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Cuban Grandmaster (2011). Vice champion of Cuba 2011, Cuban U20 Champion in 2004 and 2005. Bronze medalist at the Panamerican championship in 2010. Best results: Pontevedra Open 2008, 1-2nd; Parla Madrid 2008, 1st; Albacete Open 2009, 1-2nd; La Roda Open 2010, 3-5th; American Continental championship 2011, 3-4th; Ferrol Open 2011, 1-2nd; Badalona Open 2011, 2-4th.

Italian Grandmaster (2001) born in Cuba. Italian Champion 2009, Cuban U18 Champion in 1978. Best results: Havana Radio Rebelde in 1982, 1st; Cuban Championship 1988 and 1989, 3rd-8th; Verona Open 1997, 1st; Vitinia Open 1998, 1st; Padova Open 1999, 1st; Letojanni Open (ITA) 2002, 1st; Festival Lacona Isola d’Elba (ITA) 2008, 1st; Isola d’Elba 2009,

Czech Grandmaster (1999). European U14 Champion in 1994. Best results: Sala Open (SLV)1995, 1st; Komarno Open 1997, 1st; Banicky Kahanec IM 1997,1st; Selfoss IM (SWE) 2003, 1st; Ortiguiera Open 2005, 1st; Gausdal International Open 2007, 1-2st; Quebec Open 2001, 2nd, Madrid 2006, 1-3rd A participant in the Olympiads from 1998 until 2004. Best ELO: 2565

US Grandmaster (1994) born in Ukraine. US Champion 2006. Studied sociology in Magdebourg and Moscow until 1999. Arrived in Baltimore in 2001 on the wings of a diversity visa, which he won in the Diversity Lottery Program. He graduated in linguistics (UMBC) in the spring of 2006. Ukraine Junior Champion in 1993; he missed the

Spanish Grandmaster (2007) playing for some time for Andorra. Andorra Champion in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. Spanish Youth Champion in 1993. Best results: Sevilla Open 2000, 1st; EIKM GM 2003, 2nd; Andorra Open 2004, 5th-13th; Spanish championship 2005, 6th; Sants Open 2009, 1-2nd; Balaguer Open 2010, 4-6th; Barbera del Valles Open 2010, 4-5th. At

Russian Grandmaster (2006). St. Petersburg U18 Champion in 1987. Runner up in the World Students Championship in 1994. Best results: Laukaa Open 1999, 1st; Novaya Lodoga (RUS) 2002, 2nd; Heart of Finland 2002, 1st. For the last two years, he plays exclusively in Finland. Best ELO: 2538 in 2007.

Serbian Grandmaster (1978). Winner in Nis 1977 and Smederevska Palanka 1978. Also fourth in Reggio Emilia in 1974. Retired from international chess since 2008. Best ELO: 2372 in 2001.

Russian Grandmaster (2008). Best results: Katowice Open (POL) in 1993, Moscow Open 2006, 4th-10th; Tsiolkovsky Memorial (Rus) 2008, 2nd-10th. Inactive since July 2010. Best ELO: 2537 in 2010.

Croatian Gandmaster (1979). Former university Physics Professor. Vice World Senior Champion in 1992. Best results: Zagreb 1973, 4th; Zagreb-Rovin 1975, 2nd-4th; Wijk aan Zee 1976, 1st-2nd; Amsterdam, 1st; Vrnjacka Banja 1978, 1st-2nd; Dortmund 1979, 2nd; Obervart 1985, 1st; Bled 1986, 1st-2nd; Linz and Maribor 1987, 1st; Pula 2001, 3rd, Cup of Zagreb 2010 and 2011,

Russian Grandmaster (2001). Best results: Petroff Memorial 2000, 1-2nd. Inactive since July 2008. Best ELO: 2535 in 2001.