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The title International Grandmaster is awarded to superb chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. It is a lifetime title, in chess literature usually abbreviated as GM or IGM (this is in contrast to WGM for Woman Grandmaster and IM for International Master).Normally three favorable results (or norms) in tournaments involving other Grandmasters are required before FIDE will confer the title on a player.
There are other milestones a player can achieve to get the title, such as qualifying for the Candidates tournament. The Candidates Tournaments , now defunct, were a series of tournaments whose winner earned the right to challenge the reigning world champion.
Bobby Fischer received his Grandmaster title by qualifying for the 1959 Candidates Tournament, at the age of 15. In 2002, twelve year old Ukrainian Sergey Karjakin became the youngest Grandmaster ever.
Grandmasters normally have an ELO chess rating of over 2500. Players from 2400-2500 normally have acquired the International Master (IM) title.
The title "Grandmaster" was made popular by Russian Tsar Nicholas II who awarded it in 1914 to five players ( Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, Tarrasch and Marshall) after a tournament in Saint Petersburg which he had funded.
Some grandmasters:
- Viswanathan AnandViswanathan Anand (born December 11, 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster. In the October 2004 FIDE Elo rating list, Anand has a rating of 2781, making him number two in the world (behind Garry Kasparov). Vishy" as he is sometimes called, achieved his fir
- Boris AltermanBoris Alterman (born April 5, 1970) is an Israeli chess Grandmaster, advisor of the Deep Junior chess program. He plays for Rishon LeZion chess club. Alterman, Boris Alterman, Boris Alterman, Boris Alterman, Boris.
- Bobby Fischer
- Anatoly KarpovAnatoli Yevgenyevic Karpov (born May 23, 1951) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He is considered one of the greatest players in chess history, especially in tournament play: he is the most successful tournament player in history,
- Garry KasparovGarry Kimovich Kasparov (born April 13, 1963) is a chess grandmaster and the strongest (highest rated on the FIDE October 2004 list at 2813) chess player in the world. He was classical world chess champion from 1985 until 2000. He was born as Garri Weinst
- Vladimir KramnikVladimir Kramnik , born June 25, 1975, is a Russian chess player. In 2000, he beat Garry Kasparov in a 16 game match played in London. In the eyes of the participants and many observers, this was a match for the world championship, and made Kramnik the ch
- Viktor KorchnoiViktor Korchnoi (born March 23 1931) is sometimes reckoned to be the strongest chess player never to have been world champion. He was born in Leningrad in the USSR. Korchnoi is currently the oldest active grandmaster on the world tournament circuit. Risin
- Judit Polgar
- Ruslan Ponomariov
- Yuri Razuvayev
- Boris Spassky
- Mikhail Tal
- Jan Timman
See list of chess players for more.
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