Austria's number one grandmasterFull profile
Illya first caught the attention of the chess media as an 8-year-old back in 2005 when he appeared at the board clutching a teddy bear but finished towards the top of the European U10 ChampionshipFull profile
"El Niño" has grown up to become a 2700 playerFull profile
Seven-time French Champion Etienne Bacrot was a true prodigy who in 1997 became the youngest grandmaster in history at the age of only 14 years and 2 monthsFull profile
The eccentric Ukrainian is one of the world’s best loved and strongest grandmastersFull profile
In 2012 Gelfand came within a whisker of becoming World Champion at the age of 43, only losing out to Viswanathan Anand in rapid tiebreaksFull profile
Judit Polgar has single-handedly disproved the notion that women are incapable of competing with men in chessFull profile
Sometimes described as the “world’s strongest amateur”, McShane has traded blows with the world’s best during breaks from his full-time job in financeFull profile
Ray Robson is the best young American talent to follow in the footsteps of Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano CaruanaFull profile
Twice an Olympic Champion with the Ukrainian teamFull profile
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