November 14, 2026
Arkell Keith Charles (08.01.1961)
English Grandmaster (1995) European Senior Champion in 2014, World Senior Vice Champion in 2014 (tied
Komljenovic Davor (01.07.1944)
Croatian Grandmaster (1992) living in Valencia, Spain. Musician, he is always travelling with his guitar.
Yakovich, Yuri (30.11.1962)
Russian Grandmaster (1990). Former coach of the Russian Women’s Team. Best results: won or shared
Wahls Matthias (25.01.1968)
German Grandmaster (1989). German Champion in 1996, 1997 and Swiss Open Champion 1994. Best
Ubilava Elizbar Elizbarovich (27.08.1950)
Georgian Grandmaster (1988). Living in Spain since the late 1980s. Honoured coach of Georgia 1980,
Edouard Romain (28.01.1990)
French Grandmaster (2009). European U16 Champion in 2007. European and World U18 Vice-Champion in 2008.
Khachiyan Melikset (1970)
U.S. Grandmaster (2004) and coach. Khachiyan was born in Armenia and immigrated to the U.S.
Kayumov Sergey (08.08.1981)
Uzbek Grandmaster (2007). Coach. Kayumov won the Alushta Autumn 2002, Novomoskovsk (RUS) 2007, Agazmov Memorial
Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan (19.07.1968)
Scottish Grandmaster (2009) and Women Grandmaster (1987) born in Georgia. World Girls U20 Champion in
Abrahams Gerald (15.04.1907 – 15.03.1980)
English player and barrister. A prize winner at the British championship in 1933, 1946 and
Aaron Manual (30.12.1935)
India’s first International Master (1961), International Arbiter in 1986, a journalist for the newspaper The Hindu and
Antoshin Vladimir Sergeevich (14.05.1929-13.05 1994)
Russian Grandmaster (1963). Chief coach of the men’s team of the USSR. USSR Correspondence Champion in
Adianto Utut (16.03.1965)
The first Indonesian Grandmaster (1986), FIDE Senior (2005). Former President of the Indonesia Chess Federation.
Abramovic Bosko (14.02.1951)
Serbian Grandmaster (1984) and Vice Serbian champion in 2006. Coach of the Serbian team since
Azmaiparashvili Zurab (16.03.1960)
Zurab started to play chess at 4 and was invited at 6 to play his
Avrukh Boris (10.02.1978)
Israeli Grandmaster (1998) born in Kazakhstan. Moved to Israel in 1995 then to the USA
Averbakh Yuri Lvovich (08.02.1922)
Russian Grandmaster (1952), International Arbiter (1969) and International Judge of Chess Composition (1956), Honoured Master
Asanov Bolat (07.05.1961)
Kazakh Grandmaster (1994), International Arbiter (1998). PHD in History. Coach and writer. Champion of Kazakhstan
Abonyi Istvan (18.08.1886 – 05.06.1942)
István Abonyi (18 August 1886 – 5 June 1942) was a Hungarian chess master. From
Afek Yochanan (16.04.1952)
Israeli player, journalist, organizer and a coach. He is the only person to possess international
Barcza Gedeon (21.08.1911 – 27.02.1986)
Hungarian Grandmaster (1954), as well as International Correspondence Master (1966). Author, he wrote several books
Agdestein Simen (15.05.1967)
Norwegian Grandmaster (1985). Coach. Agdestein became the youngest Norwegian chess champion, in 1982, at the
Alexandria Nana Georgieva (13.10.1949)
Georgian Woman Grandmaster (1976). Chairwoman of the FIDE Women Commission 1986-2001. International Arbiter and chess