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List of chess grandmasters

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The following people have all been grandmasters (GM) of chess. The title has been awarded since 1950 to players who have met the standards required by the sport's governing body, FIDE. Other than world champion, it is the highest title a chess player can attain and is awarded for life, although FIDE regulations allow for the revocation of titles for cheating or fraud. FIDE has awarded 2160 grandmaster titles, not counting four GM titles that have been revoked.

Grandmasters

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Player names are generally listed as they appear in FIDE records such as the FIDE Chess Profile pages, although accented letters are used where they apply, which FIDE databases simplify to the English alphabet. When player names or spellings have changed, the most recent is used even if it is different than that when the title was awarded which is then listed in the Notes column. Variants in transliteration such as "Alexei" vs. "Alexey" are not mentioned.

FIDE has issued ID codes since 1998; some older grandmasters were never assigned an ID. For living grandmasters, this field is a weblink to the FIDE Chess Profile page which usually gives the year the GM title was awarded and the player's birth year. FIDE IDs for deceased grandmasters are retained in this table to aid matching with older FIDE records such as the FIDE rating lists.

Title Year is the year FIDE officially awarded the title. Sometimes this may be a year after the player completed the final norm requirements for the title. In a few cases (e.g. Esteban Canal), the title was awarded retrospectively, many years after the relevant achievements.

The player's federation is stated at the time the GM title was awarded. If the player later changed federations, this is listed in Notes.

The Notes column gives the entire row's sources and those from 1950 to 2016 are equally in Chess International Titleholders, 1950–2016 by Di Felice.[1]

Revoked titles

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FIDE titles including the grandmaster title are valid for life, but FIDE regulations allow a title to be revoked for "use of a FIDE title or rating to subvert the ethical principles of the title or rating system" or if a player is found to have violated the anti-cheating regulations in a tournament on which the title application was based.[4]

Revoked GM Title Awards
NameFIDE IDBornDiedYearRevokedFederationsSexNotes
Crișan, Alexandru12012711962-07-3119932015RomaniaMFalsified tournament reports; Date of title revocation is unclear[note 120]
Nigalidze, Gaioz136030781989-04-2420142015GeorgiaMFIDE Ethics Commission Case n. 7/2015;[7] title application
Rausis, Igors116000981961-04-072024-03-2819922019Latvia • Bangladesh • Czech RepublicMFIDE Ethics Commission Case n. 8/2019[8]
Shevchenko, Kirill141295742002-09-2220172025Ukraine • RomaniaMFIDE report

