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Breaking News! GM Finegold at last!
Danny went all out and he tried very hard. But at the end, GM-elect Ben Finegold was just too solid. Congratulations to America’s newest Grandmaster Ben Finegold! We will have a celebration for Ben at my home tonight. Well...
Long awaited shot at GM title
Quebecer to take long-awaited shot at grand-master titleBy Rene Bruemmer, Montreal GazetteAugust 22, 2009 9:01 PM MONTREAL — High-level chess is a young person’s game. Despite its appearance of immobility, a confrontation between brooding statues punctuated by brief, ponderous...
4 Americans earned FIDE titles
2022036 Hess, Robert L. USA 2560 = GM title 13601105 Goletiani, Rusudan USA 2403 = IM title2024322 Ludwig, Daniel USA 2461 = IM title4900251 Tegshsuren, Enkhbat USA 2420 = IM title Congratulations to all 4 players! Here is the...
Robert Hess: America’s newest GM
After winning the SPICE Spring Invitational a few weeks ago, IM Robert Hess has scored his third and final GM norm in Connecticut. He scored wins over GMs Ehlvest and Nakamura while drawing GMs Akobian, Shulman and Van Wely!...
The next chess phenom
NRN boy youngest grandmasterSun 2009-02-08 REPUBLICA KATHMANDU, Feb 1: Anish Giri, a teen of Nepali origin, became the youngest grandmaster in the world on Saturday, beating grandmaster Eduardo Iturrizaga of Venezuela for his final grandmaster norm at the tender...
Skip IM, go directly to GM
Nepali becomes youngest Grand MasterNepalnews.com, Nepal Anish Giri has become the youngest Grand Master (GM) in a prestigious chess tournament organised at Wijk Aan Zee, Holland by beating GM Edurado Iturrizaga of Venezuela. Born to a Nepali father and...
Glut of GMs
Curbing the glut of grandmastersBy Jack Peters, International MasterJanuary 18, 2009 The chess world is suffering from a glut of grandmasters. The January rating list issued by the World Chess Federation (FIDE) contains 1,188 grandmasters, including 66 representing the...
Cuba has 5 new GMs
New five Cuban chess players were promoted to Grand Mastershttp://www.cubaheadlines.com Five Cuban chess players were promoted to Grand Masters after the recently-held congress of the International Chess Federation. The congress promoted Fidel Corrales, Yuri González, Isam Ortiz, Luis Manuel...
A record broken
Hou Yifan Becomes GM, Breaks RecordMonday December 8, 2008 By Edward Scimia, About.com Guide to Chess Hou Yifan, the 14-year-old Chinese chess prodigy, has recently been awarded the grandmaster title by FIDE. In doing so, she has broken the...