November 13, 2026
Israeli Grandmaster (1997) born in Leningrad. European Senior Champion in 2004 and 2008. Member of the Israeli Team which won the World Senior Team Championship in 2004. Leningrad Champion in 1975, 1976 and 1978. Won or shared first in Soviet Army ch. 1971, Daugava 1976, Kharkov 1977, Polanica Zdroj 1978, Karaganda 1981. ICF Grand Prix
Bulgarian Grandmaster (1963). Bulgarian Champion in 1963, 1981 and 1985, shared the third-fourth place in 1953 and 1955. In the period of 1956-82, he played in 11 Chess World Olympiads and showed the best results in 1968 in the eighteenth Olympiad where he made 11 points out 14 and won the first place at board
Yugoslavian International Grandmaster (1953). Author, journalist and editor of the magazineShakhovski Pregled during the period 1938-40. A lawyer by profession and government official. He began playing chess at the age of 16. His first success was a solving competition in 1926; then he succeeded at the eighth Amateur Championship in Banja Luka where he obtained
Russian Grandmaster (1994) living in France. Graduated in agriculture. Became President of ACP in 2006. European Individual Champion in 2000. Won or shared first in Krasnodar Open 1997, Kuban 1997, Corsica Open 1997, Capelle la Grande 1998, Ubeda Open 2000, Lost Boys Amsterdam 2000, Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup 2008. Coach of the French National Team
Slovenian Grandmaster (2006). Slovenian Champion in 1997. Best result: Vidmar Memorial 2007, 2nd. Best ELO: 29507 in 2007.
Russian Grandmaster (2001). Third in the USSR Army Championship 1990. Best results: Bucharest GM 1998, 1st; Rymarov Open 1999, 1st; Zadar 2000, 3rd. First prize for the best individual score in the Russian Team Championship in 1998. Best ELO: 2524 in 2000.
Serbian Grandmaster (1998). Third in the Yugoslav Championship 1999. Won Pazardzhik 1988, Nis Open 1997, Novi Becej 2001, Pirot’s Summer 2004, Second in Prepis Mem Moscow and Herceg Novi 2002, Pirot Open[U1] . Also second in Vrnjacka Banja 1990. Best ELO: 2535 in 1998. [U1]What year?
Philippine Grandmaster (1974). National Champion in 1974 and 1976. He is the first Asian player who obtained the title of the International Grandmaster. He worked for several years with Bobby Fischer. Started to play chess at the age of 5. Many times he was the Champion of the Philippines. He played in five FIDE Zonals:
Mexican first Grandmaster (1977). In 1915 he moved with his family to New Orleans Began to play chess at the age of 10; his first success was in two round robin tournaments with seven participants in 1923. He performed the first in the Western States Championship held in New York in 1924. In February 1925,
Russian Grandmaster (2005). Bronze medal in the World U16 in 2003 and in the Russian Championship in 2007. Best results: 53th Russian Championship 2nd-8th;league, 1st; Aeroflot Open 2007, 2nd.
