Answers.Body: <p>Here is a list of what I have so far.</p>
  <p><strong>Miscellaneous</strong></p>
  <ol>
  <li><strong>Hou Yifan</strong> <strong>(UNSURE)</strong>: same with the Robert Byrne thing as to what 'professor' means (I mean come on, PhD, really? I don't think so).</li>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Bologan" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Victor (Viorel) Bologan</a>: PhD thesis was about chess!</li>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Blumenfeld" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Benjamin Blumenfeld</a> (as in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blumenfeld_Countergambit" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Blumenfeld Countergambit</a>): 1 of those pre-GM title people, <a href="https://www.chessgames.com/player/benjamin_markovich_blumenfeld.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">PhD thesis was about chess!</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_H%C3%BCbner" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Robert Hübner</a>: phd in <a href="https://shop.chessbase.com/en/authors/dr_robert_huebner" rel="nofollow noreferrer">classical philology</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Kraai" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Jesse Kraai</a> has a Ph.D. in Philosophy. – patbarron</li>
  <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lars-Bo-Hansen/e/B0034PYFX6" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Lars Bo Hansen</a>: PhD in Sports Management</li>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolat_Asanov" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Bolat Asanov</a>: <a href="https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=16903" rel="nofollow noreferrer">PhD in history</a></li>
  <li>Jonathan Rowson: PhD in philosophy</li>
  </ol>
  <p><strong>Maths</strong></p>
  <ol>
  <li><a href="https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/35641/practical-endgame-whats-next-after-josh-waitzkins-series-in-chessmaster/36829#36829">Karsten Müller</a>: phd in (<a href="https://en.chessbase.com/post/karsten-mueller-endgames-are-like-pure-mathematics" rel="nofollow noreferrer">pure/theoretical, I guess</a>) maths</li>
  <li>Max Euwe: phd in (pure/theoretical, I guess) maths</li>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nunn" rel="nofollow noreferrer">John Nunn</a>: phd in (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-space" rel="nofollow noreferrer">pure/theoretical, I guess</a>) maths</li>
  <li><a href="https://www.chessgames.com/player/thomas_ernst.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Thomas Ernst</a>: phd in (<a href="http://solnaschack.org/ernst/index.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">looks like both pure and applied</a>) maths</li>
  <li>Emanuel Lasker: phd in (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasker%E2%80%93Noether_theorem" rel="nofollow noreferrer">pure/theoretical, I guess</a>) maths</li>
  <li><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Michael_Sprenger" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Jan Michael Sprenger</a>: math and philosophy</li>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_Elkies" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Noam Elkies</a>: world chess solving champion, PhD at the age of 20</li>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gedeon_Barcza" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Gedeon Barcza</a>: <a href="https://www.chessgames.com/player/gedeon_barcza.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">8-time chess champion of Hungary, maths</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Speelman" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Jon Speelman</a>: a <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/jonspeelman" rel="nofollow noreferrer">twitch</a> streamer too!</li>
  </ol>
  <p><strong>Law</strong> (either JD/LLB or Doctor of Juridical Science)</p>
  <ol>
  <li>Paul Morphy: if the LLB equals a JD</li>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Rohde_(chess_player)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Michael Rohde</a>: I guess just JD/LLB</li>
  <li>Alexander Alekhine <strong>(UNSURE)</strong>: JD/LLB, but most sources seem to be unsure</li>
  <li><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florian_Handke" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Florian Handke</a>: practicing judge</li>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Yuhua" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Xu Yuhua</a>: if the LLB equals a JD</li>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Bogdanovich" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Stanislav Bogdanovich (RIP)</a>: I guess just JD/LLB</li>
  <li><a href="https://newsen.pku.edu.cn/news_events/news/focus/6411.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Ding Liren</a> is a graduate of Peking University Law School. I guess just JD/LLB.</li>
