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Octávio Figueira Trompowsky de Almeida (30 November 1897 – 26 March 1984) was a Brazilian chess player, who was born and died in Rio de Janeiro. Trompowsky won the 1939 Brazilian Championship, but is best known as the player for whom the Trompowsk
Alexander Anatolyevich Motylev (Russian: Александр Анатольевич Мотылёв; born 17 June 1979) is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former European champion and a former Russian champion. He is also Sergey Karjakin’s trainer and o
Zhang Pengxiang (simplified Chinese: 张鹏翔; traditional Chinese: 張鵬翔; pinyin: Zhāng Péngxiáng; born June 29, 1980 in Tianjin) is a Chinese chess Grandmaster, and was the 2007 Asian Chess Champion. In 2001, he became China’s 12th Grandmas
Maurice Ashley (born March 6, 1966 in St. Andrew, Jamaica) is an American chess grandmaster, author, commentator, app designer, puzzle inventor, and motivational speaker. He is currently a Director’s Fellow at the Media Lab at MIT. In 1992, Ashley sh
Katarzyna Toma (born 16 September 1985) is a Poland chess Woman Grandmaster (2012) and FIDE Trainer (2014).
Boris Alterman (Hebrew: בוריס אלתרמן, Russian: Борис Альтерман; born May 4, 1970) is an Israeli chess Grandmaster, FIDE Senior Trainer (2010), advisor of the Junior chess program.
Jaime Sunye Neto (born May 2, 1957 in Curitiba, Brazil) is a Brazilian chess grandmaster.
Viktor Láznička (born January 9, 1988, in Pardubice) is a Czech chess grandmaster.
Małgorzata Wiese-Jóźwiak (born 16 March 1961), née Wiese, is a Polish chess player who won the Polish Women’s Chess Championship in 1985. FIDE Woman International Master (1981).
Alexandr Hilário Takeda Sakai dos Santos Fier (born 11 March 1988, in Joinville) is a Brazilian chess grandmaster.
Boris Leonidovich Avrukh (Hebrew: בוריס ליאונידוביץ’ אברוך; Russian: Борис Леонидович Аврух; born 10 February 1978, Karaganda, Kazakhstan, former Soviet Union) is an Israeli chess grandmaster. He was the Wo
Vitali Golod (born 23 June 1971) is a Soviet–Israeli chess grandmaster.