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Junior is the winner of the 2006 World Computer Chess Championship, its third victory at this event. Rybka is an engine. As of December 2006, Rybka has topped all chess engine rating lists and won the 2007 WCCC.
Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen[ a] (born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster. Carlsen is a five-time World Chess Champion, the reigning five-time World Rapid Chess Champion, the reigning seven-time World Blitz Chess Champion, and the reigning Chess World Cup Champion. He has held the No. 1 position in the FIDE world chess rankings ...
The following people have all been grandmasters (GM) of chess.The title is awarded to players who have met the standards required by the sport's governing body, FIDE.Other than world champion, it is the highest title a chess player can attain and is awarded for life, although FIDE regulations allow for the revocation of titles for cheating or fraud.
2725: José Raúl Capablanca. 2720: Mikhail Botvinnik, Emanuel Lasker. 2700: Mikhail Tal. 2690: Alexander Alekhine, Paul Morphy, Vasily Smyslov. Though published in 1978, Elo's list did not include five-year averages for later players Bobby Fischer and Anatoly Karpov. It did list January 1978 ratings of 2780 for Fischer and 2725 for Karpov.
Bobby Fischer. Robert James Fischer (March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008) was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he won his first of a record eight US Championships at the age of 14. In 1964, he won with an 11–0 score, the only perfect score in the history of the tournament.
Highest-ranked Japanese-born player, highest-ranked American player (2011–2015, 2024–), current FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Champion (since 2022) China: Ding Liren: 2816 2018-11 1992 Highest-ranked Chinese player (since 2015), current World Chess Champion (since 2023) 13 Russia: Alexander Grischuk: 2810 2014-12 1983 14 Iran France
The World Chess Championship has taken various forms over time, including both match and tournament play. While the concept of a world champion of chess had already existed for decades, with several events considered by some to have established the world's foremost player, an event explicitly held to decide a world champion did not take place ...
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) was established in 1924 as the governing body of competitive chess. At the time, the term "grandmaster" was already being informally used to describe the world's leading chess players since the players competing in the Championship section of the Ostend 1907 chess tournament were referred to as "grandmasters" in reference to them all having previously ...