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126 relations: Akiba Rubinstein, Alexander Alekhine, Alexander Konstantinopolsky, Alexander Kotov, Amos Burn, Andor Lilienthal, Andreas Dückstein, Andrija Fuderer, Arbiter (chess), Arnold Denker, Aron Nimzowitsch, Arpad Elo, Arthur Dake, Association of Chess Professionals, Bartłomiej Macieja, Bell's Life in London, Bogdan Śliwa, Boris Kostić, Boris Verlinsky, Borislav Milić, Candidates Tournament, Carl Schlechter, Carlos Torre Repetto, Cheating in chess, Chess, Chess problem, Chess prodigy, Chess title, Chess World Cup, Communism, Comparison of top chess players throughout history, Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander, David Bronstein, Dawid Janowski, Dragoljub Minić, Edward Winter (chess historian), Eero Böök, Efim Bogoljubow, Elmārs Zemgalis, Elo rating system, Emanuel Lasker, Enrico Paoli, Erik Lundin, Ernst Grünfeld, Esteban Canal, Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, FIDE, FIDE titles, François-André Danican Philidor, Frank Marshall (chess player), ... Expand index (76 more) »
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Akiba Rubinstein
Akiba Kiwelowicz Rubinstein (1 December 1880 – 14 March 1961) was a Polish chess player. Grandmaster (chess) and Akiba Rubinstein are chess Grandmasters.
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Alexander Alekhine
Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhine (March 24, 1946) was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion, a title he held for two reigns.
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Alexander Konstantinopolsky
Alexander Markovich Konstantinopolsky (Александр Маркович Константинопольский; 19 February 1910 – 21 September 1990) was a Soviet chess player, trainer and writer. Grandmaster (chess) and Alexander Konstantinopolsky are chess Grandmasters.
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Alexander Kotov
Alexander Alexandrovich Kotov (Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Ко́тов; (– 8 January 1981) was a Soviet chess grandmaster and author. He was a Soviet chess champion, a two-time world title Candidate, and a prolific writer on the subject of chess. Kotov served in high posts in the Soviet Chess Federation, and wrote most of his books during the Cold War. Grandmaster (chess) and Alexander Kotov are chess Grandmasters.
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Amos Burn
Amos Burn (31 December 1848 – 25 November 1925) was an English chess player, one of the world's leading players at the end of the 19th century, and a chess writer.
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Andor Lilienthal
Andor (André, Andre, Andrei) Arnoldovich LilienthalReuben Fine, The World's Great Chess Games, Dover Publications, 1983, p. 216. Grandmaster (chess) and Andor Lilienthal are chess Grandmasters.
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Andreas Dückstein
Andreas Dückstein (born 2 August 1927, in Budapest) is an Austrian chess master. Grandmaster (chess) and Andreas Dückstein are chess Grandmasters.
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Andrija Fuderer
Andrija Fuderer (13 May 1931, Subotica, the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Yugoslavia – 2 October 2011, Palamós, Catalonia) was a Yugoslavian chess master. Grandmaster (chess) and Andrija Fuderer are chess Grandmasters.
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Arbiter (chess)
In chess tournaments, an arbiter is an official who oversees matches and ensures that the rules of chess are followed. Grandmaster (chess) and arbiter (chess) are chess titles.
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Arnold Denker
Arnold Sheldon Denker (February 21, 1914 – January 2, 2005) was an American chess player and author. Grandmaster (chess) and Arnold Denker are chess Grandmasters.
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Aron Nimzowitsch
Aron Nimzowitsch (Ārons Nimcovičs; Аро́н Иса́евич Нимцо́вич, Aron Isayevich Nimtsovich; 7 November 1886 – 16 March 1935) was a Latvian-born Danish chess player and writer.
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Arpad Elo
Arpad Emmerich Elo (August 25, 1903 – November 5, 1992) was a Hungarian-American physics professor who created the Elo rating system for two-player games such as chess.
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Arthur Dake
Arthur William Dake (April 8, 1910 – April 28, 2000) was an American chess player. Grandmaster (chess) and Arthur Dake are chess Grandmasters.
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Association of Chess Professionals
The Association of Chess Professionals (ACP) is a non-profit organisation which aims to protect the rights of professional chess players, address their concerns and to promote chess worldwide through the organisation of high level chess tournaments and maintaining a ranking system of the top professionals.
