| GEORGIEV Alexander |  |
| gmi | 2428/2432 (classic/blitz-rating) |
World Cup Winner 2017
9 fold World Champion.
1st place Salou Open (Spain) 2016 and 2017.
European Champion 1995, 2006, 2010
| CHIZOV Alexey | |
| gmi | 2409/2464 |
2nd place World Championship 2017
European Champion 2016
1st place Polish Open 2017, 1st place Mongolia Open 2017, 1st place Xingqiu Cup (China) 2016
10 fold World Champion (best in draughts history)
| SHVARTSMAN Alexander | |
| gmi | 2432/2454 |
| World Champion 2017 | |
World Champion 1998, 2007, 2009, 2017. European Champion 2002
1st place Roethof Open (Suriname) 2016.
| VALNERIS Guntis |  |
| gmi | 2374/2396 |
3rd place World Championship 2017.
World Cup winner 2016.
World Champion 1996, European Champion 1992, 2008
| ANIKEEV Yuriy |  |
| gmi | 2379/2415 |
5th place World Championship 2017.
World Champion (rapid) 2016, 2nd place World Championship (blitz) 2017.
| NDJOFANG Jean Marc |  |
| gmi | 2333/2444 |
World Champion (blitz) 2017
African Champion 2000, 2010
2 silver and 1 bronze medals in World Championship
1st place Turkish Open 2017
| VATUTIN Evgeni |  |
| gmi | 2329/2302 |
10th place World Championship 2017
1st place Golden Prague 2017
| IVANOV Artem | |
| gmi | 2367/2382 |
World Champion (rapid) 2017
1st place Polish Open 2015
| WANG Chenfan |  |
| 2083/2255 |
Silver medal in the 13th National Sports Game
| RAMOS SOBRINHO Mario |  |
| mf | 2164/2164 |
2nd result in World Cup (PanAmerican zone)
2nd place Brazilian Championship 2016
| ZHOU Wei | |
| gmi | 2161/2097 |
First ever Chinese grand master
Champion of Asia (rapid) 2016.
2nd place Asian Championship 2015.
4th place Golden Prague 2017, 6th place Lishui Open 2017.
| TROFIMOV Ivan | |
| gmi | 2332/2287 |
1st place Thailand Open 2016
2nd place Salou Open (Spain) 2017, 3rd place Mongolia Open 2017.