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Indian Chess Grandmaster (2020) is born in Chennai, India. Indian Champion 2012 Best results: Indian Championship 2012,1st; World Cup 2013, 1st round; Summer’s end 2019 International Chess Festival GM 2019, 1st; National Senior Chess Championship 2019, tied 2nd; Prague International Chess Festival 2020 – C FIDE open 2020, tied 1st; Peak rating: 2495 in April

Irish FIDE Master, author and journalist. President of FIDE Zone 1 (1978-1994), Chairman of FIDE’s Computer Chess Committee (1982-1990). A member of FIDE’s Qualification Commission since 1978, he was Chairman (1990-1994) and Chairman of the Titles and Ratings Committee (1994-2002). O’Connel published approximately 28 books, 500 magazine articles and 2000 or more newspaper columns. Introduced

Azerbaijani Grandmaster (2001). Best Azerbaijan player at the beginning of the twenty-first century. World Champion U12 in 1998. European Champion U10 in 1996 and 1997, U12 in 1998 and U18 in 1999. Bronze medalist at the 2005 European Individual Championship. Teimour started chess at 3 years and 6 months of age and was soon considered a

French Chess Grandmaster (2020) is born in Paris, France. Best results: Aeroflot Open 2017 B, 1st; 17e Rencontres Internationales du Cap d’Agde – Grand Prix 2019, tied 1st; 7th International Francophone Chess Meeting 2019, tied 1st; Yosef Dobkin Memorial Herzliya International GM 2019, 1st; Peak rating: 2515 in July 2018

Vietnamese Chess Grandmaster (2020) is born in Bac Ninh, Vietnam. Vietnamese Champion (2008,2015) Best results: Asian Individual Blitz Chess Championship 2012, silver medal; Vietnamese Chess Champion (2008, 2015); First Saturday GM October 2019, 1st; Odisha GM Open Chess Festival 2018 Cat “A”, tied 3rd; 11 Mayor’s Cup International Open Category A 2018,tied 3rd; Bhopal International

Uzbek Chess Grandmaster (2020) is born in Uzbekistan. Best results: WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP U-14 2015, gold medal; Asian Youth Chess Championship 2017-U16O, silver medal; World School Chess Championships 2019 – U17, silver medal; Uzbekistan Men Championship Final 2016, tied 3rd; Uzbekistan Men Championship Final 2017, tied 2nd; Saint Petersburg GM 2018, 1st; 13th Tashkent (OPEN),

American Chess Grandmaster (2020) is born in Mount Kisco, New York, United States. Best results: 3rd Annual Washington Chess Congress 2016, tied 1st; East Coast Open 2018, tied 1st; 11th Annual New York International, tied 1st; 10th Annual Southwest Class Championship 2019, tied 4th; 12th New York International 2019, tied 1st; 11th Annual Washington Chess

Ukrainian Chess Grandmaster (2020) is born in Ukraine. Best results: 36. Miedzynarodowy Memorial Ludwika Zamenhofa 2017, tied 3rd; Kyiv Championship for men and women – 2018, 1st; Tasnad Open 2018, tied 1st; 25. Zadar Open – A turnir 2018, tied 2nd; Corneliu Busu Memorial – 4th ed. 2019, 1st; Romanian International Chess Open 2019, tied

American Chess Grandmaster (2020) is born in New Jersey, United States of America. Best results: North American U12 Championship 2014, gold medal; North American U16 Championship 2017, gold medal; Summer 2018 CCCSA IM Norm Invitational 2018, 2nd; Marshall GM Norm Round Robin 2019, 1st; Chess Max Academy GM 2019, 1st; 2020 Charlotte Open, 1st; Peak

Ukrainan Chess Grandmaster (2020) is born in Benefit, Ukraine. Ukraine Champion (2017) Best results: Ukraine Championship 2017, 1st; Miedzynarodowe Szachowe Mistrzostwa Malopolski Seniorow i Juniorow 2015, 2nd; Visma Chess 2015 IM, 1st; Goteborg Open 2017, 1st; Remius Bobolovich Memorial at Fast Chess 2017, 1st; 22. Rhein-Main-Open 2019, tied 1st; “Cup Independence – 2019 – “A”