This is a list of Polish chess masters. Some players assumed the citizenship of another country later in their careers (for example Janowski and Najdorf later became French and Argentinian citizens, respectively).
Pre-FIDE chess masters Adolf Zytogorski () Jan Herman Zukertort (fl. 1860–1888) Szymon Winawer (fl. 1867–1901) Dawid Janowski (fl. 1891–1926) Henryk Jerzy Salwe (fl. 1903–1914) Dawid Przepiórka (fl. 1903–1938) Teodor Regedziński (fl. 1917–1952)
FIDE chess masters Men 1950 – Akiba Rubinstein – Grandmaster 1950 – Ksawery Tartakower – Grandmaster 1950 – Mieczysław Najdorf – Grandmaster 1950 – Kazimierz Makarczyk 1950 – Kazimierz Plater 1953 – Bogdan Śliwa 1955 – Paulin Frydman 1976 – Włodzimierz Schmidt – Grandmaster 1980 – Adam Kuligowski – Grandmaster 1990 – Aleksander Wojtkiewicz – Grandmaster 1993 – Robert Kuczyński – Grandmaster 1996 – Marcin Kamiński – Grandmaster 1996 – Robert Kempiński – Grandmaster 1996 – Michał Krasenkow – Grandmaster 1997 – Jacek Gdański – Grandmaster 1998 – Bartłomiej Macieja – Grandmaster 1998 – Tomasz Markowski – Grandmaster 1999 – Bartosz Soćko – Grandmaster 2000 – Paweł Jaracz – Grandmaster 2001 – Paweł Blehm – Grandmaster 2002 – Artur Jakubiec – Grandmaster 2002 – Kamil Mitoń – Grandmaster 2002 – Mirosław Grabarczyk – Grandmaster 2003 – Łukasz Cyborowski – Grandmaster 2003 – Aleksander Miśta – Grandmaster 2005 – Mateusz Bartel – Grandmaster 2005 – Piotr Bobras – Grandmaster 2005 – Radosław Wojtaszek – Grandmaster 2006 – Paweł Czarnota – Grandmaster 2006 – Grzegorz Gajewski – Grandmaster 2006 – Bartłomiej Heberla – Grandmaster 2006 – Radosław Jedynak – Grandmaster 2007 – Marcin Dziuba – Grandmaster 2009 – Krzysztof Jakubowski – Grandmaster 2009 – Wojciech Moranda – Grandmaster 2009 – Michał Olszewski – Grandmaster 2009 – Dariusz Świercz – Grandmaster 2010 – Rafał Antoniewski – Grandmaster 2010 – Kacper Piorun – Grandmaster 2012 – Krzysztof Bulski – Grandmaster 2012 – Jacek Tomczak – Grandmaster 2013 – Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Grandmaster 2013 – Kamil Dragun – Grandmaster 2013 – Marcin Tazbir – Grandmaster 2014 – Zbigniew Pakleza – Grandmaster 2015 – Jacek Stopa – Grandmaster 2016 – Marcel Kanarek – Grandmaster 2017 – Daniel Sadzikowski – Grandmaster 2017 – Tomasz Warakomski – Grandmaster 2018 – Grzegorz Nasuta – Grandmaster 2019 – Oskar Wieczorek – Grandmaster 2020 – Maciej Klekowski – Grandmaster 2020 – Marcin Krzyżanowski – Grandmaster 2020 – Arkadiusz Leniart – Grandmaster 2021 – Łukasz Jarmuła – Grandmaster 2021 – Szymon Gumularz – Grandmaster 2022 – Igor Janik – Grandmaster 2023 – Paweł Teclaf – Grandmaster 2025 – Jakub Kosakowski – Grandmaster 2025 – Jan Klimkowski – Grandmaster 2025 – Jan Malek – Grandmaster 2025 – Miłosz Szpar – Grandmaster 2025 – Jakub Seemann – Grandmaster
Women 1981 – Hanna Ereńska – Grandmaster 1984 – Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska – Grandmaster 1986 – Agnieszka Brustman – Grandmaster 1994 – Krystyna Dąbrowska – Grandmaster 1995 – Monika Soćko (Bobrowska) – Grandmaster (1995), Grandmaster (2008) 1997 – Joanna Dworakowska – Grandmaster, International Master (2001) 1998 – Iweta Rajlich – Grandmaster, International Master (2002) 1999 – Marta Michna – Grandmaster 2005 – Jolanta Zawadzka – Grandmaster 2006 – Beata Zawadzka – Grandmaster 2007 – Barbara Jaracz – Grandmaster 2008 – Monika Krupa – Grandmaster 2009 – Marta Bartel – Grandmaster 2009 – Joanna Majdan – Grandmaster 2010 – Karina Cyfka – Grandmaster, International Master (2016) 2012 – Katarzyna Toma – Grandmaster 2013 – Joanna Worek – Grandmaster 2014 – Klaudia Kulon – Grandmaster, International Master (2019) 2020 – Anna Warakomska – Grandmaster 2021 – Julia Antolak – Grandmaster 2023 – Maria Malicka – Grandmaster 2024 – Michalina Rudzińska – Grandmaster 2024 – Alicja Śliwicka – Grandmaster
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