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===Notability of chess players===
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Articles on chess players should meet the [[WP:GNG|general notability guideline]] (GNG) of significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject.  That said, achievements of a chess player that make them likely to meet the GNG standard include:
# Has been awarded the title of [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (GM).
# Has participated in a [[World Chess Championship]], [[Women's World Chess Championship]] or [[Chess World Cup]].
# Has won a national or continental championship or women's championship.
# Has earned a team or individual medal at a [[Chess Olympiad]] or [[Women's Chess Olympiad]].
# Has written one or more notable books on the game
# Has significantly contributed to the development of chess in their country
# Has made a significant contribution to chess theory
# Has coached a high level chess player

Failure to meet these criteria does ''not'' mean an article must be deleted; conversely, meeting any of these criteria does ''not'' mean that an article must be kept. The article should provide reliable sources showing that the subject meets the general notability guideline or [[:Category:Wikipedia notability guidelines|other topic-specific notability guidelines]]. This section is intended as a rough guide to notability, and has little weight in deletion discussions.