November 13, 2026
Bischoff Klaus (09.06.1961)
German Grandmaster (1990). German Champion in 2013 and 2015. 11 times German Rapid Chess Champion
Blatny Pavel (22.06.1968)
Czech Grandmaster (1993). Graduated in Law (1994). Czech Champion in 1988, 1990, 1997 and 2000.
Bogdanovski Vlatko (31.12.1964)
Macedonian Grandmaster (1993). National Champion in 1993 and 2009 and 2nd in 2005. Best results:
Botsari Anna Maria (05.10.1972)
Greek Woman Grandmaster and International Master. Six times Greek Women Champion. Silver medalist at the
Caxton William
English printer who translated the master piece of Cessolis (Chess Morality renamed Game of Play
Belov Vladimir (06.08.1984)
Russian Grandmaster (2003). Moscow Champion 2004 and 2007. Equal first at the Russian U18 championship
Belikov Vladimir (02.08.1971)
Russian Grandmaster (2002). Russian Army Champion in 1995, Vice USSR U20 Champion in 1990. Best
Wu, Wenjin (10.03.1976)
Chinese Grandmaster (2000). Asian Junior Champion in 1996. A participant in the Olympiads of 1998
Kockelkorn Carl (26.11.1843 – 16.07.1914)
German chess composer. One of the founders of the New German (Logical) Chess Composition School.
Ruy Lopez De Segura
A Spanish priest and later a bishop in Segura whose book Libro de la invención
Damiano Pedro
Portuguese chess player at the beginning of the 16th century, an apothecary by profession. He
Zatonskih, Anna (17.06.1978)
US Woman Grandmaster (1999) born in the Ukraine. Moved to the US in 2002. US
Zaitseva, Lyudmila Georgievna (10.02.1956)
Russian Woman Grandmaster (1986). A coach. Moscow Champion of 1976, 1979 and 1984. Best results:
Wang, Lei (04.02.1975)
Chinese Woman Grandmaster. Chinese Women’s Champion in 1997, 1998, 2000-2001 She was just 12 years
Veroci-Petronic, Zsuzsa (19.02.1949)
Hungarian Woman Grandmaster (1978) and International Arbiter and journalist. Hungarian Women Champion in 1973, 1977
Van der Mije (Nikolau), Alexandra Ekaterina (22.07.1940)
Dutch Woman Grandmaster (1977) born in Romania. She has lived in the Netherlands since 1974. Romanian
Repkova Eva (16.01.1975)
Slovakian Woman Grandmaster. Arab Women Champion in 1998. European U20 vice champion in 1995, European
Quin Kanying (02.02.1974)
Chinese Woman Grandmaster. Graduated in Commerce. Vice Women World Champion in 2002. Chinese Women Champion
Nguyen Thi Than An (1976)
Vietnamese Women Grandmaster. Asian Women Champion in 2010. Vietnamese Champion 2005. Gold medalist for the
Mirzoeva Elmira (02.11.1981)
Russian Women Grandmaster (2002). Journalist and chess commentator. Russian U16 Girls Champion in 1996. Moscow
Lemachko Tatiana (16.03.1948)
Swiss Women Grandmaster (1977) born in Russia. Moved first to Bulgaria (1972), and then in
Kouvatsou Maria (02.11.1979)
Greek Woman Grandmaster. Dentist. Kouvatsou was the World U20 Girls Champion in 1999, Greek Women
Gu Xiaobing (12.07.1985)
Chinese Women Grandmaster (2003). World Girls U20 vice champion in 2005. Best result: 5th at