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(Woman) Grandmaster / International Master titles approved in 4th FIDE Council 2025

December 24, 2025 qc

At the 4th FIDE Council Meeting of 2025 held online on December 11, 3 Grand Master titles, 3 Woman Grand Master titles, 12 International Master titles and 4 Woman International Master titles have been awarded according to the Qualification Commission recommendation:

Grand MasterZhao, Chenxi (CHN)
Haring, Filip (SVK)
Galaviz Medina, Sion Radamantys (MEX)
Woman Grand MasterPogorelskikh, Sofia (SRB)
Mkrtchyan, Mariam (ARM)
Luong, Phuong Hanh (VIE)
International MasterPidluznij, Gleb (LTU)
Rodriguez, Adrien (FRA)
Falkevall, Axel (SWE)
Ruzhansky, Elias (BEL)
Postlmayer, Jakob (AUT)
Smirnov, Mark (KAZ)
Xie, Bryan (USA)
Vignesh Advaith Vemula (IND)
Namitbir Singh Walia (IND)
Nielsen, Viktor Haarmark (DEN)
Averin, Nikolay (RUS)
Martins, Bruno Andre Leite (POR)
Woman International MasterKalyani Sirin (IND)
Piddubna, Bozhena (UKR)
Mohammadi, Melika (IRI)
Ovezdurdiyeva, Jemal (ROU)
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