Grandmaster (GM) is a title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. Once achieved, the title is held for life, though exceptionally the title can be revoked for cheating.
Teimour Boris oghlu Radjabov is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster.
Kateryna Aleksandrovna Lagno is a Russian chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, she earned the title Woman Grandmaster (WGM) at the age of 12 years, four months and two days. In 2007, she was awarded the grandmaster title.
Étienne Bacrot is a French chess grandmaster, and as a child, a chess prodigy.
Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov is an American chess grandmaster and a four-time winner of the United States Chess Championship. He also won or tied for first place seven times in the U.S. Open Chess Championship.
Arthur Bernard Bisguier was an American chess player, chess promoter, and writer who held the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM).
Evgeny Ellinovich Sveshnikov was a Russian chess player and writer who is credited with development of the Sveshnikov Variation of the Sicilian Defence. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1977.
Gregory Kaidanov is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster. He was inducted into the United States Chess Hall of Fame in 2013.
Josef Lokvenc was an Austrian chess master.
Zdenko Kožul is a Croatian chess player. He holds the title of Grandmaster and was the 2006 European champion.
Carl Hamppe was a senior government official in Vienna as well as a Swiss-Austrian chess master and theoretician.
Eduard (Esra) Glass was an Austrian chess master.
Igor Ilyich Lysyj is a Russian chess player and writer. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2007. Lysyj was Russian champion in 2014.
Kayden William Troff is an American chess grandmaster. He was World U14 Chess Champion in 2012.
Lê Quang Liêm is a Vietnamese chess grandmaster, the top-ranked of his country. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2006. Liêm won the Asian Chess Championship in 2019 and was the World Blitz Chess Champion in 2013.
Richárd Rapport is a Hungarian chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he earned his grandmaster title at the age of 13 years, 11 months, and six days, making him Hungary's youngest ever grandmaster. He was the Hungarian Chess Champion in 2017 and was the fifth-rated player in the world in May 2022.
Regina Theissl Pokorná is a Slovak-Austrian chess player holding the title Woman Grandmaster (WGM).
Stefan Emanuel Sylvester Kindermann is an Austrian chess Grandmaster. He played in the 1998 FIDE World Chess Championship knockout matches, has represented Germany and Austria in eight Chess Olympiads, and is the author of several chess books.
Eva Moser was an Austrian chess player. She was awarded the titles International Master (IM), in 2004, and Woman Grandmaster (WGM), in 2003, by FIDE. Moser won both the absolute and women's Austrian chess championships. She competed in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2008.
Rainer Buhmann is a German chess Grandmaster who won German Chess Championship (2018) and European Team Chess Championship (2011).
