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A young man with light brown hair, beard, and wearing a black t-shirt with white text, is sitting at a chessboard with chess pieces set up in the starting position. He is smiling slightly and looking directly at the camera indoors at a chess tournament or event, with other participants and decorations in the background.

Marcus Harvey
INTERNATIONAL MASTER

One of the UK's top 20 players and an International Master closing in on the Grandmaster title, with a GM norm and the 2500 rating already in hand, all while working full-time as a data scientist within Digital Advertising.

Marcus was runner-up at the 2021 British Championships, English Online Blitz Champion in 2020, and a three-time British Junior Champion (U14, U15 and U18). In over 23 years of competitive play he's represented England across international tournaments and European championships, and recently held Magnus Carlsen to a draw in Titled Tuesday. He is largely self-taught.

An older man with gray hair, glasses, and headphones is deep in thought during a chess game in a competitive setting, with other players visible in the background.

Stephen Moss

Stephen has been playing chess since he was 11, albeit with more enthusiasm than success. He took a long break from the game after university, where he seems to recall beating John Nunn in a simul (in very poor light), but came back in his forties and started playing "serious" club chess.

He is captain of Kingston Chess Club, helps to run the CSC/Kingston team in the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL), and is the author of The Rookie: An Odyssey through Chess (and Life), which chronicles his efforts, largely fruitless, to become a better chess player.