Russian Grandmaster (1996). Russian U18 Champion in 1977 and St. Petersburg Champion in 1992. Best results: Moscow 1990, 1st; Chielabinsk 1991, 2nd; St. Petersburg 1992, 3rd; Alcobendes, 3rd; Open 1993, 3-6th; Russian Championship 1994, 3-6th; Balaguer Open 1997, 3rd; Wijk aan Zee Open 1998, 3-4th; Wijk aan Zee B 1999, 3rd; St Petersburg ch. 2001,

English International Master (2000) and Women Grandmaster (1999). World Girls U20 champion in 1997 and U18 in 1995 and bonze medallist at the World Girls U14 in 1992. British Ladies Champion four times, she won also won five British Junior Girls titles between 1989 and 1991. She was the 6th world best girl U20 in

Kazakh  Grandmaster (2002). A member of the team of Pavlodar which won the Asian City championship in 2002. Retired from international chess for ten years. Peak rating: 2509 in 2002.

Moldovian Grandmaster (1999). Moldovian Champion in 2016 and Youth U20 Champion in 1991 and 1993. Best results: won or shared first at Dresden Open 1996, Ciocaltea Memorial 2000, Kiev II and Kishinev GM II 2000, Revolution 1989 Tournament 2004, Vlessingen 2005, Galati Open (ROM) 2006, Reggio Emilia 2006, Chess Festival Mihail Sadoveanu 2009 (ROM), Moscow

English Grandmaster (1988) born in Wales. British Champion 1991, 1992 1999 and 2000. British U20 champion in 1977. Julian was awarded a silver medal for the second best individual result at the 1992 Olympiad and a bronze as a member of the English team which finished third at the 1990 Olympiad. Best results: Winner of Wijk

Hungarian Grandmaster Best results: winner or shared first at Tenkes Kupa Open 2003 and 2005, Balaton festival GM, Davos Open and Intl Sunstar Schach 2004, Balaguer Open 2005, Metz Open 2009. A participant in the 2006 Olympiad. Peak rating: 2555 in 2005.

Russian International Arbiter, Executive Secretary of the Soviet Federation (1982-1984), Chairman of the board of Arbiters of the Russian Chess Federation. Statistician and journalist. A member of Garry Kasparov’s team during few world championship matches vs. Anatoly Karpov, he developed also a new system of rating calculation, which was used for some time by the PCA.

U.S. chess amateur born in New York. A journalist and photographer and writer. A participant with the British Virgin Islands in 17 Olympiads (1968-2008). In 1980 Hook was awarded the Gold medal on board 1 for best percentage result. The British Virgin Islands postal authority even released a stamp to commemorate the exceptional achievement. The

American chess amateur and writer born in Scotland who was inducted into the Chess Hall of Fame in 1997. He made key contributions to the development of numerical rating systems for chess players and was a key figure in developing and proving the viability of the Swiss System chess tournament pairing system. He coauthored one of

  Hungarian Grandmaster (1990). Hungarian Champion 1987, 1993 and 1993. Best results: winner at Gdynia 1982, Budapest II 1988, Andorra and Budapest Open 1989, Kecskemet 1990, Leukerbad Cannes Open and Val Thorens 1992, Honved 1996, Elekes Mem. 1997, Chambery GM, Zalakaros Open (joint) in 2004, Val Thorens Open 2006, Donau Open 2008, Aschacher Open 2008,