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GM Jonathan Rowson	GM Jonathan Rowson is an Oxford graduate currently studying at Harvard. He was Scottish Champion in 1999 and 2001. Jonathan won the Pula Open and shared top place in the New York World Open earlier this year.
GM Paul Motwani	Resident in Brussels with his wife and child, Paul has won the Scottish Championship six times (in 1978 [the youngest-ever winner at 16 years. 1 month], 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993 and 2002). Paul was Scotland’s first grandmaster and first holder of a world chess title - the 1978 World Under-17 Championship. He won his latest Scottish title in Stirling in July.
GM Colin McNab	Colin’s grandmaster title was confirmed at the Philippines in the same World Chess Federation meeting which confirmed Paul Motwani’s GM title. Scottish Champion four times - in 1983, 1991, 1993 and 1995. Colin has also held the Commonwealth championship.
IM John Shaw	John is in an exclusive group of players whose names appear three times or more on the championship trophy (having won in 1995, 1998 and 2000). John’s commitment secured the IM title after several near misses, with recent performances approaching GM level. He released his first chess book in October 2002.
IM Steve Mannion	Scotland’s most active IM over the last few years, and Scottish Champion in 1990 and 1995. Steve is the most consistent weekend congress performer in Scotland and his increasing grade indicates continuing improvement.
IM Douglas Bryson	Scottish champion in 1996 and 1997, and an ICCF correspondence GM, Douglas is a former editor of Scottish Chess and continues both as chief grader for Chess Scotland and webmaster of its popular website, scottishchess.com

Alan is the International Director of Chess Scotland and has acting as an enthusiastic team captain at the Istanbul Olympiad, Lyon Euro Champs and now the Bled Olympiad.

WFM Helen Milligan	Helen became our first Women’s FIDE Master with a fine result at the FIDE Zonal in Italy (Aosta) in May 1999, and has represented Scotland in several Olympiads
Carey Wilman	Scored an excellent result at the European Team Championships in Batumi in 1999 and, nearer home, at the Edinburgh congress (including a win against World Womens Championship contender Keti Arakhamia-Grant. A regular participant in all recent Scottish teams.
Heather Lang	Playing in her fourth Olympiad, Heather has been concentrating on her PhD at Oxford this year so has limited her playing mainly to the 4NCL and English County Championships. She consistently finished in the top 10 or so in European and World Girls Championships.
Louise Macnab	Scotland's youngest ever Olympiad player, aged 15. Louise has competed regularly for Scottish youth teams over the last few years and now makes her Olympiad debut.