“ECF” stands for “English Chess Federation” From their website: “The English Chess Federation is the organisation that controls, directs and promotes the playing of chess in England. It is recognised as such by the UK Government as well as the World Chess Federation (FIDE). Scotland, Wales, Ireland and the Channel Islands have their own federations.” […]
From Michael Bluejay.com ” I was surprised that I couldn’t find a timeline of all women grandmasters in chess anywhere on the net, so I decided to compile one. This is a list of women who have attained the gender-blind “Grandmaster” (GM) title, not those who have earned the “Women Grandmaster” (WGM) title. The GM […]
A site listing a number of chess records and record holders provided by Glenn Giffen of Toronto, Canada.
The “WGM†acronym which stands for “Womens Grandmaster†is for the highest ranking female chess players and is also awarded by FIDE. There are slightly less than 200 Women Grandmasters worldwide, 11 of which are full GMs.
An “CM†or “Candidate Masterâ€Â is awarded by FIDE to a chess player who has achieved a FIDE rating of over 2200.Â
An “FM†or “FIDE Masterâ€Â is awarded by FIDE to a chess player who has achieved a FIDE rating of over 2300.Â
An “IM” or “International Master” is a chess player who has achieved three norms which are represented by a favorable showing in 3 major tournaments with other IMs and GMs is awarded the title of IM by FIDE.Â
The “GM” acronym which stands for “Grandmaster” is for the highest ranking for chess players and is awarded by FIDE. There are only approximately 1000 Grandmasters worldwide with the majority in Soviet or ex-Soviet states.
This acronym “OTB” for “Over the Board” represents the traditional method of playing chess on a board using real pieces “LIVE” with your opponent. Many purists believe this is only true chess as playing online does not allow you to “play” or “read” your opponent, only the position.
Today marked the beginning of the 2007 version of the world famous Corus Chess Festival hosted at Wijk aan Zee, Netherlads from January 12 to 28th. The tournament page noted below will provide you with updates on the tourney and all of the games in pgn format. See Corus Tournament 2007 to keep up with all the details of […]
