A Polish chess master, player mostly known for his famous game (Immortal) vs. Rubinstein in 1907. Best results: Lodz 1907, 3rd; St. Petersburg 1909, 2nd; Hamburg 1910, 1st; Cologne 1911, 2nd-5th; Carlsbad, 4th. Rotlewi played two matches against Gersz Salwe, losing in 1909 (+5 –8 =5) and winning in 1910 (+3 –1 =6). A nervous

American Grandmaster (2017). U10 World Vice Champion in 2011. Best results: first or shared first at the National Open 2016; 26th Annual North American Open 2017;2017 U.S. Class Championships – Master; 27th Annual North American Open 2018; 12th Philadelphia Open 2018. Peak rating: 2585 in 2018.

Polish-born Grandmaster (1950) who became Belgian in 1940, a world-class player who had never had a chance to play for the world title. Moved to Belgium before World War II but was interred in a sanatorium near Brussels. The youngest of 12 children, he came from a poor, religious Jewish family, and it was expected as

Russian Grandmaster (2004) who won the silver medal at the World U16 in 2000 and was World University Champion in 2004 (shared). Second of Jakovenko and Karjakin in 2018. Best results: first or shared first at Privolzhsky 2005, Vladimir Open 2005, Voronezh Open 2006 and 2010, Izmailov’s Memorial 2008 (RUS), Gubernators Cup Ugra 2009; Memorial Izmailov

Georgian Woman Grandmaster and International Master (1999). Khurtsidze was the World Girls U20 Champion in 1993 and 1995, World Girls U16 Champion 1991, World European U20 Champion 1999 and ( times the Georgian Women Champion. Khurtsidze died of cancer. Best results: Tbilisi Women Zonal 1993, 1st; Essen Open 2004, 2nd, Georgian championship 2009 and 2010, 2nd.

Dutch Grandmaster (1980). Author and journalist for the NRC Handelsblad and columnist for Chess Cafe’s website and New in Chess. His first success was first place shared in the European Junior Championships 1964-65 and 1965-66 after he won already two titles of Dutch U20 Champion (1961-62). Ree was the Champion of Netherlands in 1967, 1969,

Russian Grandmaster (2009). Best results: Vladimir Dvorkovich Memorial 2008, 1st; Parsvnath Open (India) 2010, 2nd; Berlin 2017, 1st; TV2 Fagernes GM Open 2018, 1-2nd. He is married to WIM Elena Tomilova. Peak rating: 2603 in 2010.

Russian Grandmaster (1998). Vice champion of Russia in 2000. Best results: Moscow Open 1995, 1st; Minsk 1996, 1st; Moscow GM 1996, 1st-2nd; Moscow Ch. 1997, 1st-3rd; Swidnica 1999, 1st; Morso 2002, 1st-2nd; Russian Championship 2003, 3rd-5th; Dos Hermanas A 2003, 1st; Biel MTO 2004, 1-4th; Legnica 2005, 2nd; Murcia Open 2008, 1st. A participant in

Ukrainian Grandmaster (1976). Graduated in foreign languages. USSR Vice Champion in 1975 and third in 1981, European Junior Champion 1972-73. Member of the Soviet team which won the World Student Team Championship in 1974 and 1976. A member of the team which won the match USSR-Rest of the World in 1984. In 1977 he was

French chess player born in Poland. One of the strongest in the country in the second half of the nineteenth century. Chess theorist and teacher. Editor of the chess column of the magazine Le Monde Illustré 1885-1902. In 1863, he left Poland for France and became one of the best players in Paris. He won