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Swiss problemist. He has composed more than 200 problems and many of them were published in the Alan White’s collection Alpine Chess. The first editor of the Schweizerische Schachzeitung.      

Hungarian Grandmaster (1961), one of the world’s best non-Soviet players in the 1970s and 1980s. Portisch has won 9 times the national championship and was awarded 8 times the ‘Nemzet Sportoloja’, Hungary’s highest national sports achievement award. He was a member of twenty Hungarian Olympiad teams where in total he won 11 medals including one team’s

American player born in Austro-Hungarian Empire. He studied medicine at the Vienna University then emigrated in 1904 to the USA where he became a citizen in 1910. Best results: 1st Western Open Champion 1909, 3rd at New York behind Marshall and Capablanca,  3rd New York Master 1915, 3rd Rice Memorial 1916 where he was the only competitor

Swiss Grandmaster (2000) living in Paris. Swiss Champion in 1995, 2000, 2002, 2010 and 2014.  The organizer of the Biel chess festival since 2013. Best results: won or shared first at Zug 1997, Neuchatel Open 2001, Lausanne Open 2004, Zurich-Welhnachtsopen 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2010, Cap D’Agde Open 2012, Martinique Open 2012 and 2013.

Belgian Grandmaster (1998), coach and chess columnist at La Libre Belgique. Belgian Champion in 1986, Belgian Champion U14 in 1977, U16 in 1978 and U18 in 1982. Best results: won or shared first in Brussels Mat Open 1982, Liege 1983, Soultanbeieff Memorial 1984, Gent Open 1984, Wijk aan Zee II 1987, Fourmies Open 1988 and

Vietnamese Grandmaster (2003) who was living in Hungary between 1995 and 2010. Asean Chess Champion in 2011. Best results: won or shared first at Budapest FS 1995, Zalakaros Open 2009, Tenkes Kupa (HUN) 2009, Dato Tan Open 2010. Also Vietnam championship 2010, 3-5th, and in 2014, 3-4th. A participant in the 1992, 1994 and 1996 Olympiads

Polish Grandmaster (2006). European U18 Champion in 2005. The winner of   six Polish Youth Championships. In 2013, Paweł Czarnota graduated from the University of Silesia in Katowice with degree Master of Laws. Best results: Krakow Open 2004, 2nd; Polanica Zdroj Open 2005, 1st; Czech Open 2006, 2-7th; Krakow 2009, 1st. Miedzynarodowy Turniej 2014,  2nd.

English Grandmaster (2007). The youngest ever English Grandmaster, he was 16 years and 1 month and 22 days. The 2007 English Chess Federation’s Player of the Year Award. British Champion 2009 and 2013. British U8 Champion, U9 Champion and U10 Champion.  British Blitz Champion in 2010. In August 1999, David became famous internationally when he

Swedish Grandmaster (1992) and Women Grandmaster (1982). European Women Champion in 2003 and 2010.  In 1983 she was ranked women number one in the world, and held that position for two years. Her famous victims include two World champions, Boris Spassky, Vassily Smyslov and Viktor Korchnoi. She held the former World champions Anatoly Karpov and

U.S. Grandmaster (1990) born in Ukraine who was living in New York for ten years before to move back to Ukraine to start a business.  Ukraine Champion in 1989. Coach and chess theorist. Graduated in economics. Best results: won or shared first at Poznan 1985, Sevastopol 1986, Lvov 1986, Tuzla GM 1989, Antwerp Open 1995, Korinthos Open