Editing List of chess players (section)

== F ==
* [[Samuel Factor (chess player)|Samuel Factor]] (Poland, US, 1883–1949)
* [[Louisa Matilda Fagan]] (Italy, England, 1850–1931)
* [[Hugo Fähndrich]] (Hungary, Austria, 1851–1930)
* [[Hans Fahrni]] (Bohemia, Switzerland, 1874–1939)
* [[William Fairhurst]] (England, Scotland, New Zealand, 1903–1982)
* [[Sammi Fajarowicz]] (Germany, 1908–1940)
* [[Raphael Falk (chess player)|Raphael Falk]] (Russia, 1856–1913)
* [[Ernst Falkbeer]] (Austria-Hungary, 1819–1885)
* [[Stefan Fazekas]] (Hungary, Czechoslovakia, England, 1898–1967)
* [[Sergey Fedorchuk]] (Ukraine, born 1981)
* [[Alexei Fedorov]] (Belarus, born 1972)
* [[John Fedorowicz]] (US, born 1958)
* [[Vladimir Fedoseev]] (Russia, born 1995)
* [[Movsas Feigins]] (Latvia, Argentina, 1908–1950)
* [[Rafał Feinmesser]] (Poland, born before 1906)
* [[Florin Felecan]] (Romania, US, born 1980)
* [[Virgilio Fenoglio]] (Argentina, 1902–1990)
* [[Arthur Feuerstein]] (US, born 1935)
* [[Alexandr Fier]] (Brazil, born 1988)
* [[Martha Fierro]] (Ecuador, born 1977)
* [[Miroslav Filip]] (Czech Republic, 1928–2009)
* [[Anton Filippov]] (Uzbekistan, born 1986)
* [[Reuben Fine]] (US, 1914–1993)
* [[Ben Finegold]] (US, born 1969)
* [[Julius Finn]] (Poland, US, 1871–1931)
* [[Nick de Firmian]] (US, born 1957)
* [[Alireza Firouzja]] (Iran, France, born 2003)
* [[Robert James Fischer]] (US, Iceland, 1943–2008)
* [[Alex Fishbein]] (US, born 1968)
* [[Alexander Flamberg]] (Poland, 1880–1926)
* [[Alfred Flatow (chess player)|Alfred Flatow]] (Germany, Australia, born 1937)
* [[Glenn Flear]] (England, born 1959)
* [[Ernst Flechsig]] (Germany, 1852–1890)
* [[Bernhard Fleissig]] (Hungary, Austria, 1853–1931)
* [[Max Fleissig]] (Hungary, Austria, 1845–after 1882)
* [[János Flesch]] (Hungary, 1933–1983)
* [[Salo Flohr]] (Ukraine, Czechoslovakia, Russia, 1908–1983)
* [[Rodrigo Flores]] (Chile, 1913–2007)
* [[Alberto Foguelman]] (Argentina, 1923–2013)
* [[Jan Foltys]] (Czechoslovakia, 1908–1952)
* [[George Salto Fontein]] (Netherlands, 1890–1963)
* [[Leó Forgács]] (Hungary, 1881–1930)
* [[Győző Forintos]] (Hungary, 1935–2018)
* [[Albert Fox]] (US, 1881–1964)
* [[Maurice Fox]] (Ukraine, Canada, 1898–1988)
* [[Selim Franklin]] (England, US, 1814–1884)
* [[Zenon Franco]] (Paraguay, born 1956)
* [[Laurent Fressinet]] (France, born 1981)
* [[Sergey von Freymann]] (Russia, Uzbekistan, 1882–1946)
* [[Joel Fridlizius]] (Sweden, 1869–1963)
* [[Daniel Fridman]] (Latvia, Germany, born 1976)
* [[Frederic Friedel]] (Germany, born 1945)
* [[Gunnar Friedemann]] (Estonia, 1909–1943)
* [[David Friedgood]] (South Africa, England, born 1946)
* [[Henryk Friedman]] (Poland, 1903–1942)
* [[Alexander Fritz]] (Germany, 1857–1932)
* [[Martin Severin From]] (Denmark, 1828–1895)
* [[Achilles Frydman]] (Poland, 1905–1940)
* [[Paulino Frydman]] (Poland, Argentina, 1905–1982)
* [[Ľubomír Ftáčnik]] (Czechoslovakia, Slovakia, born 1957)
* [[Andrija Fuderer]] (Vojvodina, Belgium, 1931–2011)
* [[Semyon Furman]] (Russia, 1920–1978)
* [[Ivana Maria Furtado]] (India, born 1999)
* [[Géza Füster]] (Hungary, Canada, 1910–1990)
* [[Roy Fyllingen]] (Norway, born 1975)