Menegasque-French Grandmaster (2002) and journalist who is living in Geneva. Fontaine was the French U10 Champion in 1988 and joint in 1990, U13 and U14 Champion in 1993 and 1994, U16 Champion in 1996 and U20 Champion in 1997 and 2000. He also won a bronze medal at the 2006 French Championship. Best results: Enghien GM

Paraguayan Grandmaster (1991) and coach.  Franco Ocampos won the gold medal for the best performance at board one at the 1982 Olympiad, was the Pan American Champion in 1981 and Spanish co-champion in 1999. Best results: winner or shared first at San Pedro de Jujuy 1981, Vrjaka, Banja 1983, Asuncion 1984, Vienna 1983, Lichtenstein Open

Hungarian Master, he has also been known as Leo Forgacs. Fleischmann had some successes in the first decade of the twentieth century but seemed to abandon play with the advent of the First World War.  He always played in tournaments under the name of Fleischmann.  He was quite active from 1905-1913 and his first success

Russian Grandmaster (1994) and coach. Best results: winner or shared first at Budapest 1990, Alushta Open 1993, Shangli International 2000 and Chigorin Memorial 2002, Ram Prasad Gautam Memorial in Nepal 2012. A participant in the 1997 World Championship. Peak rating: 2594 in 2000.

Swiss International Master (1950). Painter and writer. Grob was Champion of Switzerland in 1939 and 1951. A participant at the Olympiads of 1927, 1935 and 1952. Best results: Barcelona 1935, 1st; Ostende 1936, 2nd, Ostende 1937, 1-3rd; Hastings 1947/48, 2-4th. He played also several matches: He lost to Salomon Flohr (1½-4½) in 1933, beat Jacques

German journalist and co-founder of ChessBase in 1985, he studied Philosophy and Linguistics at the University of Hamburg and in Oxford, graduating with a thesis on speech act theory and moral language.  From 1983 to 2004 Friedel edited the computer chess magazine Computerschach &Spiele and he is also the editor of chess news at Chessbase.com.

Russian chess composer and International Master for Chess Composition (1980). The chairman of the Commission of Chess Compositions of Russian Federation between 1976-1984 and an engineer by profession. Feoktistov was a member of the USSR and Russian teams which won three times the World Team Championship, he was also a prize winner at the World

German chess composer, an International Master for chess composition (1967) and an International Judge for Chess Composition (1964). He was specialized in the sphere of retro analysis and he published around 1250 problems. He was also the author of several books, includingRund um das Schachbrett (1947), Fairy Chess Review (1956-58), Kurioses Schach (1960), Schach ohne Grenzen

Hungarian International Master (1950), International Arbiter 1951, author and problemist. Florian was the general secretary of the Hungarian Chess Union from 1961 until 1984, the chief arbiter at the 1969 Women Olympiad and chief editor of Magyar Sakkélet from 1983 until 1984. At the age of fifteen, Florian published his first chess problems and in 1945

American Grandmaster (2008) and a professional coach. Best results: EBCC Open (US) 2005, 1st; National Open 2008, 1-4th; Chicago Open 2008, 1-3rd; U.S. championship 2008, 4-5th and the Pan-American championship 2008, 2nd; Edmonton International 2009, 1-2nd; American Open 2011, 2nd; US Open 2013, 1-3rd; and Chicago Open 2013 1st, Manchester Mars GM 2016, 1st; North American Open 2016,