Editing List of chess players (section)

== S ==
* [[Peter Alexandrovich Saburov]] (Russia, 1835–1918)
* [[Peter Petrovich Saburov]] (Russia, Switzerland, 1880–1932)
* [[Antonio Sacconi]] (Italy, 1895–1968)
*[[Tania Sachdev]] (India, 1986)
* [[Matthew Sadler]] (England, born 1974)
* [[Darmen Sadvakasov]] (Kazakhstan, born 1979)
* [[Yousof Safvat]] (Iran, 1940–2003)
* [[Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant]] (France, 1800–1872)
* [[Jaroslav Šajtar]] (Czechoslovakia, 1921–2003)
* [[Konstantin Sakaev]] (Russia, born 1974)
* [[Yuri Sakharov]] (Ukraine, 1922–1981)
* [[Valery Salov]] (Russia, born 1964)
* [[Alessandro Salvio]] (Italy, c. 1570 – c. 1640)
* [[Gersz Salwe]] (Poland, 1862–1920)
* [[Friedrich Sämisch|Friedrich (Fritz) Sämisch]] (Germany, 1896–1975)
* [[Sergiu Samarian]] (Romania, Germany, 1923–1991)
* [[Grigory Sanakoev]] (Russia, 1935–2021)
* [[Luis Augusto Sánchez]] (Colombia, 1917–1981)
* [[Albert Sandrin Jr.]] (US, 1923–2004)
* [[Raúl Sanguineti]] (Argentina, 1933–2000)
* [[Anthony Santasiere]] (US, 1904–1977)
* [[Emmanuel Sapira]] (Romania, Belgium, 1900–1943)
* [[Ortvin Sarapu]] (Estonia, New Zealand, 1924–1999)
* [[Jonathan Sarfati]] (Australia, New Zealand, born 1964)
* [[Gabriel Sargissian]] (Armenia, born 1983)
* [[Ivan Šarić (chess player)|Ivan Šarić]] (Croatia, born 1990)
* [[Nihal Sarin]] (India, born 2004)
* [[Zoltan Sarosy]] (Hungary, Canada, 1906–2017)
* [[Jacob Sarratt]] (England, 1772–1819)
* [[Jeff Sarwer]] (Canada, born 1978)
* [[Krishnan Sasikiran]] (India, born 1981)
* [[Harold Saunders (chess player)|Harold Saunders]] (England, 1875–1950)
* [[Stanislav Savchenko]] (Ukraine, born 1967)
* [[Vladimir Savon]] (Ukraine, 1940–2005)
* [[Gyula Sax]] (Hungary, 1951–2014)
* [[Emil Schallopp]] (Germany, 1843–1919)
* [[Morris Schapiro]] (Lithuania, US, 1903–1996)
* [[Willem Schelfhout]] (Netherlands, 1874–1951)
* [[Theodor von Scheve]] (Germany, 1851–1922)
* [[Emanuel Schiffers]] (Russia, 1850–1904)
* [[Willi Schlage]] (Germany, 1888–1940)
* [[Carl Schlechter]] (Austria, 1874–1918)
* [[Roland Schmaltz]] (Germany, born 1974)
* [[Carl Friedrich Schmid]] (Latvia, 1840–1897)
* [[Lothar Schmid]] (Germany, 1928–2013)
* [[Paul Felix Schmidt]] (Estonia, Germany, US, 1916–1984)
* [[Włodzimierz Schmidt]] (Poland, born 1943)
* [[Ludwig Schmitt]] (Germany, 1902–1980)
* [[Wilhelm Schönmann]] (Germany, 1889–1970)
* [[Georg Schories]] (Germany, 1874–1934)
* [[Karl Schorn]] (Germany, 1803–1850)
* [[Arnold Schottländer]] (Germany, 1854–1909)
* [[František Schubert]] (Czechoslovakia, 1894–1940)
* [[John William Schulten]] (US, 1821–1875)
* [[Jan Schulz]] (Czechoslovakia, 1899–1953)
* [[Aaron Schwartzman]] (Argentina, 1908–2013)
* [[Gabriel Schwartzman]] (Romania, US, born 1976)
* [[Leon Schwartzmann]] (Poland, France, 1887–1942)
* [[Paulette Schwartzmann]] (Latvia, France, Argentina, 1894–1953?)
