Title inaugurated in 1978 for a player with an ELO rating around 2300, after recommendation of his national federation.
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Quotes of the Day
After losing a game I play the next one better. After losing the 2nd game I play like a lion. After 3 defeats in a row, anyone can beat me!
Eduard Gufeld
When you see a good move, look for a better one
Emanuel Lasker
Do you realize, Fischer almost never has any bad pieces? He exchanges them, and the bad pieces remain with his opponents.
Yury Balashov
I am fighting for the future of chess, for the integrity of the game I love. Only when it’s clean it can grow.
Garry Kasparov 2014
I have often written that Karpov is like an iceberg. Well, Kasparov was the Titanic.
Alexander Roshal