List of Polish chess masters

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 (fl. 1841–1861)
 * 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)

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
 * 2012 – Krzysztof Bulski – Grandmaster
 * 2010 – Kacper Piorun – 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

Women

 * 1981 – Hanna Ereńska – Woman Grandmaster
 * 1984 – Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska – Woman Grandmaster
 * 1986 – Agnieszka Brustman – Woman Grandmaster
 * 1994 – Krystyna Dąbrowska – Woman Grandmaster
 * 1995 – Monika Soćko (Bobrowska) – Woman Grandmaster (1995), Grandmaster (2008)
 * 1997 – Joanna Dworakowska – Woman Grandmaster, International Master (2001)
 * 1998 – Iweta Rajlich – Woman Grandmaster, International Master (2002)
 * 1999 – Marta Michna – Woman Grandmaster
 * 2005 – Jolanta Zawadzka – Woman Grandmaster
 * 2006 – Beata Zawadzka – Woman Grandmaster
 * 2007 – Barbara Jaracz – Woman Grandmaster
 * 2008 – Monika Krupa – Woman Grandmaster
 * 2009 – Marta Bartel – Woman Grandmaster
 * 2009 – Joanna Majdan – Woman Grandmaster
 * 2010 – Karina Cyfka – Woman Grandmaster, International Master (2016)
 * 2012 – Katarzyna Toma – Woman Grandmaster
 * 2013 – Joanna Worek – Woman Grandmaster
 * 2014 – Klaudia Kulon – Woman Grandmaster, International Master (2019)
 * 2020 – Anna Warakomska – Woman Grandmaster
 * 2021 – Julia Antolak – Woman Grandmaster
 * 2023 – Maria Malicka – Woman Grandmaster
 * 2024 – Michalina Rudzińska – Woman Grandmaster