Vincent Keymer is a German chess grandmaster, and a young chess prodigy. He was the No.1 in the FIDE World Chess Ratings for Juniors in January 2024.

Peter Leko is a Hungarian chess grandmaster and commentator. He became the world's youngest grandmaster in 1994. He narrowly missed winning the Classical World Chess Championship 2004: the match was drawn 7–7 and so Vladimir Kramnik retained the title. He also came fifth in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2005 and fourth in the World Chess Championship 2007.