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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Last year, aged 10, Sivanandan became the youngest female player to defeat a grandmaster when she beat Peter Wells at the British Chess Championships.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
He has found that if he gives the latest models enough time to think, they create a chess engine from scratch that can reach grandmaster quality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
For Sivanandan, the next objective is to reach grandmaster status as soon as possible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Naroditsky earned the title of grandmaster - the international chess federation's highest-ranked chess competitor - while he was still a teenager, after winning the 2013 US Junior Championship.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Fischer agreed, and Lothar Schmid, the German referee, who was himself a grandmaster, started the clock.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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