grandmaster
Britishnoun
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chess
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one of the top chess players of a particular country
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( capital as part of title )
Grandmaster of Russia
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Also called: International Grandmaster. chess a player who has been awarded the highest title by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs
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a leading exponent of any of various arts
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Some prominent figures in the chess community - including world number two Hikaru Nakamura, former world champion Magnus Carlsen and Indian grandmaster Nihal Sarin - have previously condemned Kramnik's conduct.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
US grandmaster Naroditsky died last October at the age of 29.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
He believed machines needed human intelligence to perform effectively and would point staff to an example of AI’s losing a game of chess to a human grandmaster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
The kid from Tashkent who was once the second-youngest grandmaster in history is finally having his star turn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
On three occasions, Bobby went to Berkeley in the San Francisco Bay Area to visit Walter Browne, an Australian-American grandmaster.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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