International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster is a

correspondence chess Correspondence chess is chess played by various forms of long-distance correspondence, traditionally through the postal system. Today it is usually played through a correspondence chess server, a public internet chess forum, or email. Less commo ...

title created by

FIDE The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE ( , ), is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national chess federations and acts as the Spor ...

in 1953, second only to that of world correspondence champion. Currently, this title is awarded by the

International Correspondence Chess Federation International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF) was founded on 26 March 1951 as a new appearance of the International Correspondence Chess Association (ICCA), which was founded in 1945, as successor of the Internationaler Fernschachbund (IF ...

(ICCF).

Argentina

* Roberto Alvarez, GM 1998 * David Beaumont, GM 2007 * German Benz, GM 2002 * Ruben Berdichesky, GM 199 * * * * Jose Copie, GM 2000 * Gustavo Echeguren, GM 2003 * Liliana Susana Fredes de Locio, LGM 2010 * Roberto Jacquin, GM 2009 * Juan Sebastian Morgado, GM 1983 * Alfredo Mozzino, GM 2000 * Carlos Pappier, GM 1995 * Norberto Patrici, GM 1998 * Rodolfo Redolfi, GM 1994 * Alfredo Roca, GM 1999 * Hector Walsh, GM 2006

Australia

* Former world champion Cecil John Seddon Purdy, GM 1959 * Romanas Arlauskas, GM 1965 * Lucius Endzelins, GM 1959 * Chris Fenwick, GM 2007

Austria

* Tunç Hamarat, GM 1997 * Hermann Knoll, GM 2009 * Christian Muck, GM 2012 * Friedrich Rattinger, GM 2009 * Gertrude Schoisswohl, LGM 1997 * Dr. Harald Tarnowiecki, GM 1998 * Dr. Sven Teichmeister, GM 2002 * Wolfgang Zugrav, GM 2003

Belarus

* Dmitry Lybin, GM 2003

Belgium

* Jozef Boey, GM 1975 * Marc Geenen, GM 2000 * Valeer Maes, GM 1988 * Former world champion Alberic O'Kelly de Galway, GM 1962 * Christophe Pauwels, GM 2009 * Richard Polaczek, GM 1995

Bosnia and Herzegovina

* Jovan Kondali, GM 1986

Brazil

* Luis Almiron, GM 2010 * Sergio Badolati, GM 2010 * Reginaldo de Castro Cerqueira Filho, GM 2010 * Paulo Chacon, GM 2009 * Antonio Cipoli, GM 2009 * Carlos Costa, GM 2002 * Salvador Cresce, GM 2003 * Jose Goncalves, GM 2003 * Nevio Joao, GM 2005 * Rafael Leitão, GM 2012 * Joao de Oliveira, GM 2009 * Marcio de Oliveira, GM 2005 * Iluska Pereira da Cunha Simonsen, LGM 2000

Bulgaria

* Margarita Bocheva, LGM 2008 * Mladen Gudyev, GM 1991 * Valentin Iotov, GM 2012 * Sabina Karapchanska, LGM 2010 * Nikolai Ninov, GM 2000 * Georgi Popov, GM 1976

Canada

* Jonathan Berry, GM 1985 * Jean Hébert, GM 1984 * Robert Kiviaho, GM 1984 * Wolfram Schoen, GM 2006 * Duncan Suttles, GM 1982 * Alexander Ugge, GM 2005

Chile

* Guillermo Toro Solís, GM 1999

Croatia

* Pavao Keglević, GM 1978 * Davor Krivić, GM 2008 * Maja Zelčić, LGM 2005 * Leonardo Ljubičić, GM 2011

