Ernesto Inarkiev

A Russian grandmaster, the first ever from Kalmykia, and the 2016 European Champion. He reached a peak of 2732 and No. 25 in the world that year.

He is also remembered for a 2017 World Blitz game against Magnus Carlsen that ended with both kings in check. Inarkiev refused to continue after the arbiter’s ruling and lost the game, and the episode led FIDE to change its rules on illegal moves in faster chess.