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Indian Grandmaster (2011) and Woman Grandmaster (2004). Asian Women Champion in 2011. Indian Women Champion in 2009. World Junior Champion in 2008, World U14 Champion in 2004 and World U18 Champion in 2006. Also Asian U10 and U12 Champion and Women’s Commonwealth Champion in 2006, 2007 and 2010. A participant at semi-finals of the Women’s

Vietnamese Grandmaster (2008) winner of the Vietnamese championship in 2009. Best results: First Saturday GM 2008, 1st; Singapore Master 2009, 2-3rd. A participant at the Bled Olympiad in 2002. Peak rating: 2509 in 2009

Israeli Grandmaster (2000) and coach born in Ukraine, he emigrated to Israel in 1990. World Champion U14 in 1994 and U16 in 1996. Co-Champion of Israel 2001. Best results: winner or shared first at Tel Aviv International 2000 and Winterthur Open 2002. Also World U14 in 1993, 4th; Baden Open 2000, Baden Open 2000, 2nd; Biel

Israeli Grandmaster (1980) born in Poland. Israeli Champion in 1982 and 1990. He is a deaf player. Best results: won or shared first at Netanya II 1977, Luzern 1979, Biel 1980, New York 1981, Dortmund 1984 (IX) Beersheva zonal 1985, World Open of Philadelphia 1985, 1-3st; Munich zonal 1987 (IX), 1-2nd; Rishon Le Ziyon GM 1992

Russian Woman Grandmaster (1989), International Master (1993). World Champion U16 in 1987 and U20 in 1988. Russian Women Champion in 1997, 2009 and 2010. Twice unfortunate finalist at the Women World Championship, in 1999 she lost the final match to Xi-Jun 8,5-6,5 and in 2006 to Xu Yuhua 2,5-0,5. As a member of the national

Portuguese Grandmaster (2002), graduate in Law. Multiple national champion in U16 and U20. Portuguese Champion in 1997, 2002, 2004 and 2012. Best results: won or shared first in Pontevecho 2000, Portugal Masters 2000, Andorra 2000, Angola 2001, FXP Master 2004, Boavista Challenge 2004, Gaia city Intl Open 2004, Tres Nova 2005, Malaga Open 2005, Cidade

Swiss Grandmaster (1990) born in England. British Champion in 2001 and six times Swiss Champion in 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2012. He played for the national Swiss team in the 1997 World Team Championship 1997 and in the Olympiads since then. Best results: won or shared first at Capelle la Grande 1986, Bern

Italian player, FIDE International Organizer, author, publisher and manager. Yuri has organized or directed over 40 international tournaments among which the world renown Reggio Emilia round robin, the Rocca di Papa rapid, the Porto Mannu Open, the ACP Golden Classic and the Bergamo Open. Since 2013 he is deeply involved in fighting cheating in chess and

Macedonian Grandmaster (2013) and journalist who has a degree in English Language and Literature and is an authorized translator. He speaks fluently 7 languages. ACP General Secretary. Best results: Novi Sad 2013, 1st, Macedonia ch. 2014, 2nd. Playing for Cheddleton scored the best result on Board 4 at the European Club Cup in 2015 with 5.5/7 Peak rating

Lithuanian-Swiss Grandmaster (1984) who played in four USSR championships between 1981 and 1987. Lithuanian champion in 1978 and 2000 together with Viktorija Cmilyte. Swiss champion in 1996. In 1988, he finished second behind Anatoly Karpov after tie-break at the Rapid Chess World Championship. Best results: first or shared first in the 1985 USSR Championship (XI) and equal