Cuba

* María de los Angeles Ynchauspi Leyva, LGM 2008

Czech Republic

* Marie Bazantova, LGM 2004 * Petr Boukal, GM 2017 * Libor Danek, GM 1999 * Jiri Dufek, GM 2012 * Roman Chytilek, GM 2004 * Vlasta Horackova, LGM 2005 * Karel Husak, GM 1968 * Jaroslav Hybl, GM 1968 * Jaroslav Ježek, GM 1985 * Milos Kratochvil, GM 2006 * Leonardo Ljubicic, GM 2011 * Jan Lounek, GM 2014 * Jiri Moucka, GM 2014 * Eva Mozna, LGM 1997 * Zdenek Nyvit, GM 2007 * Ludvik Pospisil, GM 2014 * Anna Ryvova, LGM 2003 * Rudolf Sevecek, GM 2000 * Alena Sikorova-Klosova, LGM 1997 * Kamil Stalmach, GM 2014 * Zdenek Straka, GM 2011 * Pavel Svacek, GM 2013 * Michal Tochacek, GM 2004 * Jaroslav Vaindl, GM 2004 * Jiri Vosahlik, GM 2009 * Davis Vrkoc, GM 2009 * Jindrich Zapletal, GM 1998 * Jan Židů, GM 2011

Denmark

* Erik Bang, GM 1979 * Ove Ekebjaerg, GM GM 1987 * Niels Fries Nielsen, GM 1997 * Curt Hansen, GM 1999 * Jan du Jardin, GM 1999 * Allan Jensen, GM 1990 * Arne Jorgensen, GM 2002 * Martin Lohse, GM 2009 * Jens Nielsen, GM 2005 * Allan Poulsen, GM 2000 * Jørn Sloth, GM 1978 * Bent Sorensen, GM 1994

England

* Jill Barber, LGM 2005 * Anthony Barnsley, GM 2009 * John Brookes, GM 2001 * Ian Brooks, GM 2002 * Peter H Clarke, GM 1980 * Peter Coleman, GM 2004 * Richard Hall, GM 2002 * Adrian Hollis, GM 1976 * Maurice W. Johnson, GM 1995 * Mary E. Jones, LGM 2005 * Peter Markland, GM 1984 * Peter Millican, GM 1997 * Jonathan Penrose, GM 1983 * Nigel Povah, GM 1989 * Michael Prizant, GM 1996 * John Pugh, GM 2006 * Keith Richardson, GM 1975 * Nigel Robson, GM 2011 * Simon Webb, GM 1983

Estonia

* Alvar Kangur, GM 2007 * Raul Kukk, GM 2006 * Tõnu Õim, GM 1981 * Merike Rõtova, LGM 1997 * Jüri Siigur, GM 2011 * Tonu Tiits, GM 2009 * Svetlana Zainetdinova, LGM 2009

Finland

* Reijo Hiltunen, GM 1999 * Risto Kauranen, GM 1977 * Jaako Kivimäki, GM 1998 * Tero Kokkila, GM 1996 * Olli Koskinen, GM 1982 * Auvo Kujala, GM 1991 * Pertti Lehikoinen, GM 1985 * Asko Linna, GM 2006 * Georg Österman, GM 1994 * Pentti Palmo, GM 1980 * Heikki Pigg, GM 2007 * Auno Siikaluoma, GM 2012 * Kari Tikkanen, GM 1999 * Juhani Sorri, GM 1982

France

* Volf Bergraser, GM 1981 * Stephane Goerlinger, GM 2005 * Michel Lecroq, GM 1998 * Christophe Leotard, GM 2000 * Manuel Menetrier, GM 2002 * Jacqueline Roos, LGM 2000 * David Roubaud, GM 2014 * Robert Serradimigni, GM 2009 * Christophe Spitz, GM 2007

