European Journal of Physical Education and Sport Science ISSN: 2501 - 1235 ISSN-L: 2501 - 1235 Available on-line at: www.oapub.org/edu Copyright © The Author(s). All Rights Reserved. © 2015 – 2017 Open Access Publishing Group 221 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.1036807 Volume 3 │Issue 11 │2017 ANALYSIS OF CHESS GRAND MASTERS Egemen Ermiş 1i , Necati Alp Erilli 2 1 Yaşar Doğu Faculty of Sports Sciences, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey 2 Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey Abstract: In chess, in order to determine the status of chess players and their ranks in classification, World Chess Federation awards players with titles - provided that they fulfill certain criteria. The greatest title that can be earned is the title of Grand Master. In this study, age of becoming Chess Grand Masters has been studied. The factors which have caused the age of becoming a Great Master to fall rapidly in recent years have been researched. It has been found that birth dates close to our day and other social opportunities are influential in the fall of the age of Grand Masters. Keywords: chess, grand master, title, chi-square analysis 1. Introduction Chess is a complex intellectual game and is considered a hard mental activity that requires sophisticated problem solving skills and behavioral efficiencies. World Chess Federation (FIDE) describes chess as a game played between two opponents who move their pieces on a square board called a ȁchessboardȂ. The player with the light -colored pieces (White) makes the first move, then the players move alternately, with the player with the dark-colored pieces (Black) making the next move. A player is said to ȁhave the moveȂ when his opponentȂs move has been ȁmadeȂ ǻFIDE Handbook, ŘŖŗ7Ǽ. Chess, the game on which the greatest number of books have been has the feature of being the most computer programmed game. Accordingly, chess can be defined as an intelligence game played between two players and deserving computable infinite game description.