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American chess player, International Arbiter (1954), chess author. One of the founders of the U.S. Chess Federation. The founder and editor of the famous magazine American Chess Bulletin (1904-63).  He was the editor of the chess column of the newspaper Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1893- 1954) and other chess columns. The author of The New York

German player of Grandmaster’s strength who was one of the top 3 or 4 players in the world during the 1850s. ‘The modern generation’, said Emanuel Lasker in 1932, ‘fails to do justice to him. He was a great player’. Harrwitz was born in Breslau and together with Adolf Anderssen, they were very famous in

Czech Grandmaster (1997). Czech Champion 1985, 1996 and 2002. Best results: 2-3 Best results: 2-3rd Barcza Memorial Debrecen 1988, 3-5th Bohemians Prague 1989, 3-5th Tulsa 1990, 1-2nd Prague Mladi Open 1990, 1stPrague Metro II 1990, 2nd Czech championship 1991, 2-3rd Ostrava 1991, 1-4th Czech championship 1993, Altensteig Open 1993, 2-4th Lazne Bohdanec 1994, 1st Ceske

Swedish Grandmaster (2004) and coach. Swedish Champion in 2006. Member of the national since Plovdiv 2003. Best results: winner or shared first at Menton and Magistral de Pinamar in 2004; Santiago in 2005. Played for Sweden in the Olympiads of 1996, 2004 and 2006 and in the European Team Chess Championships of 1997, 2003 and 2005.

Amercian Grandmaster (2007) born in Cuba. Vice champion of Cuba in 2007. he is living in the US since 2013. Best results: Havana Guines 1996, 1st; Vila de Marin (ESP) 2005, 1st; Mmondariz 2005, 2nd; Burgas Open 2005, 2nd; Torre Mem. 2006, 2nd; Capablanca Premier 2010, 2-3rd, Open Internacional Fray Luis de Leon (ESP) 2010,

Cuban Grandmaster (1978). Cuban Champion 1982. One of the best Cuban players of the 1970’s. A member of the Cuban team at the World U26 in 1969, 1972 and 1976. Best results: 3rd Toth Memorial 1975, 2nd Biel 1977, 2nd Radio Rebelde 1978, 2nd Bogota 1978, Havana 1983, 1st Le Touquet 1988. A participant in

Mexican Grandmaster (1995) and coach. Three times the Champion of Mexico. For more than ten years he was the best-rated player in Mexico. Panamerican Champion U16. Best results: winner or shared first at Lyon Open 1990, Capablanca Memorial II in 1992 and 1995, El Salvador 1995, Zaragosa Open 2000, Torrent Open 2002, Murcia Open 2002 and

Swedish Grandmaster (1988) who was European U20 Champion in 1984-5 and Bronze medallist at the World U20 in 1986. Best results: 1st at the Amsterdam Ohra Open 1985, 1st Berlin 1988 (VIII) and 1st Budapest 1988 (IX), 1st at Malmo 1988-9, 1st Parthenay 1992, New York Open 1993, 1st Gausdal and  Malmoe 1993, 1st Ischia

Serbian Grandmaster (1986). Champion of Yugoslavia in 1986. Best results: Belgrade 1975, 1st; Caorle 1982 and 1986, 1st; Zurich 1983/84, 1st; Luanda 1983, 1st; Puvarevo in 1987, 1st; Budapest 1987, 1st; Chiasso in 1989, 1st; Las Palmas II in 1992, 1st; Memorial Pedro Lezcano Montalvo 2011, 2nd. Peak rating: 2555 in 1987.  

Colombian Grandmaster (2009). Vice Champion of Colombia in 2006. Best results: La Raza-Medellin 2003, 1st; Santiago de Cali Open 2005, 1st; Ciutat de Badalona Open 2006, 1st; Open de Nadal Sants-Montju (ESP) 2006, 1st; Vila de Sitges 2008, 1-4th; Obert Internacional La Pobla de Lillet 2009, 1-2nd. A participant in the Olympiads between 2002 and 2014.