Germany

* Friedrich Baumbach, GM 1973 * Volker-Michael Anton, GM 1987 * Andreas Bachmann, GM 2001 * Gerd Branding, GM 2004 * Andreas Brenke, GM 2004 * Wolfgang Brodda, GM 2009 * Horst Broß, GM 2005 * Jürgen Bücker, GM 2009 * Heinrich Burger, GM 1996 * Annemarie Burghoff, LGM 2005 * Stephan Busemann, GM 1996 * Heinz-Wilhelm Dünhaupt, GM 1973 * Hans-Marcus Elwert, GM 1996 * Klaus Engel, GM 1983 * Ricarda Flügel, LGM 2008 * Frank Gerhardt, GM 2003 * Hans-Ulrich Grünberg, GM 1991 * Wolfgang Häßler, GM 1997 * Horst Handel, GM 1987 * Laura Hartmann, LGM 2009 * Hermann Heemsoth, GM 1987 * Paul Heilemann, GM 1984 * Knut Herschel, GM 1999 * Peter Hertel, GM 1999 * Hans-Joachim Hofstetter, GM 2003 * Siegfried Karkuth, GM 2006 * Heinz-Erich van Kempen, GM 1999 * Siegfried Kluve, GM 1998 * Klaus Kögler, GM 2007 * Martin Kreuzer, GM 1994 * Matthias Kribben, GM 2009 * Günther Kühnel, GM 2009 * Fred Kunzelmann, GM 2007 * Gerhard Löh, GM 1991 * Karl-Heinz Maeder, GM 1992 * Ralph Mallee, GM 1989 * Werner Metz, GM 1997 * Dieter Mohrlok, GM 1999 * Reinhard Moll, GM 2009 * Gerhard Müller, GM 2006 * Joachim Neumann, GM 2001 * Arno Nickel, GM 2001 * Manfred Nimtz, GM 1998 * Thomas Raupp, GM 2001 * Dieter Reppmann, GM 2005 * Horst Rittner, GM 1961 * Wolfgang Rohde, GM 2006 * Lothar Schmid, GM 1959 * Anja Schmidt, LGM 2005 * Frank Schröder, GM 2008 * Ingo Schütt, GM 1999 * Sandra Seidel, LGM 2010 * Christian Sender, GM 2002 * Mirna Siewert, LGM 2004 * Achim Soltau, GM 1993 * Claus Sprengelmeier, GM 2006 * Dieter Stern, GM 1985 * Werner Stern, GM 2009 * Günter Stertenbrink, GM 1984 * Maximilian Voss, GM 2003 * Robert K. Frhr. von Weizsäcker, GM 2004 * Thomas Winckelmann, GM 2004 * Hans-Dieter Wunderlich, GM 2006 * Hans Ziewitz, GM 1995

Guatemala

* César Augusto Blanco Gramajo, GM 2003

Hungary

* Gabor Glatt, GM 2002 * María Nemeth, LGM 2005 * Tamás Sasvarí, GM 2007

India

* Dhanish P. B., GM 2014

Israel

* Dmitry Gooshchin, GM 2011

Italy

* Gabriel Cardelli, GM 2002 * Claudio Casabona, GM 2000 * Ettore D'Adamo, GM 2002 * Massimo De Blasio, GM 2001 * Fabio Finocchiaro, GM 1999 * Sante Giuliani, GM 2005 * Mario Napolitano, GM 1959 * Angelo Peluso, GM 1998 * Laura Piazza, LGM 2008 * Vittorio Piccardo, GM 2001 * Eros Riccio, GM 2010 * Alessandra Riegler, LGM 2005 * Luz Marina Tinjaca, LGM 2006 * Maurizio Tirabassi, GM 1999 * Bela Toth, GM 2004 * Elio Vassia, GM 2005 * Alberto Zanetti, GM 1997

Japan

* Sakae Ohtake, GM 2007 * Klyotaka Sakai, GM 2006

Kazakhstan

* Farit Gasisovich Balabaev, GM 2003

Latvia

* Maigonis Avotiņš, GM 2015 * Artis Gaujēns, GM 2004 * Aivars Gipslis, GM 1995 * Jānis Klovāns, GM 2001 * Ingrīda Priedīte, LGM 1998 * Olita Rause, LGM 1994 and GM 1998 * Vilnis Strautiņš, GM 2009 * Janis Vitomskis, GM 2001

Lithuania

* Vytautas Andriulaitis, GM 2001 * Vilma Dambrauskaite, LGM 2005 * Virginijus Dambrauskas, GM 2018 * Virginijus Grabliauskas, GM 2010 * Alfonsas Kupsys, GM 2011 * Donatas Lapienis, GM 1979 * Valentinas Normantas, GM 1995 * Giutautas Petraitis, GM 2010 * Pavel Rubinas, GM 2010 * Boris Rumiancevas, GM 1991 * Robertas Sutkus, GM 1998

