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grandmaster

/ ˈɡrændˌmɑːstə /

noun

  1. chess
    1. one of the top chess players of a particular country
    2. ( capital as part of title )

      Grandmaster of Russia

  2. Also calledInternational Grandmaster chess a player who has been awarded the highest title by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs
  3. a leading exponent of any of various arts
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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But as well as revisiting his past, he was also firmly in the present, enlisting rappers like Ice-T and Grandmaster Melle Mel to appear on the title track.

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Death has crossed paths with the likes of Mar-Vell, members of the Fantastic Four, the Grandmaster and more.

He even signed him up for a humbling exhibition match with a grandmaster.

The father of a 15-year-old chess prodigy from south-east London who has become Britain’s youngest grandmaster says it is a “great moment” for his son.

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The UK’s previous youngest grandmaster achieved the title in 2007 at the age of 16.

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