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- Vladimir Afromeev (born 1954)
- Evgeny Agrest (born 1966)
- Georgy Agzamov (1954–1986)
- Anna Akhsharumova (born 1957)
- Vladimir Akopian (born 1971)
- Simon Alapin (1856–1923)
- Vladimir Alatortsev (1909–1987)
- Lev Alburt (born 1945)
- Alexander Alekhine (1892–1946)
- Alexei Alekhine (1888–1939)
- Evgeny Alekseev (born 1985)
- Nana Alexandria (born 1949)
- Farrukh Amonatov (born 1978)
- Dmitry Andreikin (born 1990)
- Vladimir Antoshin (1929–1994)
- Fricis Apsenieks (1894–1941)
- Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (born 1968)
- Valentin Arbakov (1952–2004)
- Lev Aronin (1920–1983)
- Andreas Ascharin (1843–1896)
- Konstantin Aseev (1960–2004)
- Ekaterina Atalik (born 1982)
- Yuri Averbakh (born 1922)
- Zurab Azmaiparashvili (born 1960)
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