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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. Notably, only six players achieved their over-2700 peak before the year 2000 and twenty-one players achieved their respective peak between the years 2000 and 2009 (inclusive).
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.
The top 10 active women Indian players have an average rating of 2429, the 2nd highest in the world behind China. As of 2023, 24 different players have been conferred with the highest civilian and sports honours of India, including the Padma awards and the Arjuna Award .
John Michael Burke (born July 1, 2001) is an American chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM). A chess prodigy, Burke reached an Elo rating of 2603 [1] in September 2015. At the time, this made him the youngest-ever player to reach a rating of 2600 or above, [2] a record since broken by Turkish GM Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş. [3]
Andrew Tang (born November 29, 1999) is an American chess grandmaster. He is also a popular streamer, known online for his speed chess skills especially in bullet (one minute), hyperbullet (30 seconds), and ultrabullet (15 seconds) time controls as well as for playing speed chess blindfolded.
Nicolas de T. Checa (born December 19, 2001) is an American chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM). He is from Dobbs Ferry, New York. [1] A chess prodigy, he began playing competitive chess at age 7. He is the recipient of the 2020 and 2021 Samford Fellowships, an award granted to the top American chess players under 25 years ...
In January 2024, he won the Bangalore GM Blitz Open and the Bangalore GM Open with a score of 8/10, remaining undefeated in the latter event. [4] He defeated Shyam Sundar M. in the last round to surpass S. P. Sethuraman. [5] This win was his third consecutive victorious event of the year. [6]
In 2019, Ruiz Castillo earned the title Grandmaster (GM) after his Elo rating exceeded 2500 during the Master Open Alekhine Memorial tournament in Russia. [2] He achieved the norms required for the title at the Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships of 2012 and 2013, where he took the gold medal on both occasions, and at the L.A.B ...