Barış Esen (born November 3, 1986) is a Turkish chess grandmaster. He began chess playing early in his childhood in the late 1990s. Azeri International Master Fikret Sideifzade, whom he met during a chess competition in Antalya, taught him the chess basics. After his success at the Angora Tournament held in Konya, Turkey in 2010, he was named Grand Master, earning this title as the youngest and the fourth Turkish chess player.

Esen, who has a lot of individual championships in both international and turkish field, also contributed to the Turkish National team’s best results ever in the 2015-2016 world chess olympiad (world 6th)

Nafisa was born in 1 st of February 1990. She is the first Uzbek Woman Grandmaster. Her father introduced her to chess when she was 4 years old and she started playing chess at 9 years old. She played on the first board for Uzbekistan women’s team in 4 chess Olympiads. Participated in the FIDE Women’s Grand prix series 2013-2014. In 2010, she became 4th in world juniors and girls championships U20. She has been working as a chess coach since 2012. She is the co-founder of “Sky Chess” chess school in Tashkent.

Burak Fırat (born January 1, 1993) is a Turkish Grandmaster. He began playing chess at the age of 8. He won couple of gold medals in Turkish Youth Championships. He finished in 5th place at the U16 European Youth Chess Championship 2009 in Fermo, Italy. Fırat was selected to the Turkish National Team at the age of 16 and represented his country in European Team championship, where he won bronze medal in the 5th(reserve player) board. Fırat won a bronz medal at World Team Chess Championship in 2010. He won Turkish Cup twice in 2014 and 2016. He finished in 2nd place in 2014 Turkish Championship. Fırat earned his GM title in 2017. He has number of successes in Open tournaments. He has worked with experienced coaches and now he is ready to share his experiences with his students.