Chess Personalities

German chess amateur. International Arbiter (1984). Graduated from Berlin School of Economics and Law. Civil servant (1970-1975), General Secretary of European Chess Union (1998-2010), General Secretary of the German Chess Federation since 1976. A member of the team which won the German Youth Championship in 1967. Deputy Chief Arbiter at the World Championship Match 1993

English chess historian, mathematician. His interest in the history of chess began in 1893. In 1897, Baron T. von der Lasa encouraged Murray to write a history of chess. To accomplish this work. Murray learned Arabic and collected thousands of sources. He started to publish articles for BCM form 1901. Later in 1913, he published

Austrian chess player, Romanian by origin. One of the strongest chess players of Austria at the end of the 19th century-beginning of the 20th century. Chess journalist and author. The editor of the magazine Wiener Schachzeitung1898-1916. Since 1855 he lived in Vienna and worked as a secretary at the chess club. Best results: Vienna 1895, 1897,

Strong Russian amateur who worked in the office of the State Duma. In 1917 had a rank of the collegiate adviser (an equivalent to lieutenant colonel). Best results: Saint Petersburg 1904, 2-3rd; Rice tournament, 1905, 3rd; All-Russian Masters’ Tournament, Russian Chess Championship 1908, 3rd and 4th in 1909; 18th DSB Congress, Hauptturnier A 1912, 4-6th; Baden Baden 1914, 6th;

One of the strongest chess players of England at the beginning of the nineteenth century. The pupil of Jacob Sarratt, and the teacher of Alexander McDonnell and George Walker, he published a series of studies devoted to Gambits. Author of Elements of the Game of Chess (1822) and A Series of Progressive Lessons on the Game

A Spanish chess player from the end of the fifteenth to the beginning of the sixteenth centuries. Author of the book “Repeticion de Amores e Arte de Axedrez”, published no later than 1497, consisting of two parts, in which the first part does not concern the game of chess, but the second one is devoted

Spanish FIDE Master (1981) and well know chess journalist and lecturer since 1983. Medal of Sporting Merit in 2011. Columnist at El Pais , Chess correspondent for Radio Nacional, and for 10 year he was editor of Jaque. Chess commentator for many years at Linares, Bilbao, Mexico World Championship 2007 and many more tournaments, and for

German writer and historian born in Harlem (Netherlands) who lived in Germany.   The author of famous works in chess history, he made an extensive study of the evolution of the game of chess in Europe and in the East. The owner of the largest European chess library which was sold for £3,000 to the Royal

French chess author, Honorary President of the Scientific Writers of France. Editor of the magazine Les Cahiers de l’Echiquier Français 1933-37 and of the chess department of the monthly scientific magazine Pour la Science, the leading player of the chess column of the weekly magazine Vu, author of the Chess Dictionary (1967). A chemist by

French player, author and composer. Champion of Paris in 1911 and vice champion of France in 1926. He was the winner of one of the shortest games of chess (which was fiercely denied by the loser) against his countryman Gibaud in Paris in 1924 (1.d4 Nf6, 2.Nd2 e5, 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. h3? Ne3 0-1).