Chess (surname)

Chess is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Jamar Chess, American music manager
 * Leonard Chess, record company executive
 * Lisa Chess, American actress
 * Marshall Chess (born 1942), American record producer
 * Mary Chess, perfumer
 * Phil Chess (1921–2016), American record producer
 * Richard Chess (poet) (born 1953), American poet
 * Richard B. Chess, American politician
 * Stanley Chess, American legal commentator
 * Stella Chess, American child psychiatrist