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Country Zone National federation #GM #FIDE National championship Afghanistan: 3.4: Afghan National Chess Federation: 0: 452: Afghan Chess Championship Albania: 1.5a: Albania Chess Federation [Wikidata] [3] 1: 972: Albanian Chess Championship Algeria: 4.1: Fédération Algérienne des échecs [Wikidata] [4] 3: 6,376: Algerian Chess Championship ...
Country codes are defined by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in ITU-T standards E.123 and E.164. The prefixes enable international direct dialing (IDD). Country codes constitute the international telephone numbering plan. They are used only when dialing a telephone number in a country or world region other than the caller's.
Code Country From Previous code(s) Notes A Austria: 1911 Austria in English or Autriche in French AFG Afghanistan: 1971 Coincides with ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code. AL Albania: 1934 Coincides with ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code. AND Andorra: 1957 Coincides with ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code. AM Armenia: 1992 SU Formerly part of the Soviet Union.
The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and norms (performance benchmarks in competitions including other titled players). Once awarded, titles are held for life except in cases of fraud or cheating. Open titles may be earned by all players, while women's titles are restricted to female ...
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.
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.
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 ...
Some players assumed the citizenship of another country later in their careers (for example Janowski and Najdorf later became French and Argentinian citizens, respectively). Pre-FIDE chess masters [ edit ]