| Samy Shoker | |
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| Country | Egypt |
| Born | 1987 (age 35–36) |
| Title | Grandmaster (2014) |
| FIDE rating | 2491 (February 2023) |
| Peak rating | 2517 (January 2012) |
Samy Shoker (born 1987) is an Egyptian chess grandmaster.
| Samy Shoker | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Country | Egypt |
| Born | 1987 (age 35–36) |
| Title | Grandmaster (2014) |
| FIDE rating | 2491 (February 2023) |
| Peak rating | 2517 (January 2012) |
Samy Shoker (born 1987) is an Egyptian chess grandmaster.
Born in 1987, Shoker earned his international master (IM) title in 2006 and was awarded the title of grandmaster (GM) by FIDE in 2014. He played in the Chess World Cup 2013, where he was defeated in the first round by Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. He represented his country at the 2014 Chess Olympiad, scoring 4½/9 (+4–4=1). [1]
Ye Jiangchuan is a Chinese chess player. He is the second Chinese player, after Ye Rongguang, to achieve the title of Grandmaster, which FIDE awarded him in 1993. On 1 January 2000, he became the first ever Chinese player to cross the 2600 elo rating mark.
Alejandro Tadeo Ramírez Álvarez is a Costa Rican-American chess Grandmaster and commentator. At the age of 15, he became the first Central American to achieve the title of Grandmaster and the second youngest chess grandmaster in the world at the time. Born in Costa Rica, he represented Costa Rica before switching to the United States in 2011.
Miguel Ángel Quinteros is an Argentine chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1973.
Smbat Gariginovich Lputian is an Armenian chess Grandmaster. He was first at tournament in Berlin 1982, shared first at Athens 1983 and at Irkutsk 1983, first at Sarajevo 1985 and at Irkutsk 1986, shared first at Hastings 1986–87 and first at Dortmund 1988. He won the Armenian Championship in 1978, 1980, 1998, and 2001. In 2006, he won a team gold medal at the 37th Chess Olympiad. Smbat Lputyan has been the founder-president of Chess Academy of Armenia since 2002.
Ariel Hugo Sorín is an Argentine chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster.
Anatoly Vaisser is a Soviet-born French chess player. Awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1985, he is four-time world seniors' champion.
Bassem Amin is an Egyptian chess player and medical doctor. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2006. Amin is the highest rated Egyptian and African player and the only medical doctor to have a FIDE peak rating of 2700+. Amin is also a six-time and the current African chess champion.
Fiona Steil-Antoni is a Luxembourgish chess player. She was awarded the title of Woman International Master by FIDE in 2010. Steil-Antoni won an individual gold medal at the Women's Chess Olympiad in 2006.
Essam El-Gindy is an Egyptian chess Grandmaster and FIDE Trainer.
Vladislav Vladimirovich Kovalev is a Belarusian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster. He was Belarusian Chess Champion in 2016.
Anton Vladimirovich Smirnov is an Australian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster (GM) by FIDE in 2017.
Hjörvar Steinn Grétarsson is an Icelandic chess grandmaster. He is the No. 1 ranked Icelandic player as of May 2021.
Aman Hambleton is a Canadian chess grandmaster. He is a member of the Chessbrahs, along with other grandmasters such as Eric Hansen (founder), Robin van Kampen, and Yasser Seirawan.
Shahenda Wafa is an Egyptian chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (2017). She is a three-time, and the current, African Women's Chess Champion.
Ali Farahat is an Egyptian and American chess player who received the FIDE title of International Master (IM) in 2005. He won the Egyptian chess championship in 2014. Since April 2019, he plays for the United States Chess Federation.
Juan Manuel Bellón López is a Spanish and Swedish chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (1978). He is a five-time Spanish Chess Champion, Chess Olympiad individual silver medal winner (1978), and European Team Chess Championship (1989) individual bronze medal winner.
Slavoljub Marjanović is a Serbian chess Grandmaster (GM) (1978), Yugoslav Chess Championship winner (1985), Chess Olympiad team bronze medal winner (1980), FIDE Senior Trainer (2004).
Emir Dizdarević, is a Bosnian chess Grandmaster (GM) (1988) who was representing Croatia from 2006 to 2008, two-times Bosnia and Herzegovina Chess Championship winner and a Chess Olympiad team silver medalist (1994).
Zlatko Ilinčić is a Serbian chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster (GM) (1994). FR Yugoslavia Chess Championship winner (2000).
Abdelrahman Hesham is an Egyptian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2016.
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