* [[Adolf Schwarz]] (Hungary, Austria, 1836–1910)
* [[Jacques Schwarz]] (Austria, 1856–1921)
* [[Samuel Schweber]] (Argentina, 1936–2017)
* [[Marie Sebag]] (France, born 1986)
* [[Yasser Seirawan]] (Syria, US, born 1960)
* [[Adolf Seitz]] (Germany, Argentina 1898–1970)
* [[Alexey Selezniev]] (Russia, France, 1888–1967)
* [[Lidia Semenova]] (Ukraine, born 1951)
* [[Olav Sepp]] (Estonia, born 1969)
* [[Edward Guthlac Sergeant]] (England, 1881–1961)
* [[Philip Walsingham Sergeant]] (England, 1872–1952)
* [[Aleksandr Sergeyev (chess player)|Aleksandr Sergeyev]] (Russia, 1897–1970)
* [[Dražen Sermek]] (Slovenia, born 1969)
* [[Gregory Serper]] (Uzbekistan, US, born 1969)
* [[Samuel Sevian]] (US, born 2000)
* [[Alexander Shabalov]] (Latvia, US, born 1967)
* [[Eglantina Shabanaj]] (Albania, born 1979)
* [[Greg Shahade]] (US, born 1978)
* [[Jennifer Shahade]] (US, born 1980)
* [[Leonid Shamkovich]] (Russia, Israel, US, 1923–2005)
* [[Gauri Shankar (chess player)|Gauri Shankar]] (India, born 1992)
* [[Samuel Shankland]] (US, born 1991)
* [[Andrey Shariyazdanov]] (Russia, born 1976)
* [[Elizabeth Shaughnessy]] (Ireland, US, born 1937)
* [[Shen Yang (chess player)|Shen Yang]] (China, born 1989)
* [[James Sherwin]] (US, England, born 1933)
* [[Sergei Shipov]] (Russia, born 1966)
* [[Kamran Shirazi]] (Iran, US, France, born 1952)
* [[Alexei Shirov]] (Latvia, Spain, born 1972)
* [[Nigel Short]] (England, born 1965)
* [[Jackson Showalter]] (US, 1860–1935)
* [[Yury Shulman]] (Belarus, US, born 1975)
* [[Ilya Shumov]] (Russia, 1819–1881)
* [[Polina Shuvalova]] (Russia, born 2001)
* [[Félix Sicre]] (Cuba, 1817–1871)
* [[Bruno Edgar Siegheim]] (Germany, South Africa, 1875–1952)
* [[Guðmundur Sigurjónsson]] (Iceland, born 1947)
* [[Jeremy Silman]] (US, 1954–2023)
* [[Vladimir Simagin]] (Russia, 1919–1968)
* [[Albert Simonson]] (US, 1914–1965)
* [[Amon Simutowe]] (Zambia, born 1982)
* [[Marcel Sisniega Campbell]] (Mexico, 1959–2013)
* [[Stanislaus Sittenfeld]] (Poland, France, 1865–1902)
* [[Sanan Sjugirov]] (Russia, born 1993)
* [[Karel Skalička]] (Czechoslovakia, Argentina, 1896–1979)
* [[Almira Skripchenko]] (Moldova, France, born 1976)
* [[Bogdan Śliwa]] (Poland, 1922–2003)
* [[Sam Sloan]] (United States, born 1944)
* [[Roman Slobodjan]] (Germany, born 1975)
* [[Jørn Sloth]] (Denmark, born 1944)
* [[Jan Smeets]] (Netherlands, born 1985)
* [[Jan Smejkal]] (Czechoslovakia, born 1946)
* [[David Smerdon]] (Australia, born 1984)
* [[Shlomo Smiltiner]] (Israel, 1915–2015)
* [[Ilya Smirin]] (Belarus, Israel, born 1968)
* [[Pavel Smirnov]] (Russia, born 1982)
* [[Stephen Francis Smith]] (Canada, England, 1861–1928)
* [[Vasily Osipovich Smyslov]] (Russia, 1881–1943)
* [[Vasily Smyslov]] (Russia, 1921–2010)
* [[Wesley So]] (Philippines, born 1993)
* [[Bartosz Soćko]] (Poland, born 1978)
* [[Monika Soćko]] (Poland, born 1978)
* [[Andrei Sokolov]] (Russia, France, born 1963)
* [[Ivan Sokolov (chess player)|Ivan Sokolov]] (Bosnia, Netherlands, born 1968)
* [[Alexey Sokolsky]] (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, 1908–1969)
* [[Dragan Šolak (chess player)|Dragan Šolak]] (Serbia, 1980)
