German Grandmaster (1996). World U20 Champion in 1995. Best results: German Championship 1995, 1st-5th; Lippstadt GM 1997, 2nd; German Championship 1999, 3rd; Lautersdorf Open 2000, 1st; Dresden 2004, 1st; Capablanca Memorial Premier 2004, 1st. A participant in the 1997 World Championship. Best ELO: 2575 in 1998.

Polish Honourary Grandmaster (1987) and Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (1996). Polish Champion in 1946, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1960 A participant in seven Olympiads between 1952 and 1966. He was awarded a silver medal for the second best individual results in 1952. Among his best results, he won Katowice 1949, second at Sofia in 1957

Russia Grandmaster (2008). World U10 Champion in 2003 and World U14 Champion in 2007. Tied first at the World U20 in 2010. European U12 Champion in 2004 and 2005, European U14 Champion in 2007. Russian U20 Champion in 2008. Coached by Andrey Zontakh and Yury Yakovich. Best Results: Femida Kharkiv 2007, 1st; Russian Cup 2009,

German Grandmaster (2008). Best results: Gausdal IM 2005, 2nd; Bad Worishofen Open 2005, 1-2nd;Solingen Open 2006, 1-1st; Lausanne YM Open 2009, 1nd; Swiss Open championship 2011, 3-10th; Vila Agimes (ESP) 2011, 1st; Bad Worishofen 2011, 3-5th Best ELO: 2490 in 2008.      

US Grandmaster (1995) born in Belarus. M.B.A. in computer science specialising in finance from the University of Texas at Dallas. He has been living in the US since 1999. US Champion in 2008. European U20 Champion in 1995, Belarus Champion in 1994 and vice champion in 1998, Belarus Champion U18 in 1991. Won or shared

Swedish Grandmaster (2004). Swedish Champion 2009 and 2010. Nordic Champion 2007. Vice Champion of Sweden 2001, 2006 and 2008. Best results: World Championship U12 in 1993, 4th; Sweden U18 championship 1995 and 1997, 2nd; European U16 1996, 2nd; Hotel Agro IM 1999, 1st; Bermuda B 2002, 2nd ; Hamburg International 2002, 2nd; Gausdal Classic GM

Ukranian Grandmaster (1990). USSR U20 vice champion in 1984. Won or shared first in Lvov 1986, Budapest Open 1989, Sibernik 1989, Capablanca Memorial II (CUB) 1990, Hear of Finland-Jyväskylä 1992, Cattolica Open 1993, Groningen Open 1994, Paris Open in 2000, Zurich 2003 and Agios Kirikos (GRE) 2007. Best ELO: 2570 in 1994.

Russian Grandmaster (1992), former coach of Sergey Rublevsky and Alisa Galliamova; also Maxim Sorokin, Mikhail Ulybin, Alexander Volzhin, Svetlana Prudnikova, Sergey Volkov, Kateryna Lahno and the Russian team in the Soviet Youth Team Championship. Won or shared first at Volgograd – champion of the USSR among students in 1986, Champion of Russia U20 in 1987,

Austrian Grandmaster (2005) born in Georgia. He has studied economics in Vienna. Won or shared first at Graz Open 2005 and 2006, Capelle la Grande Open 2005, Oberwart 2006, Wattens Open 2008, Donau Open 2009. A Participant in the 2010 Olympiad. Former coach of the women German team and coach of the Austrian team. Best

Russian Grandmaster (1998). European U20 Champion in 1996, Russian Champion U20 in 1996. Best results: Russian Championship U20 1995, 4th; Naizhnij Tagil 1998, 1st; Subotica 2000, 2nd; Oberwart 2000 and 2003, 1st; Spit 2003, 1-2nd; Biel MTO 2004, 1-4th. A member of the Russian II team at the 1998 Olympiad. Shariyazdanov has played very little