grand master
noun
1
: the chief officer of a principal lodge in various fraternal orders (such as Freemasonry)
2
usually grandmaster
: an expert player (as of chess) who has consistently scored high in international competition
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Each with a bespoke gentleness to their rhythms, these newest works by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Koji Fukada, and grand master Hirokazu Koreeda have been met with differing degrees of enthusiasm, per the many critics’ grids floating around.
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Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 22 May 2026
If Darwin was the messenger from There, filing from afar to Victorian England, Attenborough is the grand master of Here.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
In a rematch after an upgrade, IBM computer Deep Blue defeated chess grand master Garry Kasparov.
—USA Today, 6 May 2026
Chess grand master Anatoly Karpov is 75.
—ABC News, 4 May 2026
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Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 22 May 2026
If Darwin was the messenger from There, filing from afar to Victorian England, Attenborough is the grand master of Here.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
In a rematch after an upgrade, IBM computer Deep Blue defeated chess grand master Garry Kasparov.
—USA Today, 6 May 2026
Chess grand master Anatoly Karpov is 75.
—ABC News, 4 May 2026
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“Grand master.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grand%20master. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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