The Most Famous
CHESS PLAYERS from New Zealand
This page contains a list of the greatest New Zealander Chess Players. The pantheon dataset contains 461 Chess Players, NaN of which were born in New Zealand. This makes New Zealand the birth place of the 0th most number of Chess Players.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary New Zealander Chess Players of all time. This list of famous New Zealander Chess Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Murray Chandler (b. 1960)
With an HPI of 41.74, Murray Chandler is the most famous New Zealander Chess Player. His biography has been translated into 14 different languages on wikipedia.
Murray Graham Chandler (born 4 April 1960, Wellington, New Zealand) is a New Zealand chess grandmaster. In the 1980s, he gained British citizenship and represented England at six Chess Olympiads. He has since returned to New Zealand. Chandler is also known as a chess writer, chess publishing executive and occasional organiser of chess tournaments.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as New Zealander chess players born between 1960 and 1960. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living New Zealander chess players include Murray Chandler. As of April 2024, 1 new New Zealander chess players have been added to Pantheon including Murray Chandler.
