |
  | WENLIANG, Li |
1991-2013 |
78 |
| 2473 |
  | WENZHE, Liu |
1965-2000 |
38 |
| 2452 |
  | VAN DER WERF, Mark |
1988-2013 |
130 |
| 2607 |
  | WERLE, Jan |
1994-2011 |
378 |
| 2395 |
  | WERNER, Clemens |
1976-2011 |
45 |
| 2376 |
 | WERNER, Dimo |
1976-2008 |
163 |
| |
 | WERTHEIM, Willem Frederik |
1927-1933 |
18 |
| 2390 |
  | VAN WESSEL, Rudy |
1996-2010 |
57 |
| 2426 |
 | WESSMAN, Richard |
1986-2005 |
40 |
| 2410 |
  | WEST, Guy |
1976-2012 |
131 |
| 2107 |
 | WEST, Vanessa |
2002-2012 |
24 |
| |
 | WESTBROCK, John T |
1946-1969 |
19 |
| 2420 |
  | WESTERINEN, Heikki M J |
1961-2013 |
820 |
| 2305 |
  | WESTERMEIER, Arnulf |
1966-1982 |
24 |
| |
| WESTMAN, Jan Erik |
1961-1966 |
19 |
| |
  | WEXLER, Bernardo |
1951-1987 |
124 |
| |
| WHATLEY, Stephen A J |
2010-2013 |
35 |
| |
  | WHEATCROFT, George Shorrock Ashcombe |
1937-1939 |
19 |
| |
  | WHITAKER, Norman Tweed |
1907-1973 |
163 |
| 2104 |
 | WHITE, Kevin D |
2001-2006 |
28 |
| 2346 |
  | WHITE, Michael J R |
1977-2012 |
111 |
| 2407 |
  | WHITEHEAD, Jay E |
1976-1998 |
80 |
| 2350 |
  | WHITEHEAD, Paul |
1978-1985 |
20 |
| 2385 |
  | WHITELEY, Andrew Jonathan |
1963-2013 |
393 |
| 2040 |
 | WHITFIELD, Craig M |
2009-2012 |
21 |
| 2528 |
 | WIACEK, Krzysztof |
2001-2007 |
19 |
| 2370 |
 | WIBE, Terje Paul |
1966-1991 |
51 |
| 2419 |
 | WICHMANN, Cliff |
1993-2011 |
29 |
| 2305 |
  | WICKER, Kevin J |
1975-1987 |
32 |
| 2383 |
| WIECZOREK, Oskar |
2008-2012 |
61 |
| 2475 |
  | WIEDENKELLER, Michael |
1979-2012 |
70 |
| 2235 |
| WIEDNER, Robert |
1996-2012 |
19 |
| 2590 |
  | VAN DER WIEL, John |
1976-2012 |
1,694 |
| 2250 |
 | VAN WIERINGEN, Cornelius A |
1984-2001 |
20 |
| 2431 |
  | WIERSMA, Eelke |
1991-2012 |
81 |
| 2037 |
 | WIJESURIYA, G Vineetha |
2001-2011 |
29 |
| 2440 |
  | VAN WIJGERDEN, Cornelis |
1969-1985 |
58 |
| 2244 |
| WIKSTROM, Per |
1968-2001 |
20 |
| 2540 |
  | WILDER, Michael |
1979-1989 |
120 |
| 2343 |
 | WILEY, Tom E |
1985-2012 |
79 |
| 2262 |
| WILGENHOF, Otto |
1990-2011 |
25 |
| 1880 |
  | WILKINSON, Sinclair |
2002-2006 |
25 |
| 2055 |
 | WILL, Douglas |
1994-2012 |
22 |
| 2244 |
 | WILLEMSEN, Joseph |
1964-2002 |
39 |
| 2423 |
| WILLEMZE, Jeroen |
1994-2007 |
25 |
| 2422 |
  | WILLEMZE, Thomas |
1999-2012 |
103 |
| |
  | WILLIAMS, Elijah |
1835-1852 |
92 |
| 2353 |
  | WILLIAMS, Arthur Howard |
1968-2011 |
76 |
| 2550 |
  | WILLIAMS, Simon Kim |
1993-2013 |
490 |
| 2402 |
  | WILLIAMS, Leighton |
1992-2006 |
34 |
| 2240 |
  | WILLIAMS, Leo |
1969-1986 |
21 |
| 2239 |
  | WILLIAMS, Peter |
2004-2012 |
22 |
| 2177 |
| WILLIAMSON, Roger G |
2006-2012 |
26 |
| 2239 |
| WILLMOTH, Robert |
1987-2012 |
55 |
| |
| WILLSON, Ollie |
2011-2013 |
19 |
| 2051 |
 | WILMAN, Carey A |
1995-2008 |
20 |
| 1955 |
| WILSBECK, Jan Borge |
1994-2007 |
27 |
| 2235 |
| WILSCHUT, Peter |
2000-2012 |
24 |
| 2101 |
  | WILSON, Alexandra |
