Wade, Robert Graham (10.04.1921 – 29.11.2008)
English born-New Zealander International Master (1950), International Arbiter (1958). OBE. Chess author, columnist and coach. FIDE Honorary Member (2001). Champion of New Zealand in 1944 and 1945, British Champion in…
Wagner, Dennis (19.06.1997)
German chess Grandmaster (2015) is born in Kassel, Germany. Best results: German Chess Championship in 2007 – U10, 1st; German Chess Championship in 2009 – U12, 1st; German Chess Championship…
Wahls Matthias (25.01.1968)
German Grandmaster (1989). German Champion in 1996, 1997 and Swiss Open Champion 1994. Best results in international tournaments: World Junior 1988, 5th; Budapest 1988, 2nd; Dortmund 1989 II, 1st-2nd;…
Walker, George (13.03.1803-23.04.1879)
Leading English chess player and writer on chess. In 1827, he was regarded as one of the strongest players in England. In 1831, he was one of the founders of…
Wan, Yunguo (28.06.1990)
Chinese chess Grandmaster (2015). Best results: Chess World Cup 2013; Brugse Meesters 2018, 1st; Peak rating: 2531 in January 2019
Wang, Hao (04.08.1989)
Chinese Grandmaster (2005). Asian Champion in 2017, Vice Champion of Asia in 2007. Champion of China in 2010. Bronze medalist in the World U20 in 2007. One of the last...
Wang, Lei (04.02.1975)
Chinese Woman Grandmaster. Chinese Women's Champion in 1997, 1998, 2000-2001 She was just 12 years old when she tasted victory in the National Children's Tournament then three years later in...
Wang, Rui (18.04.1978)
Chinese chess Grandmaster (2015) is born in Hebei Province, China. Best results: KL Open 2008 in Malaysia, 2nd; Wang has competed in the China national chess team in the Chess...
Wang, Yue (31.03.1987)
Chinese Grandmaster (2004). Champion of China in 2005. He began to learn chess at the tender age of 4 and has already an impressive list of achievements, such as being...
Wang, Zili (14.06.1968)
Chinese Grandmaster (1995). He was twice Chinese Champion in 1988 and 1999. Best results: Kuala Lumpur zl 1990, 1st; Tan Chin Nam Cup 1995, 2nd; Lee Cup 1995, 2nd. A...
Warakomski, Tomasz (22.06.1989)
Polish Chess Grandmaster (2017) is born in Suwalki, Poland. Best results: Open Koszalin 2006, 2nd; Akiba Rubinstein memorial Open 2009, tied 2nd; Open Kowalewo Pomorskie 2013, 1st; Polish academic championship...
Ward, Chris (26.03.1968 – 23.02.2012)
English Grandmaster (1996), author and coach. British Champion in 1996. Best results: won or shared first in Wrexham 1996, Trinitad Open 1999, Copenhagen CU Open 2002, Jersey Open 1998 and...
Watson, William (16.04.1962)
English Grandmaster (1990) born in Iraq. Lawyer. British Champion in 1994. Best results: Philips and Drew Knights 1982, 1st; Brighton 1983, 2nd; Bor 1986, 1st-2nd; Gausdal 1991, 3rd; Oslo Cup...
Webb, Simon (10.06.1949 – 14.03.2005)
English International Master (1977) and Correspondence Grandmaster (1983). Author. Joint British U18 Champion in 1966, British Vice Champion in 1975 and once finished fourth in the European Junior Championship. He...
Wedberg, Tom (26.11.1953)
Swedish Grandmaster (1995) and author. Swedish Champion in 2000. Best results: Copenhagen 1981 and 1982, 1st; Limhamn 1984, 1st; Berlin Open 1988, 1st ; Malmoe 1989, 1st ; Rilton-Stockholm 1990,...
Weenink, Henri Gerard Marie (17.10.1892 – 02.12.1931)
One of the leading Dutch chess players in the 1920s-30s. Chess composer and journalist. He took part in four Olympiads, being a member of the Dutch national team from 1927...
Wei, Yi (02.06.1999)
Chinese chess Grandmaster (2013) is born in Yancheng, Jiangsu, China. Wei became a grandmaster at the age of 13 years, 8 months and 23 days, the fifth youngest in history....
Weinstein, Raymond Allen (25.04.1941)
American International Master (1962). US Junior Champion in 1958. Best results: third in the 1960-61 US Championships. He competed in the 1960 Olympiad and also played in the Student Olympiads...
Wells, Peter Kenneth (17.04.1965)
English Grandmaster (1994) and coach. British Rapid Play Champion in 2002, 2003 and 2007. British Champion U14 in 1978, U16 in 1979 and U18 in 1980. BA in political science...
Wen, Yang (07.07.1988)
Chinese Grandmaster (2008). Best results: Youth Festival Saint-Lo 2005, 1st; World Junior Championship 2007, 8th; Singapore Open 2010, 1st; The First HDBank Cup Open, 1-2nd; 2nd Chairman Prospero A. Pichay 2011,...
