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  2. Ziaur Rahman (chess player) - Wikipedia

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    Ziaur Rahman (1 May 1974 – 5 July 2024) was a Bangladeshi chess grandmaster. He was the second Bangladeshi to earn the Grandmaster title in 2002. [1] His 2570 FIDE rating in October 2005 is still the highest ever achieved by a Bangladeshi chess player. [2]

  3. Chess middlegame - Wikipedia

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    The Middle Game in Chess by Reuben Fine lists three major factors in the middlegame: king safety, force , and mobility, although not all of these factors are of equal importance. If king safety is a serious issue, a well-executed attack on the king can render other considerations, including material advantages, irrelevant.

  4. Chess title - Wikipedia

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    The "class norm" system was later discontinued, and players who had or were subsequently granted the title on the 300-game basis were renamed "Original Life Masters." In practice, the distinction is rarely made. Original Life Masters had to play 300 games as a Master without going below 2200 in their rating or the count would start over again.

  5. 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.

  6. 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 .

  7. Norm (chess) - Wikipedia

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    A norm in chess is a high level of performance in a chess tournament. [1] The level of performance is typically measured in tournament performance rating above a certain threshold (for instance, 2600 for GM norm), and there is a requirement on the level of tournament, for instance by a prescribed minimal number of participants of given title/level one meets.

  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. Chess - Wikipedia

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    Grandmaster (GM; sometimes International Grandmaster or IGM is used) is the highest title a chess player can attain. Before FIDE will confer the title on a player, the player must have had an Elo rating of 2500 or more at least once and must achieve three results of a prescribed standard (called norms) in tournaments involving other ...