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German player and author, he was specialized in unusual gambits called the Diemer Attack and Counterattack : 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3… Best results: winner or shared first at Baden Cup in 1951 and 1953. Swiss national tournament in Zurich 1952, Premier Reserve tourney at Beverwijk 1956, Open championship of Holland 1956, Rapperswil

Georgian Grandmaster (1984) and Women Grandmaster. World Women Champion (1978-1991). Maya began to play chess at the age of 6, she improved her chess skills at the Tbilisi Pioneer Palace under the coaching of Shishov.  In 1974 she got the title of the International Master having played at her first International tournament at Brasov without

Swiss International Master (1952). Swiss Champion in 1942 (joint),1943, 1945, 1948 and 1952. Senior Correspondence International Master. Best results: Hasting 1945/46, 9th. Swiss Senior Championship, 1st in 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1994. He was also the president of the Swiss chess federation between 1987 and 1991.

Dubois was a leading player of the 19th century in Italy. He was one of the pioneers of the theory of chess openings.  His early career coincided with the time when the Italian rules of chess differed from the ones in the other European countries. In 1845, Dubois played a number of friendly games against

Belarus Grandmaster (1995), the winner of 11 Belarus championship (from 1965 to 2006) in 1988 and in 2006, Vice-Senior World Champion in 2010. Belarus Coach of the Year in 2010. Best results: winner or shared first at the Baltic championship 1973 and 1974,  Rubinstein Memorial 1983, Sokolov Memorial 1987, Bratislava 1992, Minsk 1995, Cartak 2002, Swidnica 2003

Russian International Master (1950). One of the strongest players in Kiev of the early 1900s, by winning four-time the Kiev championship (1900, 1902, 1903, and 1906) . Best results: Moscow championship 2007; St. Petersburg championship in 1910, 1st;  Uzbekistan championship 1931, 1st. In 1910, he drew a match with Frank Marshall 3-3. Duz-Khotimirsky is known

The first Georgian Master and International Master (1950). An author. and an Engineer. He was 5th in the 1937 USSR Championship. Champion of Tbilisi in 1927, 1930, 1932 and Champion of Georgia of 1928. Player of positional style, especially strong in defence and counterattack. For two decades memorial tournaments were organized occasionally in Georgia.

Spanish Grandmaster (1999).  FIDE Senior trainer (2010). Spanish Champion in 1985. Technical director of the Spanish chess federation from 1997 untill 2003. Best results: Banesque Open 1982, 1st; Andorra zt. 1987, 1st; Albacete Open 1989, 1st; Dos Hermanas 1992, 3rd; Zaragoza Open 1993, 2nd; Leon 1994,  3rd;.A participant in the 1987 Szirak Interzonal and in

Serbian Grandmaster (1982). Silver medalist with the Yugoslavian team at the European Team Championship in 1983 and 1989. Best results: Pernik 1976, 2nd;Biel 1976,2nd-3rd;Belgrade 1977, 1st-2nd;Vrnjacka Banja 1979, 81, 1st and 2nd;Ljubliana 1981, 1st;Pamporovo 1981, 1st-3rd;Montreal 1983,2nd;Kam 1984, 1st-2nd;Hastings 1984/85, 1st-3rd;Formia 1994 and 1995, 1st;Montpellier 1997, 1st;Australia Open 2000, 1st;Catania Open 2001, 1st;Lucca Open 2003,

Dutch Master who had his peak from 1920 to 1930 by finishing twice second  behind Max Euwe at the Dutch championship in 1921 and in 1924. Best results: Scheveningen in 1923, 6th; Amsterdam in 1925, 1st; Livorno 1926, 2nd; Spa in 1926, 8th; Utrecht 1927, 2nd (Quadrangular, Euwe won); shared 1st with Hartingsvelt at Amsterdam