International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster

{{Short description|Correspondence chess title}} '''International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster''' is a correspondence chess title created by FIDE in 1953, second only to that of world correspondence champion. Currently, this title is awarded by the International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF).

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==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<!-- different person than Valentin Iotov, FIDE GM 2008 --> * 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 * Zdeněk Nývlt, GM 2006 * 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 * Josef Sýkora, GM 2025 * 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 1996 * 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 * Robert Bauer, GM 2014 * 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 * Detlef Buse, GM 2019 * Stephan Busemann, GM 1996 * Heinz-Wilhelm Dünhaupt, GM 1973 * Hans-Marcus Elwert, GM 1996 * Klaus Engel, GM 1983 * Ingo Firnhaber, GM 2010 * Wolfgang Fischer, GM 2011 * Ricarda Flügel, LGM 2008 * Helmut Geist, GM 2010 * Frank Gerhardt, GM 2003 * Matthias Gleichmann, GM 2016 * Hans-Ulrich Grünberg, GM 1991 * Wolfgang Häßler, GM 1997 * Tobias Habermehl, GM 2020 * Horst Handel, GM 1987 * Laura Hartmann, LGM 2009 * Hermann Heemsoth, GM 1987 * Paul Heilemann, GM 1984 * Knut Herschel, GM 1999 * Peter Hertel, GM 1999 * Olaf Hesse, GM 2025 * Hans-Joachim Hofstetter, GM 2003 * Siegfried Karkuth, GM 2006 * Heinz-Erich van Kempen, GM 1999 * Klaus Keuter, GM 2013 * 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 * Michael Rümmele, GM 2012 * Adrian Schilcher, GM 2021 * 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 * René-Reiner Starke, GM 2012 * Ulrich Stephan, GM 2010 * Dieter Stern, GM 1985 * Werner Stern, GM 2009 * Günter Stertenbrink, GM 1984 * Hans Tauber, GM 2021 * Mikhail Semenovich Tseitlin, GM 1990 * Maximilian Voss, GM 2003 * Robert K. Frhr. von Weizsäcker, GM 2004 * Thomas Winckelmann, GM 2004 * Georg Windhausen, GM 2019 * Hans-Dieter Wunderlich, GM 2006 * Hubert Zautzig, GM 2010 * 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== * Mark Noble, 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 Szczepański, 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, 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 * Aleksey Voll, GM 2007 * 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 Bescós 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 * Jesús Punzón Moraleda, GM 2024 * Carlos Rodríguez Amezqueta, GM 2014 * Francisco Vellila V. Velasco, GM 2008

==Sweden== * Goran Andersson, GM 1991 * Ulf Andersson, 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 Rüfenacht, 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

==See also== * List of chess grandmasters

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.iccf.com/ 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

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