* [[Alexander Solovtsov]] (Russia, 1847–1923)
* [[Andrew Soltis]] (US, born 1947)
* [[Ariel Sorín]] (Argentina, born 1967)
* [[Genna Sosonko]] (Russia, Netherlands, born 1943)
* [[Victor Soultanbeieff]] (Russia, Belgium, 1895–1972)
* [[Vladimir Sournin]] (Russia, US, 1875–1942)
* [[João de Souza Mendes]] (Brazil, 1892–1969)
* [[Hugo Spangenberg]] (Argentina, born 1975)
* [[Vasil Spasov (chess player)|Vasil Spasov]] (Bulgaria, born 1971)
* [[Boris Spassky]] (Russia, France, 1937–2025)
* [[Jon Speelman]] (England, born 1956)
* [[Abraham Speijer]] (Netherlands, 1873–1956)
* [[Rudolf Spielmann]] (Austria, Sweden, 1883–1942)
* [[Kevin Spraggett]] (Canada, born 1954)
* [[Ana Srebrnič]] (Slovenia, born 1984)
* [[Gideon Ståhlberg]] (Sweden, 1908–1967)
* [[Wilhelm von Stamm]] (Latvia, ?–1905)
* [[Philipp Stamma]] (Syria, England, France, 1705–1755)
* [[Nikolaus Stanec]] (Austria, born 1968)
* [[Charles Stanley (Chess player)|Charles Stanley]] (England, US, 1819–1901)
* [[Nava Starr]] (Latvia, Canada, born 1949)
* [[Howard Staunton]] (England, 1810–1874)
* [[Michael Stean]] (England, born 1953)
* [[Antoaneta Stefanova]] (Bulgaria, born 1979)
* [[Hannes Stefánsson]] (Iceland, born 1972)
* [[Elias Stein (chess player)|Elias Stein]] (Alsace, Netherlands, 1748–1812)
* [[Leonid Stein]] (Ukraine, 1934–1973)
* [[Endre Steiner]] (Hungary, 1901–1944)
* [[Lajos Steiner]] (Hungary, Australia 1903–1975)
* [[Herman Steiner]] (Slovakia/Hungary, US, 1905–1955)
* [[Wilhelm Steinitz]] (Bohemia, Austria, England, US, 1836–1900)
* [[Daniël Stellwagen]] (Netherlands, born 1987)
* [[Károly Sterk]] (Hungary, 1881–1946)
* [[Adolf Stern (chess player)|Adolf Stern]] (Germany, 1849–1907)
* [[Agnes Stevenson]] (England, before 1901–1935)
* [[Lara Stock]] (Croatia, born 1992)
* [[Mark Stolberg]] (Russia, 1922–1943)
* [[Gösta Stoltz]] (Sweden, 1904–1963)
* [[Leon Stolzenberg]] (Poland, US, 1895–1974)
* [[Zurab Sturua]] (Georgia, born 1959)
* [[Mihai Șubă]] (Romania, born 1947)
* [[Mladen Šubarić]] (Croatia, 1908–1991)
* [[Hugo Süchting]] (Germany, 1874–1916)
* [[Alexey Suetin]] (Russia, 1926–2001)
* [[Berthold Suhle]] (Poland, Germany, 1837–1904)
* [[Franciszek Sulik]] (Poland, Argentina, Australia, 1908–2000)
* [[Šarūnas Šulskis]] (Lithuania, born 1972)
* [[Aaron Summerscale]] (England, born 1969)
* [[Anne Sunnucks]] (England, 1927–2014)
* [[Jaime Sunye Neto]] (Brazil, born 1957)
* [[Emil Sutovsky]] (Azerbaijan, Israel, born 1977)
* [[Duncan Suttles]] (Canada, born 1945)
* [[Evgeny Sveshnikov]] (Latvia, 1950–2021)
* [[Dmitry Svetushkin]] (Moldova, 1980–2020)
* [[Peter Svidler]] (Russia, born 1976)
* [[Rudolf Swiderski]] (Germany, 1878–1909)
* [[Eugenio Szabados]] (Hungary, Italy, 1898–1974)
* [[László Szabó (chess player)|László Szabó]] (Hungary, 1917–1998)
* [[Gedali Szapiro]] (Poland, Israel, 1929–1972)
* [[Salomon Szapiro]] (Poland, 1882–1944)
* [[Rudolph Sze]] (China, US, c.1890–1938)
* [[József Szén]] (Hungary, 1805–1857)
* [[József Szily]] (Hungary, 1913–1976)
* [[Jorge Szmetan]] (Argentina, 1950–2015)
* [[Aleksander Sznapik]] (Poland, born 1951)
* [[Abram Szpiro]] (Germany, Poland, 1912–1943)