English Correspondence Grandmaster (1980). British correspondence champion in 1977 and finished second of the British Championship on five occasions. A participant in the Olympiads from 1954 to 1968. Former correspondent of the A former correspondent for the Sunday Times and the author of 24th USSR Championship (1958), Mikhail Tal’s Best Games (1961), 100 Soviet Miniatures (1964),

American Grandmaster (1988) born in Ukraine. FIDE Senior Trainer (2009). Kaidanov started his chess career by winning first place at the Boys U14 Russian federation championship 1972 and then became a Grandmaster in 1988. In 1990, Kaidanov and his wife visited the U.S. for the first time as tourists and it was an eventful experience which

Croatian Grandmaster (2006). Croatian U17 Champion in 1998, vice champion of Croatia in 2005 and 2010. Best results: Cannes Open 2005, 2nd; Croatian Championship 2005, 4th; Zagreb Open 2006, 1st; Bosna B Sarajevo 2006, 1st; Kavala Open 2006, 4th; Pula Open 2008, 2-14th; Quebec Open 2009, 5th. A participant in the 2010 Olympiad and in

Kupchik was born in Brest-Litovsk and came to the United States in 1904. He was an outstanding Master for many years.  Kupchik worked as an accountant for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and lived in New York. Best results: Manhattan Chess Club Champion eleven times, the New York State Championship twice (1915 and 1919), the National Chess Federation title

Georgian Grandmaster (1993), FIDE Trainer and author. Janjgava was President of the Tbilisi Chess Federation in 2003 and has participated in four Olympiads from 1993 to 1998, however, he is no longer playing chess. The author of The Queen’s Gambit and Catalan for Black (2000), King’s Indian and Grunfeld: Fianchetto Lines(2002) and The Petroff (2001). Peak

Serbian Grandmaster (1965) and journalist. Best results: winner at Vrsac 1969, Bari 1970, Graz 1971, Nis 1972, Kikinda 1973 and Biel (Senior) in 1986. Janosevic was a specialist of blindfold simultaneous games. He established a national record of twenty-five simultaneous boards. He was one of the three, along with Mikhail Tal and Efim Geller, who

Russian Grandmaster (1995). Janovsky is a professional coach who is the head coach of the Russian junior team for many years, however, he doesn’t play much chess himself. Best results: Dortmund C 1990, 1st; Voskresenk 1992, 2nd and Wefen 1993, 1st. Peak rating:  2510 in 1996.

Polish Grandmaster (2000). Jaracz graduated in Economics in 2000. Polish U20 Champion in 1993. Polish Blitz Champion in 2014. Married to  Woman Grandmaster Barbara Jaracz. Best results: winner of Vienna Open in 1996, Guben 2000 and 2001, Boeblinger Open 2002, Villa de Benasque Open 2003, Lubawka Gate 2008, Aeskulap-Turnier 2009 (GER), Zurich Weihnachtsopen Master 2010 and the European

Polish Grandmaster (2006). Equal third at the World U12 championship in 1994, Polish U12 Champion in 1994. Graduated from the Faculty of Political Science, University of Warsaw. Best results: Karvina Open 1994, 3rd; Znojmo (2002), 1st-3rd; Jarnoltowek (2003), Leutersdorf (2006), 1st; Lyon Open and Montpellier Open 2006, 1st-2nd; Oberwart Open 2007, 1st; Deizisau (2007), 1st; Malaga

One of America’s greatest chess composers born in Venezuela. Eaton graduated from Harvard at the age of 18. He worked as a scholar at the Library of Congress. From 1939 to 1941 he was the Problem Editor of Chess Review. He published more than 400 problems in two or three moves.