1. Victor Soultanbeieff (1895)

Chess Master

Belgian chess player known for his aggressive play and years of active competition.

2. Edgard Colle (1897)

Chess Master

A champion who introduced the revolutionary chess opening, the Colle System. He unfortunately struggled with major health issues that hindered his career.

3. Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi (1979)

Chess Master

Internationally-ranked women's chess Grandmaster who became one of the top players from her native India.

4. Anastasia Sorokina (1980)

Chess Master

Anastasia Sorokina is an Australian chess Woman International Master International Arbiter and FIDE Trainer.

5. Eva Moser (1982)

Chess Master

Eva Moser is a chess Woman Grandmaster and International Master who has won both the men's and women's Austrian Chess Championship and has represented Austria in four Chess Olympiads.

6. Boruch Israel Dyner (1903)

Chess Master

Boruch Israël Dyner was a Belgian–Israeli chess master. Born in Poland he moved to Belgium. Dyner won thrice Belgian Chess Championship in 1932 1933 and 1935.

7. Anatolijs Šmits (1941)

Chess Master

Anatolijs Šmits was a Latvian chess master. Anatolijs Šmits won the Soviet Junior Championship in 1960 and was Latvian Chess Champion in 1969 and 1975.

8. Vasilije Tomović (1906)

Chess Master

Vasilije Tomović aka Vasily Tomovic was a Montenegrin chess master. He was born in Mateševo. Before World War II Vasilije Tomovic was the first significant chess player in Montenegro. He...

9. Kenny Solomon (1979)

Chess Master

Kenny Solomon is a South African chess International Master and FIDE Trainer. He took up chess at the age of 13 inspired by his elder brother’s qualification for the Chess...

10. Jordi Magem Badals (1967)

Chess Master

Jordi Magem Badals is a Spanish chess Grandmaster.

11. Andrija Fuderer (1931)

Chess Master

Andrija Fuderer was a Croatian–Belgian chess master. At the beginning of his career he won the Yugoslav Junior Chess Championship in 1947.

12. Alexander Ferdinand von der Goltz (Unknow)

Chess Master

Alexander Ferdinand von der Goltz was a German chess master. Born in Prussia he studied philology at University of Bonn and was a friend of Tassilo von Heydebrand und der...

13. Philipp Stamma (Unknow)

Chess Master

Philipp Stamma a native of Aleppo Ottoman Syria later resident of England and France was a chess master and a pioneer of modern chess. His reputation rests largely on his...

14. Marcel Engelmann (Unknow)

Chess Master

Marcel Engelmann was a Belgian chess master. He won at Maastricht 1929 and took 3rd at Ghent 1929 both quadrangular tournaments. He took 2nd behind Georges Koltanowski at Verviers 1930...

15. Isador Samuel Turover (1892)

Chess Master

Isador Samuel Turover was a Belgian-American chess master. Born in Poland he moved to Belgium and then to the United States. He was a champion of Baltimore from 1918 to...

16. Emmanuel Sapira (Unknow)

Chess Master

Emmanuel Sapira was a Romanian-born Belgian chess master. Born in Romania he moved to Belgium.

17. Juan Corzo (1873)

Chess Master

Juan Corzo y Principe was a Spanish–Cuban chess master champion of Cuba immediately preceding José Capablanca. Born in Madrid Corzo emigrated to Cuba in 1887. He studied under Pichardo and...

18. Paul Devos (1911)

Chess Master

Paul Devos was a Belgian chess master. Devos was seven times Belgian Champion. He took 2nd behind Boruch Israel Dyner at Brussels 1933 but won the title as a player...

19. Frederick Deacon (Unknow)

Chess Master

Deacon was a British chess master. He is mainly notable for spurious claims to have drawn against Paul Morphy making himself both notorious and unpopular. He won a match against...

20. Emma Guo (1995)

Chess Master

Emma Guo is a chess Woman International Master who has represented Australia in two Chess Olympiads and finished equal first in three Oceania Women's Chess Championships.

21. Irine Kharisma Sukandar (1992)

Chess Master

Irine Kharisma Sukandar is Indonesia's first chess Woman Grand Master.

22. Florin Felecan (1980)

Chess Master

s a chess International Master. Born in Romania he resides in Evanston Illinois having moved there on July 17 1997 along with his family. Felecan s a former junior national...

23. Fiona Steil-Antoni (1989)

Chess Master

Steil-Antoni is a chess Woman International Master who has represented Luxembourg in six Chess Olympiads winning the individual gold medal in Turin 2006.

24. Sabina-Francesca Foisor (1989)

Chess Master

Sabina-Francesca Foişor is a chess Woman Grandmaster. She played in the 2008 FIDE Women's World Chess Championship knockout matches. She has represented the United States where she currently resides since...

25. Nazí Paikidze (1993)

Chess Master

Nazí Paikidze is a Georgian chess Woman Grandmaster and open International Master. She was 2007 World Under-14 Girl's Chess Champion and 2008 World Under-16 Girl's Chess Champion multiple European Youth...

26. Anna-Maria Botsari (1972)

Chess Master

Anna-Maria Botsari is a Greek chess Woman Grandmaster and open International Master.