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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.
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 ...
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.
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (born 10 August 2005) is an Indian chess grandmaster currently ranked 14th in the world (7th in live ratings). His greatest career achievements so far are reaching the final of the Chess World Cup 2023 (which qualified him for the Candidates Tournament 2024 where he finished 5th/8) and winning the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025.
Chess players by former country (6 C) + Female chess players by nationality (72 C) A. Albanian chess players (2 C, 17 P) Algerian chess players (1 C, 12 P)
In January, Wei Yi played in the Tata Steel Chess Tournament Masters section, for which he qualified by winning the Challengers section in 2015. He finished seventh out of fourteen participants with a score of 6½/13. [29] In April, Wei Yi won the Chinese Chess Championship for the second time in his career, scoring 7½/11 (+4 =5 -0). [30]
The following month, Grandelius won the 22nd Abu Dhabi Masters tournament, edging out on tiebreak Martyn Kravtsiv, Baadur Jobava, Alexander Areshchenko and Richárd Rapport. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] In March 2016, Grandelius won a four-player tournament for the last place in the Norway Chess 2016 field, against Norwegian grandmasters Jon Ludvig Hammer and ...
Daniel Quizon (born November 10, 2004) is a Filipino chess player and the current Philippine Chess Champion. [2] He was awarded the title of Grandmaster (GM) by FIDE in 2024. [3] He qualified to play in the Chess World Cup 2021, [4] where he was defeated 1.5-0.5 by Evgeny Bareev in the first round. [5]