# International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster

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).

## 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
* 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
* Zdenek Nyvit, GM 2007
* 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
* 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 1997
* 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
* 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
* Stephan Busemann, GM 1996
* Heinz-Wilhelm Dünhaupt, GM 1973
* Hans-Marcus Elwert, GM 1996
* Klaus Engel, GM 1983
* Ricarda Flügel, LGM 2008
* Frank Gerhardt, GM 2003
* Hans-Ulrich Grünberg, GM 1991
* Wolfgang Häßler, GM 1997
* Horst Handel, GM 1987
* Laura Hartmann, LGM 2009
* Hermann Heemsoth, GM 1987
* Paul Heilemann, GM 1984
* Knut Herschel, GM 1999
* Peter Hertel, GM 1999
* Hans-Joachim Hofstetter, GM 2003
* Siegfried Karkuth, GM 2006
* Heinz-Erich van Kempen, GM 1999
* 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
* 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
* Dieter Stern, GM 1985
* Werner Stern, GM 2009
* Günter Stertenbrink, GM 1984
* Maximilian Voss, GM 2003
* Robert K. Frhr. von Weizsäcker, GM 2004
* Thomas Winckelmann, GM 2004
* Hans-Dieter Wunderlich, GM 2006
* 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 198
* 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 Szczepanski, 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
* 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 Bescos 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
* 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 Rufenacht, 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