Luxembourg

* Norbert Stoll, GM 2003 * Jean-Marie Weber, GM 2004

Mexico

* Jorge Aldrete Lobo, GM 2006 * Kenneth Frey, GM 2004

Netherlands

* Peter Boll, GM 1993 * Hans Bouwmeester, GM 1981 * Dick van Geet, GM 1991 * Carol-Peter Gouw, GM 2003 * David van der Hoeven, GM 2004 * Abram Idema, GM 1994 * Haije Kramer, GM 1984 * Jacques Kuiper, GM 2007 * Ron Langeveld, GM 2006 * Rudolf Maliangkay, GM 1994 * Karl Mulder van Leens Dijkstra, GM 1977 * Joop Oosterom, GM 1992 * Gerardus van Perlo, GM 1985 * Michail Plomp, GM 2000 * Hendrick Sarink, GM 1979 * Piet Seewald, GM 1992 * Dick Smit, GM 1979 * Gert Timmerman, GM 1986 * Hans van Unen, GM 2007 * Tjalling Wiersma, GM 1985

New Zealand

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, GM 2010

Norway

* Olaf Barda, GM 1953 * Ivar Bern, GM 1997 * Raymond Boyer, GM 2003 * Arild Haugen, GM 2006 * Morten Lilleoren, GM 2007 * Peter Stigar, GM 1995 * Arne Vinje, GM 2001 * Terje Wibe, GM 1993

Peru

* Angel Acevedo Villalba, GM 2005

Poland

* Stefan Brzózka, GM 1985 * Jerzy Krzyston, GM 1992 * Jan Marcinkiewicz, GM 2006 * Maciej Nizynski, GM 2000 * Jacek Oskulski, GM 2018 * Rafael Pierzak, GM 2013 * Zygmunt Pioch, GM 1991 * Ryszard Skrobek, GM 1990 * Bogdan Sliwa, GM 1995 * Zbigniew Szczepanski, GM 2011

Portugal

* Horacio Neto, GM 2007 * Alvaro Pereira, GM 1994 * Francisco Pessoa, GM 2015 * Luis Santos, GM 1994 * Antonio Silva, GM 2009 * Joaquim Pedro Soberano, GM 2005

Qatar

* Mohamed Al-Thani, GM 1999

Romania

* Gheorghe S. Rotariu, GM 1981 * Paul Diaconescu, GM 1982 * Mihai Breazu, GM 1985 * Mariana Plass-Caravan, LGM 2003 * Florin Șerban, GM 2010 * Costel Voiculescu, GM 2012

Russia and Soviet Union

World Champions

* Yakov Estrin, GM 1966 * Vyacheslav Ragozin, GM 1959 * Grigory Sanakoev, GM 1984 * Mikhail Umansky, GM 1995 * Prof. Vladimir Zagorovsky, GM 1965 * Aleksandr Dronov, GM 2005

Other players

* Dmitry Barash, GM 1992 * Lyudmila S. Belavenets, LGM 1997 * Maksim Blokh, GM 1998 *

Igor Bondarevsky Igor Zakharovich Bondarevsky (; May 12, 1913 – June 14, 1979) was a Soviet Russian chess player, trainer, and chess author. He held the title of Grandmaster in both over-the-board and correspondence chess. Bondarevsky shared the 1940 Soviet t ...

, GM 1961 * Georgy Borisenko, GM 1966 * Piotr Dubinin, GM 1962 * Sergey Grodzensky, GM 1999 * Michail Judowitsch, GM 1972 * Abram Khasin, GM 1972 * Sergey Khlusevich, GM 1997 * Igor Kopylov, GM 1994 * Sergei Korolev, GM 1995 * Vsevolod Kosenkov, GM 1979 * Aleksei Mikhailov, GM 1983 * Oleg Moissev, GM 1977 * Igor Morozov, GM 1973 * Gennadi Nesis, GM 1985 * Lev Omeltschenko, GM 1986 * Irina V. Perevertkina, LGM 1999 * Nina G. Shchebenyuk, LGM 2006 * Olga M. Sukhareva, LGM 2006 * Lora G. Yakovleva, LGM 1997 * Tamara P. Zaitseva, LGM 2008

Scotland

* Douglas Bryson, GM 1986 * David Kilgour, GM 1985 * Andrew Muir, GM 1994

Serbia

* Matyas Berta, GM 1978 * Milan Jovcic, GM 1985 * Radovan Tomasevic, GM 1984 * Borislav Vukcevic, GM 1982

