First Grand Master Of 2024. At st.petersburg 1914 the czar of russia conferred the grandmaster title on lasker, capablanca, alekhine, tarrasch, and marshall. Dunlap, a lawyer by profession.
Vaishali was the discovery of the candidates, for which she had qualified by emerging as the surprise champion of the grand swiss in november. Article by leon watson, english chess federation if you thought only chess prodigies become grandmasters these days, you are mistaken.