VerifiedBBR-1987-0012
First chess Grandmaster in South Asia
Earned the Grandmaster title in 1987 at the age of twenty-one.
Record holderNiaz Murshed
Date achieved31 December 1987
Official statement
Niaz Murshed became the first Grandmaster from South Asia and remains a defining figure in Bangladeshi chess, having earlier become the country's first International Master at seventeen.
Criteria met
- 01FIDE title confirmation
- 02Required norms and rating threshold
Evidence on file
- Exhibit ATournament play, late 1980s
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