Editing List of chess players (section)

== N ==
* [[Ashot Nadanian]] (Armenia, born 1972)
* [[Arkadij Naiditsch]] (Latvia, Germany, born 1985)
* [[Oskar Naegeli]] (Switzerland, 1885–1959)
* [[Géza Nagy]] (Hungary, 1892–1953)
* [[Miguel Najdorf]] (Poland, Argentina, 1910–1997)
* [[Hikaru Nakamura]] (Japan, US, born 1987)
* [[William Ewart Napier|William Napier]] (England, US, 1881–1952)
* [[Mario Napolitano]] (Italy, 1910–1995)
* [[Renato Naranja]] (Philippines, born 1940)
* [[Srinath Narayanan]] (India, born 1994)
* [[Daniel Naroditsky]] (US, born 1995)
* [[David Navara]] (Czech Republic, born 1985)
* [[Vera Nebolsina]] (Russia, born 1989)
* [[Ozren Nedeljković]] (Serbia, 1903–1984)
* [[Gastón Needleman]] (Argentina, born 1990)
* [[Parimarjan Negi]] (India, born 1993)
* [[Iivo Nei]] (Estonia, born 1931)
* [[Oleg Neikirch]] (Georgia, Bulgaria, 1914–1985)
* [[Kateřina Němcová]] (Czech Republic, born 1990)
* [[Vladimir Nenarokov]] (Russia, 1880–1953)
* [[Ian Nepomniachtchi]] (Russia, born 1990)
* [[Vincenzo Nestler]] (Italy, 1912–1988)
* [[Augustin Neumann]] (Austria, 1879–1906)
* [[Gustav Neumann]] (Germany, 1838–1881)
* [[Vladislav Nevednichy]] (Romania, born 1969)
* [[Valeriy Neverov]] (Ukraine, born 1964)
* [[Rashid Nezhmetdinov]] (Russia, 1912–1974)
* [[Ni Hua]] (China, born 1983)
* [[Arno Nickel]] (Germany, born 1952)
* [[Bryon Nickoloff]] (Canada, 1956–2004)
* [[Bjørn Nielsen]] (Denmark, 1907–1949)
* [[Peter Heine Nielsen]] (Denmark, born 1973)
* [[Torkil Nielsen]] (Faroe Islands, born 1964)
* [[Hans Niemann]] (US, born 2003)
* [[Walter Niephaus]] (Germany, 1923–1992)
* [[Aleksandr Nikitin (chess player)|Aleksandr Nikitin]] (Russia, 1935–2022)
* [[Yuri Nikolaevsky]] (Ukraine, 1937–2004)
* [[Ioannis Nikolaidis]] (Greece, born 1971)
* [[Predrag Nikolić]] (Bosnia and Herzegovina, born 1960)
* [[Allan Nilsson]] (Sweden, 1899–1949)
* [[Aron Nimzowitsch]] (Latvia, Denmark, 1886–1935)
* [[Ning Chunhong]] (China, born 1968)
* [[Bhupendra Niraula]] (Nepal, born 1981)
* [[Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu]] (Romania, born 1976)
* [[Josef Noa]] (Hungary, 1856–1903)
* [[Jesús Nogueiras]] (Cuba, born 1959)
* [[Federico Norcia]] (Italy, 1904–1985)
* [[Holger Norman-Hansen]] (Denmark, 1899–1984)
* [[David Norwood]] (England, born 1968)
* [[Daniël Noteboom]] (Netherlands, 1910–1932)
* [[Igor Novikov (chess player)|Igor Novikov]] (Ukraine, US, born 1962)
* [[Nikolay Novotelnov]] (Russia, 1911–2006)
* [[Heinz Nowarra]] (Germany, 1897–c. 1945)
* [[John Nunn]] (England, born 1955)
* [[Friedrich Nürnberg]] (Germany, 1909–1984)
* [[Tomi Nybäck]] (Finland, born 1985)
* [[Gustaf Nyholm]] (Sweden, 1880–1957)
* [[Illia Nyzhnyk]] (Ukraine, born 1996)