Grandmaster

See also: grandmaster, Grand Master, and grand master

English

Alternative forms

• grandmaster

Pronunciation

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Noun

Grandmaster (plural Grandmasters)

1. (chess) A player of the highest rank, as determined by FIDE, with an Elo rating of at least 2500. [From 1950.]
2. (chess, historical) Short for Grandmaster of the Soviet Union; USSR champion.

Synonyms

• International Grandmaster, GM, IGM

Antonyms

• patzer, woodpusher

Translations

highest title for chess player

• Armenian: գրոսմայստեր (hy) (grosmayster)
• Belarusian: гросма́йстар m (hrosmájstar)
• Bulgarian: гросма́йстор m (grosmájstor)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 國際象棋特級大師／国际象棋特级大师 (guójì xiàngqí tèjí dàshī), 西洋棋特級大師／西洋棋特级大师 (xīyángqí tèjí dàshī)

• Czech: velmistr m
• Danish: stormester c
• Dutch: grootmeester (nl) m
• Estonian: suurmeister
• Finnish: suurmestari (fi)
• French: grand maître (fr) m
• Georgian: დიდოსტატი (didosṭaṭi)
• German: Großmeister (de) m, Großmeisterin f, Grossmeister (de) m (Switzerland, Liechtenstein), Grossmeisterin f (Switzerland, Liechtenstein)
• Hindi: ग्रांडमास्टर m (grāṇḍmāsṭar)
• Hungarian: nagymester (hu)
• Irish: Ardmháistir m
• Italian: Grande Maestro
• Japanese: グランドマスター (gurandomasutā)
• Kazakh: гроссмейстер (grossmeister)
• Korean: 그랜드마스터 (geuraendeumaseuteo)
• Latin: Grandis magister m
• Latvian: lielmeistars m
• Lithuanian: didmeistris
• Macedonian: велема́јстор m (velemájstor)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stormester (no) m

  Nynorsk: stormeister m

• Polish: (chess) arcymistrz (pl) m, arcymistrzyni f
• Portuguese: grão-mestre m, Grão-Mestre m
• Russian: (chess) гроссме́йстер (ru) m (grossméjster)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: велѐма̄јстор m

  Roman: velèmājstor (sh) m

• Slovak: veľmajster m
• Slovene: velemojster m
• Spanish: Gran Maestro m
• Swedish: stormästare (sv) c
• Ukrainian: гросме́йстер m (hrosméjster)
• Vietnamese: đại kiện tướng (大健將)
• Yiddish: גרויסמײַסטער m (groysmayster)