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Reeders also studied many silat systems, having over ten silat teachers. [2] His silat styles included Tjikalong (Cikalong), Tjimande (Cimande), Harimau, and Serak, among others. Reeders was an extremely accomplished martial artist who was able to tie many focal elements of various arts together into a cohesive whole.
Both Robert Servidio and Scott Young have been teaching kuntao to students for the past 50 years together and continue the teachings of Great Grandmaster Willem Reeders. Grandmaster Robert Servidio was Reeder's first student and is teaching the complete and entire kuntao system that of Reeders.
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) was established in 1924 as the governing body of competitive chess. At the time, the term "grandmaster" was already being informally used to describe the world's leading chess players since the players competing in the Championship section of the Ostend 1907 chess tournament were referred to as "grandmasters" in reference to them all having previously ...
Kuntao or kuntau (Chinese: 拳道; pinyin: quándào; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kûn-thâu, Tagalog: kuntaw) is a Hokkien term for the martial arts of the Chinese community of Southeast Asia, specifically the Malay Archipelago.
Larry Melvyn Evans (March 22, 1932 – November 15, 2010) was an American chess player, author, and journalist who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1957. He won or shared the U.S. Chess Championship five times and the U.S. Open Chess Championship four times.
In 1993, he received his first international FIDE rating of 2255. During the same year he finished seventh in the European Under-14 Championship. [2] Williams regularly participated in youth tournaments throughout the 1990s, finishing seventh in the 1997 European Under-20 Championship [3] and finishing second in the Smith and Williamson Young Masters in 1998.
As well as being a strong player, Nunn is regarded as one of the best contemporary authors of chess books. He has penned many books, including Secrets of Grandmaster Chess , which won the British Chess Federation Book of the Year award in 1988, and John Nunn's Best Games , which took the award in 1995.
Rashid Gibyatovich Nezhmetdinov (Russian: Раши́д Гибя́тович Нежметди́нов, Tatar: Рәшит Һибәт улы Нәҗметдинов, Räşit Hibät ulı Näcmetdinov; IPA: [ræˈʃit næʑmetˈdinof]; 15 December 1912 – 3 June 1974) was a Soviet chess player, chess writer, International Master and checkers player.