See also

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Notes

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  1. ↑ References have three different dates of birth for Abbasifar, the one shown (12 Sep 1972) is from his GM title application. Di Felice lists 11 Aug 1972; his IM title application gives 11 Sep 1982.
  2. ↑ Abdusattorov's date of birth is from ChessBase News: Friedel, Frederic (29 October 2017), Abdusattorov second youngest GM ever, ChessBase. His birthplace is from Barden, Leonard (6 January 2017), "Ramesh Praggnanandhaa and Nodirbek Abdusattorov race to break world record", The Guardian, retrieved 26 January 2021.
  3. ↑ Al Khatib Ahmad and Lina Nassr win Arab Chess Championship, FIDE, 6 March 2023, retrieved 20 May 2023
  4. ↑ Алексей Александров [Alexey Alexandrov] (in Russian), chess-boom.online, November 2020, retrieved 9 September 2022
  5. ↑ Farrukh Amonatov, Chess Interviews, 26 September 2010, retrieved 8 January 2022
  6. ↑ Di Felice gives 2001 as Anić's GM title year, but the FIDE Golden Book and the FIDE Chess Profile show the title award was in 1999.
  7. ↑ Di Felice and IM application give Aravindh's birth date as 11 Sep 1999, GM application has 15 Sep 1999
  8. ↑ FIDE rating lists from 1975 to 2017 list Ardiansyah as "Ardiansyah, H" and some sources such as Di Felice and FIDE Golden Book indicate his name was Hasan. Indonesian sources say that "H" is an abbreviation for the Muslim honorific Hajji and that his name was simply Ardiansyah. "Ardiansyah (1951–2017)", IndonesiaBase, 24 January 2010, retrieved 30 January 2021. "Granmaster Catur Indonesia, Ardiansyah, Meninggal Dunia" [Indonesian Chess Grandmaster, Ardiansyah, Passes Away], Tempo.co (in Indonesian), 30 October 2017, retrieved 30 January 2021.
  9. ↑ Di Felice gives Askarov's title year as 2007, but the FIDE Golden Book and the FIDE Chess Profile have 2008 as the title award year. The title application was considered at the 1st quarter Presidential Board Meeting 2008, 21-22 December 2007, Singapore.
  10. ↑ World Youth Chess Championship 2026 Concludes in Grand Style, FIDE, 27 June 2026, retrieved 11 August 2026
  11. ↑ Di Felice lists 2009 as Bercenilla's title year, but the FIDE Chess Profile and the FIDE Golden Book show the title was awarded in 2010. The title application was considered at the 80th FIDE Congress 2009, 11-18 October 2009, Halkidiki, GRE.
  12. ↑ Di Felice lists Borišek's title year as 2008, but the FIDE Chess Profile and the FIDE Golden Book have 2009.
  13. ↑ Красивый мат в 1 ход. Решить не каждому под силу (in Russian), chessok.net, retrieved 24 September 2022
  14. ↑ Di Felice lists Bryzgalin's title year as 2007, but the FIDE Chess Profile and the FIDE Golden Book give 2008.
  15. ↑ Preminuo velemajstor Mišo Cebalo [Grandmaster Mišo Cebalo passed away] (in Croatian), Croatian Radiotelevision, 3 September 2022, retrieved 5 September 2022
  16. ↑ Di Felice gives Chernobay's date of birth as 11 Jun 1989, but his GM title application says 23 June.
  17. ↑ Di Felice lists 27 January 1991 as Chirilă's date of birth.
  18. ↑ Cori's birth date is given as 30 July 1995 by Di Felice and on his IM title application. His GM title application gives 2 July.
  19. ↑ Di Felice lists Cori Quispe's birthday as 8 February 1999, but his GM title application has 2 August.
  20. ↑ Colodro, Carlos Alberto (20 April 2026), Ukrainian IM Roman Dehtiarov stunningly becomes European champion in Katowice, ChessBase
  21. ↑ De La Paz Perdomo's GM title application lists 1973 as his birth year, but Di Felice and other sources give 1975.
  22. ↑ Di Felice states the title year as 2000, but FIDE Golden Book has 2001 and Domínguez was still noted as "m" in the FIDE July 2001 rating list.
  23. ↑ Di Felice and other sources give Dorfman's birth year as 1952. FIDE records used to list 1952 as Dorfman's birth year as well, but his FIDE Chess Profile now says 1953.
  24. ↑ Harika Dronavalli – The Unstoppable Women Grandmaster from India, Chess Player Profiles, 9 April 2022, retrieved 17 September 2022
  25. ↑ Iivo Nei and Andreas Dueckstein awarded Honorary GM title, FIDE, 15 February 2024, retrieved 29 February 2024
  26. ↑ ДЖУМАЕВ МАРАТ РУСТАМОВИЧ [Dzhumaev Marat Rustamovich] (in Russian), Sehrli Shahmat, archived from the original on 17 January 2023, retrieved 8 January 2022
