Leon Watson is the head of PR for Chess.com, one of the world’s most well-known online chess servers. With over 20 years of experience in journalism, Watson has broken some of the biggest stories in chess and provided commentary and punditry for TV and radio stations such as TalkSport.

Jamaal Abdul-Alimis the education editor at the Conversation Media Group. Besides covering education, he’s also a chess journalist whose work has appeared in Chess Life, Chess Life Online, and Worldchess.com. In 2013, Abdul-Alim was awarded the title of chess journalist of the year by Chess Journalists of America.

Lottie Hanwell is a behavioural analyst at Canvas8. She has a degree in English Literature and Spanish, and spends a lot of time thinking, researching and writing about developments in society and culture. On her weekends, she likes to run, read and make a mess in the kitchen.