Aivars Gipslis was a Latvian chess player, writer, editor and coach, who held the FIDE title of Grandmaster and the ICCF title of Correspondence Chess Grandmaster.
Vladimir Konstantinovich Bagirov was a Soviet-Latvian chess player, author, and trainer. He played in ten USSR Championships, with his best result being fourth place in his debut in 1960. Bagirov was world senior champion in 1998.
Vidmantas Mališauskas is a Lithuanian chess Grandmaster (1993).
Ilmārs Starostīts is a Latvian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (2010).
Isa Kasimi, born Igor Kondylev and known as Igors Rausis until 2020, was a Latvian chess International Master. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1992, but the title was stripped away after he was caught cheating in 2019. He won the Latvian Chess Championship in 1995. He represented Bangladesh from 2003 to 2007, when he switched to the Czech Republic.
Valerij Ivanovich Zhuravliov was a Soviet/Latvian chess master who has won the Latvian Chess Championship three times. He held the FIDE title of International Master (IM).
Ingūna Erneste is a Latvian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (1992).
Tatiana Vasilyevna Voronova is a Soviet/Latvian chess player who holds the FiDE title of Woman International Master (1993). She won the Latvian Chess Championship for women in 1980, 1985, 1986, and 1987.
Vladimir Samuilovich Kirpichnikov is a Soviet/Latvian chess FIDE Master who won the Latvian Chess Championship in 1974.
Guntars Antoms is a Latvian lawyer and chess player who holds the FIDE title of International Master (2001).
Olita Rause is a Latvian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster and International Master. She also holds the ICCF title of Correspondence Grandmaster.
Tuulikki Laesson is an Estonian chess player who twice won the Estonian Chess Championship for women.
Jovana Rapport is a Serbian chess player currently playing for Hungary. 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).
Pavlina Chilingirova is a Bulgarian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master. She is a Bulgarian Women Chess Champion (1993).
Borislava Borisova, also Borislava Borisova-Ornstein, is a Bulgarian and Swedish chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master (1974). She is a winner of the Bulgarian Women's Chess Championship (1976).
Ludmila Georgievna Zaitseva is a Russian chess player who holds the title Woman Grandmaster. She is a two-time winner the Russian Women's Chess Championship.
Zoya Schleining, is a Ukraine-born German chess player who holds the title of International Master.
Zlatko Ilinčić is a Serbian chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster (GM) (1994). FR Yugoslavia Chess Championship winner (2000).
Firuza Velikhanli is an Azerbaijani chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster. European Women's Team Chess Championship team bronze medal winner (1992).
María Luisa Cuevas Rodríguez is a Spanish chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master. She is a seven time Spanish Women's Chess Champion.