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Bartłomiej Macieja
Bartłomiej (Bartek) Macieja (born 4 October 1977) is a Polish chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM). Grandmaster (chess) and Bartłomiej Macieja are chess Grandmasters.
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Bell's Life in London
Bell's Life in London, and Sporting Chronicle was an English weekly sporting paper published as a pink broadsheet between 1822 and 1886.
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Bogdan Śliwa
Bogdan Śliwa (4 February 1922 in Kraków – 16 May 2003) was a Polish chess master. Grandmaster (chess) and Bogdan Śliwa are chess Grandmasters.
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Boris Kostić
Borislav Kostić (24 February 1887 – 3 November 1963) was a Serbian chess grandmaster and a popularizer of the game. Grandmaster (chess) and Boris Kostić are chess Grandmasters.
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Boris Verlinsky
Boris Markovich Verlinsky (8 January 1888 – 30 October 1950) was a Soviet chess player, who was awarded the title International Master by FIDE, the world chess federation, in 1950.
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Borislav Milić
Borislav Milić (Cyrillic: Борислав Милић; 20 October 1925 – 28 May 1986) was a Yugoslav Grandmaster of chess, and a chess writer, organizer, promoter, and administrator. Grandmaster (chess) and Borislav Milić are chess Grandmasters.
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Candidates Tournament
The Candidates Tournament (or in some periods Candidates Matches) is a chess tournament organized by FIDE, chess's international governing body, since 1950, as the final contest to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship.
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Carl Schlechter
Carl Schlechter (2 March 1874 – 27 December 1918) was a leading Austro-Hungarian chess master and theoretician at the turn of the 20th century.
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Carlos Torre Repetto
Carlos Jesús Torre Repetto (29 November 1904, GeneanetHooper/Whyld, Gaige say 1905. – 19 March 1978) was a Mexican chess player and the first from his country to be awarded the title of grandmaster, which was accorded by FIDE in 1977. Grandmaster (chess) and Carlos Torre Repetto are chess Grandmasters.
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Cheating in chess
Cheating in chess is a deliberate violation of the rules of chess or other behaviour that is intended to give an unfair advantage to a player or team.
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Chess
Chess is a board game for two players.
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Chess problem
A chess problem, also called a chess composition, is a puzzle set by the composer using chess pieces on a chess board, which presents the solver with a particular task.
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Chess prodigy
A chess prodigy is a young child who possesses an aptitude for the game of chess that far exceeds what might be expected at their age.
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Chess title
A chess title is a title regulated by a chess governing body and bestowed upon players based on their performance and rank. Grandmaster (chess) and chess title are chess titles.
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Chess World Cup
The FIDE World Cup is a major chess event organized by FIDE, the international governing body.
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Communism
Communism (from Latin label) is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered around common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange that allocates products to everyone in the society based on need.
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Comparison of top chess players throughout history
Several methods have been suggested for comparing the greatest chess players in history.
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Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander
Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander (19 April 1909 – 15 February 1974), known as Hugh Alexander and C. H. O'D.
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David Bronstein
David Ionovich Bronstein (Дави́д Ио́нович Бронште́йн; February 19, 1924 – December 5, 2006) was a Soviet chess player. Grandmaster (chess) and David Bronstein are chess Grandmasters.
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Dawid Janowski
Dawid Markelowicz Janowski (25 May 1868 – 15 January 1927; often spelled David) was a Polish chess player.
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Dragoljub Minić
Dragoljub Minić (March 5, 1937 – c. April 5, 2005) was a Yugoslav Grandmaster of chess. Grandmaster (chess) and Dragoljub Minić are chess Grandmasters.
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Edward Winter (chess historian)
Edward Winter (born 1955) is an English chess journalist, archivist, historian, collector and author.
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Eero Böök
Eero Einar Böök (9 February 1910 – 7 January 1990) was a Finnish chess player and engineer. Grandmaster (chess) and Eero Böök are chess Grandmasters.
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Efim Bogoljubow
Efim Bogoljubow, also known as Efim Dimitrijewitsch Bogoljubow (April 14, 1889 – June 18, 1952), was a Russian-born German chess grandmaster. Grandmaster (chess) and Efim Bogoljubow are chess Grandmasters.
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Elmārs Zemgalis
Elmārs Zemgalis (9 September 1923 – 8 December 2014) was a Latvian and American chess master and mathematics professor at Highline College. Grandmaster (chess) and Elmārs Zemgalis are chess Grandmasters.
