Susanto Megaranto is an Indonesian chess player. In 2004, he became the youngest Indonesian ever to qualify for the title Grandmaster at 17, beating out Utut Adianto's record by four years. He won the Indonesian Chess Championship four times in a row from 2006 to 2010. He graduated from Gunadarma University.
Suat Atalık is a Turkish-Bosnian chess grandmaster. He is a three-time Turkish Chess Champion and the first Turkish chess-player ever to obtain title of chess Grandmaster.
Alexander Anatolyevich Motylev is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was Russian champion in 2001 and European champion in 2014.
Zdenko Kožul is a Croatian chess player. He holds the title of Grandmaster and was the 2006 European champion.
The Danish Chess Championship was organised by the Danish Chess Union (DSU) and first held in 1910. A masterclass was first introduced in 1915. But it is only from 1922 that the title of Danish chess champion was introduced, this was the first year also players from Copenhagen joined.
Ralf Åkesson is a Swedish chess player. He was awarded by FIDE the titles of International Master (IM) in 1981 and Grandmaster (GM) in 1995, and by ICCF the title of Senior International Correspondence Master (SIM) in 2004.
Giovanni Portilho Vescovi is a Brazilian chess player. He was awarded the title of International Master in 1993 and the Grandmaster title in 1998. Vescovi is a seven-time national champion.
The EU Individual Open Championship was first contested in Cork, Ireland in 2005, under the auspices of organising body, the European Chess Union (ECU). The event is open to members of chess federations within the European Union. Exceptionally, at the discretion of the organisers, guest players have also been allowed to compete; for example, when the host nation has non-EU neighbours.
Emanuel Berg is a Swedish chess grandmaster. He is a two-time Swedish Chess Champion.
Normunds Miezis is a Latvian chess Grandmaster (1997).
Murtas Kazhgaleyev is a Kazakhstani chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1998.
Constantin Lupulescu is a Romanian chess grandmaster and a five-time Romanian Chess Champion. He has competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2019, 2021.
Johan Hellsten is a Swedish chess grandmaster. He was Swedish Chess Champion in 2006.
Šarūnas Šulskis is a Lithuanian chess Grandmaster (1996).
Kaido Külaots is an Estonian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2001.
Mikhail Robertovich Kobalia is a Russian chess Grandmaster (1997).
Leonid Gofshtein was an Israeli chess grandmaster. He emigrated from the Ukrainian SSR to Israel in 1990.
Alexander Goloshchapov is a Ukrainian chess player and trainer. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1999.
Nidjat Mamedov is an Azerbaijani chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2006.
Hans Christian Tikkanen is a Swedish chess grandmaster. He is a five-time Swedish Chess Champion.
