Last Updates

Hungarian Grandmaster Best results: winner or shared first at Tenkes Kupa Open 2003 and 2005, Balaton festival GM, Davos Open and Intl Sunstar Schach 2004, Balaguer Open 2005, Metz Open 2009. A participant in the 2006 Olympiad. Peak rating: 2555 in 2005.

Russian International Arbiter, Executive Secretary of the Soviet Federation (1982-1984), Chairman of the board of Arbiters of the Russian Chess Federation. Statistician and journalist. A member of Garry Kasparov’s team during few world championship matches vs. Anatoly Karpov, he developed also a new system of rating calculation, which was used for some time by the PCA.

U.S. chess amateur born in New York. A journalist and photographer and writer. A participant with the British Virgin Islands in 17 Olympiads (1968-2008). In 1980 Hook was awarded the Gold medal on board 1 for best percentage result. The British Virgin Islands postal authority even released a stamp to commemorate the exceptional achievement. The

American chess amateur and writer born in Scotland who was inducted into the Chess Hall of Fame in 1997. He made key contributions to the development of numerical rating systems for chess players and was a key figure in developing and proving the viability of the Swiss System chess tournament pairing system. He coauthored one of

  Hungarian Grandmaster (1990). Hungarian Champion 1987, 1993 and 1993. Best results: winner at Gdynia 1982, Budapest II 1988, Andorra and Budapest Open 1989, Kecskemet 1990, Leukerbad Cannes Open and Val Thorens 1992, Honved 1996, Elekes Mem. 1997, Chambery GM, Zalakaros Open (joint) in 2004, Val Thorens Open 2006, Donau Open 2008, Aschacher Open 2008,

Hungarian Grandmaster (2006). Best results: won or shared first at Budapest Statisztika 1993, Finkenstein Open 1998, Lichtenstein Open 2000, Harkany Tenkes Cup (HUN) 2000, Seefeld Open 2001, Budapest FS12 2002, Budapest FS03 2003, St. Veit and Luzern Open 2007, Heviz International Open 2009. Peak rating: 2514 in 2002.

Mongolian Grandmaster (1999). Mongolian Champion in 2002, 2003 and 2005. Bronze medallist for the third-best performance on the second board at the 2004 Olympiad. A participant in 8 Olympiads since 1992. Peak rating: 2507 in 2000.  

Danish Grandmaster (1985) and Correspondence Grandmaster who was European Junior Champion 1981-2 and World Junior Champion in 1984. Danish Champion in 1983, 1984, 1985, 1993, and 1998. The winner of the Nordic Championship (1983, 1995, 2003). Best results: winner at Esbjerg 1983, Glausdal GM in 1983, Borgarnes 1984, Politiken Cup 1989, Tastrup 1992, Vejle 1994, Malmoe

English Grandmaster (2008), he is the owner of a Ph.D. degree in mathematics. British U12 Champion in 1993. Best results: Palma Open 2008, 1st; Essent Open 2008, 1-3rd; Intomart GfK Open 2009, 1-3rd; Unive Open 2009, 1st; Ciutat de Palma 2010, 1st, Sevilla Open 2011, 1-2nd; Seville Open 2012, 1st, Haarlem 2013, 1st. Peak rating: 2559 in

Swedish International Correspondence Master (1971) and International Master (1950). European correspondence champion 1967-1972. Swedish champion in 1947 and 1948. His best result was made in 1945-46 when he finished second at Hastings tournament behind Savely Tartakower. In 1944 he lost a match vs. Paul Keres 5-1. Forbidden to play OTB, he became a Master in