  <li>Not sure if <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meliton_Borja" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Meliton Borja</a>, 2-time Philippine chess champion (1953,1957) counts. I guess just JD/LLB.</li>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosendo_Balinas_Jr." rel="nofollow noreferrer">Rosendo Balinas Jr.</a>, 'considered the strongest Asian player during the 1960s and 1970s, before the emergence of compatriot Eugenio Torre'. I guess just JD/LLB.</li>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossip_Bernstein" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Ossip Bernstein</a>: actual JSD and not merely JD/LLB: 'He earned a doctorate in law at Heidelberg University in 1906, and became a financial lawyer.'</li>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petar_Trifunovi%C4%87" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Petar Trifunović</a> (as in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petar_Trifunovi%C4%87#Legacy" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Trifunovic Variation</a>): actual JSD and not merely JD/LLB: 'The young Trifunovic was also an excellent scholar, obtaining a law degree in 1933, followed by a doctorate.'</li>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savielly_Tartakower" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Savielly Tartakower</a> (as in Tartakoverisms and Tartakower–Makogonov–Bondarevsky System): 'He graduated from the law faculties of universities in Geneva and Vienna'</li>
  </ol>
  <p><strong>Medicine</strong> (either MD or Doctor of Medical Sciences)</p>
  <ol>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassem_Amin" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Bassem Amin</a>: I guess just MD</li>
  <li><a href="https://chessctr.org/2021/06/23/gm-alex-sherzer-qa-and-simul-with-our-sunday-chess-class-on-june-20-2021/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Alex Scherzer</a> (not sure if <a href="https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2003-05-14-0305140024-story.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">same person</a>): I guess just MD</li>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yona_Kosashvili" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Yona Kosashvili</a>, husband of Sofia Polgar: I guess just MD</li>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Pfleger" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Helmut Pfleger</a>: I guess just MD</li>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegbert_Tarrasch" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Siegbert Tarrasch</a>: I guess just MD</li>
  </ol>
  <p><strong>Chemistry, Physics, Engineering, Biology, Computer Science</strong></p>
  <ol>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dani%C3%ABl_Stellwagen" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Daniel Stellwagen</a>: PhD in inorganic chemistry (heterogeneous catalysts)</li>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Mestel" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Jonathan Mestel</a>: obtained his PhD with the thesis &quot;Magnetic Levitation of Liquid Metals&quot; at University of Cambridge. He teaches Applied Mathematics at Imperial College London.</li>
  <li><a href="http://ratings.fide.com/profile/202967" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Bart Michiels</a>: <a href="http://biblio.ugent.be/publication/4189281" rel="nofollow noreferrer">PhD in engineering physics</a> - from <a href="https://chess.stackexchange.com/users/4588/maxwell86">Maxwell86</a> (btw i guess not <a href="https://math.stackexchange.com/users/43288/bart-michels">Bart Michels</a>)</li>
  <li>Milan Vidmar looks a good call as well - &quot;He was a professor at the University of Ljubljana, a member of the Slovene Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the founder of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering. Between 1928 and 1929 he was the 10th Chancellor of the University of Ljubljana. In 1948 he established the Institute of Electrotechnics that now bears his name&quot; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan_Vidmar – Ian Bush</li>
  <li>Mikhail Botvinnik: could be PhD in electrical engineering or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Engineering" rel="nofollow noreferrer">doctor of engineering</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tal_Shaked" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Tal Shaked</a> - PhD student in computer science</li>
  </ol>
  <p><strong>Economics, Finance, Psychology</strong></p>
  <ol>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Smerdon" rel="nofollow noreferrer">David Smerdon</a>: earned a Ph.D. in economics at the University of Amsterdam and Tinbergen Institute under Theo Offerman for a thesis: “Everybody’s doing it: Essays on trust, social norms and integration.”</li>
  <li>Anatoly Karpov <strong>(UNSURE)</strong>: I'm trying to find credible sources that say Karpov got a non-honourary PhD in economics. Some sources say it's honourary.</li>
  <li><a href="https://www.blindfoldchess.net/blog/2018/09/obituary-eliot-hearst-psychologist-author-and-chess-player" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Eliot Hearst</a>: Ph.D. in experimental psychology</li>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuben_Fine" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Reuben Fine</a>: doctorate in psychology (not sure if a PhD or a PsyD).</li>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Penrose" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Jonathan Penrose</a>, brother of 2020 Nobel Laureate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Penrose" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Roger Penrose</a>: doctorate in psychology.</li>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrey_Baryshpolets" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Andrii / Andriy / Andrey Baryshpolets</a> who ran in the 2022 FIDE elections and then lost to re-elected Arkady Dvorkovich</li>
  </ol>
  
