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For living grandmasters, this field is a weblink to the FIDE Chess Profile page which usually gives the year the GM title was awarded and the player's birth year. FIDE IDs for deceased grandmasters are retained in this table to aid matching with older FIDE records such as the FIDE rating lists.
Grandmaster (GM) is a title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. Once achieved, the title is held for life, though exceptionally the title can be revoked for cheating.
Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen (born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster. Carlsen is a five-time World Chess Champion, the reigning five-time World Rapid Chess Champion, the reigning seven-time World Blitz Chess Champion, and the reigning Chess World Cup Champion.
This is a list of chess grandmasters rated 2700+, plus other players of the highest status. There are at present over 1900 chess grandmasters, and the full list is on English wiki. Notice also the list in Di Felice, Gino 2017. Chess International Titleholders, 1950–2016. McFarland, ISBN 978-1-4766-7132-1 .
Aug 20, 2021 · He was 71. His death was confirmed by his son Vladimir, himself an international master — the title just below grandmaster — who won the Latvian championship in 2016. He did not cite a cause....
May 9, 2022 · The world’s oldest grandmaster, Yuri Averbakh, passed away aged 100 on May 7. The venerable Russian had been a world title candidate, an aide to champions, and chief arbiter at top matches, as...
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Who Is A Chess Grandmaster? Aside from the title of world champion, the GM title is the highest that a chess player can achieve—once earned, the title is held for life. It is awarded by the International Chess Federation, FIDE. GMs are the strongest chess players in the world, and even very talented players must prove themselves in difficult ...