  27. ↑ Di Felice and Gaige 1987 give Eingorn's birthday as 25 November 1956, but other sources have 23 November.
  28. ↑ The GM title application for Eliseev gives his birthdate as 29 July 1996, but Di Felice has 29 August.
  29. ↑ "Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş kimdir?" [Who is Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş?], Haber7 (in Turkish), 28 July 2020, archived from the original on 31 July 2022, retrieved 21 August 2024
  30. ↑ "Avrupa satranç şampiyonu Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş'un hedefi, 'büyükusta' olmak - Spor Haberleri" [European chess champion Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş's goal is to become a 'grandmaster'], Fanatik (in Turkish), 31 January 2020, retrieved 21 August 2024
  31. ↑ Escobar Forero's GM title application lists his birth date as 10 March 1977, but Di Felice has 11 March.
  32. ↑ Esipenko's birthplace is from Chessbase News: Friedel, Frederic (21 September 2018), Guess who came to encourage the Russian Olympiad teams?, ChessBase
  33. ↑ Fedoseev birthplace from McGourty, Colin (21 March 2017), Howell claims Winter Classic in thrilling finish, chess24, retrieved 18 July 2022
  34. ↑ Di Felice lists Anton Filippov's birthday as 6 December 1986, but his GM title application has 12 June.
  35. ↑ Fırat's 2017 GM title application gives his birthplace as Barcelona, Spain, but his 2010 IM application listed İzmir, Turkey, as does GM Burak Fırat 2019 yılında merkezimizde derslere başlamıştır [GM Burak Fırat started classes at our center in 2019] (in Turkish)
  36. ↑ U.S. Chess Champs, uschesschamps.com, retrieved 26 September 2022
  37. ↑ Відкритий особистий чемпіонат України з шахів (in Ukrainian), Федерація шахів України, retrieved 24 December 2022
  38. ↑ Di Felice gives Valeriane Gaprindashvili's GM title year as 2003, but both the FIDE Golden Book and the FIDE Chess Profile page have 2001.
  39. ↑ Di Felice gives Geller's birth date as 2 March 1925.
  40. ↑ "Гиря Ольга Александровна – биография" [Girya Olga Alexandrovna - biography], viperson.ru (in Russian), 21 January 2019, retrieved 3 June 2022
  41. ↑ Gomez Esteban's GM title application lists his birthday as 5 February 1958, but Di Felice and other sources have 15 February.
  42. ↑ Di Felice gives 2008 as the title year for González Vidal, but the FIDE Profile page and the FIDE Golden Book have 2009.
  43. ↑ Gordievsky's date and place of birth are from Di Felice.
  44. ↑ Sidorova, Vera (16 October 2022), «Наш человек» в Тольятти ["Our Man" in Tolyatti] (in Russian), retrieved 11 September 2025
  45. ↑ "Vidit Santosh Gujrathi", The Times of India, 19 January 2018, retrieved 20 October 2021
  46. ↑ Szymon Gumularz (in Polish), Szachy w Polsce, 10 December 2015, retrieved 24 February 2022
  47. ↑ Di Felice and Gaige list Gurevich's birthday as 6 February 1972, but the FIDE Golden Book and other sources have 8 February.
  48. ↑ Happy Birthday GM Ravi Haria (07-ii-1999), British Chess News, 7 February 2021, retrieved 17 September 2022
  49. ↑ Harutjunyan's GM title application seems to show a date of birth of 5 July 1981, but Di Felice and other sources have 7 May.
  50. ↑ Hayrapetyan, Hovik (15.02.1990), the Chesspedia, archived from the original on 21 September 2022, retrieved 17 September 2022
  51. ↑ Birthday Greetings GM Julian Hodgson (25-VII-1963), British Chess News, 25 July 2020, retrieved 26 October 2022
  52. ↑ Di Felice lists Hübner's title year as 1970, but Gaige and the FIDE Golden Book show the title was awarded in 1971.
  53. ↑ Di Felice lists 1993 as Istrățescu's title year, but the FIDE Chess Profile page and the FIDE Golden Book have 1994.
  54. ↑ "he got the GM title in 2005 for norms that he made in the early 1990s and was unaware of" –"Igor Ivanov – Grandmaster and pianist", Chessbase News, 3 January 2006
  55. ↑ Di Felice lists Mikhail Ivanov's birth date as 20 Jan 1969, but old FIDE rating lists have 10 Jan. The FIDE Golden Book confirms that Ivanov was awarded the GM title in 1993, but it does not list a birth date.
  56. ↑ Di Felice lists 1977 as Božidar Ivanović's GM title year, but his FIDE Chess Profile page and the FIDE Golden Book have 1978. Di Felice lists Božidar's birth year as 1949 which is what FIDE records said at time the book was published, but FIDE subsequently changed the birth year to 1946.
  57. ↑ Gaige lists Kavalek's title year as 1965.