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Elo rating system
The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in zero-sum games such as chess or esports.
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Emanuel Lasker
Emanuel Lasker (December 24, 1868 – January 11, 1941) was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher.
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Enrico Paoli
Enrico Paoli (January 13, 1908 – December 15, 2005) was an Italian International chess master. Grandmaster (chess) and Enrico Paoli are chess Grandmasters.
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Erik Lundin
Erik Ruben Lundin (2 July 1904 – 5 December 1988) was a Swedish chess master. Grandmaster (chess) and Erik Lundin are chess Grandmasters.
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Ernst Grünfeld
---- Ernst Franz Grünfeld (November 21, 1893 – April 3, 1962) was an Austrian chess player and writer, mainly on opening theory. Grandmaster (chess) and Ernst Grünfeld are chess Grandmasters.
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Esteban Canal
Esteban Canal (April 19, 1896 – February 14, 1981) was a leading Peruvian chess player who had his best tournament results in the 1920s and 1930s. Grandmaster (chess) and Esteban Canal are chess Grandmasters.
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Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
Eugene Znosko-Borovsky (Yevgeny Alexandrovich Znosko-Borovsky; 16 August 1884 – 31 December 1954) was a Russian chess player, music and drama critic, teacher and author.
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FIDE
The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE (Fédération Internationale des Échecs), is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national chess federations and acts as the governing body of international chess competition.
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FIDE titles
FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (Fédération Internationale des Échecs) for outstanding performance. Grandmaster (chess) and FIDE titles are chess titles.
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François-André Danican Philidor
François-André Danican Philidor (7 September 1726 – 31 August 1795), often referred to as André Danican Philidor during his lifetime, was a French composer and chess player.
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Frank Marshall (chess player)
Frank James Marshall (August 10, 1877 – November 9, 1944) was the U.S. Chess Champion from 1909 to 1936, and one of the world's strongest chess players in the early part of the 20th century.
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Friedrich Sämisch
Friedrich Sämisch (20 September 1896 – 16 August 1975) was a German chess player and chess theorist. Grandmaster (chess) and Friedrich Sämisch are chess Grandmasters.
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Géza Maróczy
Géza Maróczy (3 March 1870 – 29 May 1951) was a Hungarian chess player, one of the leading players in the world in his time. Grandmaster (chess) and Géza Maróczy are chess Grandmasters.
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George Koltanowski
George Koltanowski (also "Georges"; 17 September 1903 – 5 February 2000) was a Belgian-born American chess player, promoter, and writer. Grandmaster (chess) and George Koltanowski are chess Grandmasters.
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George Walker (chess player)
George Walker (13 March 1803 – 23 April 1879) was an English chess player and author of The Celebrated Analysis of A D Philidor (London, 1832), The Art of Chess-Play: A New Treatise on the Game of Chess (London, 1832), A Selection of Games at Chess played by Philidor (London, 1835), Chess Made Easy (London, 1836), and Chess Studies (London, 1844).
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Gideon Ståhlberg
Anders Gideon Tom Ståhlberg (26 January 1908 – 26 May 1967) was a Swedish chess player. Grandmaster (chess) and Gideon Ståhlberg are chess Grandmasters.
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Grigory Levenfish
Grigory Yakovlevich Levenfish (Григо́рий Я́ковлевич Левенфи́ш; – 9 February 1961) was a Soviet chess player who scored his peak competitive results in the 1920s and 1930s. Grandmaster (chess) and Grigory Levenfish are chess Grandmasters.
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Harry Golombek
Harry Golombek OBE (1 March 1911 – 7 January 1995) was a British chess player, chess author, and wartime codebreaker. Grandmaster (chess) and Harry Golombek are chess Grandmasters.
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Heinz Lehmann (chess player)
Heinz Gerhard Lehmann (20 October 1921, Königsberg – 8 June 1995, Berlin) was a German chess master and 1956 West Berlin Chess Champion. Grandmaster (chess) and Heinz Lehmann (chess player) are chess Grandmasters.
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Igor Bondarevsky
Igor Zakharovich Bondarevsky (Игорь Захарович Бондаревский; May 12, 1913 – June 14, 1979) was a Soviet Russian chess player, trainer, and chess author. Grandmaster (chess) and Igor Bondarevsky are chess Grandmasters.
