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I am trying to assemble the list of Canadian GM's ( who played under the Canadian Federation ). This is what I came up with - let me know how it has to be corrected ( if it needs it - I'm really unsure of the date order re becoming a Canadian GM ):
1st GM Abe Yanofsky
2nd GM Duncan Suttles
3rd GM Peter Biyiasas
4th GM Kevin Spraggett
5th GM Alexandre LeSiege
6th GM Pascal Charbonneau
7th GM Dmitry Tyomkin
8th GM Mark Bluvshtein
9th GM Thomas Roussel-Roozmon
10th GM Bator Sambuev
11th GM Eric Hansen
2 other Canadian GM's with other federations are:
GM Anton Kovalyov - Argentina
GM Wesley So - Philippines
Thx for any help.
Bob A
( original post subsequently edited )
Last edited by Bob Armstrong; Monday, 12 November, 2012, 01:44 AM.
See http://chess.ca/fide-titles#GM, although Joel Lautier does not belong on that list IMHO; Ivanov was not awarded the title until the last year of his life, but it has never been clear to me what his citizenship was at that point, US or Canadian.
Ivanov was not awarded the title until the last year of his life, but it has never been clear to me what his citizenship was at that point, US or Canadian.
GM title awarded (unofficially) - 2005-June-10 ( http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2475 "One of the highlights of the tournament was the awarding of the Grandmaster’s title before the start of the first round to Igor Ivanov, who also participated in the event. ")
There were several FIDE meetings in 2005: February 26-27, and May 14-15. Though no information about a title for I.Ivanov.
It might be that after a transfer FIDE certified a title too. Anyway, I.Ivanov was still a Canadian citizen.
One more thing:
From the FIDE report for National Open:
" 2000288 Ivanov, Igor V CAN g 2270 1 2 -3.6"
Castellanos (actually Castellanos Rodriguez) is listed by FIDE as an IM from Spain - so no official GM title yet.
How do you define a "Canadian GM with another federation"? If the only qualification was to live in Canada for a time, I could add Argentine GM Miguel Quinteros who lived in Montreal for a month or two in the 1970's (and Nakamura?).
I would not consider them "Canadian" unless FIDE shows then (now or in the past) with CAN beside their name.
If I'm reading the link correctly it's the other way round - he was transferring back to Canada from the US. (He presumably switched to the US in 1989 before playing in the US Championship in November of that year.) Anyway, it appears Ivanov was both a Canadian citizen and listed under the Canadian flag by FIDE when he received the GM title.
Did Tyomkin ever have any kind of status in Canada beyond being here as a visitor? It seems to me that is not enough to qualify someone as a Canadian GM.
Did Tyomkin ever have any kind of status in Canada beyond being here as a visitor? It seems to me that is not enough to qualify someone as a Canadian GM.
The original post was corrected.
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