  58. ↑ Di Felice gives Kachiyan's title year as 2005, but FIDE rating lists show him as an IM until the July 2006 list.
  59. ↑ FIDE delegation meets with Pakistan's President and PM, FIDE, 4 February 2024, retrieved 5 February 2024
  60. ↑ Doggers, Peter (5 February 2024), Honorary Grandmaster Title Posthumously Awarded To Sultan Khan, Chess.com, retrieved 5 February 2024
  61. ↑ Di Felice and Gaige give Kirov's date of birth as 9 Sep 1945, but some sources such as Chess24 – Nino Kirov (1945–2008) (in Bulgarian) give 11 Sep 1945
  62. ↑ Di Felice indicates Klimov received the GM title in 2008, but the FIDE Golden Book gives 2009.
  63. ↑ Di Felice lists Kurajica's title year as 1975, but the FIDE Golden Book has 1974.
  64. ↑ Birthdate and birthplace are from "КУЗУБОВ ЮРИЙ" [Kuzubov Yuri], www.chesspage.kiev.ua (in Ukrainian), 19 January 2005, retrieved 31 January 2021
  65. ↑ Di Felice gives Le Roux's date of birth as 1 May 1982, but his GM title application says 5 May.
  66. ↑ Lei's WGM title application lists her birthday as 13 March 1997, but Di Felice and her GM title application have 3 March.
  67. ↑ Lenič's GM application lists his birthday as 13 August 1988, but Di Felice gives 13 May.
  68. ↑ Di Felice gives Liberzon's title year as 1966, but both Gaige and The FIDE Golden Book have 1965.
  69. ↑ The FIDE Golden Book lists Lupu's title year as 1994; Di Felice gives 1995.
  70. ↑ Di Felice lists Magerramov's title year as 1990, but the FIDE Golden Book has 1992.
  71. ↑ Mahjoob Zardast's GM title application lists his birthday as 28 March 1980, but Di Felice has 20 March.
  72. ↑ Manolache's GM title application lists his birth year as 1974, but Di Felice has 1973.
  73. ↑ Di Felice gives 2005 as Meijers' title year, but the FIDE Golden Book has 2004.
  74. ↑ Di Felice gives Mikhalevski's birthday as 8 July 1972, but FIDE Golden Book has 12 July.
  75. ↑ Di Felice and Gaige give Milić's date of death as 27 May 1986, but some online sources[link removed] have 28 May.
  76. ↑ Di Felice and several other sources (Gaige 1987, Golombek 1977, Kažić 1974) give 5 March 1937 as Minić's birthday. Some online sources published shortly after his death such as TWIC 546 said his birthday was 5 April 1936.
  77. ↑ Munkhgal's birthday is from his IM title application.
  78. ↑ Di Felice gives Karthikeyan as born in Chennai on 1 May 1999, but his GM title application has Thanjavur on 5 January.
  79. ↑ Doggers, Peter (26 July 2021), "FIDE World Cup R1.3: 14-Year-Old Murzin Through", Chess.com, retrieved 10 December 2022
  80. ↑ Iivo Nei and Andreas Dueckstein awarded Honorary GM title, FIDE, 15 February 2024, retrieved 29 February 2024
  81. ↑ Di Felice records Okhotnik as a GM in 2006, but FIDE ratings lists show him as an IM until November 2011. In fact Okhotnik earned the GM title by winning the 21st World Senior Championship in November 2011.
  82. ↑ Di Felice gives Oll's title year as 1992, but FIDE Golden Book and other sources have 1990. Oll was assigned FIDE ID 4500024 in the July 1998 and Jan 1999 rating lists, but this number was reassigned later to Ladva.
  83. ↑ The Ortiz Suárez GM title application lists his birthday as 30 March 1980, but Di Felice has 2 April 1985 and the Ortiz Suarez FIDE Chess Profile also lists his birth year as 1985.
  84. ↑ FIDE gives Ovsejevitsch's birth year as 1977, but Di Felice says his birthday is 4 May 1974 because of an error in a previous version of the FIDE database.
  85. ↑ Di Felice lists 1992 as Thomas Pähtz GM title year, but the correct year is 1990 as given in the FIDE Golden Book.
  86. ↑ Di Felice gives Paleza's birthday as 5 December 1986, but his GM title application says 8 December.
  87. ↑ Paravyan's GM title application lists his birthday as 3 August 1998, but Di Felice, his IM title application and other sources give 8 March 1998.
  88. ↑ Di Felice lists Perelshteyn's birthday as 15 June 1980, but many online sources have 2 February 1980.
  89. ↑ Manual Petrosyan's GM title application gives his birthday as 6 May 1998, but Di Felice has 15 May.
  90. ↑ Di Felice gives Pietzsch's title year as 1966, but both Gaige and the FIDE Golden Book give 1965.
  91. ↑ Di Felice gives Podochenko's birthday as 2 July 1988, but his GM title application has 7 Feb 1988.
  92. ↑ Riff's GM title application lists his birthday as 29 April 1981, but Di Felice has 22 April as does Jean-Noël Riff[fr].
