Bu Xiangzhi is a Chinese chess player. In 1999, he became the 10th grandmaster from China at the age of 13 years, 10 months and 13 days, at the time the youngest in history. In April 2008, Bu and Ni Hua became the second and third Chinese players to pass the 2700 Elo rating line, after Wang Yue.
Wang Hao is a Chinese chess grandmaster. In November 2009, Wang became the fourth Chinese player to break through the 2700 Elo rating mark.
Ye Rongguang is a retired Chinese chess player. In 1990, he became the first ever Chinese chess player to gain the title of Grandmaster. He was for more than ten years the coach of women's world chess champion Zhu Chen.
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.
Roberto Cifuentes Parada is a Chilean chess master.
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.
Marat Dzhumaev is an Uzbekistani chess Grandmaster (2001) and twice national champion.
Kaido Külaots is an Estonian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2001.
Dragan Šolak is a Turkish-Serbian chess grandmaster.
Anton Filippov is an Uzbekistani chess Grandmaster (2008).
Dmitry Svetushkin was a Moldovan chess player.
Dorian Rogozenko is a Romanian chess grandmaster (2002) and champion of Moldova in 1994.
Zigurds Lanka is a Latvian chess player. In over-the-board chess, he received the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) in 1987 and Grandmaster (GM) in 1992. In correspondence chess, he earned the title of Correspondence Chess International Master (IM) in 1989.
Petra Papp is a Hungarian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster.
Vladislav Vladimirovich Kovalev is a Belarusian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster. He was Belarusian Chess Champion in 2016.
Ljilja Drljević is a Serbian chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master. She won the Serbian Women's Chess Championship in 2016.
Mohamed Haddouche is an Algerian chess grandmaster.
Jovana Rapport is a Serbian-Romanian chess player. She holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM), which FIDE awarded her in 2009. She is a two-time Montenegrin women's champion and also a Serbian women's champion (2014).
Madina Davletbayeva is a Kazakhstani chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster. She is a winner of the Kazakhstani Women's Chess Championship and has represented Kazakhstan at three Chess Olympiads.
Ghazal Hakimifard is an Iranian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster. She is an Iranian Women's Chess Championship winner (2010).
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