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Answers.Text: @BCLC A separate answer for each doctor/grandmaster? How many answers will that be, a hundred? Is that how these sites are supposed to work? I think they should all be in one ("community wiki") answer, and I suggested adding it to yours because it's the most extensive list that's been posted.
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Answers.Body: <p><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepe_Cuenca" rel="nofollow noreferrer">GM Pepe Cuenca</a> likes to act a little bit like a fool, but he has got a PhD in applied maths.</p>
  <p><a href="https://youtu.be/jfNR16G34l0" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://youtu.be/jfNR16G34l0</a></p>
  
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Answers.Text: is it really physics or applied maths? The Wikipedia article you linked implies that it is the latter.
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Answers.Text: @Hauptideal: That may be institutionally dependent. Some universities don't grant degrees in certain fields, so folks wanting to study that field take a degree in a related field. Specific to this answer, a friend of mine pursued a degree in Applied Math when they were actually pursuing a Physics degree. (I can't say if that's the case with Cuenca.)
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Answers.Body: <p>One more: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Mestel" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Jonathan Mestel</a> has a PhD in applied mathematics (full details in first paragraph of the article) and works as a university professor.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>GM <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Rogoff" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Ken Rogoff</a> has a PhD in economics.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: @BCLC no idea, unfortunately.
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Answers.Body: <p>Both Mauricio Rios Flores and Parimarjan Negi are PhD students+ GM, they will get their PhD soon.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: PhD in what? please add in answer
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Answers.Body: <p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Meng_Kong" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wong Meng Kong</a>, originally from my country (Singapore) is a GM who's also a medical doctor.</p>
  <p>I don't know him personally but I know another guy who's a good friend and medical colleague but &quot;only&quot; an IM (mainly because he's simply not motivated to progress further). But you only asked about GMs.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jaenisch" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Carl Jaenisch</a>,</p>
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  <p>He dedicated his life to mathematics and chess, two subjects which he considered closely related. He tried to show their connections in his work Découvertes sur le cavalier (aux échecs),[4] published in Petersburg in 1837.</p>
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  <p>He was one of one of the strongest players in 1840, and he had published and cited work in Mathematics.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Some addenda, collected from Lauterbach &quot;Faszinierendes unsterbliches Spiel&quot;. Please counter-check with Wikipedia first.</p>
  <p>Math: Anderssen taught it, Kieseritzky had it as a job. Spielmann, Nimzowitsch, Reti, Keres and Eliskases absolved a studium.</p>
  <p>Electro-enginneering: Steinitz, Maroczy and Bogoljubow began a studium. (Vidmar and Botwinnik confirmed by source)</p>
  <p>Psychology: Add German GM Pfleger.</p>
  <p>Medicine: Zukertort</p>
  <p>Jura: Bernstein, Unzicker, Lothar Schmid, Max Lange</p>
  <p>I left out names from &quot;lower echelon&quot; (e.g. Rödl, jurist and &quot;only&quot; IM)</p>
  
