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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_chess_grandmastersList of chess grandmasters - Wikipedia

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   The following people have all been grandmasters (GM) of chess. The title is awarded to players who have met the standards required by the sport's governing body, FIDE. Other than world champion, it is the highest title a chess player can attain and is awarded for life, although FIDE regulations allow for the revocation of titles for cheating or ...

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3. britishchessnews.com › 2020/11/12 › rememberingIt’s Only Me! : Remembering Tony Miles (23-iv-1955 12-xi-2001)

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   Nov 12, 2020 · English chess grandmaster Tony Miles (1955 – 2001), UK, 15th May 1973. (Photo by Adam/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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4. www.britishchessnews.com › event › death-anniversaryDeath Anniversary of GM Anthony Miles (23-iv-1955 12-xi-2001)

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   Nov 12, 2020 · English chess grandmaster Tony Miles (1955 – 2001), UK, 6th May 1973. (Photo by Hoare/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) If one had gone further and said that the same grandmaster X would become only the second British player this century to beat a reigning world champion, and that as Black in an irregular opening (1 e4 a6 2 d4 b5 ...

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   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...

6. www.nytimes.com › 2021/08/20 › worldEvgeny Sveshnikov, Grandmaster and Theorist of Chess, Dies at 71

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   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...

7. www.chess.com › news › viewYuri Averbakh, 1922-2022 - Chess.com

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   May 7, 2022 · GM Yuri Averbakh, the world’s oldest grandmaster, a trainer, international arbiter, chess composer, endgame theoretician, writer, historian, honorary member of FIDE, and the last living participant of the famous Zurich 1953 Candidates Tournament, has passed away, three months after turning 100.

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   Who was the first GM chess grandmaster?

   • In 1976, Miles became the first UK-born, over-the-board chess grandmaster, narrowly beating Raymond Keene to the accolade. The naturalised, German-born Jacques Mieses was awarded the GM title in 1950, while Keith Bevan Richardson had been awarded the GM title for correspondence chess earlier in 1975.

   It’s Only Me! : Remembering Tony Miles (23-iv-1955 12-xi-2001)

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   Who is the oldest chess grandmaster?

   • The oldest living chess grandmaster now is GM Aleksandar Matanovic of Serbia, co-founder of Chess Informant. Peter Doggers joined a chess club a month before turning 15 and still plays for it. He used to be an active tournament player and holds two IM norms. Peter has a Master of Arts degree in Dutch Language & Literature.

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   Who won GM chess?

   • The naturalised, German-born Jacques Mieses was awarded the GM title in 1950, while Keith Bevan Richardson had been awarded the GM title for correspondence chess earlier in 1975. For his achievement, Miles won a £5,000 prize, put up by wealthy businessman and chess backer Jim Slater.

   It’s Only Me! : Remembering Tony Miles (23-iv-1955 12-xi-2001)

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   How many Grandmaster titles has FIDE awarded?

   • FIDE has awarded 2081 grandmaster titles, not counting three GM titles that have been revoked. Player names are generally listed as they appear in FIDE records such as the FIDE Chess Profile pages, although accented letters are used where they apply, which FIDE databases simplify to the English alphabet.

   List of chess grandmasters - Wikipedia

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   What is a chess title?

   • The title is awarded to players who have met the standards required by the sport's governing body, FIDE. Other than world champion, it is the highest title a chess player can attain and is awarded for life, although FIDE regulations allow for the revocation of titles for cheating or fraud.

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   Who was the first British grandmaster?

   • just as strong. Thus Tony Miles became the first official British grandmaster (the title dates officially only from 1949, so excluding the likes of Staunton, Blackburne and Burn) and took the £5000 Slater prize for the first British GM to add to the £1000 prize for victory in the 1975 Cutty Sark series of weekend and other tournaments.

   It’s Only Me! : Remembering Tony Miles (23-iv-1955 12-xi-2001)

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9. britishchessnews.com › 2020/02/23 › rememberingRemembering GM Jacques Mieses (27-ii-1865 23-ii-1954)

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   Feb 23, 2020 · BCN remembers GM Jacques Mieses who passed away on February 23rd, 1954 aged 88. He was buried on the 25th of February at the East Ham Jewish Cemetery in Section J, Row 18, Grave 1100. We hope to update his burial record with these details when we are allowed to do so.