Black International Grand Masters

June 25, 2009

There are now three Black International Grand Masters in the world today. Maurice Ashley is the first and only American. Carisson Pontus from Sweden and Sabure Tuduelso from Africa qualified in 2008. There is another African, Simutowe Armon, who has met all of the qualifications and is waiting to be granted the International Grand Master designation.

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  1. Joe on June 18th, 2010 3:10 pm

    Sabure Tuduelso has a title of Woman Grandmaster, which doesn’t have the same weight as the non-restricted title. Amon Simutowe is a grandmaster now.

    A few African IM’s to watch out for…

    Robert Gwaze with ranking of 2428
    Watu Kobese with ranking of 2370
    Kenny Solomon with ranking of 2351
    Pedro Aderito with ranking of 2333

    There might be some rising American black IM”s too.

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