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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. Grandmaster (chess) - Wikipedia

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    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 .

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

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    Chess players ordered by peak FIDE rating in 1980s Country Player Peak rating in 1980s Achieved 1 Garry Kasparov: 2775 1989-01 2 Anatoly Karpov: 2755 1989-07 3 Mikhail Tal: 2705 1980-01 4 Viktor Korchnoi: 2695 1980-01 5 Jan Timman: 2675 1988-01 6 Nigel Short: 2665 1988-07 7 Artur Yusupov: 2660 1986-07 Vasyl Ivanchuk: 2660 1989-07 9 Lajos ...

  5. FIDE titles - Wikipedia

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    The title Grandmaster is awarded to outstanding chess players by FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. In chess literature it is usually abbreviated to GM. The abbreviation IGM for "International Grandmaster" is occasionally seen, usually in older literature.

  6. Daniel Naroditsky - Wikipedia

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    Since 2020, he has been the Grandmaster-in-Residence of the Charlotte Chess Center (CCC), [27] where he trains the area's top junior players and was the 2023 Club Champion. [ 28 ] [ 29 ] [ 30 ] Naroditsky is an active content creator on YouTube and Twitch, where in January 2025 he had over 450,000 subscribers and 331,000 followers, respectively.

  7. Chess rating system - Wikipedia

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    A chess rating system is a system used in chess to estimate the strength of a player, based on their performance versus other players. They are used by organizations such as FIDE, the US Chess Federation (USCF or US Chess), International Correspondence Chess Federation, and the English Chess Federation.

  8. Hans Niemann - Wikipedia

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    Hans Moke Niemann (born June 20, 2003) is an American chess grandmaster and Twitch streamer. [1] He first entered the top 100 junior players list on March 1, 2019, and became a FIDE grandmaster on January 22, 2021.

  9. Arthur Guo - Wikipedia

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    The tournament featured ten of the "best of the best of America's chess youths" 20 years or under. [25] In May and June 2023, Guo made back-to-back GM norms [26] by earning 6.5/9 points at the Six Days Budapest GM Round Robin [27] and scoring five wins and four draws with a final score of 7/9 at the First Saturday GM tournament in Budapest ...