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German Grandmaster (1994) and coach. German Champion in 1993, 2002 and 2006. Professional since 1988. Luther was a member of the German national team which won a silver medal at the 2000 Olympiad. In 2011, he won the first World Chess Games for Disabled with a perfect score of 7 out of 7. Best results: winner in

Israeli-U.S. Grandmaster in Solving Chess (2002), World Champion in Solving Chess (1996). Four-times World Team Solving Champion with the Israeli national team. A four-times World Team Solving Champion with the Israeli national team. A Ph.D in Mathematics at 20 years old, he is a Professor in Mathematics at Harvard University (USA).    

Dutch Correspondence Grandmaster (1993). Chess Patron. He is living in Monaco where he has established the Max Euwe Chess Association. World Chess Correspondence Champion in 2005 and 2008. Van Oosterom was the generous sponsor of the Melody Amber Tournaments between 1992-2011, the Mini Olympiad Tournaments and Ladies vs Veterans. His first big success was becoming

 American International Master (1950), International Arbiter (1951) who owned and edited the leading US chess magazine Chess Review (founded by Kashdan) from 1933 to 1969 He edited the New York Times chess column for 10 years and wrote quite a number of chess books. Horowitz’s main contributions to American chess was his consistently high scoring

English Grandmaster (1995). Silver medalist at the European U20 in 1985. Best results: Won St. Ingbert Open 1987, Oakham in 1988, Wuerzburg 1988, Yaroslav 1990 and Wrexham in 1995. The author of Essential Chess Endings: The Tournament Player’s Guide (2000). Peak rating: 2525 in 1995. He doesn’t play since 1998.  

Czech Grandmaster. Czech Champion in 1994, Zonal Champion in 1995. Tied second-third in the 1990 European U20 championship. Best results: Winner at Lippstadt 2000, Altensteig 1995, Pardubice 1993 and (shared) Ostrava GM 2010. A participant in the 1997 World Championship and in 10 Olympiads since 1990. Peak rating: 2633 in 2010.

German Grandmaster (1973) and Correspondence International Master (1980). Coach, journalist. He was working for many years with Robert Hubner. German Champion in 1970 and 1973. He scored a long run of successes in the early 1970s. After promising results at Bussum 1969 and Raach 1969 (Zonal), he tied for first with Alexander Matanovic and Mato Damjanovic

Bosnian Women Grandmaster born in Ukraine. Winner of all Bosnian women championships. Ukraine Women Champion 1979, Ukrainian U20 Girls Champion 1978. Best results: Abu Dhabi Open 2004, 1st; Mediterranean Championship 2005, 2nd; WGM Rijeka 2007, 2nd; Taby 2009, 1st; WGM Erfurt 2010, 1st, Corbas Master 2012, 1-2nd. A participant in all Women Olympiads since 1996 and

Norwegian Correspondence Grandmaster (1953), OTB International Master (1952), Norwegian  Champion in 1947, 1948, 1952 and 1953. Barda was also a strong correspondence chess player, winning the Norwegian correspondence chess championships in 1946 and 1949/1950. Best result: Won joint with Alexander Kotov in Jönköping 1959.

Indian Grandmaster (2016). Asian U10 Champion in 2010. Ghosh won the U9 Indian championship in Bangalore in 2007, the U10 Asian championships in 2008, the 2009 Asian U12 Championship and the Indian U13 championship in Pondicherry in July 2010 with 9.5/11. Best results: Indian Junior Championship 2012,  2nd; Mayor Cup Mumbai 2016, 1-3rd. Wealth Mumbai 2016, 2-8th;