Hungarian Grandmaster (1974). Coach. Hungarian Champion in 1976 and vice-champion in 1974 and shared first in 1977. European Junior in 1972 and Hungarian Junior Champion in 1970. Starting at the end of the 1970s, Sax took part in the World Championship cycles: 7th-9th place in the Interzonal Tournament at Rio de Janeiro 1979; 8th-9th at

Hungarian Grandmaster (2008) born in Sweden who is living in the USA. Best results: Budapest FS 09 1998, 1st; Budapest FS11 2005, 1st; 1st in Los Llanos de Aridane 2007, 1st 2007; Rilton Cup 2008-2009, 2nd; ZMDI Schachfestival Dresden 2011, 1-7th; the 2014 Millionaire Chess Open in Las Vegas, 1-5th. Budapest FS GM 2016, 1st, BSSZ Aranytiz

Brazilian Grandmaster (1988). Ibero-American Champion in 2010, Champion of Brazil in 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989 and 1995. Champion of Brazil U14 in 1977 and 1980 and Champion of Brazil U20 in 1981 and 1982. Gold medal for the best individual score at board 1 of the Panamerican Team Championship in 2000. Best results: Won or

American chess player, he was the U.S. Chess Champion from 1909–1936, and was one of the world’s strongest chess players in the early part of the 20th century. Marshall starts to learn chess at ten then in 1894, living in Canada, he became the champion of the Montreal Chess Club. Returning to the USA in 1899

Czech Grandmaster (1984). Czech Champion in 1995. Best results: Reggio Emilia 1984, 1stst; Copenhagen 1985, 1st; Malmoe 1986, 1st; Vienna 1988, 1st; Trnava 1988, 1st; Gausdal 1989, 1st; and Tuzia 1990, 1st. He played on 1984 (board 5) and 1986 (board 4) Czech Olympiad teams. For several years he has been running a successful bookshop

Belgian Grandmaster (2014), Belgian Champion in 2004 and 2011. Best results: InventiChess 2010, 2nd. A participant in the 2010 and 2014 Olympiad. Peak rating: 2563 in 2015.

French Grandmaster (2002). Youth French Champion in 1996. Best results: Montauban 2000, 1st-3rd; NOA Masters 2002, 1st; Every Maters 2002, 2nd-4th; Lausanne IM 2003, 2nd; Corus Group C 2006, 2nd; Munich Open 2007, 1st. Coached by Iosif Dorfman. Peak rating: 2514 in 2007.

Italian International Grandmaster (honoris causa in 1985) and journalist. Italian Champion in 1929, 1934 and 1939. He became a national Master in 1924. Best results: Budapest 1926, 1st-2nd; Barcelona 1929, 4th-5th; Milan 1938, 1st-2nd; Venice 1947, 4th. A participant in the Olympiads in 1927, 1928, 1931, 1933 and 1935. Monticelli was a foreign correspondent for

Indian Grandmaster (2016) living in the US. A student in Masters in Management and Leadership at Webster University. A winner of 11 International Medals for India in age category championships. Best results: winner or shared first at Mid American Open 2012 and 2013, Chicago Open 2014, New York International 2016 and Continental Open 2017. Peak rating:

A daughter of a Czech father and an English mother born in Moscow, and played for England. A citizen of Russia for her first World Championship, a citizen of Czechoslovakia until her marriage in 1937 with Rufus Henry Streatfeild Stevenson, former Secretary of the British Chess Federation, and then listed as a representative of England.