Editing List of chess players (section)

== L ==
* [[Kateryna Lahno]] (Ukraine, born 1989)
* [[Bogdan Lalić]] (Yugoslavia/Croatia, England, born 1964)
* [[Erwin l'Ami]] (Netherlands, born 1985)
* [[Frank Lamprecht]] (Germany, born 1968)
* [[Konstantin Landa]] (Russia, 1972–2022)
* [[Salo Landau]] (Poland, Netherlands, 1903–1944)
* [[Gary Lane (chess player)|Gary Lane]] (England, Australia, born 1964)
* [[Lisa Lane]] (US, born 1938)
* [[Max Lange]] (Germany, 1832–1899)
* [[Salomon Langleben]] (Poland, 1862–1939)
* [[Bent Larsen]] (Denmark, 1935–2010)
* [[Ernst Larsson]] (Sweden, 1897–1963)
* [[Baron Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa]] (Prussia/Germany, 1818–1899)
* [[Berthold Lasker]] (Germany, 1860–1928)
* [[Edward Lasker]] (Poland, Germany, US, 1885–1981)
* [[Emanuel Lasker]] (Germany, Russia, US, 1868–1941)
* [[Milda Lauberte]] (Latvia, 1918–2009)
* [[Leho Laurine]] (Estonia, Sweden, 1904–1998)
* [[Jessica Lauser]] (American)
* [[Joël Lautier]] (Canada, France, born 1973)
* [[Darwin Laylo]] (Philippines, born 1980)
* [[Frédéric Lazard]] (France, 1883–1948)
* [[Gustave Lazard]] (France, 1876–1949)
* [[Milunka Lazarević]] (Serbia, 1932–2018)
* [[Viktor Láznička]] (Czech Republic, born 1988)
* [[Lê Quang Liêm]] (Vietnam, born 1991)
* [[Sergey Lebedev (chess player)|Sergey Lebedev]] (Russia, 1868–1942)
* [[Peter Lee (chess player)|Peter Lee]] (England, born 1943)
* [[Peter Leepin]] (Switzerland, 1920–1995)
* [[Legall de Kermeur]] (France, 1702–1792)
* [[Anatoly Lein]] (Russia, US, 1931–2018)
* [[Péter Lékó]] (Hungary, born 1979)
* [[Giovanni Leonardo]] (Italy, 1542–1587)
* [[Paul Saladin Leonhardt]] (Poland, Germany, 1877–1934)
* [[Alex Lenderman]] (US, born 1989)
* [[James A. Leonard]] (US, 1841–1862)
* [[Konstantin Lerner]] (Ukraine, 1950–2011)
* [[Jean-Pierre Le Roux (chess player)|Jean-Pierre Le Roux]] (France, born 1982)
* [[Alexandre Lesiège]] (Canada, born 1975)
* [[Norman Lessing]] (US, 1911–2001)
* [[René Letelier]] (Chile, 1915–2006)
* [[Grigory Levenfish]] (Poland, Russia, 1889–1961)
* [[Aleksandr Levin]] (Russia, 1871–1929)
* [[Jacob Levin (chess player)|Jacob Levin]] (US, 1904–1992)
* [[Naum Levin]] (Ukraine, Australia, born 1933)
* [[Caleb Levitan]] (South Africa, born 2010)
* [[Yuliya Levitan]] (USA, born 1973)
* [[Irina Levitina]] (Russia, US, born 1954)
* [[Stepan Levitsky]] (Russia, 1876–1924)
* [[David Levy (chess player)|David Levy]] (Scotland, born 1945)
* [[Jerzy Lewi]] (Poland, Sweden, 1949–1972)
* [[Moritz Lewitt]] (Germany, 1863–1936)
* [[Li Chao (chess player)|Li Chao]] (China, born 1989)
* [[Li Ruofan]] (Singapore, born 1978)
* [[Li Shilong]] (China, born 1977)
* [[Li Shongjian]] (China, born 1939)
* [[Li Wenliang (chess player)|Li Wenliang]] (China, born 1967)
* [[Li Zunian]] (China, born 1958)
* [[Liang Chong]] (China, born 1980)
* [[Liang Jinrong]] (China, born 1960)
* [[Vladimir Liberzon]] (Russia, Israel, 1937–1996)
* [[Theodor Lichtenhein]] (Germany, US, 1829–1874)
* [[Espen Lie]] (Norway, born 1984)
* [[Kjetil Aleksander Lie]] (Norway, born 1980)
* [[Andor Lilienthal]] (Hungary, Russia, 1911–2010)
* [[Darcy Lima]] (Brazil, born 1962)
* [[Lin Ta]] (China, born 1963)
* [[Lin Weiguo]] (China, born 1970)
* [[Paul Lipke]] (Germany, 1870–1955)
* [[Isaac Lipnitsky]] (Ukraine, 1923–1959)
* [[Samuel Lipschütz]] (Hungary, US, 1863–1905)
* [[Georgy Lisitsin]] (Russia, 1909–1972)
* [[Paul List]] (Ukraine, Germany, England, 1887–1954)
* [[Marta Litinskaya-Shul]] (Ukraine, born 1949)
* [[John Littlewood (chess player)|John Littlewood]] (England, 1931–2009)
* [[Liu Shilan]] (China, born 1962)
* [[Liu Wenzhe]] (China, 1940–2010)
* [[Ljubomir Ljubojević]] (Serbia, born 1950)
* [[Eric Lobron]] (US, Germany, born 1960)
* [[Josef Lokvenc]] (Austria, 1899–1974)
* [[Giambattista Lolli]] (Italy, 1698–1769)
* [[Rudolf Loman]] (Netherlands, 1861–1932)
* [[William Lombardy]] (US, 1937–2017)
* [[Ruy López de Segura]] (Spain, c. 1530 – c. 1580)
* [[Edward Löwe]] (England, 1794–1880)
* [[Otto Löwenborg]] (Sweden, 1888–1969)
* [[Johann Löwenthal]] (Hungary, England, 1810–1876)
* [[Leopold Löwy, Jr]] (Austria, 1871–after 1909)
* [[Leopold Löwy, Sr]] (Austria, 1840–after 1904)
* [[Moishe Lowtzky]] (Ukraine, Poland, 1881–1940)
* [[Sam Loyd]] (US, 1841–1911)
* [[Smbat Lputian]] (Armenia, born 1958)
* [[Luis Ramirez Lucena]] (Spain, c. 1465 – c. 1530)
* [[Markas Luckis]] (Lithuania, Argentina, 1905–1973)
* [[Andrey Lukin]] (Russia, born 1948)
* [[Stig Lundholm]] (Sweden, 1917–2009)
* [[Erik Lundin]] (Sweden, 1904–1988)
* [[Francisco Lupi]] (Portugal, before 1910–1954)
* [[Constantin Lupulescu]] (Romania, born 1984)
* [[Thomas Luther]] (Germany, born 1969)
* [[Christopher Lutz]] (Germany, born 1971)