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Australian International Master and Women Grandmaster. FIDE Trainer. Australian Women Champion in 1999 and Oceanian Women Champion in 2002, 2005, 2007, 2011, and 2013. A participant at board 1 in 7 Women’s Olympiads. Peak rating: 2306 in 2000. She is married to  IM Vladimir Feldman.

Chinese Woman Grandmaster. Women’s World Champion 2017, World Youth U10 Girls Champion in 2000 and 2001, World Youth U12 Girls Championship in 2002. Women’s World University Chess Champion 2012 and Chinese Woman Champion in 2015. Best results: 3rd China Women Masters Tournament 2013, 1st; Asian Women’s Rapid Championship 2015, 1st; 1st China Chess Queen Match 2015, 1st. At the

Swedish Grandmaster (1991). Hector is also a Correspondence Grandmaster. Swedish Champion in 2002. Hector is the club players’ hero, mostly due to his choice of openings. During the years, he has played many a Goering gambit, Latvian gambit, Schara-Henning gambit, and other openings along the same lines. The Swedish chess magazine “Tidskrift för Schack” declared

Serbian Grandmaser (2004).  Jeremic was Yugoslav U20 Champion in 2002 and 2003. Best results: Korinthos Open 2004, 1-6th, Leros Open 2009, 3-6th. Peak rating: 2537 in 2007. He is not active since 2011.

Bulgarian Grandmaster (1982). Bulgarian Champion in 1982 and second in 1986 and 1989. International Arbiter (2009). Best results: won or shared first at Primorsko 1976, Lodz 1978, Pernik 1981, Timisoara 1982, Nis 1983, Troll Master 1990, Bois-Colombes 1999, Rijeka 2001, Clichy Masters 2001, Breizh Master II 2004, Bergamo 2005, Creon Open 2008, Cap d’Agde Open

French Grandmaster (1989).  Kouatly was born in Syria, however, he started to play chess in Lebanon and later immigrated to France to finish a graduate degree in Political Science and an MA in Energy Economics. Kouatly was the first French and Arab Grandmaster, French Champion in 1979 and French U20 Champion in 1977. He is the

Russian player. A lawyer. In the 1870s he participated in a local tournament in St.Petersburg where he beat strong players like Simon Alapin, Mikhail Chigorin, and few others. In 1891 he beat Raphael Falk by 5-2. He was mostly known as a correspondence chess player.

German Grandmaster (1971), PhD in papyrology (one who studies papyrus manuscripts) and a genuine intellectual. At 18 years old he was the West German co-champion 1967, Huebner was then the greatest German player since the days of Lasker. He won first prizes at Best results: winner or shared first at Bochum 1968, Sombor 1970, Castlebar 1969, Houston

Austrian chess amateur, author and journalist (Arbeit und Wirtschaft, after 1946 Arbeiterzeitung). After been interned by the Nazis in 1938/39 in Dachau and Buchenwald concentration camps, he emigrated to Belgium in 1939 then to France up to 1941 from where he managed to reach the USA where he was employed by the Office of War

Bangladeshi Grandmaster (2008). Bangladesh Champion 1997, 2006 and 2016, vice champion of Bangladesh in 2008 and third in 2007. Best results: Open Rtng Tmnt (BAN) 2006, 1st; Destiny International Rating (BAN) 2007, 1st; Commonwealth championship 2008, 3rd; Prime Bank Open 2015, 1st; SAIF POWERTEC (BAN) Open, 1st. A participant in the 2007 World Cup and in Olympiads since