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grandmaster Definition

grand·mas·ter (grand′mas′tər)

noun

  1. a national or, now usually, international title awarded to chess players of the highest ranking
  2. a chess player holding this title

grandmaster Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • become: In-depth examination of Flash and an excellent route to become a grandmaster Flash.

Adjective modifier

  • leading: He won 20 consecutive games against the world's leading grandmasters.
  • British: According to British chess grandmaster Nigel Short, the reclusive and eccentric chess genius Bobby Fischer is actively playing chess online.
  • top: The Catalan is a favorite of many top grandmasters, with Kasparov, Karpov and Korchnoi using it to good effect in key matches.
  • alarmed: The alarmed feng shui grandmaster later found out the cause of her sadness.
  • great: The more we respect the old, great grandmaster, the more we gain respect form our own students.

Modifies a noun

  • chess: The roles of recognition processes and look-ahead search in time-constrained expert problem solving: Evidence from grandmaster level chess.
  • level: Recently David Fogel developed a checkers player that was able to compete at grandmaster level.

Noun used with modifier

  • chess: We sat down across from one another at a small table, like two chess grandmasters meeting for the first time.
  • feng: The alarmed feng shui grandmaster later found out the cause of her sadness.
  • shui: The alarmed feng shui grandmaster later found out the cause of her sadness.