Answers.Body: <p>The oldest player for whom I can find supporting evidence is <a href="https://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=4146042" rel="noreferrer">Nikolai Shalnev</a> who was 57 when he got his third GM norm in the <a href="https://ratings.fide.com/individual_calculations.phtml?idnumber=4146042&amp;rating_period=2001-07-01&amp;t=0" rel="noreferrer">Spring 2001 tournament</a> in Odessa at which point his FIDE rating was 2550.</p>
  
  <p>According to his <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Shalnev" rel="noreferrer">(German) Wikipedia entry</a>:</p>
  
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    <p>Shalnev trägt seit 2001 den Großmeister-Titel. Die dritte Norm für
    den Titel des Großmeisters hat er beim Turnier Spring 2001 in Odessa
    erfüllt, wo er mit 9,5 Punkten aus 12 Partien siegte.</p>
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  <p>Translated:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Shalnev has the Grandmaster title since 2001. He obtained the third grandmaster norm in the Spring 2001 tournament in Odessa, which he won with 9.5 points out of 12 games.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
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Body: <p>Who is the oldest person to become a GM via norms and hitting 2500 in rating? In other words, the standard way that most GMs achieve the title.</p>
  
  <p>This would rule out any of the old masters pre-FIDE, and I also want to rule out those, who become a GM directly as a result of winning the World Senior Championship (like GM Larry Kaufman, for example).</p>
  
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Title: Who is the oldest person to become a GM via norms and hitting 2500 in rating?
ThreadText: # Who is the oldest person to become a GM via norms and hitting 2500 in rating?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-11-25)
  
  Who is the oldest person to become a GM via norms and hitting 2500 in rating? In other words, the standard way that most GMs achieve the title.
  
  This would rule out any of the old masters pre-FIDE, and I also want to rule out those, who become a GM directly as a result of winning the World Senior Championship (like GM Larry Kaufman, for example).
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2019-11-26. Score: 8 | Accepted answer
  
  The oldest player for whom I can find supporting evidence is [Nikolai Shalnev](https://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=4146042) who was 57 when he got his third GM norm in the [Spring 2001 tournament](https://ratings.fide.com/individual_calculations.phtml?idnumber=4146042&rating_period=2001-07-01&t=0) in Odessa at which point his FIDE rating was 2550.
  
  According to his [(German) Wikipedia entry](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Shalnev):
  
  > Shalnev trägt seit 2001 den Großmeister-Titel. Die dritte Norm für
  > den Titel des Großmeisters hat er beim Turnier Spring 2001 in Odessa
  > erfüllt, wo er mit 9,5 Punkten aus 12 Partien siegte.
  
  Translated:
  
  > Shalnev has the Grandmaster title since 2001. He obtained the third grandmaster norm in the Spring 2001 tournament in Odessa, which he won with 9.5 points out of 12 games.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: Glorfindel beat me by 3 seconds for the translation...  
  
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