Donald Byrne was an American university professor and chess player. He held the title International Master, and competed for his country in the Chess Olympiad on several occasions.
Gisela Kahn Gresser was an American chess player. She dominated women's chess in the United States, winning the U.S. Women's Chess Championship nine times from 1944 to 1969.
Julio Bolbochán was the Argentine chess champion in 1946 and 1948.
Murray Graham Chandler is a New Zealand chess grandmaster. In the 1980s, he gained British citizenship and represented England at six Chess Olympiads. He has since returned to New Zealand. Chandler is also known as a chess writer, chess publishing executive and occasional organiser of chess tournaments.
Kamran Shirazi is an International Master of chess, who won the Iranian Chess Championship in 1972. Born in Tehran, he has represented Iran, the United States, and France. He moved to the United States in the late 1970s and quickly became one of the most active players in the country, winning many tournaments, including the Southern California Open, the World Open, the National Open, and the Memorial Day Classic.
IlyaSmirin is a Belarusian-Israeli chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1990.
Anatoly Yakovlevich Lein was a Soviet-born American chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1968.
Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant is a Georgian -born Scottish Chess Grandmaster.
Baadur Jobava is a Georgian chess grandmaster and three-time Georgian champion. He competed in the FIDE World Chess Championship in 2004 and in the FIDE World Cup in 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017, where he reached round of 16 after defeating Ian Nepomniachtchi, and in 2021. He also participated in the FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15, where he finished joint 4th out of 12 participants in the Tashkent Leg after beating Sergey Karjakin. He won the individual board performance gold medals in the Chess Olympiads of 2004 and 2016.
Gilberto Milos is a Brazilian chess player. He was awarded by FIDE the title of International Master in 1984 and the title of Grandmaster in 1988. Milos competed in the FIDE World Championship five times and in the FIDE World Cup three times
Friso Nijboer is a Dutch chess player. He achieved the title of Grandmaster in 1996.
Mišo Cebalo was a Croatian chess Grandmaster. He won the 19th World Senior Chess Championship at Condino 2009. In 2011 he was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer.
Stephen John Solomon is an Australian chess International Master (IM). He became a FIDE Master (FM) in 1986, and an International Master (IM) in 1990. He won the Australian Junior Chess Championship in 1980 and the Australian Chess Championship in 2008.
Robert Wayne Smith is a chess player who holds the title of FIDE Master (FM).
Stuart Fancy is a Papua New Guinean chess FIDE Master (FM).
Mikhail Gluzman is a Ukrainian-Australian chess International Master and an experienced chess coach.
Shaun Press is a Papua New Guinean chess player and official. He holds the titles of FIDE Master (FM) and International Arbiter (IA).
Sue Yuchan Maroroa Jones was a New Zealand-English chess player who held the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM). She represented New Zealand in five Chess Olympiads and England at the 2014 Chess Olympiad.
Emma Guo is an Australian chess player holding the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM). She won the Oceania Women's Chess Championship in 2015.
Douglas Gibson Hamilton is an Australian chess player who holds the titles of FIDE Master and International Correspondence Chess Master (2001). He is a three-time Australian Chess Championship winner.
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