chess player (plural chess players)
- A human or computer that plays the game of chess.
- Synonyms: (rare) chesser, (archaic) chessist
a person who plays chess
- Albanian: shahist (sq) m
- Armenian: (male) շախմատիստ (hy) (šaxmatist), (female) շախմատիստուհի (šaxmatistuhi)
- Asturian: axedrecista m or f
- Azerbaijani: şahmatçı (az)
- Basque: xakelari
- Belarusian: шахматы́ст m (šaxmatýst), шахматы́стка f (šaxmatýstka)
- Bengali: দাবাড়ু (bn) (dabaṛu)
- Catalan: escaquista m or f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 棋手 (zh) (qíshǒu), 棋士 (zh) (qíshì)
- Czech: šachista (cs) m, šachistka f
- Danish: skakspiller (da) c
- Dutch: schaker (nl) m, schaakster (nl) f
- Esperanto: ŝakisto, ŝakistino (female)
- Estonian: malemängija, maletaja
- Faroese: telvari m, talvleikari m
- Finnish: šakinpelaaja (fi)
- French: joueur d’échecs (fr) m, joueuse d’échecs f
- Galician: xadrecista (gl)
- German: Schachspieler (de) m, Schachspielerin (de) f
- Hungarian: sakkozó (hu), sakkjátékos (hu)
- Irish: ficheallaí m, imreoir fichille m
- Italian: scacchista (it) m or f
- Japanese: チェス選手 (チェスせんしゅ, chesu senshu)
- Kalmyk: шатрч (şatrç)
- Kazakh: шахматшы (şaxmatşy)
- Korean: 체스 선수 (cheseu seonsu)
- Macedonian: шахист m (šahist), шахистка f (šahistka)
- Nogai: шатырашшы (şatıraşşı)
- Northern Sami: šáhkkaspealli
- Persian: شَطرَنجباز (šatranj-bâz)
- Polish: szachista (pl) m, szachistka (pl) f
- Portuguese: (Brazil) enxadrista (pt) c, (Portugal) xadrezista (pt) c
- Romanian: jucător de șah m, jucătoare de șah f, șahist (ro) m, șahistă (ro) f
- Russian: шахмати́ст (ru) m (šaxmatíst), шахмати́стка (ru) f (šaxmatístka)
- Spanish: ajedrecista (es) m or f
- Swedish: schackspelare (sv) c
- Ukrainian: шахі́ст m (šaxíst), шахі́стка f (šaxístka)
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