Last Updates

Croatian Grandmaster (1964) who won the Yugoslav championship in 1961. Best results: won or shared first at Zagreb 1969, Bad Pyrmont 1970, Firenze and Catanzaro Open 1972 and Virovitica 1976. He was 2ndat Netanya 1969, Reggio Emilia 1971-1972, Zagreb 1972 and Birmingham 1977. In a match, his major success was a victory against Jan Timman 3-1

Serbian Grandmaster (1995). Best results: Won or shared first at Bela Crkva 1979, Bialystok 1980, Trnava 1981, Jagodina 1993 and at Belgrade Trophy in 2008. A participant in the 1990 Olympiad. Peak rating: 2530 in 1993.

Belgian problemist. A specialized in two-movers in the style of the ‘Good Companion’. Author of  All change here! with the collaboration of P.H. Williams.

Polish problemist, International Judge for Chess Composition (1956). Great composer of two-movers, he has published 300 problems which many of them got prizes. Chief editor of Szachy between 1947-1950. Author of ; ABC Szachisty, Warszawa 1966 and Taktika i strategia in 1974.

French-Monaco problemist, International Master for Chess Composition in 1980, a specialist in two and three-movers. Casa was also an OTB player who finished fourth in the French championship in 1967 and was a participant in four Olympiads under the Monaco flag.

British chess composer IM CC (1967). He is specialized in two-movers. Editor for many years of columns in The Problemist and BCM. Published several books on chess composition, including Pick of the Best Chess Problems and Complete Mansfield – The collected chess problems of Grandmaster Comins Mansfield MBE. Vol I-III, 1996, 1997 and 1999.

  Polish Grandmaster (2003). Polish vice champion in 2000. Polish U18 champion in 1997. Best results: Krakow 2004, 1-3rd; Kowalewsko Pomorskie (POL) 2006, 1st; Chojnice Open (POL) 2006, 1st; Voivoda Cup (POL), 1st; Lippstadt 2003, 2nd; Myślibórz 2008, 2nd; Poznan Open 2010, 2nd; Gdansk Open 2011, 1-2st , Koszalin Open 2014, 1st. A participant with the Polish

Russian Grandmaster (1988). FIDE Senior Trainer (2007) and successful coach. Best results: won or shared first at Budapest 1986, Plovdiv in 1988, Wijk aan Zee II 1989, Copenhagen Open and Werfen Open 1991, Lublin 1993, Bonn GSK 1993, Muenster Open 1993. Also Aarhus Open 1991, 2nd; Yerevan Open 1988, 3rd and USSR Junior championship 1986, 8th.

French Grandmaster (2001). Coach. Runner-up at the French Championship in 1993. Youth French Champion in 1984 and 1985. Best results: winner or shared first in Val Thorens 1989, Geneva Open 1995, Montauban GM 2000, Reggio Emilia 2002-2003, Paris NAO IM 2003. Also 2nd in Cannes Martinez 1995, Ibi GM 1996, Geneva Open 1996, Bordeaux Rapid

Russian chess amateur, Vice President of FIDE (2014), President of the Russian Chess Federation (2014), businessman, Honorary Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts and an art collector. Andrey Filatov was the organizer, initiator and sponsor of the World Championship Match between V. Anand and B. Gelfand at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow 2012 and as