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Who is our Asia's 1st Grandmaster?

Eugenio "Eugene" Torre (born November 4, 1951) is a Filipino chess player. In 1974, at 22 years old, he became not just the first Filipino but also the first Asian to qualify for the title Grandmaster.
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Who is the No 1 Grandmaster in India?

Viswanathan Anand is one of the best chess players and the first Indian to win the Grandmaster title.
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Who is the first Grandmaster?

Viswanathan Anand won the World Junior Chess Championship when he was 14. He became India's first chess grandmaster in 1988.
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Who is the 2 Grandmaster of India?

Ans. Dibyendu Barua is India's second grandmaster. He was awarded the title in 1991.
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Who is the world's top Grandmaster?

GM Magnus Carlsen is the current world chess champion. To many people, he's the best to ever play the game, although GMs Garry Kasparov and Bobby Fischer remain in the conversation.
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Who is 75 Grandmaster?

Chennai, Chess prodigy V Pranav on Sunday became India's 75th Grandmaster by winning a tournament in Romania.
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Which country has the most grandmasters?

How Many Chess Grandmasters Does Your Country Have?
  • Russia - 211. Another 22 players currently competing under the "FIDE" flag used to represent Russia until recently.
  • USA - 105. ...
  • Germany - 96. ...
  • Ukraine - 89.
  • India - 74. ...
  • Spain - 57.
  • France - 53.
  • Serbia - 52.
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Who is called father of chess?

Wilhelm Steinitz, the first World Champion, widely considered the "father of modern chess," extensively analyzed various double king-pawn openings (beginning 1.
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Why is India good at chess?

Chess has risen in popularity in India in the last few decades primarily due to chess Grandmaster and former 5-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand. It is believed that chess originated from Chaturanga of ancient India. The All India Chess Federation is the governing body for chess in India.
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Which country is best for chess?

There are many ways to measure the strongest chess nations. By sheer volume, Russia dominates, with 2,559 titled players, including a remarkable 243 grandmasters. In fact, Russia has more grandmasters than 143 countries combined, according to FIDE's list of 179 federations.
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Who is the hardest Grandmaster?

The Corrupted has been deemed the hardest grandmaster in Destiny 2. It isn't one thing that makes this grandmaster so difficult, it's a combination of what guardians will go through that truly tests even the most seasoned fireteams.
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Who is youngest Grandmaster?

Since 1950, when the Grandmaster (GM) title was introduced by FIDE, one measure of chess prodigies is the age at which they gain the GM title. Below are players who have held the record for the youngest grandmaster. The record is currently held by Abhimanyu Mishra.
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Who is the smallest Grandmaster?

Abhimanyu Mishra, the world's youngest chess grandmaster, grew up in Englishtown.
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What is the IQ of Garry Kasparov?

The score of Garry Kasparov's IQ was 135.

This was according to a series of tests designed to test his memory, abstract reasoning and spatial ability. When it comes to Garry Kasparov's IQ, it's clear he was a very gifted man, but he doesn't hold the record for the highest IQ to date.
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Who is the 69th grandmaster of world?

Meet Harshit Raja, India's 69th chess Grandmaster.
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Who is the newest grandmaster?

The All India Chess Federation congratulated Pranesh and said on its Twitter page: "Congratulations to Pranesh M for winning the Rilton Cup at Stockholm, the first tournament of the FIDE Circuit and also becoming the 79th Grandmaster of the country!"
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Does chess require high IQ?

Just like in any other activity, having a high IQ is a big boost and helps a lot, but its not neccesary to play chess. And it goes both ways. Just because you have high IQ it doesn't mean you will be great chess player. People with high IQ tend to be better at almost everything they try compared with regular folks.
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Can you learn chess at 25?

certainly though a 25year old can enjoy the game and improve as a chess player. A 99 year old can as well.
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Who is 78 grandmaster?

As of January 1, there are now 78 chess Grandmasters (GMs) in India, with a 19-year-old named Koustav Chatterjee achieving his last norm.
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What level is grandmaster?

An Elo rating of at least 2500 at any point in their career (although they need not maintain this level to obtain or keep the title).
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Why do Russians love chess?

Why are the Russians and their neighbors so good at chess? Because the Soviets subsidized the game. Chess has long been popular in Russia—Czar Ivan IV is thought to have died while playing a match in 1584. After the Bolsheviks took power in 1917, it became a national pastime.
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Who is the world No 1 in chess?

The seventh and current world number one is Magnus Carlsen, who first achieved this ranking in the January 2010 list, and has been world number one since July 2011 after having lost and reclaimed the position from Anand during 2010 and 2011.
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