Moshe Czerniak was a Polish-Israeli chess player. He was awarded the title of International Master (IM) by FIDE in 1952.
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.
Yosef (Joseph) Dobkin was an Israeli chess master.
Izak Aloni (Schächter) was an Israeli chess master.
Yair Kraidman is an Israeli chess grandmaster.
Bogdan Śliwa was a Polish chess master.
Shimon Kagan is an Israeli chess master.
Samuel Schweber was an Argentine chess player.
Eleazar Jiménez Zerquera was a Cuban chess master.
Jacob Isaacovich Murey is a Russian-born Israeli chess player who holds the chess titles of Grandmaster (1987) and Correspondence Chess International Master (1970). As of April 2007, his Elo rating was 2433, making him the No. 39 player in Israel and the 1449th-highest rated player in the world. His peak rating was 2560 in 1989.
Raaphi Joseph Arie Persitz was an English–Israeli–Swiss chess master, financial analyst, financial journalist, and chess writer. Persitz was Israeli Junior Champion in 1951. He was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, then British Mandate of Palestine. He studied at Balliol College, Oxford, and represented Oxford University in the annual match against Cambridge University on three occasions. In 1954 he won his individual game in the Oxford-Cambridge match in the morning, playing very quickly in order to be able to travel by train to Swindon in time to play top board for his county (Oxfordshire) against Gloucestershire in the afternoon. He was paired against a former British champion, Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander, and managed to win this game as well.
Boris Leonidovich Avrukh is an Israeli chess grandmaster. He was the World Under-12 champion in 1990.
Alexander Huzman is an Israeli chess Grandmaster and trainer.
Andreas Dückstein is an Austrian chess master. He was awarded the title of International Master by FIDE in 1956. In his prime, Dückstein was regarded as a dangerous attacker. as a win against World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik demonstrated.
Uzi Geller is an Israeli chess master.
The 16th Chess Olympiad, organized by FIDE and comprising an open team tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between November 2 and November 25, 1964, in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Raimundo García was an Argentine chess master.
Georges Philippe was a Luxembourgian chess player, four times Luxembourg Chess Championship winner, Chess Olympiad individual bronze medal winner (1976).
Björn Thorsteinsson is an Icelandic chess player, Icelandic Chess Championship two times winner.
Sharavyn Pürevjav is a Mongolian chess player and Mongolian Chess Championship winner (1962).
