Ukrainian Grandmaster (2000), graduated in Law. Vice champion of Ukraine in 2011, vice Ukrainian U18 champion in 2000. He is the top rated player in Ukraine since 2010. Best results: won or shared first at Polanica Zdroj 2000, Amsterdam 2005, Biel Open 2004 and Montreal Empresa in 2006, Wijk aan Zee II in 2007, Bosna

Austrian player of Grandmaster strength who was active during the 1880’s. That time he was considered to be about eight in the world. Best results: winner or shared first at Vienna championship in 1875, the German Championship at Leipzig in 1879, Wiesbaden 1880 and Vienna in 1896 Also equal 2nd with Joseph Blackburne, James Mason,

Egyptian Grandmaster (2008). AIDEF Champion 2014, African Champion 2003, Vice Champion of Africa in 2007 and 2011, Arab Champion 2009, Egyptian Champion in 2002. Best results: Tanta Zonal 1996, Arab championship 2007, 2nd; Alushta Summer 2008, 1st. A member of the team which won the African Team championship in 2003 and 2007 and a participant

German Grandmaster (1997). German Champion in 1994. Best results: Dresdner Post 1982, 1st and 2nd in 1984, Budapest Elekes 1995, 2nd; Budapest FS 1995, 1st; Passau 1998, 1st; North West Cup 2001, 1st; Erfurt Open, 1st. Peak rating: 2535 in 1997.

Ukrainian Grandmaster (2002). Ukrainian Champion 2006. World U14 Champion in 1999. Vice Ukrainian Champion in 2003, 2005 and 2015. Bronze medallist at the World U14 in 1998. Best results: won or shared first at Governor’s CUP (UKR) 2001, Stork YM 2001, Pyramiden Franken Cup (EGY) 2002, Hastings Challenger 2004, Montreal International 2004, Gibraltar Open 2005, 1-6th

Soviet International Master and Correspondence Grandmaster (1966), a lawyer, and a paratrooper. In over-the-board play his achievements were modest, he never qualified for the USSR Championship, but Estrin excelled in postal games, coming third after Horst Rittner and Vladimir Zagorovsky in the 6th World Correspondence Championship (1968-71) and winning the title in the 7th World

U.S. Grandmaster (1957), author and journalist who was a leading American player in the 1950s and 60s. He won or shared 5 titles of US Champions. Best results: winner or shared first at the US Open in 1951, 1952,  1954, and in 1955,  the Canadian Open Chess Championship in 1956 at Kingston, Ontario in 1966 and

President of the United States Chess Federation from 1963 to 1966, Executive Director of the USCF from 1966 to 1977 and FIDE Arbiter. He served as an officer, reaching the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, with the United States Air Force. A member of the FIDE Bureau from 1970 to 1977. The Edmondson trophy goes to

Hungarian-born US physicist and statistician who, in the early 1960’s, developed a mathematically sound and universally accepted (1970) rating system for chess players. Elo was a professor of physics at Marquette University in Milwaukee and was a good chess amateur many times Wisconsin State chess champion from 1935 to 1961. He spent 20 years developing,

Ukrainian Grandmaster (1986). FIDE Senior Trainer in 2007. Best results:  equal first at Bor 1985 and Moscow 1986; equal first at Capelle la Grande in 1986; equal third (+5=11-1) in the USSR championship 1987, equal fifth  in 1988, equal second in 1989; equal fourth at Tallin 1989; first at Berlin, Pamplona 1990; Metz and Berlin