Planet gets one more woman chess grandmaster!

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Hi everyone,


Fide has just released the list of chess titles approved for the quarter. Our congratulations to all. We are particularly delighted to have another woman join the ranks of grandmasters - Anna Muzychuk. Here is the main list.

GM
Gozzoli, Yannick FRA
Huschenbeth, Niclas GER
Lalith, Babu M.R. IND
Neiksans, Arturs LAT
Tomczak, Jacek POL
Domogaev, Sergey RUS
Muzychuk, Anna SLO
Sebenik, Matej SLO
Onischuk, Vladimir UKR

WGM
Ohme, Melanie GER
Severiukhina, Zoja RUS
Yildiz, Betul Cemre TUR
Chulivska, Vita UKR

IM
Heydarli, Kanan AZE
Kovalev, Vladislav BLR
Zeng, Chongsheng CHN
Martic, Zlatko CRO
Vukoje, Vladimir CRO
Bailet, Pierre FRA
Paikidze, Nazi GEO
Zarkua, Davit GEO
Bayer, Bernhard GER
Fiebig, Thomas GER
Wahono, Awam INA
Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn ISL
Petre, Nad-Titus ROU
Badmatsyrenov, Oleg RUS
Gritsenko, Andrey RUS
Kurukin, Dmitry RUS
Nozdrin, Alexander V RUS
Obolenskikh, Dmitry RUS
Pankov, German RUS
Yankovsky, Roman RUS
Indjic, Aleksandar SRB
Golubka, Petr UKR
Jones, Richard WLS

WIM
Pon, Nkrithika IND
Balaian, Alina RUS
Rakhmangulova, Anastasiya UKR

You can find more details about other chess titles, including those for arbiters, at the Fide news site.

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