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Eugenio "Eugene" Torre, traditionally considered the strongest chess grandmaster the Philippines ever produced, was born in Iloilo City, Philippines on November 4, 1951. In 1974, the young Torre became Asia’s first grandmaste...
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Amon Simutowe, born in 1982, is a chess player from Zambia who made his 3rd Grandmaster norm at Arnheim, Netherlands in August, 2007. He is the first sub-Saharan African to become a Grandmaster. His current Elo rating is 2421.&nbs...
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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, born October 21, 1990, is a French Grandmaster. In 2002, he was 2nd in the World Under-14 Championship. In 2005, he became a Grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 4 months, the 7th youngest GM in history and the 2nd young...
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Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian child chess prodigy, was born Nov 30, 1990, and gained the Grandmaster title (2004) at the age of 13 years, 4 months and 27 days. He became the 2nd youngest GM in chess history, behind only Sergey Karjakin and Pari...
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Ulf Andersson, born June 27, 1951, is a Swedish Grandmaster (1972) who is the all-time drawing master. Against top-level opposition, he has drawn 74% of his games, winning 10%, and losing 16%. In 1969, he was the Swedish Champion. ...
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Mohamad Al-Modiakhi, born June 1, 1974, is the first Grandmaster from Qatar and the first Arabian grandmaster. He is the highest rated Arab, with a peak Elo rating of 2588. His current Elo rating is 2563. He is married to fo...
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Esteban Canal (1896-1981) was a Peruvian International Master (1950) who received an Emeritus (honorary) Grandmaster title in 1977 at the age of 81. This made him the first Peruvian Grandmaster. Canal lived in Venice, Italy since 1923,...
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Igor Zakharovich Bondarevsky (1913-1979) was a Soviet Grandmaster (1950) and Correspondence Grandmaster (1961). He played in the USSR championship 9 times, sharing 1st with Andor Lilienthal in the 1940 championship. He tied for 6...
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Alexander Baburin, born in 1967, is a Russian player who moved to Ireland in 1993 and became an International Master in 1990 and a Grandmaster in 1996. He is the first Irish Grandmaster. He won the 1999 Mind Sports Olympiad in Lon...
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Nelli Aginian was born on August 4, 1981 in Armenia. In 2005, she was awarded the Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title. Her highest FIDE rating was 2380. She is the third player from Armenia, after Elina Danielian and Lilit Mkrtchian, t...
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