There is at least one for each letter. How I know that is a long story, I'm not gonna go into that now, you'l probably
- not believe me
- point and laugh
- shake your head and turn away.
Alphabet GMs
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Aronian, Bologan, Carlsen, Dominguez, Euwe, Fischer, Giri, Hodgson, Ivanchuk, Jones, Kasparov, Lautier, Mamedyarov, Nakamura, Onischuk, Ponomariov, Q??, Radjabov, Shirov, Tal, U??, Vachier-Lagrave, Williams, X?? (one of the Chinese GM's perhaps?), Yermolinksy, Zaitsev
Jun 26, 2011
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#5
rooperi wrote:
There is at least one for each letter. How I know that is a long story, I'm not gonna go into that now, you'l probably
not believe me point and laugh shake your head and turn away.I would believe you, just because I'm not really busy today. So, how do you know?
Quinteros, Xue
mephistoWaltzz wrote:
Alekhine, Bronstein, Capablanca, Dvoretsky, EFim Geller, Horrowitz, Ivanchuck, Janowski, Korchnoi, Lilienthal, Morphy, Nakamura, Osip (Bernstein), Petrosian, Quinn (mark), Ruslan (Ponomariov), Steinitz, Tal, Unzicker, Vasily (Smyslov), Waitzkin, aleXander (Zaitsev), Yassar (Seirwan), Zukertorte
I cheated a little I think
Dvoretsky, Horowitz, Quinn and Waitzkin are/were not GM's (neither technically were Morphy, Steinitz or Zukertort as the title didn't exist when they played. And of course Capablanca, Alekhine and Janowski never had a FIDE GM title)
mephistoWaltzz wrote:
brilliantboy wrote:
mephistoWaltzz wrote:
Alekhine, Bronstein, Capablanca, Dvoretsky, EFim Geller, Horrowitz, Ivanchuck, Janowski, Korchnoi, Lilienthal, Morphy, Nakamura, Osip (Bernstein), Petrosian, Quinn (mark), Ruslan (Ponomariov), Steinitz, Tal, Unzicker, Vasily (Smyslov), Waitzkin, aleXander (Zaitsev), Yassar (Seirwan), Zukertorte
I cheated a little I think
Dvoretsky, Horowitz, Quinn and Waitzkin are/were not GM's (neither technically were Morphy, Steinitz or Zukertort as the title didn't exist when they played. And of course Capablanca, Alekhine and Janowski never had a FIDE GM title)
Oh...
Whenever one reads about Capablanca, Alekhine, Steinitz, Rubinstein,Lasker etc., they are always referred to as GMS. Everyone knows these guys played at the GM level and everyone calls them GMs. In fact, they are De Facto grandmasters. There is some evidence that Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, Marshall and Tarrasch were grandmasters ---De Jure.
raul72 wrote:
mephistoWaltzz wrote:
brilliantboy wrote:
mephistoWaltzz wrote:
Alekhine, Bronstein, Capablanca, Dvoretsky, EFim Geller, Horrowitz, Ivanchuck, Janowski, Korchnoi, Lilienthal, Morphy, Nakamura, Osip (Bernstein), Petrosian, Quinn (mark), Ruslan (Ponomariov), Steinitz, Tal, Unzicker, Vasily (Smyslov), Waitzkin, aleXander (Zaitsev), Yassar (Seirwan), Zukertorte
I cheated a little I think
Dvoretsky, Horowitz, Quinn and Waitzkin are/were not GM's (neither technically were Morphy, Steinitz or Zukertort as the title didn't exist when they played. And of course Capablanca, Alekhine and Janowski never had a FIDE GM title)
Oh...
Whenever one reads about Capablanca, Alekhine, Steinitz, Rubinstein,Lasker etc., they are always referred to as GMS. Everyone knows these guys played at the GM level and everyone calls them GMs. In fact, they are De Facto grandmasters. There is some evidence that Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, Marshall and Tarrasch were grandmasters ---De Jure.
Absolutely, the Fide GM title wasn't introduced untill about 1950 (Capablanca, Lasker, Alekhine and many of their peers had died by then) but for a few decades before that, the very strongest chess player were referred to as grandmasters. I don't think the concept of a grandmaster existed untill a decade or two after Steinitz though
mephistoWaltzz wrote:
Alekhine, Bronstein, Capablanca, Dvoretsky, EFim Geller, Horrowitz, Ivanchuck, Janowski, Korchnoi, Lilienthal, Morphy, Nakamura, Osip (Bernstein), Petrosian, Quinn (mark), Ruslan (Ponomariov), Steinitz, Tal, Unzicker, Vasily (Smyslov), Waitzkin, aleXander (Zaitsev), Yassar (Seirwan), Zukertorte
I cheated a little I think
Dvoretsky and Waitzkin never made GM .
Are we gonna use first names or last ? If we use both it makes it too easy. 
Jun 27, 2011
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#11
Aronian, Bologan, Carlsen, Dominguez, Euwe, Fischer, Giri,
Catch 'em, catch 'em, gotta' catch 'em all! Grandmasters!
Hodgson, Ivanchuk, Jones, Kasparov, Lautier, Mamedyarov, Nakamura,
At least 150, or more to see. To be a grandmaster master is my destiny!
