Ukrainian Grandmaster (1997). World Champion 2001-2004. Ukrainian Champion 2011. At the age of 10, he won the World U12 Championship, and at the age of 12, won the European U18 Championship. At age 13, he won the World U18 Championship, and the following year he was awarded the Grandmaster title, setting a new record for

Georgian International Master and Woman Grandmaster. U10 (Girls) World Champion in 2004, U12 (Girls) World Champion in 2005, U18 (Girls) World Champion in 2011. U10 (Girls) European Champion in 2004, U12 (Girls) European Champion in 2005 and U10 (Girls) European Champion in 2008. Best results: European Individual Women’s Championship in 2013, 4th; Moscow Open G 1st. Arabidze was a member of

Serbian Grandmaster (1993). Serbian Champion 2002. Best results: Lugano 1985, 10th; and 1987, 7th; Copenhagen 1987, 2nd; Belgrade Open 1989, 2nd; Copenhagen K41 1990, 1st; Belgrade GM 1991, 1st; Pogdorica 1993, 3rd; Barbera Open 1993, 3rd; Terassa 1995, 1st; Halkida Open 1997, 2nd; Agios Nikolaos 1997, 1st; Biel MTO 1998, 1st; Vrsac Open 2000, 1st;

Serbian Grandmaster (2007) who was living in Spain. In 2016 he died of severe vascular complications resulting in abdominal aortic aneurism. Best results: Ferrol Open 2002, 1st; Magistral de Elgoibar 2007, 2nd; Figueira da Foz 2007, 3rd; World Open León 2008, 1-8th; Malaga Open 2009, 1st; La Roda Albacete 2010, 3-6th. Peak rating: 2559 in 2010.

Ukrainian International Master (1972). The coach of Anatoly Karpov for many years and the author of few books with Karpov on the Caro Kann defense. Peak rating: 2530 in 1971.

Slovenian Grandmaster (1972). Slovenia Champion in 1968 and 1971. His first success was at Vidmar Memorial in 1969 followed by Varna in 1970 and Cicak in 1973. Also notable results at Skopje 1971, 2nd; Wijk aan Zee 1974, 3rd; Amsterdam IBM 1973, 1st-2nd; Stip 1978, 2nd-3rd. A participant in the 1974 Olympiad where he collected

Argentine Grandmaster (1952). Pilnik was born in Germany, and around 1930 he settled in Argentina. Argentine Champion in 1942, 1945 and 1958. He first drew attention when he came in third  (behind Alekhine and Najdorf) in a speed tournament in Buenos Aires in 1939. He was equal second at Mar del Plata 1942, equal first

Indian Grandmaster (2017) and chess prodigy who became a Grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 9 months and 3 days. Winner of the U10 Commonwealth Championship in 2010 and 2011. Best results: Indina U11 championship 2011, 2nd; Dato Tan Open 2016, 3-10th, Abu Dhabi Master 3-9th; He was a member of the world youth team which beat the US

Austrian Women’s Grandmaster born in Slovakia. Silver medalist at the World Girls U12 in 1994. Bronze medalist at the World Girls U10 in 1992, at the World Girls U14 in 1997 and European Girls U10 Champion in 1992 and U20 Champion in 1999. Many times Slovakian Youth Champion. She moved to Austria in 2015. Best

Russian Grandmaster (2017). Best results: Moscow Championship 2013, 1st; Moscow Open 2016, 1-2nd; Master Open Alekhine Memorial 2016, 1-2nd; Moscow Open 2017, 1-2nd; Moscow Championship 2017, 1st; National Las Vegas Open, 1-3rd. Peak rating: 2645 in 2018.