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Iivo Nei
Iivo Nei (born 31 October 1931 in Tartu) is an Estonian chess master. Grandmaster (chess) and Iivo Nei are chess Grandmasters.
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International Correspondence Chess Federation
International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF) was founded on 26 March 1951 as a new appearance of the International Correspondence Chess Association (ICCA), which was founded in 1945, as successor of the Internationaler Fernschachbund (IFSB), founded on 2 December 1928.
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International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster
International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster is a correspondence chess title created by FIDE in 1953, second only to that of world correspondence champion. Grandmaster (chess) and International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster are chess titles.
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Interzonal chess tournaments
Interzonal chess tournaments were tournaments organized by the World Chess Federation FIDE from the 1950s to the 1990s.
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Isaac Boleslavsky
Isaac Yefremovich Boleslavsky (Ісаак Єфремович Болеславський, Исаак Ефремович Болеславский; 9 June 1919 – 15 February 1977) was a Soviet chess player and writer. Grandmaster (chess) and Isaac Boleslavsky are chess Grandmasters.
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Jacques Mieses
Jacques Mieses (born Jacob Mieses; 27 February 1865 – 23 February 1954) was a German-born British chess player. Grandmaster (chess) and Jacques Mieses are chess Grandmasters.
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Jaroslav Šajtar
Jaroslav Šajtar (December 3, 1921 – February 4, 2003) was a Czech chess master and an honorary grandmaster, born in Ostrava. Grandmaster (chess) and Jaroslav Šajtar are chess Grandmasters.
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Jonathan Penrose
Jonathan Penrose, (7 October 1933 – 30 November 2021) was an English chess player, who held the titles Grandmaster (1993) and International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (1983). Grandmaster (chess) and Jonathan Penrose are chess Grandmasters.
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José Raúl Capablanca
José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera (19 November 1888 – 8 March 1942) was a Cuban chess player who was the third world chess champion from 1921 to 1927.
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Julio Bolbochán
Julio Bolbochán (Buenos Aires, 20 March 1920 – Caracas, 28 June 1996) was the Argentine chess champion in 1946 and 1948. Grandmaster (chess) and Julio Bolbochán are chess Grandmasters.
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Karoly Honfi
Károly Honfi (October 25, 1930 in Budapest – August 14, 1996 in Budapest) was a Hungarian chess player who held the chess title of International Master. Grandmaster (chess) and Karoly Honfi are chess Grandmasters.
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László Szabó (chess player)
László Szabó (March 19, 1917 – August 8, 1998) was a Hungarian chess player. Grandmaster (chess) and László Szabó (chess player) are chess Grandmasters.
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List of chess grandmasters
The following people have all been grandmasters (GM) of chess. Grandmaster (chess) and List of chess grandmasters are chess Grandmasters.
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List of chess players
This list of chess players includes people who are primarily known as chess players and have an article on the English Wikipedia.
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List of female chess grandmasters
There are 42 female chess players who hold the title of Grandmaster (GM), the highest title awarded by the International Chess Federation (FIDE). Grandmaster (chess) and List of female chess grandmasters are chess Grandmasters.
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List of grandmasters for chess composition
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Lodewijk Prins
Lodewijk Prins (27 January 1913, Amsterdam – 11 November 1999) was a Dutch chess player and referee of chess competitions. Grandmaster (chess) and Lodewijk Prins are chess Grandmasters.
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Mario Monticelli
Mario Monticelli (16 March 1902, Venice – 30 June 1995, Milan) was an Italian chess player. Grandmaster (chess) and Mario Monticelli are chess Grandmasters.
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Max Euwe
Machgielis "Max" Euwe (May 20, 1901 – November 26, 1981) was a Dutch chess player, mathematician, author, and chess administrator. Grandmaster (chess) and max Euwe are chess Grandmasters.
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Miguel Najdorf
Miguel Najdorf (born Mojsze Mendel Najdorf) (15 April 1910 – 4 July 1997) was a Polish–Argentine chess grandmaster. Grandmaster (chess) and Miguel Najdorf are chess Grandmasters.
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Mikhail Botvinnik
Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik (– May 5, 1995) was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who held five world titles in three different reigns. Grandmaster (chess) and Mikhail Botvinnik are chess Grandmasters.
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Mikhail Chigorin
Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin (also Tchigorin; Михаи́л Ива́нович Чиго́рин; –) was a Russian chess player.
