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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Sindarov, who defeated world No. 2 Hikaru Nakamura, was one of only five players to earn grandmaster title before age 13.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Sindarov is one of only five players ever to earn the title of grandmaster before the age of 13.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
He would play the last of his 140,646 games on Chess.com four hours later against Nihal Sarin, another grandmaster who has been accused of cheating by Vladimir Kramnik.
From Slate • Nov. 1, 2025
Some prominent figures in the chess community - including world number two Hikaru Nakamura, former world champion Magnus Carlsen and Indian grandmaster Nihal Sarin - have condemned Kramnik's conduct.
From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025
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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