A French chess master born in the Russian Empire. Engineer. One of the leading French players. Six times winner of the French Championship (1932, 1936, 1946, 1947, 1951 and 1952) and Paris Champion in 1938. A participant in four Olympiads between 1935 and 1972 (1935, 1954, 1958, 1972).

A Serbian Grandmaster. Best results: Dortmund Open 1998, 1st. Peak rating: 2488 in 2003. [Event “BCF Team Ch 9697 (4NCL)”] [Site “England”] [Date “1996.??.??”] [EventDate “?”] [Round “?”] [Result “1-0”] [White “Jonathan F Parker”] [Black “Graham K Burgess”] [ECO “E76”] [WhiteElo “2480”] [BlackElo “2280”] [PlyCount “57”] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4

Macedonian Grandmaster (1993) who lives in the USA. Macedonia Champion in 2002. Best results: won or shared first at Skopje 1991, Nice 1994, Damiano (POR) 2003, Selestat Nova Gorica and Pfaffikon SWZ 2003, Bern and Burgdorf 2004, Matinovsky Memorial 2005 and equal first at the National Open 2006, Mexican Open 2008, Copa AES Dominicana 2010.

Slovenian Grandmaster (1999) and FIDE trainer (2012)born in Croatia. Slovenian Champion 2006, 2007 and vice-champion of Slovenia in 1998 and 2003. Best results: Budapest FS 1993, 1st; Ljubljana 1997 and 2000, 2nd; Saint Veit Open 2000, 1st; Graz 2001, 2nd; Nova Gorica Open 2002, 1st; Zalaegerzeg 2004, 2nd; Neckar Open and Pula Open 2006, 1st;

Argentinean Grandmaster (1973). In 1966 at the age of 18 he became the youngest player to win the Nation’s Championship. Because of breaking a FIDE rule, Quinteros was barred from playing in FIDE events for three years, so he went to play in South Africa. Best results: Nis 1970, 1st; Sao Polo 1972, 1st; Wijk

German Grandmaster (2004) born in Ukraine who moved to Germany in 1995. Vice-champion of Germany in 2009. Best results: Young Master of Zug 1999, 1st; German Championship 2001, 4th; Third GM Tage Pulvermühle 2006, 1st-3rd; Wunsiedel Open 2007, 1st; Wunsiedel Meisterturnier 2008, 1st; Max Gutmann Memorial 2011, 3rd; Arber Open 2017, 1st-5rd. A participant in

Russian Grandmaster (1997). Studied medicine. Graduated from the business school of Duke University (USA). Coach. Won or shared first in St. Petersburg Open 1998, Havana-Capablanca 2000, Bergen 2000, Lausanne Open 2000, Dakha 200. Coach of the Russian Women’s national team since 1998-2002. Best ELO: 2569 in 1999. Alexander retired from chess in 2002 and works in

Strong Israeli player and coach who participated in the 1970 Olympiad and four Student Olympiads (1966-1971). Winner of the World Student Blitz championship in 1968 and three times Israeli Blitz champion. Honorary FIDE Vice President 2006-2010, FIDE Vice President 2010-2018. Author of Positional Chess Handbook which was translated in five languages. Former coach of Yakov Murey,

Georgian Grandmaster (2005). World Champion U16 in 2002. Champion of Georgia in 2008. Best results: European U18 championship 2004, 4th; Tigran Petrosian Memorial (GEO) 2004, 2nd; World U20 championship 2006, 4th; Istanbul Festival 2006, 1st; Dubai Open 2007, 1st; Maia Chiburdanidze Cup 2007, 2nd; Georgian championship 2009, 4th; Nana Aleksandria Cup (GEO) 2010 and 2017,

Russian Grandmaster (2001). Coach. European Champion in 2011. Best results: Linares Open 2001; Kiev 2001, 1st-3nd; Russian championship, 2001, 3rd-5th; Misr (IRI) 2004, 2nd; Czech Open 2005, 2nd; Abu Dhabi Open 2006, 3rd; Rodhe Open 2007, 1st-3nd; Rodhe Open 2009, 1st-3rd; Russian championship 2010, 7th-8th. A Participant in the 2011 World Cup. Former second to