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Body: <p>Who have PhDs/doctorates that are also grandmasters?</p>
  <p><strong>Conditions</strong>:</p>
  <ol>
  <li><p>standard GM only eg no WGM (see <a href="https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/37102/both-at-least-wgm-and-phd-doctorate">there</a> for WGM version), no International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>no honourary PhDs/doctorates</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>maybe kind of a cheat but I'll allow JD/MD (and LLB to the extent that LLB=JD) i.e. doesn't have to be Doctor of Juridical Science/Doctor of Medical Sciences. Also the other stuff <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctorate#Types" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> eg doctor of education or doctor of engineering, just no honourary.</p>
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  <li><p>Regarding Emanuel Lasker, I guess I'll allow like either world champion even if not a GM. As for the kinds of <a href="https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/33832/what-are-all-the-world-chess-championships-such-that">world champions</a> allowed...<strong>ah fine just all of them</strong>: world standard, world rapid, world blitz, world fischer random (wesley so doesn't have a PhD. NEXT), world team chess, World Championship of Chess Composition, World Chess Solving Championship, and women's version of the preceding.</p>
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  <p><strong>Re CW vs new answer</strong>: I personally don't care. But sites have rules/guidelines/discouragements so whatever. See the ff 2 comments re this</p>
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  <p>@BCLC A separate answer for each doctor/grandmaster? How many answers will that be, a hundred? Is that how these sites are supposed to work? I think they should all be in one (&quot;community wiki&quot;) answer, and I suggested adding it to yours because it's the most extensive list that's been posted. – bof</p>
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  <p>and</p>
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  <p>@bof ok fine now it's community wiki but i don't care personally you can post answers but if it's better for the site then fine edit cw post or post your own answer or whatever – BCLC</p>
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  <p>Adding here in case comment gets deleted AGAIN (also seriously a downvote on the question after all the time I spent adding from the article of SecretAgentMan? WOW):</p>
  <ul>
  <li><p>Related article from ChessManiac.com (2014): The Education of Grandmasters – SecretAgentMan</p>
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  <li><p>@SecretAgentMan 1st thought - yeah i think i saw that at the time i made this Q&amp;A 2nd thought (after reading more) - hell i sure i missed a lot if i've seen that post before. ok maybe i haven't. thanks! 3rd thought - ah wait...i think it's not that i missed a lot but that some that i read i couldn't find a source eg karpov, Miroslav Filip, etc. anyway adding now thanks!</p>
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Title: Both grandmaster and PhD/doctorate
ThreadText: # Both grandmaster and PhD/doctorate
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-08-20)
  
  Who have PhDs/doctorates that are also grandmasters?
  
  **Conditions**:
  
  1. standard GM only eg no WGM (see [there](https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/37102/both-at-least-wgm-and-phd-doctorate) for WGM version), no International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster
  2. no honourary PhDs/doctorates
  3. maybe kind of a cheat but I'll allow JD/MD (and LLB to the extent that LLB=JD) i.e. doesn't have to be Doctor of Juridical Science/Doctor of Medical Sciences. Also the other stuff [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctorate#Types) eg doctor of education or doctor of engineering, just no honourary.
  4. Regarding Emanuel Lasker, I guess I'll allow like either world champion even if not a GM. As for the kinds of [world champions](https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/33832/what-are-all-the-world-chess-championships-such-that) allowed...**ah fine just all of them**: world standard, world rapid, world blitz, world fischer random (wesley so doesn't have a PhD. NEXT), world team chess, World Championship of Chess Composition, World Chess Solving Championship, and women's version of the preceding.
  
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  **Re CW vs new answer**: I personally don't care. But sites have rules/guidelines/discouragements so whatever. See the ff 2 comments re this
  
  > @username_0 A separate answer for each doctor/grandmaster? How many answers will that be, a hundred? Is that how these sites are supposed to work? I think they should all be in one ("community wiki") answer, and I suggested adding it to yours because it's the most extensive list that's been posted. – username_2
  
  and
  
  > @username_2 ok fine now it's community wiki but i don't care personally you can post answers but if it's better for the site then fine edit cw post or post your own answer or whatever – username_0
  
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  Adding here in case comment gets deleted AGAIN (also seriously a downvote on the question after all the time I spent adding from the article of username_1? WOW):
  
  * Related article from ChessManiac.com (2014): The Education of Grandmasters – username_1
  * @username_1 1st thought - yeah i think i saw that at the time i made this Q&A 2nd thought (after reading more) - hell i sure i missed a lot if i've seen that post before. ok maybe i haven't. thanks! 3rd thought - ah wait...i think it's not that i missed a lot but that some that i read i couldn't find a source eg karpov, Miroslav Filip, etc. anyway adding now thanks!
  
