Lev Polugaevsky / Bobby Fischer / Aron Nimzovich / Bruce Pandolfini / Edward Lasker / Paul Fielding / Hans Kmoch / Patrick Pray / Reuben Fine / Nikolai Minev / Yasser Seirawan / Fred Reinfeld / Larry Evans / Milton Finkelstein / Alexander Alekhine / Siegbert Tarrasch / Irving Chernev / Milton Hanauer / Mikhail Botvinnik / Barbara Spannheimer / Eugene Znosko-Borovsky / Jose Capablanca / Randy Morrison / /
Position
author / chess teacher / teacher / weak player / experienced classroom teacher / instructor and a licensed school teacher / tutor / writer / journalist / real teacher / powerful player / journalist / teacher / assistant to Reuben Fine / competent player / player / writer / bad player at all / bad player / /