Questions about titles of players, for example FIDE Grand Master
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Which titled players (IM or GM) have also been successful politicians?
Garry Kasparov has been an unsuccessful politician and there have been several successful politicians who have also been quite good chess players, but have any of them achieved the IM or GM title?
Some candidates who didn't quite make it -
Nathan…
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Famous celebrity chessplayers?
Are there any celebrities, such as artists, politicians, etc, that also have a FIDE title? Also I don't want people whom had chess as a catapult to their job, because Karpov would be a great example of a politician who became so because of chess, or…
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To earn a direct title for coming first in an official FIDE tournament, do we include players who already have that title?
I'm intending to play in the Oceania Zonal tournament (brochure) and direct titles will be awarded in this tournament. I'm interested in the WIM title. The FIDE handbook says in regards to the WIM title:
Sub-Continental Individual
1st equal –…
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Can someone still get the title of "Club Master?"
In the 90's I was reading British Chess Magazine. I remember an article about the new title of "Club Master": a title given for strong chess performance at a club level. I have no idea what FIDE rating, if any, was required. I think that the British…
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What does "master" mean?
As I read both English and Russian chess literature I run into the term 'master'. It is clear from the context that is below grandmaster but is somehow given much respect. I never know what it actually means because it could be any of the three or…
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