Editing List of chess players (section)

== V ==
* [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]] (France, born 1990)
* [[Rafael Vaganian]] (Armenia, born 1951)
* [[Samuil Vainshtein]] (Russia, 1894–1942)
* [[Anatoly Vaisser]] (Kazakhstan, France, born 1949)
* [[Povilas Vaitonis]] (Lithuania, Canada, 1911–1983)
* [[Árpád Vajda]] (Hungary, 1896–1967)
* [[Francisco Vallejo Pons]] (Spain, born 1982)
* [[Michael Valvo]] (US, 1942–2004)
* [[Johannes van den Bosch (chess player)|Johannes van den Bosch]] (Netherlands, 1906–1994)
* [[Arnold van den Hoek]] (Netherlands, 1921–1945)
* [[Paul van der Sterren]] (Netherlands, born 1956)
* [[John van der Wiel]] (Netherlands, born 1959)
* [[Dirk van Foreest]] (Netherlands, 1862–1956)
* [[Jorden van Foreest]] (Netherlands, born 1999)
* [[Lucas van Foreest]] (Netherlands, born 2001)
* [[Norman van Lennep]] (Netherlands, 1872–1897)
* [[Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk]] (Netherlands, Brazil, born 1948)
* [[Theo van Scheltinga]] (Netherlands, 1914–1994)
* [[Louis van Vliet]] (Netherlands, 1870–1932)
* [[Loek van Wely]] (Netherlands, born 1972)
* [[Cyril Vansittart]] (England, Italy, 1852–1887)
* [[Zoltán Varga (chess player)|Zoltán Varga]] (Hungary, born 1970)
* [[Egon Varnusz]] (Hungary, 1933–2008)
* [[Evgeni Vasiukov]] (Russia, 1933–2018)
* [[Petar Velikov]] (Bulgaria, born 1951)
* [[Dragoljub Velimirović]] (Serbia, 1942–2014)
* [[Gavriil Veresov]] (Russia, 1912–1979)
* [[Beniamino Vergani]] (Italy, 1863–1927)
* [[Giovanni Vescovi]] (Brazil, born 1978)
* [[Boris Verlinsky]] (Ukraine, Russia, 1888–1950)
* [[Milan Vidmar]] (Slovenia, 1885–1962)
* [[Milan Vidmar Jr.]] (Slovenia, 1909–1980)
* [[Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi]] (India, born 1979)
* [[Benito Villegas]] (Argentina, 1877–1952)
* [[Yakov Vilner]] (Ukraine, 1899 – c. 1930)
* [[William Samuel Viner]] (Australia, 1881–1933)
* [[Fernando Visier Segovia]] (Spain, born 1943)
* [[Isakas Vistaneckis]] (Lithuania, Israel, 1910–2000)
* [[Nikita Vitiugov]] (Russia, born 1987)
* [[Alvis Vītoliņš]] (Latvia, 1946–1997)
* [[Evgeny Vladimirov]] (Kazakhstan, born 1957)
* [[Erwin Voellmy]] (Switzerland, 1886–1951)
* [[Sergey Volkov (chess player)|Sergey Volkov]] (Russia, born 1974)
* [[Andrei Volokitin]] (Ukraine, born 1986)
* [[Larissa Volpert]] (Russia, 1926–2017)
* [[Andrey Vovk]] (Ukraine, born 1991)
* [[Yuri Vovk]] (Ukraine, born 1988)
* [[Zvonko Vranesic]] (Croatia, Canada, born 1938)
* [[Milan Vukcevich]] (Serbia, US, 1937–2003)
* [[Milan Vukić]] (Serbia, Bosnia, born 1942)
* [[Vladimir Vuković]] (Croatia, 1898–1975)
* [[Konstantin Vygodchikov]] (Belarus, Russia, 1892–1941)
* [[Alexey Vyzmanavin]] (Russia, 1960–2000)