January Switzerland. The match H. Pilnik-E. Bogoljubow held in Zuerich ended with a draw – 3-3. W. Unzicker (GER) won at the 5th International Tournament of Lucerne. He scored 6 points, ahead of H. Grob (SUI) with 5 points and E. Paoli (ITA). Netherlands. The Beverwijk Tournament was won by Dr. M. Euwe (FRA) who scored

Russian International Arbiter (1997). Graduated from Sport Institute of Moscow (chess) in 1975. A member of FIDE Qualification Committee (1994-2004), ECU Board member (1998-2004), Deputy President of ECU (2003-2004), Vice-President of Russian Chess Federation (1995-2003). A member of the Organizing Committee of the Olympiads of Moscow (1994) and the Olympiads of Elista (1998), Women World

National French Master and one of the most famous artists of our time. Duchamp was the father of Dadaism and a pioneer of Surrealism.  Art and chess were his two passion in life. As the Times critic wrote in 1966: “Duchamp’s passion for chess may be thought an expression of his dislike for the trappings

January Argentina. The Major tournament of the Argentine chess federation ended with a win of M. Najdorf who scored 20,5 points out of 22, in the margin of 3 points ahead of his nearest rivals. There followed C. Guimard with 17,5 points, 3 points ahead of M. Czerniak and Luckis with 14,5. England. At Hastings this

Russian chess amateur, journalist and famous chess photographer. As a child, he became fond of chess and took lessons at the Pioneer Palace of Moscvoreck, where Vassily Smyslov used to play. A participant in the Moscow youth championships. Received the 1st category rank. Champion of the town of Zvenigorod, Moscow region (1957) where his family

Canadian Master, Professor of Mathematics (PHD at 24), historian and musician. President of CFC in 1954. Best results: In 1946 and 1952, he won the Manitoba championship. In 1959, he tied 1st-4th in the Manitoba open. He was 3rd in the Canadian Championship of 1945 and represented Canada as Captain in the Olympiads of Amsterdam 1954

Count Cozio was the author of a 2 volume chess book dated of 1766 Il Giuoco delgi Scacchi. Murray writes that Cozio’s work was the last piece of chess literature to appear in Italy before the center of European chess shifted to France and England. But in fact this book was written before those of

Scottish barrister of the Middle Temple and a leading London player of the early 19th century. His sacrificial style did not serve him well when he visited France in 1821. He lost a match to La Bourdonnais and at odds of pawn and two moves, he lost a match to Deschapelles. In 1824 he run

Dominican monk from north-west Italy who wrote the most famous and successful “chess morality’:Liber de moribus Hominum et officiis Nobilum, sometime between 1275 and 1300. The appearance of Chessolis’s name is about 30 forms has led to assertions that he was French, Spanish or Greek, but most likely he came from Chessole near Asti, Italy

Eminent historian and leading mid-nineteenth-century British amateur. Hampered from childhood by persistent ill-health, he nevertheless became a distinguished scholar who spoke seven and read twelve languages. Buckle won what was perhaps the first of all chess tournaments-the Divan tourney of 1849 defeating Elijah Williams (+2) in the second round. In match play he defeated Lionel