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Russian Master, he is regarded as the founder of Russian chess school. His first participations in a serious chess event came during the period of 1874/75 at the St Petersburg handicap tournament where he took the third place behind E. Schiffers and Schumov. He gained the fame of the strongest Russian player having won the

Indian Grandmaster (2006). Silver medallist at the Asian U18 in 2004. Best results: Indian championship 2006 and 2008, 4th; Commonwealth championship 2008, 4th; National B championship, 2ndAsian Zone 3.2 championship 2009, 3rd-4th; Paris championship 2009, 3rd-4th; National Challenger Open 2013, 2-7th; Commonwealth championship 2015, 4th; Sivakasi Open 2015, 1st; Commonwealth championship 2016, 3-11th A member of

Dutch Grandmaster (2000). European U18 Champion in 1998 and U20 in 1999.  Dutch Champion U10 and U16 in 1994. He doesn’t play international event since 2013. Best results: Dieren Open 1999, 3rd;  Dutc h Championship 2000, 6th; Essent Open 2003, 2nd-5th; San Domingo Open 2003, 1st-6th. Best ELO: 2511 in 2000.

Hungarian International Master (1950) and International Arbiter (1951). Professor of Philosophy and a languages teacher After World War I, he moved to Yugoslavia and represented that country in the 1927, 1931, and 1936 chess olympiads. Hungarian Champion in 1913 ahead of Gyula Breyer and Richard Reti. The President of the Hungarian Chess Federation (1951-1956). Author

French Grandmaster (1978) born in Ukraine who emigrated to France in 1990. FIDE Senior Trainer (2004). USSR Champion in 1977 (joint with Boris Gulko) and French Champion in 1998. Best results: winner or shared first at Moscow 1978, Jakarta 1979, Zamardi 1980, New Delhi 1982, Warsaw 1983, Lvov 1984, Sarajevo and Budapest 1988, Cannes Open,

German Grandmaster (2003). Teacher in English and History. European U16 Champion in 1996. German U15 Champion in 1995. Also equal second at the World and European U18 in 1998. Best results: winner or shared first at the Israeli Open championship 2001, US Open 2001, Untergrombach Open 2003, Bad Wiesee 2003. Also 2nd at the Elekes

Montenegrin Grandmaster (2005). The winner of seven Montenegro chess championships, Serbian Champion in 2004. Serbian U20 Champion in 2001. Best results: Youth championship of Serbia 2003, 2nd; Obrenovac 2003, 1st; Ciocaltea Memorial 2001, 1st; Vidmar Memorial 2005, 2nd-3rd; Batricevic Memorial (MNE) 2009, 1st; Zenica 2014,  1st Peak rating: 2567 in 2015.

Dutch International Master (1975), writer, chess columnist and well-known chess commentator at Tata Steel. In 1988, he established a world record by playing simultaneously 560 opponents in 24 hours with a winning percentage of 94%. Dutch Youth Champion 1968, Dutch Rapid Chess Champion in 1988, Dutch Senior Champion in 2010. Best results: IBM Group B 1973,

Czech Grandmaster (1950), a leading Czech player and chess composer in the early years of the 20th century. Duras won the Czechoslovakian championship thrice (1905, 1907 and 1909) and he also tied for first in the German Championship of 1912. Best results: at Nuremberg 1906, 2nd; Vienna 1907, 2nd;   Hamburg 1910, 2nd; Prague 1908,

Welsh International Master (1978), correspondence player, writer and philosopher. He is currently Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Sheffield, England. Welsh Champion in 1973, British Champion 1974 and 1977, Best results: Won Welsh championship in 1973, British Championship 1974 and 1977, Birmingham 1977, Manchester 1979, London 1980. A participant in the 1976 Olympiad.