Top 21 Chess in Italy
This curated ranking covers the 21 largest chess in Italy, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Chess.com, Bobby Fischer and Magnus Carlsen lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1,167,072 people. Across all 21 entries the average audience size is 67,895, and the largest, Chess.com, reaches around 646,895 people in Italy. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Italy who actively engage with each chess, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Italy and are refreshed weekly.
Ranking
| Rank | Name | Audience size | Country share | Subtype | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Chess.com |
646,895 | 3.3% | Chess | Sports |
| 2 |  Bobby Fischer |
265,164 | 8.1% | Chess | Sports |
| 3 |  Magnus Carlsen |
255,013 | 2.4% | Chess | Sports |
| 4 |  World Chess Championship |
109,056 | 4.0% | Chess | Sports |
| 5 |  Anatoly Karpov |
30,751 | 21.9% | Chess | Sports |
| 6 |  Mikhail Tal |
26,155 | 12.9% | Chess | Sports |
| 7 |  Judit Polgár |
18,900 | 8.7% | Chess | Sports |
| 8 |  Freestyle Chess |
15,812 | 4.4% | Chess | Sports |
| 9 |  Dommaraju Gukesh |
9,339 | 10.4% | Chess | Sports |
| 10 |  Levon Aronian |
8,866 | 7.5% | Chess | Sports |
| 11 |  Tigran Petrosian |
7,700 | 19.5% | Chess | Sports |
| 12 |  Ding Liren |
7,222 | 1.7% | Chess | Sports |
| 13 |  Alireza Firouzja |
6,936 | 1.9% | Chess | Sports |
| 14 |  Vincent Keymer |
4,126 | 1.0% | Chess | Sports |
| 15 |  Veselin Topalov |
4,102 | 18.2% | Chess | Sports |
| 16 |  Vladimir Kramnik |
3,058 | 0.6% | Chess | Sports |
| 17 |  José Raúl Capablanca |
1,925 | 19.8% | Chess | Sports |
| 18 |  Viswanathan Anand |
1,910 | 0.3% | Chess | Sports |
| 19 |  Susan Polgar |
1,485 | 5.4% | Chess | Sports |
| 20 |  Magnus Carlson |
783 | 0.6% | Chess | Sports |
| 21 |  David Bronstein |
615 | 3.8% | Chess | Sports |
Frequently asked questions
How is this Top 21 list compiled?
Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Italy and ranks each chess by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.
How often is the list updated?
The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.
What is the largest chess in Italy?
Chess.com currently leads with an estimated audience of 646,895 people in Italy.
Methodology
Audience sizes are estimated from anonymized search-behavior signals across Italy. Lists below 5 entries are not published. See methodology for full details.