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Last Friday, September 4, 2020, Dmitry Svetushkin died. The Moldovan Grandmaster played ten times for his country at chess Olympiads and was also an active and renowned trainer. He was 40 years old. | Photo: Andreas Kontokanis, Wikipedia
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.
Aug 20, 2021 · Evgeny Sveshnikov, a chess grandmaster who was among the world’s best players in the 1970s and who made significant contributions to the theory of the game, particularly in the openings, one of...
Nov 12, 2020 · English chess grandmaster Tony Miles (1955 – 2001), UK, 15th May 1973. (Photo by Adam/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Jan 18, 2022 · Viswanathan Anand is one of several elite grandmasters who study the Sveshnikov Variation. Image: Twitter. When FIDE awarded him the title of grandmaster in 1977, he was ranked among the top 25 players in the world.
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How many grandmasters are there? Getting an exact count is difficult. The October 2020 FIDE rating list has 1722 but excludes deceased players. Wikipedia lists all grandmasters from 1950 and their title award dates, with data evidently taken mostly from title applications and rating lists.
