Nicknames of chessplayers
Nicknames of chessplayers
by Bill Wall
Adams, Michael Mickey
Alekhine, Alexander Ale-and-Wine
Anand Viswanathan Tiger of Madras; Vishy; Lightning Kid; Fast Breeder
Ashley, Maurice Mo
Beliavsky, Alexander Big Al
Blackburne, Joseph Henry Black Death
Botvinnik, Mikhail The Great Stone Face; The Engineer
Browne, Walter Mr. 6-time
Byrne, Robert Rapid Robert
Capablanca, Jose The Chess Machine
Curdo, John The Doctor
Doel, Erik van den The flying Dutchman
Dokhyan, Yuri Defcom Man
Dzindzichashvili, Roman Dzindzy
Evans, Larry D Larry "the other" Evans
Fedorowicz, John Fed; Rocky
Fine, Reuben Kid Gafaehrlich (Kid Dangerous)
Fraenkel, Heinrich Assiac
Furman, Semyon The Walking ECO
Greco, Gioacchino The Calabrese
Gufeld, Eduard Goofy
Helms, Hermann Dean of American Chess
Ivanchuk, Vassily Chucky
Khalifman, Alexander The Maestro; Sasha
Karpov, Anatoly Baby Snake
Kashdan, Isaac The Little Capablanca (der kleine Capablanca)
Kasparov, Garry Beast of Baku; Gazza; Garry the Terrible
Keene, Raymond The Penguin
Koltanowski, George Dean of American Chess
Korchnoi, Victor Iron Victor; Victor the Terrible
Kramnik, Vladimir Vlad the Impaler; Vlady; Volodya; Ovik; The Iceberg
Leonardo, Giovanni The Boy
Loyd, Sam The Puzzle King
Matulovic, Milan J'adoubovic
Miles, Tony Beast of Birmingham
Morphy, Paul The Pride and Sorrow of Chess
Morrison, William The Terminator
Nimzovich, Aron Crown Prince of Chess
Nunn, John The Good Doctor
Owen, John Alter
Petroff, Alexander The Northern Philidor
Petrosian, Tigran The Iron Tigran; The goalkeeper from Armenia; The Python
Pillsburr, Harry Hero of Hastings
Polgar, Judith Lassie
Polgar, Susan Sugar
Portisch, Lajos The Hungarian Petrosian; The Little Botvinnik
Richter, Kurt Executioner of Berlin
Sarratt, Jacob Professor of Chess
Schlechter, Karl The Drawing Master
Seirawan, Yasser Yaz
Sherzer, Alex The Surgeon
Shirov, Alexei Giraffe; The Matador
Showalter, Jackson The Kentucky Lion
Smith, Ken Top Hat
Spielmann, Rudolf The Last Knight of the King's Gambit
Steinitz, Wilhelm The Austrian Morphy
Tal, Mikhail The Magician of Riga; Mischa
Tarrasch, Siegbert Praeceptor Germaniae
Tate, Emory E.T.
Teichmann, Richard Richard the Fifth
Velimirovic, Dragoljub Yugoslavian Tal
Wojtkiewicz, Alex Wojt
Yermolinsky The Yerminator
Yusupov, Mikhail The Wall
Zuckerman, Bernard The Book; Zuk