Swedish Grandmaster born in Spain (1979). Spanish Champion in 1969, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1982 and 1989. Coach. After a dispute with the Spanish Chess Federation in 2018, he decided to play for Sweden. Best results: Won or shared first in Lanzarote 1975, Torremolinos  1978, Alicante 1979, Barcelona 1981, Benidorm 1982, Medina del Campo 1983, Bern

Hungarian Grandmaster (2001). Hungarian Champion in 2002. World Vice-Champion U18 in 1994. Best results: Zagreb 1997, 1st; European U16 1992 and U18 1994, 2nd-4th; Oberwart Open 2000, 2nd Hotel Irotkko GM 2000, 1st; Kladovo 2001, 1st; Hungarian Championship 2003, 2nd-3rd; Bad Wörishofen 2004, 3rd; Los Angeles Metropolitan Open 2011, 2nd-7th. A participant in the 2004

Scottish Grandmaster (1999). Vice European U18 Champion in 1995 and U20 in 1997. British Champion in 2004, 2005 and 2006. Scottish Champion in 1999, 2001 and 2004. Graduated of Oxford University in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. Best results: won or shared first in Newcastle Masters 1995, Danish Junior Open 1996, Canadian Open 2000, World Open

Argentine Grandmaster (1960). Six times Argentine Champion, in 1941, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1961 and 1972. Best results in the international tournaments: Mar del Plata 1949, 1st; Mar del Plata 1952 and 1964, 1st -2nd; Rio de Janeiro and Barcelona 1952, 1-2nd Tarragona 1952, 1-2nd Portoroz 1958, 1st Montevideo 1961, Zonal championship 1963, 1st; Treliu 1972, 1st-2nd.

Cuban Grandmaster (2008). Vice champion of Cuba in 2004. Best results: Guillermo Garcia Memorial (CUB) 1998, 1-3rd; Capablanca Memorial II 1999, 1st; Bagnoles Open 2000, 1st; Copa Micons (CUB) 2002, 1st; Capablanca Memorial 2003, 3-4th; Pontevedra Open 2003, 1st; Abacete Open 2006, 2-4th; Malaga Open 2008, 1-7th. Peak rating: 2521 in 2009.

Cuban Grandmaster (1977). Cuban Champion in 1984, 1988 and co-champion in 1997. Best results: Vrnjacka Banja 1977, 1st; Cienfuegos 1975, 1st-3rd; 1984, 1st-2nd; Havana 1979, 1st; Prague 1980, 2nd; Bayamo and Marsilio 1981, 1st; Bayamo 1982 and 1987, 1st; Caracas 1985, 1st-2nd; Panchevo 1987, 1st; Badalona 1985 and Medina-del-Campo 1986 1st; San Paolo 2005, 1st-2nd.

Spanish Grandmaster (1987). Spanish Champion in 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981 and 1991. Spanish Youth Champion in 1978. Best results: first or shared first in Havana II 1983, Torremolinos 1983, Salamanca 1987 and 1989, Las Palmas 1987, San Fernando 2004, Almeria 2007. Also 2nd in Albacete 2005 and Burgas 2008. A participant in the Olympiads from 1978

The second World Champion, Ukrainian Women’s Grandmaster (1976), International Master (1950), Honoured Sports Master. USSR Women’s Champion in 1952. Rudenko began to play chess at the age of 10. In 1928 she won the Moscow Women’s championship and later the Leningrad Women’s championship three times. In the 1949-50 Moscow Women World Championship, she took the first

Russian International Master and Woman Grandmaster. European U16 vice champion 2001; Russian U18 Champion in 2003 and Russia U20 vice champion in 2005. Best results: Karelian Autumn 2008, 1st; Moscow World Chess Tour 2009, 3-5th; Pushino Autumn 2001, 1st; Russian Championship HL 2017, 1st  A Member of the national team which won the gold at the European

Russian Grandmaster (1961). Chess theorist, author of a row of new continuation in the Spanish Opening, Indian Defence, English Opening and other openings. Chess Journalist. Editor of the chess column of the newspaper Vechernaya Moskva. World Senior Champion in 2005. Six times was the champion of Moscow: in 1955, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1972 and 1978.