November 13, 2026
Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (23.02.1990)
Vietnamese Grandmaster (2005) who was living for some time in Budapest. One of the youngest
Noteboom Daniël Jr. (26.02.1910 – 12.01.1932)
Dutch master who died at 23 years old due to double pneumonia. Best results: second
Nikolopoulos Takis (01.11.1957)
Greek International Arbiter (1993). Chairman of FIDE Arbiter Council since 1998. General Secretary of the
Nguyen Anh Dung (17.03.1976)
Vietnamese Grandmaster (2000), FIDE Trainer (2008). Vietnamese Champion in 2002, 2005 and 2006. Runner-up in
Neverov Valeriy (21.06.1964)
Ukrainian Grandmaster (1991). Coach. Ukrainian Champion in 1983 (shared with Dmitry Komarov), 1985, 1988 and
Nemet Ivan (14.04.1943 – 16.12.2007)
Swiss Grandmaster (1978) born in Serbia. Yugoslav Champion in 1979 and Swiss Champion in 1990.
Negi Parimarjan (09.02.1993)
Indian Grandmaster (2006). A student of Stanford University since 2014. Asian Champion in 2012, Indian Champion in 2010.
Markovic Miroslav (08.05.1973)
Serbian Grandmaster. Yugoslav Champion in 1998. Best results: Serbian Championship 1998, 2nd; Valjevo 2000, 1st;
Nikolic Predrag (11.09.1960)
Bosnian Grandmaster (1982) who lived in Holland for few years. Former coach of Cyprus and
Nielsen Peter Heine (24.05.1973)
Danish Grandmaster (1994). Danish Champion in 1996, 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2008, runner-up in 1991.
Nimzowitsch Aron (07.11.1886 – 16.05.1935)
Danish world class player born in Riga. Actually wanting to study mathematics, learned chess as
Nodirbek Abdusattorov (18.09.2004)
Uzbekistani chess prodigy who became Grandmaster in 2017 at the age of 13 years, 1 month,
Nalbandian Tigran (05.06.1975)
Armenian Grandmaster (2004). Best results: won or shared first at 1990 Belavenets Memorial (RUS), Fahr
Nikitin Alexander S (27.01.1935)
Russian International Master. USSR Sports Master (1952) but is better known as a trainer, the
Nevednichy Vladislav (03.09.1969)
Romanian Grandmaster (1993). Romanian Champion 2008. Best results: won or shared first at Bucharest Open 1992,
Nabaty Tamir (04.05.1991)
Israeli Grandmaster (2010), Israeli Champion in 2013 and 2016. Best results: won or shared first
Nadyrhanov Sergey (28.09.1963)
Russian Grandmaster (1999) born in Uzbekistan. Coach in Turkey. Best results: Sarkisiv Memorial 1999, 1st;
Nataf Igor Alexandre (02.05.1978)
French Grandmaster (1998) and coach. French Champion U10 (1987) and U16 (1994). Silver medalist at
Najer Evgeniy (22.06.1977)
Russian Grandmaster (199). European Champion 2015, Russian Champion U16 and U20. Best results: Won or
Naiditsch Arkadij (25.10.1985)
Azebaijani Grandmaster (2001) born in Latvia and moved to Germany in 1996 then to Azerbaijan
Bok Benjamin (25.01.1995)
Dutch Grandmaster (2014). Best results: Groningen Open 2014, 2nd; Dutch Championship 2015, 3rd; London Classic Open
Nijboer Friso (26.05.1965)
Dutch Grandmaster. Graduated in computer science, He started chess at 5 years old. Vice Dutch
Drozdovskij Yuri (22.05.1984)
Ukrainian Grandmaster (2004). European Rapid Champion in 2006, European Champion U14 in 1997, European Champion
Nedev Trajce (27.02.1973)
Macedonian Grandmaster (2001). Best results: Won Illkirch-Graf Open, Mulhouse 2004, Summer Cup (GRE) 2010. Also
Mista Aleksander (07.01.1983)
Polish Grandmaster. Polish U10 Champion in 1991, Polish U18 Champion in 2000 and 2001, Vice