Answers.Body: <p>Arthur Dake (1910-2000) was the oldest competitive chess grandmaster.  He was still playing in rated chess tournaments at the age of 89</p>
  <p>Vassily Smyslov won the Staunton memorial at Groningen at the age of 75. Jaanis Klovans was 60 when he finally earned his grandmaster title.</p>
  
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Body: <p>Of all grandmasters past and present, what is the oldest age at which any of them started playing chess?</p>
  <p><strong>Define <em>started playing chess</em></strong>:</p>
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  <li>The day that person played their first (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIDE" rel="nofollow noreferrer">FIDE</a>, or equivalent) rated game</li>
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Title: What's the oldest age at which a grandmaster played their first rated game?
ThreadText: # What's the oldest age at which a grandmaster played their first rated game?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-11-28)
  
  Of all grandmasters past and present, what is the oldest age at which any of them started playing chess?
  
  **Define *started playing chess***:
  
  * The day that person played their first ([FIDE](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIDE), or equivalent) rated game
  
  **Tags:** history, fide, statistics, grandmaster
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2020-12-07. Score: -2
  
  Arthur Dake (1910-2000) was the oldest competitive chess grandmaster. He was still playing in rated chess tournaments at the age of 89
  
  Vassily Smyslov won the Staunton memorial at Groningen at the age of 75. Jaanis Klovans was 60 when he finally earned his grandmaster title.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: This seems to be a good answer to a different question  
  
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