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
Example Sentences
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Or abandon caution, follow her instincts, go for a victory that would—could—make her the tournament winner and national champion, as well as the youngest grandmaster, male or female, in the annals of the game.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
Speaking of satisfying defeats, I dipped out between films to see the Hungarian grandmaster Judit Polgár challenge Alec Baldwin to a game of chess.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
Bodhana says she wants to become the youngest grandmaster in history.
From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025
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
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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