2001-2012 |
160 |
| 1945 |
 | WILSON, Julie |
2004-2010 |
29 |
| 2547 |
  | WINANTS, Luc |
1980-2012 |
305 |
| |
  | WINAWER, Simon |
1867-1901 |
289 |
| 2401 |
  | WINER, Steven |
1996-2006 |
21 |
| 2268 |
  | WINGE, Stefan |
1983-2003 |
18 |
| 2252 |
 | WINIWARTER, Felix |
1953-2012 |
38 |
| 2162 |
 | WINKELMANN, Elena |
2004-2010 |
24 |
| 1916 |
  | WINKLER, Stefan |
2010-2011 |
32 |
| |
 | WINSER, William Arthur |
1949-1970 |
20 |
| 2348 |
  | WINSLOW, Elliott C |
1976-1995 |
21 |
| |
  | WINTER, William |
1919-1948 |
159 |
| 2378 |
 | WINTZER, Dr Joachim |
1988-2011 |
58 |
| 2462 |
  | WIPPERMANN, Till |
1999-2008 |
73 |
| 2514 |
  | WIRIG, Anthony |
1995-2013 |
169 |
| 2460 |
 | WIRTHENSOHN, Heinz |
1971-2010 |
151 |
| |
  | WISKER, John |
1866-1883 |
78 |
| 2428 |
  | WISNEWSKI, Christoph |
1994-2005 |
43 |
| 2192 |
| WISNIOWSKA, Klaudia |
2008-2013 |
19 |
| 2281 |
 | VAN WISSEN, Michiel E |
1995-2006 |
19 |
| 2410 |
 | DE WIT, Jan |
1982-2001 |
19 |
| 2178 |
  | WITKOWSKI, Stefan |
1949-2001 |
96 |
| 2290 |
  | WITT, Laszlo |
1962-1987 |
26 |
| 2306 |
 | WITT, Rob |
1970-2010 |
54 |
| |
  | WITTEK, Alexander |
1875-1882 |
59 |
| 2248 |
| WITTMANN, Ralf |
1978-2001 |
29 |
| 2386 |
  | WITTMANN, Walter |
1974-2012 |
200 |
| 2389 |
| WIWE, Andreas |
2005-2009 |
19 |
| 2415 |
  | WOCKENFUSS, Klaus |
1968-2000 |
134 |
| 2458 |
  | WOHL, Aleksandar H |
1979-2012 |
259 |
| |
  | WOJCIECHOWSKI, Antoni |
1929-1937 |
23 |
| 2146 |
 | WOJCIECHOWSKI, Paul |
2000-2012 |
38 |
| 2734 |
  | WOJTASZEK, Radoslaw |
1996-2013 |
604 |
| 2570 |
  | WOJTKIEWICZ, Aleksander |
1979-2006 |
1,179 |
| |
  | WOLBRECHT, George H |
1906-1914 |
21 |
| 2162 |
| DE WOLF, Johan |
1979-2007 |
28 |
| |
  | WOLF, Heinrich |
1894-1935 |
305 |
| |
  | WOLF, Siegfried Reginald |
1894-1935 |
36 |
| 2595 |
  | WOLFF, Patrick |
1982-2008 |
245 |
| |
 | WOLK, Sigmund |
1946-1959 |
30 |
| |
| WOLTHUIS, Willem |
1946-1961 |
18 |
| 2495 |
  | WOMACKA, Mathias |
1985-2013 |
116 |
| 2119 |
 | WONG, Irene Estefania Han |
2006-2008 |
22 |
| 2470 |
  | WONG, Meng-Kong |
1979-2007 |
74 |
| |
  | WOOD, Gabriel |
1946-1950 |
60 |
| |
  | WOOD, Baruch Harold |
1935-1971 |
123 |
| 2255 |
  | WOODHAMS, Michael |
1967-2000 |
19 |
| |
  | WOODPUSHER, (Computer) |
2004-2011 |
19 |
| 2332 |
 | WOODWARD, Timothy |
2001-2007 |
24 |
| 2319 |
  | WOREK, Joanna |
1996-2013 |
69 |
| |
  | WORLD, The |
1996-2012 |
23 |
| 2411 |
 | 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 |
45 |
| 2345 |
 | WU, Li |
2001-2012 |
53 |
| 2355 |
 | WUKITS, Rene |
1997-2003 |
23 |
| 2596 |
  | WUNDERLICH, Dr. Hans-Dieter |
1987-2009 |
40 |
| 2297 |
| WUNNINK, Michael |
1996-2006 |
26 |
| 2346 |
  | WUTS, Frank |
1993-2006 |
39 |
| 2376 |
 | WUTTKE, Johannes |
1999-2000 |
25 |
| 2340 |
 | WYSS, Jonas |
2005-2012 |
24 |
| |
  | WYVILL, Marmaduke |
1846-1859 |
28 |
|
|