List of chess grandmasters
Appearance
This is a list of Grandmasters in chess. Grandmaster is a title awarded to world-class chess players by the sport's governing body FIDE. Apart from "World Champion", Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. Once achieved, the title is held for life.
References
- Chessbase Megabase 2008
- Living grandmasters from fide.com
- Rated players from Bill Wall
- Titles approved from FIDE: 2nd quarter Presidential Board, 2002, 73th FIDE Congress, 2002, 1st quarter Presidential Board, 2003, 2nd quarter Presidential Board, 2003, 74th FIDE Congress, 2003, 1st quarter Presidential Board, 2004, 2nd quarter Presidential Board, 2004, 75th FIDE Congress, 2004, 76th FIDE Congress, 2005, 4th quarter Presidential Board, 2005, 1st quarter Presidential Board, 2006, 77th FIDE Congress, 2006, 3rd quarter Presidential Board, 2006, 1st quarter Presidential Board, 2007, 2nd quarter Presidential Board, 2007, 3rd quarter Presidential Board, 2007, 78th FIDE congress, 2007, 1st quarter Presidential Board, 2008, 2nd quarter Presidential Board, 2008, 3rd quarter Presidential Board, 2008
- Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6 (bio dates and title years for most players earning titles before 1987)