Chess Personalities

Bosnian Women FIDE Master living in Germany. Graduated in Economics. Bosnian Women Champion in 1991. She is the co-founder and associate of Munich Chess Academy (www.mucschach.de) and Chairwoman of Münchner Schachstiftung (www.schachstiftung-muenchen.de). Winner of Nuremberg Rapid Open in 1993. A participant in 12 Women Olympiads and in 3 European Women Team championships. Peak rating: 2144

Italian player and chess patron. FIDE Honorary Member (1974). Treasurer and Auditor of FIDE (1947-1966) who has participated to all FIDE congresses from 1946 till his death. President of the Italian chess federation (1958-1980), In 1951 with the help of the French Marcel Berman, FIDE Vice President at that time, he composed the music of the

Russian chess amateur, Vice President of FIDE (2014), President of the Russian Chess Federation (2014), businessman, Honorary Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts and an art collector. Andrey Filatov was the organizer, initiator and sponsor of the World Championship Match between V. Anand and B. Gelfand at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow 2012 and as

One of the best known American chess authors and a good chess player. Born in the Russian Empire, he emigrated to the United States in 1920. Chernev was a candidate master, but he dropped early out of tournament play  to write about the game. He preferred chess for beauty over chess for competition. Chernev was one

Hungarian player born in Prague. Charousek learned the moves only at age 16, while still in highschool. A brilliant student, Charousek entered university to study law in Kosice but soon found himself more interested in chess. Best results: Charousek made his international debut at the strong Nuremberg 1896 tournament, finishing 12th out of 19, but defeating the winning,

Italian player, a priest and a historian. His major work Il Gioco degli Scacchi was published in 1617 (reprinted in 2003) and translated in English in 1822. The book was subdivided into eight books or chapters talking about learning the rules, the odds, the endgames, the blindfold chess and a discussion about the true origins of chess.

Hungarian Master who became the Hungarian Champion in 1912 with a score of 7/7. Engineer, problem composer and editor of the chess magazine Szellemi Sport. Best results:  Budapest in 1917,1st; Berlin in 1921, 1st, Vienna 1914, 4th, Budapest 1914, 4th; Charousek Memorial 1918, 3rd-4th. In 1921 he established a new world record in blindfold chess on

A Hungarian of Grandmaster strength who came to live in England (1851) and played a major role in English chess. During the 1850s, he was in the world top seven or eight and was probably the best opening theorist of his day. He was born in Budapest, into a family of a Budapest merchant, studied

American player born in Austro-Hungarian Empire. He studied medicine at the Vienna University then emigrated in 1904 to the USA where he became a citizen in 1910. Best results: 1st Western Open Champion 1909, 3rd at New York behind Marshall and Capablanca,  3rd New York Master 1915, 3rd Rice Memorial 1916 where he was the only competitor

Dutch International Arbiter, organizer and chess collector. Chairman of the FIDE Arbiters Commission (1990-1994), Chairman of the FIDE Rules Commission (1994-2014). Studied mathematics and was a teacher at the High School of Nijmegen from 1961 to 1985. Chief arbiter in tournaments, among others: Interpolis Tournament in Tilburg (1983 to 1994), S.W.I.F.T. Tournament in Brussels (1986 to 1988),