Editing List of chess players (section)

== Z ==
* [[Józef Żabiński]] (Poland, 1860–1928)
* [[Aron Zabłudowski]] (Poland, 1909–1941)
* [[Aldo Zadrima]] (Albania, born 1948)
* [[Vladimir Zagorovsky]] (Russia, 1925–1994)
* [[Sergey Zagrebelny]] (Uzbekistan, born 1965)
* [[Alexander Zaitsev (chess player)|Alexander Zaitsev]] (Russia, 1935–1971)
* [[Igor Zaitsev]] (Russia, born 1938)
<!--{{swl|Vanik Zakaryan}} Not a chess player -->
* [[Lazar Zalkind]] (Ukraine, 1886–1945)
* [[Oswaldo Zambrana]] (Bolivia, born 1981)
* [[Abram Zamikhovsky]] (Ukraine, 1908–1978)
* [[Alonso Zapata]] (Colombia, born 1958)
* [[Pablo Zarnicki]] (Argentina, born 1972)
* [[Anna Zatonskih]] (Ukraine, US, born 1978)
* [[Tatiana Zatulovskaya]] (Azerbaijan, Russia, Israel, 1935–2017)
* [[Beata Zawadzka]] (Poland, born 1986)
* [[Jolanta Zawadzka]] (Poland, born 1987)
* [[Patrick Zelbel]] (Germany, born 1993)
* [[Elmārs Zemgalis]] (Latvia, US, 1923–2014)
<!--{{swl|Erich Zepler}} Not chess player -->
* [[Zhang Jilin]] (China, born 1986)
* [[Zhang Pengxiang]] (China, born 1980)
* [[Zhang Weida]] (China, born 1949)
* [[Zhang Xiaowen (chess player)|Zhang Xiaowen]] (China, born 1989)
* [[Zhang Zhong]] (China, Singapore, born 1978)
* [[Zhao Jun (chess player)|Zhao Jun]] (China, born 1986)
* [[Zhao Lan]] (China, born 1963)
* [[Zhao Xue]] (China, born 1985)
* [[Zhao Zong-Yuan]] (China, Australia, born 1986)
* [[Viktor Zheliandinov]] (Ukraine, 1935–2021)
* [[Zhou Jianchao]] (China, born 1988)
* [[Zhou Weiqi]] (China, born 1986)
* [[Zhu Chen]] (China, born 1976)
* [[Natalia Zhukova]] (Ukraine, born 1979)
* [[Yaacov Zilberman]] (Israel, born 1954)
* [[Otto Zimmermann]] (Switzerland, 1892–1979)
* [[Adolf Zinkl]] (Bohemia, Austria, 1871–1944)
* [[Emil Zinner]] (Czechoslovakia, 1909–1942)
* [[František Zíta]] (Czechoslovakia, 1909–1977)
* [[Eugene Znosko-Borovsky]] (Russia, France, 1884–1954)
* [[Leo Zobel]] (Slovakia, 1895–1962)
* [[Alexander Zubarev]] (Ukraine, born 1979)
* [[Nikolai Zubarev]] (Russia, 1894–1951)
* [[Bernard Zuckerman]] (US, born 1943)
* [[Igor Zugic]] (Canada, born 1981)
* [[Johannes Zukertort]] (Poland, Germany, England, 1842–1888)
* [[Vadim Zvjaginsev]] (Russia, born 1976)
* [[Kira Zvorykina]] (Ukraine, Russia, Belarus 1919–2014)
* [[Adolf Zytogorski]] (Poland, England, {{circa|1811/1812}}–1882)