chess champion
Master of checkmate
A chess champion is someone who has won a chess championship—a tournament or match determining supremacy at some level of competition.
The title may be local, national, or global: the world chess champion, the U.S. chess champion.
Informally, the term describes anyone notably skilled at chess: My uncle was the family chess champion.
- grandmasterSupreme competitive title
- Bobby FischerCold War grandmaster
- world titleHighest competitive rank globally
- checkmateInescapable capture position
- titleFormal honorific or name
Kasparov · tournament · Fischer · prodigy · genius · world · crown · match · match of the century · strategy · brilliance · Carlsen · rating · throne · rivalry · opening · opening moves · endgame
- Youth Achievementshonor roll, valedictorian, spelling bee, science fair, MVP award
- Chess Playersgrandmaster, master, professional, Garry Kasparov, Bobby Fischer