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

December 24, 2025 qc

At the 4^th 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 Master	Zhao, Chenxi (CHN)
	Haring, Filip (SVK)
	Galaviz Medina, Sion Radamantys (MEX)
Woman Grand Master	Pogorelskikh, Sofia (SRB)
	Mkrtchyan, Mariam (ARM)
	Luong, Phuong Hanh (VIE)
International Master	Pidluznij, 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 Master	Kalyani Sirin (IND)
	Piddubna, Bozhena (UKR)
	Mohammadi, Melika (IRI)
	Ovezdurdiyeva, Jemal (ROU)

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