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2013-10 1983 Formerly highest-ranked American female player (2002) 54 China: Qin Kanying: 2501 2000-07 1974 Moldova France: Almira Skripchenko: 2501 2003-01 1976 Formerly highest-ranked Moldovan female player (1995–2001), highest-ranked French female player (2002–2007) India: Divya Deshmukh: 2501 2024-10 2005 57 Georgia: Lela Javakhishvili ...
Pages in category "American chess players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 388 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
At age 10, he became the youngest American to beat an International Master when he defeated Jay Bonin at the Marshall Chess Club. [10] [13] Also at age 10, Nakamura became the youngest player to achieve the title of chess master from the United States Chess Federation, breaking the record previously set by Vinay Bhat. (Nakamura's record stood ...
Nakamura is a five-time U.S. chess champion and a top 10 ranked chess player in the world. In addition to his traditional competitive career, in 2015, Nakamura began streaming chess on Twitch.
The average Elo rating of top players has risen over time. For instance, the average of the top 10 active players rose from 2751 in July 2000 to 2794 in July 2014, a 43-point increase in 14 years. The average rating of the top 100 players, meanwhile, increased from 2644 to 2703, a 59-point increase. [3]
In September 2012, So found success in first place at the Quebec International, scoring 7½/9, half a point ahead of Lazaro Bruzon and at the 40th Chess Olympiad drew against numerous top-level players including Levon Aronian, who described So as a "talented player from a country with a great chess culture". [29]
Maurice Ashley (born March 6, 1966) is a Jamaican and American chess player, author, and commentator. [1] [2] In 1999, he earned the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM). [3] Ashley is well known as a commentator for high-profile chess events. [4] He also spent many years teaching chess. [5] [6] On April 13, 2016, Ashley was inducted into the US ...
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.