Minor Planets named after Chess Players

There are three minor planets named after three world Chess Champions, '4538 Vishyanand', '90414 Karpov', and '1909 Alekhin'.

A minor planet is an astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun or any star with a planetary system. It is neither a planet nor exclusively classified as a comet. Minor planets include asteroids, and a few dwarf planets. The first minor planet was discovered in 1801 which is called 'Ceres'

'4538 Vishyanand' was discovered by Kenzo Suzuki of Japan in Toyota Observatory in 1988. '90414 Karpov' was discovered by Spanish astronomer Rafael Ferrando on 19 December 2003. '1909 Alekhin' is a stony asteroid and slow rotator from the inner regions of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 4 September 1972, by Russian–Ukrainian astronomer Lyudmila Zhuravleva at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. It is named after chess grandmaster and fifth World Chess Champion Alexander Alekhine.