British chess composer IM CC (1967). He is specialized in two-movers. Editor for many years of columns in The Problemist and BCM. Published several books on chess composition, including Pick of the Best Chess Problems and Complete Mansfield – The collected chess problems of Grandmaster Comins Mansfield MBE. Vol I-III, 1996, 1997 and 1999.

  Polish Grandmaster (2003). Polish vice champion in 2000. Polish U18 champion in 1997. Best results: Krakow 2004, 1-3rd; Kowalewsko Pomorskie (POL) 2006, 1st; Chojnice Open (POL) 2006, 1st; Voivoda Cup (POL), 1st; Lippstadt 2003, 2nd; Myślibórz 2008, 2nd; Poznan Open 2010, 2nd; Gdansk Open 2011, 1-2st , Koszalin Open 2014, 1st. A participant with the Polish

Russian Grandmaster (1988). FIDE Senior Trainer (2007) and successful coach. Best results: won or shared first at Budapest 1986, Plovdiv in 1988, Wijk aan Zee II 1989, Copenhagen Open and Werfen Open 1991, Lublin 1993, Bonn GSK 1993, Muenster Open 1993. Also Aarhus Open 1991, 2nd; Yerevan Open 1988, 3rd and USSR Junior championship 1986, 8th.

French Grandmaster (2001). Coach. Runner-up at the French Championship in 1993. Youth French Champion in 1984 and 1985. Best results: winner or shared first in Val Thorens 1989, Geneva Open 1995, Montauban GM 2000, Reggio Emilia 2002-2003, Paris NAO IM 2003. Also 2nd in Cannes Martinez 1995, Ibi GM 1996, Geneva Open 1996, Bordeaux Rapid

Russian chess amateur, Vice President of FIDE (2014), President of the Russian Chess Federation (2014), businessman, Honorary Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts and an art collector. Andrey Filatov was the organizer, initiator and sponsor of the World Championship Match between V. Anand and B. Gelfand at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow 2012 and as

Ukrainian Women Grandmaster, Ukrainian U16 Champion in 2002. Also a silver medalist at the European Girls U18 in 2003. In 2009, she is married the Ukrainian GM Yuri Drozdovskij. Best results: won or shared first at Sevastopol (2000), Kharkov (2003), St. Petersburg (2005), Chisinau (2005), 5th Elisabeth Bykova Memorial 2007. A participant at the 2008 Women

One of the best known American chess authors and a good chess player. Born in the Russian Empire, he emigrated to the United States in 1920. Chernev was a candidate master, but he dropped early out of tournament play  to write about the game. He preferred chess for beauty over chess for competition. Chernev was one

Canadian Grandmaster (2006). Canadian Champion 2002 and 2004, Canadian Junior Champion in 2000 and U16 champion 1996. He graduated in Mathematics and Finance in 2006 and then took a job as a financial analyst on Wall Street. Best results: 1st Canadian Open 2002, 1st equal Chicago Winter 2006, Marshall chess championship 2008, 1st. A participant with

Chinese Grandmaster (1993), Woman Grandmaster (1990) and International Arbiter (2004). Women’s World Champion 1991-96 and 2000-01. World Junior Champion in 1988. Chinese Women’s Champion in 1988 and Youth Champion in 1984 and 1985. She was one of the most successful female chess players of our time together with the Polgar sisters, Nana Gaprindashvili, Maya Chiburdanidze

Hungarian Grandmaster (1973). International Arbiter (1992). Hungarian  Champion in 1972 and 1973. Best results: won or shared first at Amsterdam IBM II 1969, Olot in 1972, Hamburg 1974, Cleveland 1975, Olot 1975, Pula zl 1975. Hannover 1976, Berlin 1979, Corfu 1982, Politiken Cup 1983, Jarvenpaa 1985, New Delhi 1987, Silkebord 1988, Tel Aviv 1989, Siofok