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English Grandmaster (1992). Best results: won or shared first at Silkeborg 1983, Malaga 1987, Nantes 1987, Seville, Geneva, Lyon 1988, Clermont and Capelle la Grande 1989, Capablanca Memorial A 1993, Benidorm Open 1993, Dhaka 1995,Hastings 1996, Ilse of Man 2000, Welsh Intl 2004, Portsmouth and Coventry Open 2004, Kilkenny Open 2006, Irish Open championship 2007,

Hungarian International master (1962). Vice-Hungarian Champion in 1958. Best results: Budapest 1955, 2nd; Asztalos Memorial 1960, 1-2nd; Reggio Emilia 1962/63, 2nd; Budapest championship 1963, 2nd; Hungarian championship 1965, 3rd; Budapest 1973, 1st; Bad Mondorf 1974, 1st; Toth Memorial 1975, 1st; Eksjo B 1980, 2nd; Budapest FS IM 1994, 1st; World Senior championship 1993, 6-8th. A

Russian Grandmaster (2007). World U10 Champion in 1995, Russian U20 champion in 2006. Best results: Samara 2002, 1st; Russian U18 championship 2003, 2nd; European U18 championship in 2004, 4th; Moscow Open A 2006, 1-2nd; Ilyumzhinov Cup (internet) 2006, 2nd; Moscow championship 2007, 2nd; Biel MTO 2009, 1st; Bethune Open 2009, 1-4th; Lublin GM 2009, 1st;

Polish Grandmaster (2010), a three times Polish Youth Champion. Polish Blitz Champion in 2014. Best results: Davos 2004, 1st; Tatry Open 2008, 1-2nd; Balaton Open 2009, 1st; Kika Open (AUT), 2-3rd; Martigny Open 2009, 1st; Monthey Open 2010, 1st. Peak rating: 2614 in 2010. He is now playing exclusively Liga games in Poland and in

German Grandmaster (1965) born in the Czech Republic, Hort was the leading Czech player of his day, he gained the title of International Master in 1962 and Grandmaster in 1965. Hort’s record in national competitions is impressive: Czechoslovak Junior Champion 1960 and 1962. He won 6 Czech Championships. In 1985, Hort left his homeland and settled

Romanian Correspondence, Grandmaster (1982), Honorary Member of ICCF (1985), former first Vice President and General Secretary of ICCF. Gold Medalist Bertl von Massow.  International Arbiter (1969). A chess composer who published around 50 problems and won 12 prizes won. A Memorial Tournament to commemorate his carrier is regularly organized since 2005.

Belarus Grandmaster (1992). Fedorov was Belarus Champion in 1993, 1995, 2005, 2008 and 2017. Best results: won or shared first at Moscow and St. Petersburg in 1996, Moscow 1998, Calcutta 1999, New Delhi Open 2006, 4th Parsvnath International Open Chess 2006, Aratovsky Memorial (RUS) 2007, ROMGAZ Open (ROM) 2008, Khazar International Cup (IRI) 2011 and Capelle

French Grandmaster (2000). Vice Champion of France in 1992. Best results: Pau IM 1989, 2nd; Herzliya 1998, 1st; Belfort GM 1998, 3rd; Masters 1999, 4th Gonfreville; Porto Open 2000, 3rd. A participant in the 1998 and 2000 Olympiads. Hauchard is the world record holder of the longest blitz game (5 minutes) simultaneous. He achieved the

French Grandmaster (1994) and coach born in Morocco. The first Arab or African who has reached 2600 ELO. Eleven times champion of Morocco. At 20 he moved to Montpellier, France where he finished business studies. French Champion in 2009 and 2013. Winner of most of all African and Arab tournaments (5) where he participated. In

Dutch chess composer, International Master for Chess Compositions in 1959, International Arbiter for Chess Composition in 1956. He composed under the pseudonym, S. Cardozo. Since 1917 has published about 950 two and three-movers problems and fairy problems, more than 400 of them were awarded with merits. Four hundred selected problems have been published by Niemeijer Twee