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Milan Vidmar
Milan Vidmar (22 June 1885 – 9 October 1962) was a Slovenian electrical engineer, chess player, chess theorist, and writer. Grandmaster (chess) and Milan Vidmar are chess Grandmasters.
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Nicholas II
Nicholas II (Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov; 186817 July 1918) or Nikolai II was the last reigning Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 1 November 1894 until his abdication on 15 March 1917.
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Norm (chess)
A norm in chess is a high level of performance in a chess tournament. Grandmaster (chess) and norm (chess) are chess titles.
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Oldřich Duras
Oldřich Duras (also Důras; 30 October 1882, Pchery, Bohemia, then Austria-Hungary – 5 January 1957, Prague, then Czechoslovakia) was a leading Czech chess master of the early 20th century. Grandmaster (chess) and Oldřich Duras are chess Grandmasters.
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Ossip Bernstein
Ossip Samoilovich Bernstein (20 September 1882 – 30 November 1962) was a French chess player and businessman. Grandmaster (chess) and Ossip Bernstein are chess Grandmasters.
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Ostend 1907 chess tournament
The tournament was divided into two sections: the Championship Tournament and the Masters' Tournament.
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Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.
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Paul Keres
Paul Keres (7 January 1916 – 5 June 1975) was an Estonian chess grandmaster and chess writer. Grandmaster (chess) and Paul Keres are chess Grandmasters.
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Paul Lipke
Paul Lipke (30 June 1870 – 8 March 1955) was a German chess master.
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Péter Dely
Péter Dely (5 July 1934, Sárospatak – 29 December 2012) was a Hungarian chess master and 1969 Hungarian Chess Champion. Grandmaster (chess) and Péter Dely are chess Grandmasters.
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Raúl Sanguineti
Raúl Carlos Sanguineti (Paraná, 2 February 1933 – Buenos Aires, 6 August 2000) was an Argentine chess Grandmaster. Grandmaster (chess) and Raúl Sanguineti are chess Grandmasters.
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Reuben Fine
Reuben C. Fine (October 11, 1914 – March 26, 1993) was an American chess player, psychologist, university professor, and author of many books on both chess and psychology. Grandmaster (chess) and Reuben Fine are chess Grandmasters.
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Rudolf Marić
Rudolf Marić (13 May 1927, Novi Sad – 26 August 1990, Belgrade) was a Yugoslav chess master and author. Grandmaster (chess) and Rudolf Marić are chess Grandmasters.
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Rudolf Spielmann
Rudolf Spielmann (5 May 1883 – 20 August 1942) was a Jewish-Austrian chess master of the romantic school, and chess writer.
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Rudolf Teschner
Rudolf Teschner (16 February 1922, Potsdam – 23 July 2006, Berlin-Steglitz) was a German chess master and writer. Grandmaster (chess) and Rudolf Teschner are chess Grandmasters.
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Salo Flohr
Salomon Mikhailovich Flohr (November 21, 1908 – July 18, 1983) was a Czechoslovak and Soviet chess player and writer. Grandmaster (chess) and Salo Flohr are chess Grandmasters.
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Samuel Reshevsky
Samuel Herman Reshevsky (born Szmul Rzeszewski; November 26, 1911 – April 4, 1992) was a Polish chess prodigy and later a leading American chess grandmaster. Grandmaster (chess) and Samuel Reshevsky are chess Grandmasters.
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San Sebastián chess tournament
There were two important chess tournaments held in San Sebastián, Spain, in 1911 and 1912.
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Savielly Tartakower
Savielly Tartakower (also known as Xavier or Ksawery Tartakower, less often Tartacover or Tartakover; 21 February 1887 – 4 February 1956) was a Polish chess player. Grandmaster (chess) and Savielly Tartakower are chess Grandmasters.
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Siegbert Tarrasch
Siegbert Tarrasch (5 March 1862 – 17 February 1934) was a German chess player, considered to have been among the strongest players and most influential theoreticians of the late 19th and early 20th century.
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Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (commonly abbreviated as SFRY or SFR Yugoslavia), commonly referred to as Socialist Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe.
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St. Petersburg 1914 chess tournament
The St.
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Stojan Puc
Stojan Puc (9 April 1921 – 29 January 2004) was a Slovenian-Yugoslavian chess master. Grandmaster (chess) and Stojan Puc are chess Grandmasters.
