International Grandmaster

English Alternative forms en international grandmaster Noun en chess en Grandmaster; the highest rank of chess player. en 1970 The Encyclopaedia of Chess https://books.google.com.au/books?id=tqwpAQAAIAAJ&q=%22International+Grandmaster%22%7C%22International+Grandmasters%22&dq=%22International+Grandmaster%22%7C%22International+Grandmasters%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwinyYeiju31AhVZlGoFHTQzCh0Q6AF6BAhiEAI 157 St. Martin's Press A book containing portraits of International Grandmasters against whom he has played has been published in Switzerland, entitled Henri Grob the Artist. en 1973 Frank Brady (writer) Frank Brady Profile of a Prodigy: The Life and Games of Bobby Fischer Revised David McKay Publications David Mckay Company https://books.google.com.au/books?id=KL2BAAAAMAAJ&q=%22International+Grandmaster%22%7C%22International+Grandmasters%22&dq=%22International+Grandmaster%22%7C%22International+Grandmasters%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwinyYeiju31AhVZlGoFHTQzCh0Q6AF6BAgnEAI 20 International Grandmaster Bisguier was defending champion. World Junior Champion Lombardy was a strong favorite, and International Grandmaster Reshevsky even stronger. 2010, Robert Epstein, Teen 2.0, Linden Publishing (Quill Driver Books), page 180, For Americans the greatest chess legend of all time was Bobby Fischer, who became the youngest international grandmaster in history in 1958 at age fifteen and who eventually (in 1972) became World Champion in a celebrated bout with the Soviet Union's legendary Boris Spassky. en 2016 Alex Dunne The United States Junior Open Chess Championship, 1946-2016 https://books.google.com.au/books?id=5UJ6DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA13&dq=%22International+Grandmaster%22%7C%22International+Grandmasters%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwinyYeiju31AhVZlGoFHTQzCh0Q6AF6BAgLEAI#v=onepage&q=%22International%20Grandmaster%22%7C%22International%20Grandmasters%22&f=false 13 w:McFarland & Company He earned the title of International Grandmaster in 1957 and appeared on the first USCF rating list (1950) with a rating of 2394. Usage notes In informal use before titles were standardised by FIDE from 1950. The term has persisted as a synonym, along with its abbreviation en IGM. The short version is now much more common.