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unusual facts about International Master



2003 in chess

May 10 – Milan Vukcevich (1937–2003), 66, Yugoslav/American International Master, Grandmaster of Chess Composition, and scientist.

Anna Rudolf

Rudolf attracted attention during the Vandoeuvre Open in December 2007, where she defeated the top seed Christian Bauer, finished ninth and scored WGM and IM norms.

Arnold Denker

He became an International Master in 1950 (the year the title was first awarded by FIDE).

Hillar Rootare

Hillar Rootare is the nephew of Estonian chess player Vidrik Rootare, several of whose games against the world-renowned International Grand Master Paul Keres are published among Keres's most interesting games, and of Salme Rootare, a Women's International Master in chess, and 15-time Estonian women's chess champion, who once finished third in the world chess championship competition (1959).

Lawrence Day

As a youth in Ottawa, Day came under the influence of Fedor Bohatirchuk, a strong Ukrainian International Master and doctor, who had emigrated to Canada after the Second World War.

Michael Valvo

Michael Valvo (April 19, 1942 in New York – September 18, 2004 in Chanhassen, Minnesota) was an International Master of chess.

Stuart Rachels

Stuart Rachels (born September 26, 1969) is an International Master of chess and the son of the philosopher James Rachels (1941–2003).

Tan Lian Ann

Awarded the International Master title in 1973, after qualifying for the Interzonal in Petrópolis, Brazil.


see also

Dallas Chamber Symphony International Piano Competition

The event’s 2013 jury panel included Andrey Ponochevny, Bronze Medal Winner of the 2002 International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow; Dr. Young-Hyun Cho, Assistant Professor of Piano for The University of Texas at Arlington and international master instructor; and Dr. Pamela Mia Paul, Regents Professor of Piano at the University of North Texas and critically acclaimed Steinway artist.

Mapúa Cardinals

The MIT chess team has produced the likes of Eugene Torre, Asia's first grandmaster as well as International Master Renato Naranja, both of whom represented the country in the 1972 Chess Olympiad.

Samuel Sevian

His first success came when he became the youngest Expert in USCF history, an achievement that was featured in an article in the Los Angeles Times by International Master John Peters.