Chess Masters who visited Scotland

The names listed below show players who have visited Scotland to play in tournaments, challenge matches, or to give lectures/simultaneous displays.

Please note that the list is incomplete. It will be added to if and when time is available.

Other titled players have visited Scotland to play representative matches against Scottish clubs. For details please see the article on Matches.

Alekhine
Botvinnik
Bronstein            
Capablanca
Dvoretsky            
Eliskases
Euwe
Forintos            
Gligoric
Golombek            
Harrwitz 1848/1849/1850/1853      
Hort
Hübner            
Karpov
Keres
Koltanowski
Kostic
Kottnauer            
Larsen            
Lasker, Em.          
Lombardy            
Maroczy
Marshall
Menchik, Miss V.
Mieses
1895
1900
Miles          
Nunn            
O'Kelly            
Olafsson          
Penrose, J. 1967          
Raicevic
         
Ree            
Réti
Rosenthal 1871            
Shamkovich            
Smyslov
Sosonko            
Spassky
Staunton            
Stein
Suetin
Tal
Tatai            
Teichmann          
Thomas, Sir G.
Tolush
Tranmer, Miss E.
Vasiukov
Wade
         
Westerinen            
Yates 1921/1922          
Yanofsky
Yusupov
           
Znosko-Borovsky    
Zukertort        

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Compiled by Alan McGowan