Slovenia

* Aleš BorŠtnik, GM 2012 * Franček Brglez, GM 1979 * Iztok Brunšek, GM 2010 * Leon Gostiša, GM 1998 * Danilo Korže, GM 2012 * Marjan Šemrl, GM 2007 * Jernej Šivic, GM 2012 * Boris Žlender, GM 1997

South Africa

* John Barlow, GM 2001

Spain

* Manuel Bescos Anzano, GM 2012 * Miguel Cánovas Pordomingo, GM 2011 * Carlos Cruzado Duenas, GM 2009 * P Drake Diez de Rivera, GM 2007 * Alberto González Freixas, GM 2005 * David Lafarga Santorroman, GM 2008 * Angel Manso Gil, GM 2013 * Joel Martin Clemente, GM 2008 * Jose Mercadal Benejam, GM 2002 * Francisco Javier Muñoz Moreno, GM 2012 * Carlos Rodríguez Amezqueta, GM 2014 * Francisco Vellila V. Velasco, GM 2008

Sweden

* Goran Andersson, GM 1991 *

Ulf Andersson Ulf Andersson (born 27 June 1951) is a leading Swedish chess player. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1970 and the Grandmaster title in 1972. Chess career At his peak, Andersson reached number four on the FIDE rating list. ...

, GM 1996 * Eric Arnlind, GM 1968 * Arne Bjuhr, GM 2013 * Ingvar Carlsson, GM 1997 * Björn Fagerström, GM 2011 * Jan-Olof Forsberg, GM 2007 * Jonny Hector, GM 1999 * Tony Hedlund, GM 2005 * Rone Holmberg, GM 2002 * Rolf Lekander, GM 1992 * Franko Lukel, GM 2002 * Åke Lundqvist, GM 1962 * Harald Malmgren, GM 1959 * Jan Ohlin, GM 1990 * Dan Olofsson, GM 2000 * Conny Persson, GM 2004 * Lennart Rydholm, GM 2003 * Stefan Winge, GM 2011

Switzerland

* Phillippe Berclaz, GM 2004 * Ernst Eichhorn, GM 1990 * Gottardo Gottardi, GM 1995 * Christian Issler, GM 2004 * Rolf Knobel, GM 2003 * Matthias Rufenacht, GM 1992 * Rolf Scherer, GM 2011 * Wolfgang Standke, GM 2012 * Josef Steiner, GM 1973 * Anton Thaler, GM 2004 * Bela Toth, GM 2004

Turkey

* Murat Akaag, GM 2014 * Fatih Atakisi, GM 2010 * Tansel Turgut, GM 2007

Ukraine

* Alex Bubir, GM 2009 * Sergei Bibir, GM 2012 * Vladimir Dudyev, GM 2008 * Alexandr Gozman, GM 2006 * Svetlana Ignatchenko, LGM 1997 * Aleksey Lepikhov, GM 2002 * Nikolai Papenin, GM 2011 * Leonid Rubinchik, GM 1998 * Oleg Savchak, GM 2000 * Ivan Terelya, GM 2017 * Alexandr Volchok, GM 1993 * Alexandr Voyna, GM 1998

United States

* Hans Jack Berliner (deceased), GM 1968 * Vytas Victor Palciauskas, GM 1983 * Joseph DeMauro, GM 1997 * Alik Zilberberg, GM 1994 * John Timm, GM 2004 * Robin Smith (deceased), GM 2004 * Jason Bokar, GM 2007 * Daniel M. Fleetwood, GM 2008 * Edward Duliba, GM 2009 * Stephen Ham, GM 2010 * Jon Ostriker, GM 2010 * Tim Murray, GM 2017 * Carl Siefring, GM 2017 * Jon Edwards, GM 2022 * Dan Perry, GM 2024

References

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External links

International Correspondence Chess Federation
* https://web.archive.org/web/20120407032541/http://www.iccf.com/downloads/titles/2011_GM.pdf * http://www.iccf.com/downloads/titles/2010_LGM.pdf Chess titles Correspondence chess 1953 in chess