  **Tags:** grandmaster, records, trivia
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Related article from ChessManiac.com (2014): [The Education of Grandmasters](https://www.chessmaniac.com/the-education-of-grandmasters/)  
  > **username_0**: @username_1 1st thought - yeah i think i saw that at the time i made this Q&A 2nd thought (after reading more) - hell i sure i missed a lot if i've seen that post before. ok maybe i haven't. thanks! 3rd thought - ah wait...i think it's not that i missed a lot but that some that i read i couldn't find a source eg karpov, Miroslav Filip, etc. anyway adding now (now refers to earlier since comment deleted. or maybe i just forgot to press submit) thanks!  
  
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  ## 8 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_0 on 2021-08-20. Score: 12
  
  Here is a list of what I have so far.
  
  **Miscellaneous**
  
  1. **Hou Yifan** **(UNSURE)**: same with the Robert Byrne thing as to what 'professor' means (I mean come on, PhD, really? I don't think so).
  2. [Victor (Viorel) Bologan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Bologan): PhD thesis was about chess!
  3. [Benjamin Blumenfeld](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Blumenfeld) (as in [Blumenfeld Countergambit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blumenfeld_Countergambit)): 1 of those pre-GM title people, [PhD thesis was about chess!](https://www.chessgames.com/player/benjamin_markovich_blumenfeld.html)
  4. [Robert Hübner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_H%C3%BCbner): phd in [classical philology](https://shop.chessbase.com/en/authors/dr_robert_huebner)
  5. [Jesse Kraai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Kraai) has a Ph.D. in Philosophy. – patbarron
  6. [Lars Bo Hansen](https://www.amazon.com/Lars-Bo-Hansen/e/B0034PYFX6): PhD in Sports Management
  7. [Bolat Asanov](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolat_Asanov): [PhD in history](https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=16903)
  8. Jonathan Rowson: PhD in philosophy
  
  **Maths**
  
  1. [Karsten Müller](https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/35641/practical-endgame-whats-next-after-josh-waitzkins-series-in-chessmaster/36829#36829): phd in ([pure/theoretical, I guess](https://en.chessbase.com/post/karsten-mueller-endgames-are-like-pure-mathematics)) maths
  2. Max Euwe: phd in (pure/theoretical, I guess) maths
  3. [John Nunn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nunn): phd in ([pure/theoretical, I guess](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-space)) maths
  4. [Thomas Ernst](https://www.chessgames.com/player/thomas_ernst.html): phd in ([looks like both pure and applied](http://solnaschack.org/ernst/index.html)) maths
  5. Emanuel Lasker: phd in ([pure/theoretical, I guess](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasker%E2%80%93Noether_theorem)) maths
  6. [Jan Michael Sprenger](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Michael_Sprenger): math and philosophy
  7. [Noam Elkies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_Elkies): world chess solving champion, PhD at the age of 20
  8. [Gedeon Barcza](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gedeon_Barcza): [8-time chess champion of Hungary, maths](https://www.chessgames.com/player/gedeon_barcza.html)
  9. [Jon Speelman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Speelman): a [twitch](https://www.twitch.tv/jonspeelman) streamer too!
  
