Chess/grandmaster
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Question
1)Is there any point system or anything else to become a grandmaster?
or
>is there any international crieteria to call a chess player(grandmaster)?
Hi Vipul,
Yes there is. Here's information on the chess grandmaster title:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandmaster_(chess)
Here's the current ratings of the top players:
http://ratings.fide.com/top.phtml?list=men
http://ratings.fide.com/top.phtml?list=women
Regards,
Len
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Len Molden
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