International Grandmaster

== English == === Alternative forms === international grandmaster === Noun === International Grandmaster (plural International Grandmasters) (chess) Synonym of Grandmaster; the highest rank of chess player. 2010, Robert Epstein, Teen 2.0, Linden Publishing (Quill Driver Books), page 180, For Americans the greatest chess legend of all time was Bobby Fischer, who became the youngest international grandmaster in history in 1958 at age fifteen and who eventually (in 1972) became World Champion in a celebrated bout with the Soviet Union's legendary Boris Spassky. ==== Usage notes ==== In informal use before titles were standardised by FIDE from 1950. The term has persisted as a synonym, along with its abbreviation IGM. The short version is now much more common.