  **Law** (either JD/LLB or Doctor of Juridical Science)
  
  1. Paul Morphy: if the LLB equals a JD
  2. [Michael Rohde](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Rohde_(chess_player)): I guess just JD/LLB
  3. Alexander Alekhine **(UNSURE)**: JD/LLB, but most sources seem to be unsure
  4. [Florian Handke](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florian_Handke): practicing judge
  5. [Xu Yuhua](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Yuhua): if the LLB equals a JD
  6. [Stanislav Bogdanovich (RIP)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Bogdanovich): I guess just JD/LLB
  7. [Ding Liren](https://newsen.pku.edu.cn/news_events/news/focus/6411.htm) is a graduate of Peking University Law School. I guess just JD/LLB.
  8. Not sure if [Meliton Borja](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meliton_Borja), 2-time Philippine chess champion (1953,1957) counts. I guess just JD/LLB.
  9. [Rosendo Balinas Jr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosendo_Balinas_Jr.), 'considered the strongest Asian player during the 1960s and 1970s, before the emergence of compatriot Eugenio Torre'. I guess just JD/LLB.
  10. [Ossip Bernstein](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossip_Bernstein): actual JSD and not merely JD/LLB: 'He earned a doctorate in law at Heidelberg University in 1906, and became a financial lawyer.'
  11. [Petar Trifunović](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petar_Trifunovi%C4%87) (as in [Trifunovic Variation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petar_Trifunovi%C4%87#Legacy)): actual JSD and not merely JD/LLB: 'The young Trifunovic was also an excellent scholar, obtaining a law degree in 1933, followed by a doctorate.'
  12. [Savielly Tartakower](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savielly_Tartakower) (as in Tartakoverisms and Tartakower–Makogonov–Bondarevsky System): 'He graduated from the law faculties of universities in Geneva and Vienna'
  
  **Medicine** (either MD or Doctor of Medical Sciences)
  
  1. [Bassem Amin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassem_Amin): I guess just MD
  2. [Alex Scherzer](https://chessctr.org/2021/06/23/gm-alex-sherzer-qa-and-simul-with-our-sunday-chess-class-on-june-20-2021/) (not sure if [same person](https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2003-05-14-0305140024-story.html)): I guess just MD
  3. [Yona Kosashvili](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yona_Kosashvili), husband of Sofia Polgar: I guess just MD
  4. [Helmut Pfleger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Pfleger): I guess just MD
  5. [Siegbert Tarrasch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegbert_Tarrasch): I guess just MD
  
  **Chemistry, Physics, Engineering, Biology, Computer Science**
  
  1. [Daniel Stellwagen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dani%C3%ABl_Stellwagen): PhD in inorganic chemistry (heterogeneous catalysts)
  2. [Jonathan Mestel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Mestel): obtained his PhD with the thesis "Magnetic Levitation of Liquid Metals" at University of Cambridge. He teaches Applied Mathematics at Imperial College London.
  3. [Bart Michiels](http://ratings.fide.com/profile/202967): [PhD in engineering physics](http://biblio.ugent.be/publication/4189281) - from [Maxwell86](https://chess.stackexchange.com/users/4588/maxwell86) (btw i guess not [Bart Michels](https://math.stackexchange.com/users/43288/bart-michels))
  4. Milan Vidmar looks a good call as well - "He was a professor at the University of Ljubljana, a member of the Slovene Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the founder of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering. Between 1928 and 1929 he was the 10th Chancellor of the University of Ljubljana. In 1948 he established the Institute of Electrotechnics that now bears his name" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan\_Vidmar – Ian Bush
  5. Mikhail Botvinnik: could be PhD in electrical engineering or [doctor of engineering](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Engineering)
  6. [Tal Shaked](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tal_Shaked) - PhD student in computer science
  
