U.S. Grandmaster (1978) born in Greece who played chess in Canada winning two national titles in 1972 and 1975 then moved to the USA. He was the owner of a firm that develops software for the investment industry. In the 1978 Olympiad, he was awarded a silver medal for the second best individual performance at board

  January Australia: The strongest ever tournament in the country was held in Melbourne. The Olympic tourney also counting as the 24th Australian championship was won by O. Sarapu (NZL) 11 ahead of K. Ozols (AUS), F. Lazare (AUS) and F. Campomanes (PHI). England: At the traditional 42nd Hastings Chess Festival, S. Gligoric (YUG) and B. Larsen

French player born in Vietnam. Correspondence player and International Arbiter. French national champion in 1945, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1959 and 1967. He has also won 6 times the championship of  Paris. A participant in seven Olympiads between 1956 and 1968. He was playing until he was 95 years old with a rating over than 2200

January Argentina: The former German Master H. Reinhardt won the memorial Caranza at Buenos Aires. The top GM M. Najdorf achieved another success at the national championship with 16-3 and only one loss to Wexler. Rossetto 14,5 was second and E. Eliakases third with 13,5. Belgium: The strong club of Belgrade Zeleznizar visited the Brussels CC

Russian Grandmaster. Kobalia was European U16 Champion in 1994 and European U18 Champion in 1996. Best results: Oberwart 1997, 1st; Moscow Cup 1999 1st; Russian Championship 1999, 3rd; Biel Master Open 2001, 1st; Chigorin Memorial 2001, 1st; Rector Cup (UKR) 2002, 1st; Biel MTO 2005, 1st; Isle of Man 2007, 1-6th; European Individual championship 2009,

German Grandmaster (1990). German Champion in 2013 and 2015. 11 times German Rapid Chess Champion and  silver medallist at the 2009 German championship. Best results: Winner at Budapest 1985, at Lugano (joint) in 1988, Kecskemet 1988, Arosa 1996, Recklinghausen 1996 and 1997, Boblingen 1997, St. Ingbert 1998, Recklinghausen 1999, Hastings II 1999, Golombek Memorial (joint)

Czech Grandmaster (1993). Graduated in Law (1994). Czech  Champion in 1988, 1990, 1997 and 2000. Vice World Junior Champion in 1985 and twice national Junior Champion. Best results: Won or shared first at Alteinsteig Open 1989, Kecskemet 1991, New York Open 1995, Brno 1992 and 1993, Andorra 1993, US national Open 1997 and 2000, World

Macedonian Grandmaster (1993). National Champion in 1993 and 2009 and 2nd in 2005. Best results: Bytom 1988, 1st; Bjeljina Dvorovi 2002, 1st; Star Dorjan 1996, 2nd. A participant in the Olympiads since 1994. Peak rating: 2515 in 1993.

Greek Woman Grandmaster and International Master. Six times Greek Women Champion. Silver medalist at the World U20 in 1991 and bronze medal in 1990. She was the best Greek chess women for more than decade. Best results: Acropolis Women 2004, 3rd. A participant in the 1991 and 1993 Interzonal (9th) and in the Women Olympiads

English printer who translated the master piece of Cessolis (Chess Morality renamed Game of Play of Chess) into English. The book, dated of 1474 and printed in Bruges,  is one of the first books in English. Leaf from the Game and Play of the Chess, with half-page woodcut of a king enthroned, a sceptre in