Author: Steve
Date: 03:22:48 09/03/00
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On September 02, 2000 at 13:23:01, Jonathan Lee wrote: >On September 01, 2000 at 17:16:30, Chessfun wrote: > >>On September 01, 2000 at 16:56:19, Severi Salminen wrote: >> >>>. >> >>Assuming you are serious. >>International Grand Master = IGM >> >>Thanks. >An international grandmaster is about the top 10 chess players in the world. >Jonathan (63rd message) That was the original idea when the first "grandmasters" were recognized at St. Petersburg 1914, and for many years thereafter being a grandmaster indeed meant that you were among the top players in the world. But the title has been greatly watered down in recent years. There may soon be 1000 grandmasters in Myanmar (Burma) alone. :)
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