Vasily Smyslov

Vasily Smyslov

male, 88 years old
Soviet chess player, Jewish, opening, International Grandmaster, Vladimir Simagin, Candidates Tournament…EnglishOpening
Vasily Vasiliyevich Smyslov (born March 24, 1921, in Moscow) is a Russian chess grandmaster, and was World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958.
John L. Watson

John L. Watson

male, 58 years old
Omaha, EnglishOpening, Brownell-Talbot, Book of the year, English Chess Federation, Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy
John L. Watson is an International Master (IM) of chess. He was born in 1951 and grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, and was educated at Brownell-Talbot,...

Friðrik Ólafsson

male, 74 years old
Piatigorsky Cup, International Grandmaster, Chess grandmaster, grandmaster, chess, fide…EnglishOpening
Friðrik Ólafsson is a chess Grandmaster and former president of FIDE. He was born in Reykjavík in Iceland. A first time winner of the Icelandic Cha...
Klaus Darga

Klaus Darga

male, 75 years old
chess player, EnglishOpening, Sicilian Defence, International Master, Chess Olympiads, From Berlin
Klaus Viktor Darga (born 24 February 1934 in Berlin, Germany) is a German chess player and Grandmaster. In 1951 Darga became German Junior Champion...