Jørgen Bent Larsen was a Danish chess grandmaster and author. Known for his imaginative and unorthodox style of play, he was the second-strongest non-Soviet player, behind only Bobby Fischer, for much of the 1960s and 1970s. He is considered to be the strongest player born in Denmark and the strongest from Scandinavia until the emergence of Magnus Carlsen.
Efim Bogoljubow, also known as Efim Dimitrijewitsch Bogoljubow, was a Russian-born German chess grandmaster.
Wolfgang Unzicker was one of the strongest German chess Grandmasters from 1945 to about 1970. He decided against making chess his profession, choosing law instead. Unzicker was at times the world's strongest amateur chess player, and World Champion Anatoly Karpov called him the "world champion of amateurs".
Henrique Costa Mecking, also known as Mequinho, is a Brazilian chess grandmaster who reached his zenith in the 1970s and is still one of the strongest players in Brazil. He was a chess prodigy, drawing comparisons to Bobby Fischer, although he did not achieve the International Grandmaster title until 1972. He won the Interzonals of Petropolis 1973 and Manila 1976. His highest FIDE rating is 2635, achieved in 1977, when he was ranked number four in the world. He became the third-best player in the world in 1977, behind only World Champion Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi.
Klaus Junge was one of the youngest Chilean-German chess masters. In several tournaments during the 1940s he held his own among the world's leading players. An officer in the Wehrmacht, he died during the Battle of Welle shortly before the end of World War II.
Paul Felix Schmidt was an Estonian and German chess player, writer and chemist.
Ivan Radulov is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster.
Lothar Maximilian Lorenz Schmid was a German chess grandmaster. He was born in Radebeul in Saxony into a family who were the co-owners of the Karl May Press, which published the German Karl May adventure novels.
Victor Ciocâltea was a Romanian chess player. He was awarded the International Master title in 1957 and the International Grandmaster title in 1978. Among his notable games is the one at the 15th Chess Olympiad, held in Varna in 1962, where he defeated Bobby Fischer.
Klaus Viktor Darga is a German chess grandmaster.
Herbert Heinicke was a German chess master.
Edvīns Ķeņģis is a Latvian chess Grandmaster.
Michael Francis Stean is an English chess grandmaster, an author of chess books and a tax accountant.
Paul Mross was a Polish–German chess master.
Walter Niephaus was a German chess master.
Stefan Emanuel Sylvester Kindermann is an Austrian chess Grandmaster. He played in the 1998 FIDE World Chess Championship knockout matches, has represented Germany and Austria in eight Chess Olympiads, and is the author of several chess books.
Rasmus Svane is a Danish-German chess grandmaster living in Lübeck, Germany. He has represented Germany at the European Team Chess Championship and Chess Olympiad. He is the No. 5 ranked German player as of September 2023.
Otakar "Otto" Borik is a Czech origin German chess International Master (1982).
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