2007 US Grandmaster of the Year Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Lahno, the latest woman to become a GM
In the last list of titles approved by FIDE, Tran Thanh Hoang of Hungary (orginally from Vietnam) was confirmed with the GM title. She is currently the #19 woman player in the world with a rating of 2466. In...
Fabiano Caruana, the newest GRANDMASTER!
Fabiano Caruana just scored 7 points at the First Saturday Tournament in Budapest to secure his 3rd and final GM norm! He recently became Italy’s #1 rated player on July 1 and he just gained more points from this...
Determination to be the youngest grandmaster
World School Chess champ Sweety wants to become youngest grandmasterMalaysia SunTuesday 8th May, 2007 (ANI) Surat (Gujarat), May 8 : Surat’s Sweety Patel, who won the Under-9 category World School Chess Championship held in Greece on May 6, today...
2nd Indian female to earn GM title!
Vijayalakshmi makes final GM normRakesh RaoWednesday, May 02, 2007 NEW DELHI: The country’s first Woman Grandmaster, S. Vijayalakshmi, gained her final Grandmaster norm on way to winning the Cutro Open chess tournament in Cutro, Italy, on Tuesday. In the...
Fabiano Caruana earned 2nd GM Norm!
This picture of Fabiano was taken at the Polgar Chess Center a few years ago Dario has just informed me that IM Fabiano Caruana has just earned his second GM norm! He is now one norm shy to becoming...
A new female Grandmaster
I am not sure of the details but when I checked the FIDE April 2007 rating list, it shows a new female Grandmaster: Hoang Thanh Trang (HUN) g 2472 She was originally from Vietnam, now living and playing for...
Next women to become GM?
2 additional women players have fulfilled their GM norms requirement and will get their GM titles IF they can meet the 2500 rating requirement: IM Hoang, Thanh Trang (Originally from Vietnam, now playing for Hungary) 2470IM Zhukova, Nathalia (Ukraine)...