Samvel Ter-Sahakyan is a Armenia chess Grandmaster (2009) born in Vanadzor, Armenia. World U18 Chess Champion (2011). European Youth Chess Champion – Under 10 (2003). European Youth Chess Champion – Under 18 (2009). Best results: World U18 championship 2008, 4th on tiebreak; Armenian Chess Championship 2011, 2nd; Armenian Chess Championship 2012, 3rd; Students section of

Marcin Tazbir is a Polish chess Grandmaster (2013) born in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland. Polish Junior Chess Championship winner: 1998 (U10), 2004 (U16), 2006 (U18). World Chess Champion for Disabled (2017). Best results: Miguel Najdorf memorial 2006 in Grodzisk Mazowiecki, 1st; International chess tournament in Karviná 2008 and 2010, 1st; 15th IBCA Chess Olympiad for Blind

Tari Aryan is a Norwegian chess Grandmaster (2016) born in Lien, Norway. Norwegian Chess Champion (2015). World Junior Chess Champion (2017). Best results: Junior section of the Norwegian Chess Championship 2012, 1st; Norwegian Chess Champion 2014, 2nd; European Individual Chess Championship 2016, 22nd (qualified to the Chess World Cup 2017); World Junior under 20 Championship

Chinese Grandmaster (2017) and Woman Grandmaster (2009) born in Chongqing, China. Women’s World Chess Champion (2017–2018).  Women`s World University Chess Champion (Summer Universiade in Shenzen 2011 and Guimarães 2012). World Youth U12 Girls Chess Championship in Heraklion (2012). World Youth U10 Girls Chess Championship (2000 and 2001). Best results: 3rd China Women Masters Tournament 2013 in Wuxi, 1st; Asian Women`s Blitz Championship 2014 in Sharjah, 1st; Chinese Women’s Chess Championship 2015 in Xinghua, 1st; 5th

A Latvian-American chess master and mathematics professor. He was awarded an Honorary Grandmaster title in 2003. In 1951, he emigrated to the United States, where he became a mathematics professor. A winner of a few US states championships.

Russian Grandmaster (2013) born in Germany. European U10 vice-champion in 2007. Russian U20 Champion in 2014. Best results: Trieste Open 2012, 1st;  Russian Higher League 2016 and 2018, 1st.; European Individual 2019, 3-10th. Peak rating: 2626 in 2016.

American Grandmaster (2013) at the age of 13 years 10 months and 27 days. American Continental Chess Champion in 2017. He was the youngest ever US International Master (12 years 10 months 15 days) and the youngest ever  Grandmaster in US History beating the previous record by more than a year. World U12 Champion in 2012

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January Armenia. Samvel Ter-Sahakyan triumped at the 80th Armenian Championship with half a point clear (6/9) ahead of Haik M. Martirosyan and Robert Hovhannisyan (5.5/9). Austria. The 3rd Schilcherland Open in Deutschlandsberg was won by Gergely Antal, who became the champion on tie-break edged out Toms Kantans. They finished on 7/9 points. Brazil. At the

January Armenia. Arman Pashikian scored 6.5/9 and took a clear first at the 79th ch-ARM Highest League in Yerevan. Austria. The 2nd Schilcherland Open in Deutschlandsberg was won by Zdenko Kozul, who collected 7/9 points. Brazil. Alexandr Fier won the 5th Floripa Open in Florianopolis on tie-break ahead of  the Peruvian GM, Julio Granda Zuniga. Both of them scored 9/10. China. At the