Aryan Tari – Norwegian grandmaster (2016) of Iranian heritage.
As part of the Norway national team, he took part in two olympiads (2014 in the second team, and 2016). He has also taken part in the World Team Championship (2017), and three European Championships (2013-2017).
- World U20 Championship (2017) – winner
- Champion of Norway (2015)
- World Cup participant (2017)
Johan-Sebastian Christiansen – – Norwegian grandmaster (2018)
Achieved his three International Master norms in tournaments in 2014 and 2015. In 2016, he won the Northern Nations Junior Championship, and in the same year the Norwegian Blitz Championship. He also finished in 59th place out of 120 participants in the World Rapid and Blitz Championship.
In 2018 he achieved his Grandmasters norms, becoming the country’s 15th GM.
Participant in two World Junior Championships (2017, 2018), and in the 2019 World Cup in Khanti-Mansisk.
4th board on the national team for the 21st European Team Championship (2017), and also a member of the team which participated in the 43rd Chess Olympiad (Batumi 2018).
As a member of the Valerenga team, he has participated in three European Cups (2015-17).
Johan Salomon — Norwegian Grandmaster (2017)
Member of the Norway national team in two European Team Championships (2013, 2015) and in the World Team Championship (2017).
Dennis Wagner – German Grandmaster (2017)
Successful performances in the German Championships include: 2012 – joint 3rd (shared with three other players); 2013 – joint 2nd (shared with six others); 2014 – 2nd .
Participated in the 2015 European Team Championships as part of the German national team.
In the Chess Bundesliga, he represents SV 1930 Hockenheim.
At the start of 2015, he shared 3rd place in the Gibraltar tournament with eight other players.
He has participated in three European Championships in 2011 and 2013, and in 2015 he took part in the World Rapid and Blitz Championship.
Matthias Blübaum – German Grandmaster (2015). Matthias represents the Werder club. His father is the chess player Karl-Ernst Blübaum. He became a FIDE Master in 2011, International Master in 2012, and a Grandmaster in 2015.
Rasmus Svane – German Grandmaster.
He has represented the German national team at the European Team Championships, and also at the International Chess Olympiad.
Georgia Women’s National Team – Second
- Bronze Olympic medalist
- Silver European medalist
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Turkey Men’s National Team – Second
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Evgeny Romanov and Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus
12-year-old GM-elect Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus has established himself as one of the world’s greatest prodigies, breaking GM Judit Polgar’s 35-year-old record as the highest-rated player before the age of 13.
“He is the most talented player I’ve ever seen, and I’m happy that he is going to use my basics in the game of chess. I started giving online classes to Erdogmus in 2022, and visited his home in Bursa. And not speaking English, the kid needed a translator during the first coaching sessions. My first impression was, ‘How is that possible?’
https://www.chess.com/news/view/12-year-old-erdogmus-breaks-polgars-historic-rating-record