Werle, Jan (15.01.1984)
Dutch Grandmaster (2006). Student in Law. European Union Champion in 2008. Second at the European U18 in 2001 and third at the European U16 in 2000. Best results: Vlissingen 2004, 4th;...
Westerinen, Heikki Marku Julius (27.04.1944)
Finnish Grandmaster (1975). Finnish Champion in 1965, 1966, 1968, and 1970. Best results: third place at Berlin 1971, tie for second place at Olso 1973, first at Sant Feliu de...
White, Alan (23.04.1951)
American chess composer, a theorist, an author and a public figure. He composed his first problem in 1891. Having collecting the largest number of the two-and three- movers (more than...
White, John G (1845 – 1928)
US lawyer, bibliophile and founder of the largest chess library in the world (32,568 volumes of books and serials, including 6,359 volumes of bound periodicals): the White Collection in the...
Whyld, Kenneth (06.03.1926-11.07.2003)
British world-famous historian and co-author of the Oxford Companion of Chess with David Hooper (1984), a standard work of reference on chess history. Editor of Chess Students' Quarterly, Chess Reader (1950s)...
Wieczorek, Oskar (13.06.1994)
Polish Chess Grandmaster (2019) is born in Wroclaw, Poland. Best results: Open Rewal 2008, 2nd; Marienbad Open 2010 - B1 - IM tournament in Marianske Lazne 2010, 2nd; Marienbad Open...
Wilder, Michael (17.08.1962)
US Grandmaster (1988). Juris Doctor graduate of the University of Michigan. US Champion in 1988. Best results: In 1987, he was equal first in the London Open and equal third...
William, Simon K. (30.11.1979)
English Grandmaster (2008). British Blitz Champion in 2006. Best results: British championship 2004, 2nd; British championship 2008, 3rd; Southend Open 2008, 1st; London Chess Classic Open 2010, 1-2nd. Author of Play The...
Winants, Luc (01.01.1963)
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...
Winning Chess
Chess is a game of strategy and tactics. Each player commands an army of 16 chessmen --- pawns and other pieces (the king, queen, bishops, knights, and rooks). A well-played...
Winter, William (11.09.1898 – 19.12.1955)
English International Master (1950). Chess author, he was the editor of the chess columns of the newspaper Daily Worker and Manchester Guardian, chess bulletins. In the period of the 1920-30s,...
Wirig, Anthony (03.02.1983)
French Chess Grandmaster (2011) is born in Thionville, France. Best results: Open International de la Ville de Metz 2007, tied 3rd; Open Vandeuvre-lès-Nancy 2012, 1st; 21eme Open International de Wasselonne...
Wisker, John (18.01.1884)
English editor of IM strength who won the British Championships in 1870 and 1872. He edited the Chess Player's Chronicle during 1872-76. He also wrote a chess column in the...
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw (13.01.1987)
Polish Grandmaster (2005). European Rapid Champion in 2008. Polish Champion in 2005 and vice champion in 2009 and 2010. World and European U18 Champion in 2004, bronze at the European...
Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander (15.01.1963-14.07.2006)
Polish and USA chess Grandmaster (2015) is born in Riga, Latvia. Latvian (1981) and Polish Champion (1989, 1995). Best results: Latvian Chess Championship 1981, 1st; Polish Chess Championships 1989 and...
Wolff, Patrick (15.02.1968)
American chess Grandmaster (2015). United States Chess Champion (1992 and 1995). Best results: National High School Championship 1983, 1st; U.S. Junior Championship 1987, 1st; United States Chess Championship (1992 and...
Womacka, Mathias (26.06.1966)
German Chess Grandmaster (2010) is born in Karl-Marx-Stadt, Germany. Best results: Augsburg 1989, 3rd; Münch-Bräu-Open in Leutersdorf 2001, 1st; Open Pardubice 2001, 1st; Open Troll Masters in Gausdal 2002, tied...
Wong, Meng Kong (18.09.1963)
Singaporean chess Grandmaster (2015). Singaporean Chess Champion (1989, 1990, 1991). Best results: Asian Junior Chess Championship of 1979 in Sivakasi, 1st; Singaporean Chess Championship (1989, 1990, 1991). He represented Singapore...
Wood, Baruch Harold OBE (03.07.1909 – 04.04.1989)
A British chess player, founder, publisher and editor of the periodical Chess from 1935 to 1989 and chess correspondent of the Daily Telegraph and the Illustrated London News. He was...
Wu, Shaobin (04.02.1969)
Singaporean chess Grandmaster (1998 - Chinese Grandmaster). Singaporean Chess Champion (2003 and 2005). Best results: Singaporean Chess Championship (2003 and 2005), 1st; He played for China in the 1994 Chess...
Wu, Wenjin (10.03.1976)
Chinese Grandmaster (2000). Asian Junior Champion in 1996. A participant in the Olympiads of 1998 and 2000. Best ELO: 2605 in 2000.
Wurzburg, Otto (10.07.1875 – 01.10.1951)
An American problem composer who was W. Shinkman's nephew. He composed more than 1200 problems in 3 and more moves. E. Holladay published 200 of his compositions in Wurzburg Artistry...