Onischuk, Ponomariov, Quinteros, Radjabov, Shirov, Tal, Udovčić, Vachier-Lagrave,
We're at the half-way point. Doin' great so far! What's all this 'we stuff?' I'm doin' all the hard work! Break time's over. Here we go!
Williams, X?? (one of the Chinese GM's perhaps?), Yermolinksy, Zaitsev
Catch 'em, catch 'em, gotta' catch 'em all! Oooh, gotta' catch 'em all, grandmasters! Catch 'em, catch 'em, gotta' catch 'em all! Oooh, gotta' catch 'em all, grandmasters! Catch 'em, catch 'em, gotta' catch 'em all! Gotta' catch 'em all! grandmasters!
Wouter_Remmerswaal wrote:
Aronian, Bologan, Carlsen, Dominguez, Euwe, Fischer, Giri,
Catch 'em, catch 'em, gotta' catch 'em all! Grandmasters!
Hodgson, Ivanchuk, Jones, Kasparov, Lautier, Mamedyarov, Nakamura,
At least 150, or more to see. To be a grandmaster master is my destiny!
Onischuk, Ponomariov, Q??, Radjabov, Shirov, Tal, U??, Vachier-Lagrave,
We're at the half-way point. Doin' great so far! What's all this 'we stuff?' I'm doin' all the hard work! Break time's over. Here we go!
Williams, X?? (one of the Chinese GM's perhaps?), Yermolinksy, Zaitsev
Catch 'em, catch 'em, gotta' catch 'em all! Oooh, gotta' catch 'em all, grandmasters! Catch 'em, catch 'em, gotta' catch 'em all! Oooh, gotta' catch 'em all, grandmasters! Catch 'em, catch 'em, gotta' catch 'em all! Gotta' catch 'em all! grandmasters!
Anand, Bacrot, Carlsen, Dominguez, Euwe, Fischer, Gelfand, Heubner, Ivanchuk, Jobava, Keres, Leko, Morozevich, Nakamura, Olaffson, Polgar, Quinteros, Reshevsky, Steinitz, Tal, Uhlmann, Volokitin, Wojtaszek, Xu ( Ju and Yuhua ) , Yermolinsky, Zhao
Jun 27, 2011
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#15
After Lasker's remarkable comeback win in the finals, at the closing ceremony the Czar presented him and his fellow finalists Capablanca, Alekhine, Tarrasch, and Marshall with a Royal Declaration recognizing them as "Grandmasters of Chess." So that was the first time the title was "officially" awarded - ESTRAGON
The bit about the Czar awarding the GM Title at St Petersburg 1914 is another urban legend that has now become accepted historical fact...if it's a fact it's interesting that the first known mention of this "fact" only goes back to...1940.
http://www.chessbase.com/previewdetail.asp?newsid=3990
Jun 27, 2011
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#16
My try:
Anand
Botvinnik
Carlsen
Danielsen
Euwe
Fischer
Giri
Hansen
I
J
Keres
Leko
M
Negi
O
Palo
Q
R
Steinitz
Tal
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
You can find the solution here.
Estragon wrote:
The GM title was first used informally to describe those masters who had won strong international tournaments. Such players were referred to as "Grandmasters" as early as Ostend 1907, and San Sebastion 1911 and 1912 were billed as "Grandmaster tournaments" as all the invitees had won international events except 1912 tail-ender Forgacs, who had won the championship of Hungary and placed highly in several international events. So that was the early standard: having won an international tournament of masters.
At St. Petersburg 1914, the Czar sponsored the tournament, which was held in two stages: an 11-man preliminary round robin event, in which all the participants were "Grandmasters" under the existing sense of the title. The top five qualified for the double-round robin final, with the prelim scores to carry over. After Lasker's remarkable comeback win in the finals, at the closing ceremony the Czar presented him and his fellow finalists Capablanca, Alekhine, Tarrasch, and Marshall with a Royal Declaration recognizing them as "Grandmasters of Chess." So that was the first time the title was "officially" awarded.
Of course, no one ever doubted that Rubenstein, who failed to qualify for the final, or Steinitz or Pillsbury, whose playing days were done, or Nimzowitsch, Spielmann, or Duras, for that matter, were all Grandmasters. It was really more a title bestowed by the consensus of the other GMs until FIDE took it over after WWII and the death of Alekhine as reigning World Champ.
Yes, it was by a concensus of grandmasters. Chessplayers knew who the grandmasters were. They didnt need an organization to tell them that. And grandmasters had their pecking order.
When Gufeld became a grandmaster he strode into the tournament hall and spied Korchnoi. He immediately went to Korchnoi, held out his hand and said, I am proud to say I am now your colleague! Korchnoi looked around the room and said to Gufeld---no, that man there, Damjanovitch, is now your colleague!
Frank Mashall almost always took his wife Carolyn to his chess tournaments. And when he didnt---he wrote her often. In 1914 he sent Carrie a picture postcard of the five grandmasters and he commented about the "five grandmasters" on the front of the card in writing. I've never seen anyone doubt the photo or the writing. I've never heard Winter talk of this photo and it is a well known photo. So when Winters says the first known reference to the five grandmasters was 1940---check the photo!
Who can (without cheating!) name a GM for every letter of the Alphabet? ( I don't know if there is one for every letter though) Good luck!