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Sultan Khan (chess player)
Sultan Khan (Punjabi and میاں سلطان خان, 1903 – 25 April 1966; often given the erroneous honorific Mir Sultan Khan or Mir Malik Sultan Khan) was a Punjabi chess player, and later a citizen of Pakistan, who was the strongest Asian player of the early 1930s. Grandmaster (chess) and Sultan Khan (chess player) are chess Grandmasters.
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Svetozar Gligorić
Svetozar Gligorić (Светозар Глигорић; 2 February 1923 – 14 August 2012) was a Serbian and Yugoslav chess grandmaster and musician. Grandmaster (chess) and Svetozar Gligorić are chess Grandmasters.
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Swiss-system tournament
A Swiss-system tournament is a non-eliminating tournament format that features a fixed number of rounds of competition, but considerably fewer than for a round-robin tournament; thus each competitor (team or individual) does not play all the other competitors.
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Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo (translit,; translit), usually referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel.
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The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.
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The Oxford Companion to Chess
The Oxford Companion to Chess is a reference book on the game of chess written by David Vincent Hooper and Kenneth Whyld.
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Theodor Ghițescu
Theodor Ghițescu (24 January 1934 ─ 22 November 2008) was a Romanian chess player. Grandmaster (chess) and Theodor Ghițescu are chess Grandmasters.
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USSR Chess Championship
The USSR Chess Championship was played from 1921 to 1991.
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Vasily Smyslov
Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov (Vasíliy Vasíl'yevich Smyslóv; 24 March 1921 – 27 March 2010) was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who was the seventh World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958. Grandmaster (chess) and Vasily Smyslov are chess Grandmasters.
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Viacheslav Ragozin
Viacheslav Vasilyevich Ragozin (Вячесла́в Васи́льевич Раго́зин; 8 October 1908 – 11 March 1962) was a Soviet chess player, writer and editor. Grandmaster (chess) and Viacheslav Ragozin are chess Grandmasters.
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Vladas Mikėnas
Vladas Mikėnas (17 April 1910 – 3 November 1992) was a Lithuanian chess player and journalist. Grandmaster (chess) and Vladas Mikėnas are chess Grandmasters.
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Vladimir Alatortsev
Vladimir Alexeyevich Alatortsev (Влади́мир Алексе́евич Ала́торцев, pronounced "a LAH tart sev"; 14 May 1909 – 13 January 1987) was a Soviet chess player, author, and administrator. Grandmaster (chess) and Vladimir Alatortsev are chess Grandmasters.
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Vladimir Makogonov
Vladimir Andreevich Makogonov (Влади́мир Андре́евич Макого́нов, August 27, 1904 – January 2, 1993) was a Soviet chess player from Azerbaijan SSR. Grandmaster (chess) and Vladimir Makogonov are chess Grandmasters.
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Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden is the capital of the German state of Hesse, and the second-largest Hessian city after Frankfurt am Main.
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Wilhelm Steinitz
William Steinitz (born Wilhelm Steinitz; May 14, 1836 – August 12, 1900) was a Bohemian-Austrian and, later, American chess player.
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William Lewis (chess player)
William Lewis (1787–1870) was an English chess player and author, best known for the Lewis Countergambit.
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Women's Chess World Cup
The Women's Chess World Cup is a women's major chess competition organized by FIDE.
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World Chess Championship
The World Chess Championship is played to determine the world champion in chess.
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World Federation for Chess Composition
The World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC) is the highest body governing the official activities in the chess composition.
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World Junior Chess Championship
The World Junior Chess Championship is an under-20 chess tournament (players must have been under 20 years old on 1 January in the year of competition) organized by the World Chess Federation (FIDE).
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World Senior Chess Championship
The World Senior Chess Championship is an annual chess tournament established in 1991 by FIDE, the World Chess Federation.
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19th Chess Olympiad
The 19th Chess Olympiad (Die 19.), comprising an open team tournament as well as the annual FIDE congress, took place between September 5–27, 1970, in Siegen, West Germany.
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See also
Chess titles
- Arbiter (chess)
- Chess Oscar
- Chess title
- FIDE titles
- Grandmaster (chess)
- International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster
- International Judge of Chess Compositions
- Laura Aspis Prize
- List of Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR in chess
- Norm (chess)
References
Also known as Chess Grand Master, Chess Grandmaster, FIDE Grandmaster, Grandmaster chess, Grandmaster-elect, Grandmasters without the title, Honorary Grandmaster, International Grandmaster, Super GM, Super Grandmaster.