International Grandmaster

Noun

 * 1)  ; the highest rank of chess player.
 * 2) * 2010,, 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.
 * 1) * 2010,, 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.

Usage notes

 * In informal use before titles were standardised by from 1950. The term has persisted as a synonym, along with its abbreviation . The short version is now much more common.