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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 this exciting event.

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