James Mason

James Mason

male, deceased (1905)
Social Chess, Mason Gambit, Mason Variation, chess openings, British, Irish…chess opening, opening
James Mason (November 19, 1849 - January 18, 1905) was a famous chess player and writer. He was born in Kilkenny in Ireland. His original name is...
Vasily Smyslov

Vasily Smyslov

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

David Norwood

male, 41 years old
Bolton, Farnworth, Chess Olympiad, Alumni of Keble College, Oxford, International Master, British Chess Federation…opening
David Robert Norwood (born October 3, 1968 in Farnworth, near Bolton, Lancashire) is an English chess Grandmaster and businessman. The son of an...
Ric Birch

Ric Birch

male
The Games of the XXIII Olympiad, 2000 Summer Olympics, 1992 Summer Olympics, XX Olympic Winter Games, World Expo '88, Torino 2006…2000 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony, opening
Ric Birch, born in Australia, was a former Rock and Roll entertainer. He started his career studying Law, but his eventual profession took him down...
Lev Polugaevsky

Lev Polugaevsky

male, deceased (1995)
Soviet chess player, opening, belarusian, chess opening, Chess grandmaster, chess
Lev Polugaevsky was an International Grandmaster of chess and frequent contender for the world chess championship, although he never achieved that...
Pyrros Dimas

Pyrros Dimas

male, 38 years old
Northern Epirus, Weightlifter at the 1996 Summer Olympics, opening, Albanian language, From greece, 1992 Summer Olympics…2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
Pyrros Dimas ; Albanian: Pirro Dhima; born October 13, 1971), is a Greek weightlifter and three-time Olympic champion for Greece. Dimas was born in...
Igor Glek

Igor Glek

male, 48 years old
Soviet chess player, International Grandmaster, German, Chess grandmaster, Russian, chess…opening, chess opening, Secrets Of Opening Surprises
Igor V. Glek (born November 7, 1961 in Moscow) is a Russian chess master, coach, theorist, writer and organiser. He now lives in Essen, Germany and...
Roberto Burle Marx

Roberto Burle Marx

male, deceased (1994)
From Rio de Janeiro, nature, plant, design, Naturalist, landscape architect…opening
Roberto Burle Marx was a Brazilian landscape designer (besides being a painter, ecologist and naturalist) whose designs of parks and gardens made...
Alexey Suetin

Alexey Suetin

male, deceased (2001)
mechanical engineer, Soviet chess player, Kirovohrad, hastings, Užice, Debrecen…opening, chess opening, Modern Chess Opening Theory
Alexey Stepanovich Suetin (November 16 1926 in Kirovohrad- September 10 2001 in Moscow) was a Russian International Grandmaster of chess and an...
Michele Godena

Michele Godena

male, 42 years old
chess player, chess opening, Chess grandmaster, Italian, olympiad, treviso…opening
Michele Godena (born Valdobbiadene June 30, 1967) is an Italian chess player and many times the national champion. A resident of Treviso, he...