12 May 2017
Andrey Filatov Is Nominated For The Botvinnik Medal
Taimanov, Dvoretsky, and Yurkov are included into the Hall of Fame.
Mikhail Brodsky (Ukraine), Marek Matlak (Poland), Zurab Srurua (Georgia), Xu Jun (China), and Yu Shaoteng (China) were nominated for the Semyon Furman Medal to the best trainers in women's chess .
Khorso Harandi (Iran), Georg Mohr (Slovenia), Semyon Palatnik (USA), Darko Polimac (Ireland), and Ivan Sokolov (Netherlands) aspire to the Max Euwe Medal to the best junior trainers.
The Isaac Boleslavsky Medal will be awarded to best chess writers: the nominees are Lorin D'Costa (England), Jesus De la Villa Garcia (Spain), Zenon Franco (Paraguay), Nikolaos Ntirlis (Greece), and Eduardas Rozentalis (Lithuania).
Tamas Giorgadze (Georgia), Satea Husari (Syria), Robert Katende (Uganda), Peter Heine Nielsen (Denmark), and Jan Plachetka (Slovakia) are nominated for the Tigran Petrosian Medal for special achievements.
The Yury Razuvaev Medal for participating in trainers seminars will be contested by Mikhail Gurevich (Belgium), Georg Mohr (Slovenia), Oleksandr Sulypa (Ukraine), Reinaldo Vera (Cuba), and Alonso Zapata (Colombia).
Finally, nine names were included into the FIDE Hall of Fame. Among them are the late Mark Dvoretsky, Vladimir Yurkov, and Mark Taimanov.
Full list on FIDE website (pdf)