International Grand Master

American  

noun

1. a chess player in the highest class of ability, as determined through specified types of international competitions.

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Example Sentences

At 15, this youngster from Brooklyn has become the youngest international grand master in chess and has qualified for next year’s tournament to decide who shall meet Mikhail Botvinnik for the world’s chess championship.

From Literature

It was death chess and he was international grand master.

From Literature

Bukavshin became an international grand master in 2011, one of the game's top accolades, and won the Russian Cup last year.

From Reuters

According to the French federation, while international grand master Sebastien Feller, 19, was involved in a game, Cyril Marzolo followed developments over the internet and used computer software to establish the best next move.

From BBC

International Grand Master Samuel Reshevsky, when he was six, toured his native Poland playing two dozen opponents simultaneously and rarely losing.

From Time Magazine Archive