  **Economics, Finance, Psychology**
  
  1. [David Smerdon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Smerdon): earned a Ph.D. in economics at the University of Amsterdam and Tinbergen Institute under Theo Offerman for a thesis: “Everybody’s doing it: Essays on trust, social norms and integration.”
  2. Anatoly Karpov **(UNSURE)**: I'm trying to find credible sources that say Karpov got a non-honourary PhD in economics. Some sources say it's honourary.
  3. [Eliot Hearst](https://www.blindfoldchess.net/blog/2018/09/obituary-eliot-hearst-psychologist-author-and-chess-player): Ph.D. in experimental psychology
  4. [Reuben Fine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuben_Fine): doctorate in psychology (not sure if a PhD or a PsyD).
  5. [Jonathan Penrose](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Penrose), brother of 2020 Nobel Laureate [Roger Penrose](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Penrose): doctorate in psychology.
  6. [Andrii / Andriy / Andrey Baryshpolets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrey_Baryshpolets) who ran in the 2022 FIDE elections and then lost to re-elected Arkady Dvorkovich
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: @username_0 A separate answer for each doctor/grandmaster? How many answers will that be, a hundred? Is that how these sites are supposed to work? I think they should all be in one ("community wiki") answer, and I suggested adding it to yours because it's the most extensive list that's been posted.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2021-08-21. Score: 6
  
  [GM Pepe Cuenca](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepe_Cuenca) likes to act a little bit like a fool, but he has got a PhD in applied maths.
  
  <https://youtu.be/jfNR16G34l0>
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_4**: is it really physics or applied maths? The Wikipedia article you linked implies that it is the latter.  
  > **username_3**: You are absolutely right. I'll amend the text. Tks.  
  > **username_5**: @username_4: That may be institutionally dependent. Some universities don't grant degrees in certain fields, so folks wanting to study that field take a degree in a related field. Specific to this answer, a friend of mine pursued a degree in Applied Math when they were actually pursuing a Physics degree. (I can't say if that's the case with Cuenca.)  
  
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  ### Answer by username_6 on 2021-08-21. Score: 4
  
  One more: [Jonathan Mestel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Mestel) has a PhD in applied mathematics (full details in first paragraph of the article) and works as a university professor.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_7 on 2021-08-20. Score: 3
  
  GM [Ken Rogoff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Rogoff) has a PhD in economics.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Why does Kenneth Rogoff have the top kibitzing page on chessgames.com? https://www.chessgames.com/chessstats.html  
  > **username_7**: @username_0 no idea, unfortunately.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_8 on 2021-10-06. Score: 2
  
  Both Mauricio Rios Flores and Parimarjan Negi are PhD students+ GM, they will get their PhD soon.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: PhD in what? please add in answer  
  > **username_1**: @username_0  5 sec w/ Google:  https://sites.google.com/site/mauricioafloresrios/  
  
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  ### Answer by username_9 on 2021-12-13. Score: 2
  
  [Wong Meng Kong](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Meng_Kong), originally from my country (Singapore) is a GM who's also a medical doctor.
  
  I don't know him personally but I know another guy who's a good friend and medical colleague but "only" an IM (mainly because he's simply not motivated to progress further). But you only asked about GMs.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_10 on 2021-08-23. Score: 1
  
  [Carl Jaenisch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jaenisch),
  
  > He dedicated his life to mathematics and chess, two subjects which he considered closely related. He tried to show their connections in his work Découvertes sur le cavalier (aux échecs),[4] published in Petersburg in 1837.
  
  He was one of one of the strongest players in 1840, and he had published and cited work in Mathematics.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_11 on 2023-05-17. Score: 0
  
  Some addenda, collected from Lauterbach "Faszinierendes unsterbliches Spiel". Please counter-check with Wikipedia first.
  
  Math: Anderssen taught it, Kieseritzky had it as a job. Spielmann, Nimzowitsch, Reti, Keres and Eliskases absolved a studium.
  
  Electro-enginneering: Steinitz, Maroczy and Bogoljubow began a studium. (Vidmar and Botwinnik confirmed by source)
  
  Psychology: Add German GM Pfleger.
  
  Medicine: Zukertort
  
  Jura: Bernstein, Unzicker, Lothar Schmid, Max Lange
  
  I left out names from "lower echelon" (e.g. Rödl, jurist and "only" IM)
  
  
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