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French Women International Master (1950) and later received the title of Honorary Women Grandmaster. One of the first women to play in an Olympiad (1950). Several times she became the Women French Champion, she got also a bronze medal at the men national championship in 1951. At the Women’s Candidates Tournament of 1949-50 at Moscow,

American Grandmaster (1977). Chess coach. US Champion in 1980, 1983, and 2002. US Junior champion in 1973, 1974 and 1975. Siver medal at the World Junior in 1975. Best results: Lone Pine 1976, 2nd; Torremolinos 1977, 1st; Linares 1979, 1st; Prague 1979, 1st; Pasadena 1983, 1st: New York Open 1985, 1st: Sommerset 1986, 1st; World Open

Hungarian player born in Prague. Charousek learned the moves only at age 16, while still in highschool. A brilliant student, Charousek entered university to study law in Kosice but soon found himself more interested in chess. Best results: Charousek made his international debut at the strong Nuremberg 1896 tournament, finishing 12th out of 19, but defeating the winning,

Italian player, a priest and a historian. His major work Il Gioco degli Scacchi was published in 1617 (reprinted in 2003) and translated in English in 1822. The book was subdivided into eight books or chapters talking about learning the rules, the odds, the endgames, the blindfold chess and a discussion about the true origins of chess.

Italian problemist. Doctor of engineering, manufacturer. Retrograde analysis world expert with more than 655 problems published. Journalist at Die Schwalbe, Europe Echecs, Fairy Chess and was the problem editor of the Italia Scacchistica (1927-1929). The author of 32 Personaggi e 1 Autore (1955) and La Genesi delle Posizioni(1961).

Soviet International Master (1961) and International Judge for Composition (1956). Author, analyst, and musician-pianist. Best results: USSR championship 1939, 4th – 5th, championships of Leningrad 1937, 1st – 3rd and 1949, 1st; Leningrad Masters 1933, 3rd – 4th and 1934, 3rd; All-Union tournament of Young Masters 1936, 1st – 2nd; championship of VZSPS 1936, 1st

Hungarian Master who became the Hungarian Champion in 1912 with a score of 7/7. Engineer, problem composer and editor of the chess magazine Szellemi Sport. Best results:  Budapest in 1917,1st; Berlin in 1921, 1st, Vienna 1914, 4th, Budapest 1914, 4th; Charousek Memorial 1918, 3rd-4th. In 1921 he established a new world record in blindfold chess on

Spanish Grandmaster (2004) born in Cuba, he was also living in Colombia between 2002 and 2008 before to emigrate to Spain. Graduated in Physical Culture and sports. He was the editor for few years of the Spanish chess magazine Jaque. Coach. Best results: Albacete 2002, 2nd; Calanova 2002, 1st; Cullera GM 2003, 2nd;  Sauzal Open 2003,

French player, analyst, and composer. International Master for Chess Composition honoris causa (1959) and International Judge for Chess Composition (1957). French Champion in 1926, 1927 and 1929. A participant in the 1927 Olympiad. He was living for many years in Switzerland for health reasons. Cheron is remembered for studies of end-games published in his four

A Hungarian of Grandmaster strength who came to live in England (1851) and played a major role in English chess. During the 1850s, he was in the world top seven or eight and was probably the best opening theorist of his day. He was born in Budapest, into a family of a Budapest merchant, studied