enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Grandmaster (chess) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandmaster_(chess)

    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 .

  3. Garry Kasparov - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Kasparov

    Garry Kimovich Kasparov [a] (born Garik Kimovich Weinstein [b] on 13 April 1963) is a Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion (1985–2000), political activist and writer. His peak FIDE chess rating of 2851, [2] achieved in 1999, was the highest recorded until being surpassed by Magnus Carlsen in 2013. From 1984 until his ...

  4. FIDE titles - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIDE_titles

    The titles of Grandmaster, International Master, FIDE Master and Candidate Master are available to all over-the-board chess players. The requirements for each title have varied over time, but generally require having demonstrated a prescribed level of achievement in tournaments at classical time controls under FIDE-approved conditions.

  5. List of chess grandmasters - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chess_grandmasters

    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. List of chess players by peak FIDE rating - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chess_players_by...

    Former world chess champion (FIDE 2002–2004), formerly youngest grandmaster (1997–1999), formerly highest-ranked Ukrainian player (2002–2005) 34 Hungary: Peter Leko: 2763 2005-04 1979 Formerly youngest grandmaster (1994–1997), formerly highest-ranked Hungarian player (1999–2021, 2022–2024) Soviet Union United States: Gata Kamsky: 2763

  7. Viswanathan Anand - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viswanathan_Anand

    Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster. Anand is a five-time World Chess Champion, [2] a two-time World Rapid Chess Champion and a two-time Chess World Cup Champion. [3] He became the first grandmaster from India in 1988, and he has the eighth-highest peak FIDE rating of all time. [4]

  8. The cheat’s gambit: Grandmasters go to war over claims 46 ...

    www.aol.com/news/cheat-gambit-grandmasters-war...

    Hikaru Nakamura plays chess like he talks — at a hundred miles an hour. The 35-year-old grandmaster has been the top ranked US player for over a decade and livestreams rapid fire games of online ...

  9. Chess theory - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_theory

    The mid-20th century also saw the publication of The Middle Game, volumes 1 and 2, by former World Champion Max Euwe and Hans Kramer, [71] [72] and a series of books by the Czechoslovak-German grandmaster Luděk Pachman: three volumes of Complete Chess Strategy, [73] [74] [75] Modern Chess Strategy, [76] Modern Chess Tactics, [77] and Attack ...