Nigel David Short is an English chess grandmaster, columnist, coach, commentator and, since October 2018, Vice-President of FIDE. Short earned the Grandmaster title at the age of 19, and was ranked third in the world by FIDE from January 1988 to July 1989. In 1993 he became the first English player to play a World Chess Championship match, when he qualified to play Garry Kasparov in the World Chess Championship 1993 in London, where Kasparov won 12½ to 7½.
Zdenko Kožul is a Croatian chess player. He holds the title of Grandmaster and was the 2006 European champion.
Lara Stock is a Croatian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She won the World Youth Chess Championship in the girls under-10 section in 2002 and the European Youth Chess Championship in the girls under-12 division in 2004. Stock played for Croatia in the Women's Chess Olympiad of 2006.
Ildikó Mádl is a Hungarian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).
Božidar Ivanović is a chess Grandmaster who now represents Montenegro, a politician, and a chess official. He has served as Minister of Sport and Tourism in Montenegro. He won the Yugoslav Chess Championship three times, in 1973, 1981, and 1983 (shared). He also won the championship of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1996. His FIDE rating is 2444 as of January 2008.
Mladen Palac is a Croatian chess player. He holds the title of Grandmaster, which FIDE awarded him in 1993.
Robert Kuczyński is a Polish chess player who won the Polish Chess Championship in 1987. FIDE Grandmaster (1993).
Jacek Gdański is a Polish chess player who won the Polish Chess Championship in 1992. FIDE Grandmaster (1997).
Gordana Marković, née Jovanović, also Gordana Jovanović-Marković, is a Serbian and Yugoslav chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master. She is a two-time winner of the Yugoslav Women's Chess Championship.
Jörg Hickl is a German chess grandmaster. He was German Chess Champion in 1998.
Eliška Richtrová, née Klímová, also Richtrová-Klímová, is a Czech chess player who hold the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (1982). She was a five-time winner of the Czechoslovak Women's Chess Championship.
Slavoljub Marjanović is a Serbian chess Grandmaster (GM) (1978), Yugoslav Chess Championship winner (1985), Chess Olympiad team bronze medal winner (1980), FIDE Senior Trainer (2004).
Emir Dizdarević, is a Bosnian chess Grandmaster (GM) (1988) who was representing Croatia from 2006 to 2008, two-times Bosnia and Herzegovina Chess Championship winner and a Chess Olympiad team silver medalist (1994).
József Horváth is a Hungarian Grandmaster (GM) (1990), Hungarian Chess Championship medalist (1992), World Team Chess Championship individual bronze medalist (1989), FIDE International Arbiter (1998), FIDE Senior Trainer (2011).
Devaki V. Prasad is an Indian chess International Master (IM) (1986), two-times Indian Chess Championship winner, Commonwealth Chess Championship winner (1986), Asian Team Chess Championships medalist, FIDE Trainer (2019). In 1987, he was awarded the Arjuna Award by the Government of India in lieu of his chess achievements.
Amador Rodríguez Céspedes is a Cuban chess Grandmaster (GM) (1977) who represented Spain since 2002.
Dragan Barlov is a Serbian chess player who holds the titles of Grandmaster (GM) (1986), Yugoslav Chess Championship winner (1986), European Team Chess Championship team silver medal winner (1989).
Goran Cabrilo is a Serbian chess player who holds the titles of Grandmaster (GM) (1995).
Igor Štohl is a Slovak chess player who holds the titles of Grandmaster (GM) (1992), Slovak Chess Championship winner (1984).
Gad Rechlis is a Moldova born Israeli chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster (GM) (1992).
