what was the age of the oldest person to earn a fide grandmaster title by winning a tournament
I think Rosendo Ballenas of Philippines
I couldnt resist really doing the assay on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chess_grandmasters :)
Notation, this is an incomplete list, some entries did not incorporate the year when they accomplished the title, and I did not contain off by 1 for achievement-earlier-their-altogether issue (in other words, I causeless everyone's altogether was January 1st).
Anyway, according to wikipedia, the oldest GM was Enrico Paoli who was GM'd at 88. He was Italian.
expert topic, i was wondering the same thing. so how old was Rosendo Ballenas when he became GM?
Incredible to become grandmaster at 88.
Paoli'due south GM championship was an honorary GM championship (simply like Koltanowski) for his chess playing ability when he was a young homo. Balinas was born in 1941 and was awarded the GM title in 1976, so age 35 is not that quondam. I'll have to research who is the oldest GM that got information technology past playing chess and was still active when he was awarded the title. Korchnoi is the oldest active GM at historic period 77 (his birthday was a few days ago on March 23). Lilienthal is the oldest GM at age 93.
Jānis Klovāns (Apr 9, 1935 – October 5, 2010) was a Latvian chess Grandmaster. He was a career officeholder in the Soviet Ground forces.
Jānis Klovāns won the Latvian Title nine times (1954, 1962, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1979, and 1986), and participated in several Soviet Championships. He was a member of several successful Latvian youth teams during the early on to mid-1950s, along with stars such as GM Mikhail Tal and GM Aivars Gipslis.
He played for Latvia in 2 Chess Olympiads. In Manila 1992, at second reserve board (+0 −0 =2), and in Istanbul 2000, at third lath (+v −4 =4).
Janis Klovans thrice won the World Senior Chess Title, in 1997, 1999, and 2001. Withal an agile player in his seventies, he played regularly in tournaments all over Europe, and maintained a FIDE rating of over 2400, making him one of the strongest players in his age grouping.
He was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1976, and the Grandmaster (GM) title in 1997, following his win in the World Senior Title. This accomplishment is notable in that he was probably the oldest role player to be awarded the GM championship for current achievements, rather than an honorary or retrospective title. This can be explained by the fact that although he was a potent master for many years, he was rarely allowed to play exterior of the Soviet Union, and therefore had few opportunities to gain FIDE titles. Probable his career every bit a Soviet Army officer hampered his international chess opportunities. In 2001 he earned the International Correspondence Chess GM championship.
He was married to the six-time Latvian Champion Astra Klovāne and had two daughters.
Is this a personal research? Women have a babe clock. Is this supposed to be the male equivalent? the window of time when your brain is functional enough to dominate? lol.
Rosendo Ballinas was simply 35 when he became a GM.
And others as Jens Kristiansen got the GM at an advanced historic period by winning the Earth Senior Championship in 2012. That tournament is an open for players that are at to the lowest degree threescore years old.
Kristiansen was sixty at that time and he had been an IM since 1979.
Some of the winners of the Earth Senior Chess Championship were real stars: Geller, Smyslov, Taimanov and Korchnoi.
I would be interested in the oldest player to earn the GM championship from norms only - in the United states of america? in the world?
is possible to get a grandmater or international master in historic period of under 40 or 50 with 2000 rating
I would dear to hear a story of somebody inching their way forth and putting in the attempt, slowly gaining rating until they hit GM at 65.
Hasn't this happenned earlier? I experience similar even if your learning ability slows down, you however only get better at chess every bit time goes on.
Did anyone ever figure this out? I was wondering this myself today!
Should exclude titles past winning senior championships etc. This is similar giving gm championship to women's globe champ, they may or may not exist gm strength. Ben finegold made information technology at twoscore, non sure if he is oldest to do that.
Becky_the_Stabber wrote:
mcmodern wrote:
Should exclude titles past winning senior championships etc. This is like giving gm title to women's globe champ, they may or may not be gm strength. Ben finegold fabricated information technology at xl, not sure if he is oldest to do that.
Senior players who play at existent GM strength do be. Korchnoi did it up until he had his stroke I retrieve. Of class he had received his title earlier already, but he easily played well above 2500 strength even at high age.
So biologically, it should be possible to get a real GM title even at high historic period, the human encephalon can do it if a player is talented enough.
If they are truly playing at GM force and have 2500 fide rating, they would have fabricated the gm championship by getting the norms, information technology is not gm norms are that hard for gm forcefulness players. The fact that they could become hot for one tournament and get the championship does non hateful that are actually gm strength.
That is why Susan polgar ever tell anybody she is the first woman to get the gm championship by norm, while Hou is the youngest woman to get the championship by norm.
Becky_the_Stabber написал:
mcmodern wrote:
Should exclude titles by winning senior championships etc. This is similar giving gm championship to women's world gnaw, they may or may not be gm strength. Ben finegold made information technology at 40, not sure if he is oldest to do that.
Senior players who play at real GM forcefulness do be. Korchnoi did information technology up until he had his stroke I think. Of course he had received his title before already, simply he easily played well above 2500 force even at high age.
So biologically, it should exist possible to get a real GM title fifty-fifty at loftier historic period, the homo brain can do it if a role player is talented enough.
Information technology's more than complicated than that, I think. Sure, information technology's possible for a great player like Korchnoi to be playing at GM level at a fairly old historic period, but he'd been playing at that level for a long fourth dimension and had won the title long before. If he hadn't had all that playing to win the championship before, would he have been able to get up to GM level by the time he was that onetime?
To rephrase that a picayune more briefly: it's possible for a strong GM to non completely lose his ability at an old age, but if you haven't already reached that level is it possible to become upwards to it?
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I always hear people talking about the youngest grandmaster in history, only I take never heard anything near the oldest grandmaster. Does anyone know who is the oldest person ever to go grandmaster? Just curious.
Thanks