  93. ↑ Romanenko's GM title application gives his birthday as 4 June 1985, but Di Felice and other sources have 6 April.
  94. ↑ ВАДИМ РУБАН [Vadim Ruban] (in Russian), Chess Federation of Russia, 13 June 2022, retrieved 5 September 2022
  95. ↑ For many years it was believed that Rubinstein was born on 12 Oct 1882, but more recent research has shown that 1 Dec 1880, the birth date on Rubinstein's gravestone, is correct. Rubinstein's DOB, Chess History & Literature Society, 19 Apr 2014
  96. ↑ Šahović was assigned FIDE ID 901644, but after his death that ID was given to a different player.
  97. ↑ Di Felice gives 18 April 1992 as Yago Santiago's birthday, but his GM title application says 17 April.
  98. ↑ Ibro Saric's GM title application lists his birthday as 20 December 1982, but both Di Felice and his IM application have 20 February.
  99. ↑ Di Felice lists Luhansk as Shvyrjov's birthplace, but his title application says Kyiv.
  100. ↑ Шахматист Алексей Сорокин стал первым международным гроссмейстером в Алтайском крае (Chess player Aleksey Sorokin became the first international grandmaster in Altai Krai) (in Russian), Катунь 24, 18 August 2021, archived from the original on December 13, 2024, retrieved 28 May 2022
  101. ↑ Stellwagen's GM title application gives 3 January 1987 as his birthday, but Di Felice and other sources say 1 March.
  102. ↑ Stern's birthday is listed as 15 February 1972 by Di Felice and on his GM title application, but the German Wikipedia biography René Stern[de] gives 15 May.
  103. ↑ Although Suleymanli's IM title application lists his birthdate as 20 March 2005, other online sources have 22 March.
  104. ↑ Di Felice gives 29 Jun 1982 as Sundararajan Kidambi's birthday, but his GM title application lists 29 December.
  105. ↑ German Masters, Runde 9, Svane gegen Keymer: Hat Keymer den Gewinn verpasst? (in German), de.chessbase.com, 25 August 2022, retrieved 17 January 2023
  106. ↑ Świercz's GM title application gives his birth year as 1984. Di Felice says he was born in 1994.
  107. ↑ Tazbir's GM title application lists his birthday as 2 August 1988, but Di Felice and his IM title application have 22 August.
  108. ↑ Di Felice lists Tisdall's GM title year as 1995, but FIDE Golden Book and Tisdall's FIDE Chess Profile say the title was awarded in 1993.
  109. ↑ Di Felice lists Tishin's GM title year as 2005, but FIDE Golden Book and Tishin's FIDE Chess Profile say the title award was in 2002.
  110. ↑ Most sources including FIDE records give his birth date as 23 November 1905, but his birth certificate says 29 November 1904. "Birth certificate, TORRE Y REPETTO Carlos Jesús", Geneanet, retrieved 17 December 2024
  111. ↑ МИХАИЛ УЛЫБИН (in Russian), ruchess.ru, retrieved 25 September 2022
  112. ↑ Wahls' birthplace from Matthias Wahls, "My Chess CV, 1968", matthias-wahls.com, retrieved 11 November 2022
  113. ↑ Di Felice lists Wedberg's GM title year as 1995, but FIDE Golden Book and the online FIDE Chess Profile say his title was awarded in 1990.
  114. ↑ Di Felice gives 1995 as Xie Jun's GM title year, but FIDE Golden book lists her with the 1993 awardees.
  115. ↑ Xu Xiangyu's birthday is more legible on his IM title application.
  116. ↑ FIDE gives Igor Zaitsev's birth year as 1937, but Di Felice and other sources say he was born 27 May 1938.
  117. ↑ Zherebukh's GM application lists his birthday as 14 September 1993, but Di Felice and his IM application have 14 July.
  118. ↑ Zhukova's GM application lists her birthday as 5 May 1979, but Di Felice has 5 June.
  119. ↑ Di Felice gives Zoler's birthday as 19 January 1974, but his GM title application has 10 January.
  120. ↑ Although it was recommended that Crișan's title be revoked in 2001,[5] he was still listed as a grandmaster in FIDE's official rating list until July 2015.[6] FIDE made no announcement when adjusting his rating downwards and de-listing his title in August 2015. However, the rating deduction was retroactively applied from October 2001. According to Di Felice, all titles (FM, IM, and GM) were revoked in 2015.

Obituaries

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  1. ↑ In Memoriam – Velemajstor Boško Abramović (1951–2021) [In Memoriam - Grand Master Boško Abramović (1951–2021)] (in Serbian), Serbia Chess Federation, 19 December 2019
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