Iranian Grandmaster (2005) who was residing in France for several years. Iranian Champion U20 in 1998. Best results: Teheran Zonal 1997, 2nd; Fajr Open 1998, 4th; Belgian  Championship 2001, 1st ; Metz Open in 2003, 1st; Nantes Open 2003, 2nd; Southern California 2004, 1st. A participant in the 1998, 2000, 2008 and 2010 Olympiads with

Greek Woman Grandmaster (2001) and International Master (2003), coach and author born in Russia. Hungarian Women Champion in 2003, Mediterranean Women Champion in 2007. She moved to Athens in 2003. Best results: Acropolis (women) 2003, 1st; at Bykova Memorial 2004, 1st; European Women championship 2008, 2nd_ 5th; European Women championship 2010, 3rd_ 8th . A participant in

Russian Grandmaster (2008). Best results: Viking GM 2005 (RUS), 1st; Aratovsky Memorial (RUS) 2007, 1st-9th; Capelle la Grande Open 2008, 1st-8th; Moscow championship 2008, 3rd; Chigorin Memorial 2009, 1st-4th, Doeberl Cup 2011, 1st Peak rating: 2608 in 2009. He doesn’t play classical chess since 2014.    

Hungarian Grandmaster (1999), Hungarian Champion in 1969. Best results: Won or shared first at  Luxembourg 1961 and 1971, Reggio Emilia 1960/61, Polanica Zdroj 1965. Also, the second at Luxembourg Open 1971 and at Budapest 1966 and 1973. Retired from active chess since 1998. A participant in the European Team Championships in 1965, 1967 and 1970. Peak

Spanish Grandmaster (1974), Spanish Champion in 1955 and 1965, he was the second Spanish player to become Grandmaster after Arturo Pomar. Diez Del Corral was an accountant by profession and regularly wrote articles and composed studies. He could certainly have developed his talents if he could have given more time to the game of chess.

Norwegian Grandmaster (1996) and International Master in Correspondence Chess. Graduated in Computer Science from Olso University. Co-Norwegian Champion 2000. Norwegian Junior Champion 1985. He is working as a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft Development Center. Best results: Won Gausdal Masters 1994, 1995 and 1996. Also he got mentions at Politiken Cup 1997, 4th; Golden Cleopatra 1999,

Iranian International Master (2016), Women Grandmaster (2016) and chess journalist living in Spain. She won the Asian Youth Championship three times (2012-4) . Peak rating: 2405 in 2016

Andorran Grandmaster (2004) born in Spain. FIDE Trainer. Spanish Champion in 2003. Andorran Champion in 2000, 2001, 2007, 2012, 2014 and 2015. Spanish Champion U16 in 1986, 1987 and 1988. The best player of Andorra since 2000. Best results: Catalonia championship 1992, 1st; Quadrangular Andblanc 2004, 2nd. In 2003, he lost a blitz match to

Russian International Arbiter (1999), FIDE officer and chess official in the USSR and Russia, he is seen as someone with a profound knowledge of the Soviet chess era. Since many years, he is the organiser of the Aeroflot Open in Moscow and was the main arbiter in Linares and Dortmund chess tournaments.

Bosnian Women FIDE Master living in Germany. Graduated in Economics. Bosnian Women Champion in 1991. She is the co-founder and associate of Munich Chess Academy (www.mucschach.de) and Chairwoman of Münchner Schachstiftung (www.schachstiftung-muenchen.de). Winner of Nuremberg Rapid Open in 1993. A participant in 12 Women Olympiads and in 3 European Women Team championships. Peak rating: 2144