Grandmaster

See also: grandmaster, Grand Master, and grand master

English

Alternative forms

grandmaster

Noun

Grandmaster (plural Grandmasters)

(chess) A player of the highest rank, as determined by FIDE, with an Elo rating of at least 2500. [From 1950.]
(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)

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