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  2. List 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 fraud.

  3. List of chess players by peak FIDE rating - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Category:American chess players - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "American chess players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 388 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  5. FIDE rankings - Wikipedia

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    The International Chess Federation (FIDE) governs international chess competition. Each month, FIDE publishes the lists "Top 100 Players", "Top 100 Women", "Top 100 Juniors" and "Top 100 Girls" and rankings of countries according to the average rating of their top 10 players and top 10 female players in the classical time control.

  6. List of female chess grandmasters - Wikipedia

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    The International Chess Federation (FIDE) was established in 1924 as the governing body of competitive chess. At the time, the term "grandmaster" was already being informally used to describe the world's leading chess players since the players competing in the Championship section of the Ostend 1907 chess tournament were referred to as "grandmasters" in reference to them all having previously ...

  7. Maurice Ashley - Wikipedia

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    Maurice Ashley (born March 6, 1966) is a Jamaican and American chess player, author, and commentator. [1] [2] In 1999, he earned the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM).[3]Ashley is well known as a commentator for high-profile chess events. [4]

  8. The cheat’s gambit: Grandmasters go to war over claims 46 ...

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    Hikaru Nakamura plays chess like he talks — at a hundred miles an hour. The 35-year-old grandmaster has been the top ranked US player for over a decade and livestreams rapid fire games of online ...

  9. Chess title - Wikipedia

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    Chess expert is a title given by the United States Chess Federation (USCF). It is awarded to chess players rated from 2000 to 2199. Players rated above that are masters, while players below that are class players. Approximately 50,000 chess players have USCF ratings, of which approximately 2,500 are rated 2000 or better.