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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 ...
Find out the current ratings and rankings of the world's best chess grandmasters, from Magnus Carlsen to Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu. Learn about their achievements, styles, and stories on Chess.com.
This list of top-ranked chess grandmasters is ordered by their peak Elo rating. The cut-off value is 2700 for men (players with a rating at or above this value are colloquially known as super grandmasters) and 2500 for women.
CountryPlayerPeak RatingAchieved128822Soviet Union Russia28513Italy United States28444Armenia Germany United States2830FIDE - World Chess Federation, Online ratings, individual calculations.
RankNameCountryRating1NOR28302USA28053USA27944RUS2770- History
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Usage of grandmaster for an expert in some field is recorded from 1590. The first known use of the term grandmaster in connection with chess was in the 18 February 1838 issue of Bell's Life, in which a correspondent referred to William Lewis as "our past grandmaster". Subsequently, George Walker and others referred to Philidoras a grandmaster, and ...
To become a grandmaster, a player must achieve both of the following: 1. Favorable results (called norms) from a total of at least 27 games in tournaments. With some exceptions, to receive a norm in a tournament: 1.1. The player's rating performanceat the end of the tournament must be at least 2600. (Tournaments are no longer classified in categori...
A report prepared by Bartłomiej Macieja for the Association of Chess Professionals mentions discussion at the FIDE congress of 2008 regarding a perceived decrease in value of the grandmaster title. The number of grandmasters had increased greatly between 1972 and 2008, but according to Macieja,the number of registered players rated over 2200 had in...
Starting from 1977, FIDE awarded honorary Grandmaster titles to 32 players based on their past performances or other contributions to chess. The following players have been awarded honorary Grandmaster titles. Marić and Honfi were awarded the title posthumously in the year of their death, and Sultan Khan 58 years later. 1. 1977 – Julio Bolbochán, E...
Bibliography 1. Sunnucks, Anne (1970), The Encyclopaedia of Chess, St. Martins Press, ISBN 978-0-7091-4697-1
Learn about the life and achievements of Magnus Carlsen, the world's top-ranked chess player and the 16th undisputed world champion. Discover how he became a GM at 13, broke the 2800 barrier, won multiple world titles, and set several records.
You’ll find below a table with the complete list of all chess grandmasters in the world recognized by the World Chess Federation (FIDE), sorted alphabetically by their last name. The title of Grandmaster first gained official recognition in 1950 when FIDE established the international title system.
