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- 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, USA, born 1987)
- William Napier (England, USA, 1881–1952)
- Mario Napolitano (Italy, 1910–1995)
- Renato Naranja (Philippines, born 1940)
- Srinath Narayanan (India, born 1994)
- Daniel Naroditsky (USA, 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 1962)
- 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)
- Walter Niephaus (Germany, 1923–1992)
- Yuri Nikolaevsky (Ukraine, born 1937)
- 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)
- Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Romania, born 1976)
- Josef Noa (Hungary, 1856–1903)
- Jesus Nogueiras (Cuba, born 1959)
- Federico Norcia (Italy, 1904–1985)
- Holger Norman-Hansen (Denmark, 1899–1984)
- David Norwood (England, born 1968)
- Daniel Noteboom (Netherlands, 1910–1932)
- Igor Novikov (Ukraine, USA, born 1962)
- Nikolay Novotelnov (Russia, 1911–2006)
- Heinz Nowarra (Germany, 1897–1945 ?)
- John Nunn (England, born 1955)
- Friedrich Nürnberg (Germany, 1909 –1984)
- Tomi Nyback (Finland, born 1985)
- Gustaf Nyholm (Sweden, 1880–1957)
- Illya Nyzhnyk (Ukraine, born 1996)
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