FIDE has officially recognized Mir Sultan Khan with the Grandmaster title. This decision corrects a long standing oversight in chess history and honors the legacy of a remarkable player. We appreciate your dedication to ensuring that his achievements received the formal acknowledgement they truly deserve.
May 31, 2020
Final supporters
We, at ChessBase India, want to raise awareness about the fact as to what a great player Sultan Khan was and make an appeal to FIDE to consider granting him the GM title posthumously. In this respect we have organized Sultan Khan Cup 2020 sponsored by IPS Academy that will be played on 9th of May 2020 on Playchess. In his brief but meteoric career, Sultan Khan rose to the top of the chess world, playing on even terms with the world's best players.
A brief history about Sultan Khan
In 1905 was born a soft spoken, unassuming Sultan Khan in Mitha Tiwana in the Khushab district of the Punjab. 23 years later he became the national champion of India. He went on to win the British Championships three times and scored wins over great players like Capablanca, Tartakower, Flohr and many others.
Some of the achievements of Sultan Khan:
1. He won the British Championship on three occasions: 1929, 1932, 1933.
2. The first half of 1931 was probably the best period for him: he defeated Capablanca at Hastings (although he only came 3rd after throwing away a game against Euwe).
3. He then played Tartakower in a 12-game match defeating him 6½-5½.
4. In the Prague International Team Tournament he scored 11½/17 against many of the leading players of the day, drawing with the World Champion Alekhine and defeating Flohr.
Sultan Khan - A truly deserving GM
According to the chessmetrics.com website which calculates historical chess ratings, Khan was for at least a couple of years among the world’s top ten players, and ranked no.6 in the world at his best. It would be fitting if he were given some recognition for his achievements.
In 1950, when FIDE first awarded the titles of International Grandmaster and International Master, Sultan Khan had not played for 15 years. Although FIDE awarded titles to some long-retired players who had distinguished careers earlier in their lives, such Ossip Bernstein, Ernst Grünfeld, Boris Kostic, Géza Maroczy, Jacques Mieses, Akiba Rubinstein, Friedrich Sämisch, Savielly Tartakower, Milan Vidmar and CarlosTorre, it never awarded any title to Sultan Khan.
Your support is essential
Sultan Khan deserved the title of Grandmaster. If you sign this petition, with your support we would like to request FIDE to grant him the GM title.
Updates
May 10, 2020
The petition has now surpassed one thousand signatures. This level of support confirms that the legacy of Sultan Khan remains deeply relevant to the chess community worldwide.
Reached 2,500 supporters
May 9, 2020
Reached 1,000 supporters
May 9, 2020
Reached 100 supporters
May 9, 2020
May 7, 2020
The momentum behind this appeal for Mir Sultan Khan is building as we approach one thousand signatures. Please encourage your acquaintances to review his historic achievements so that we may present a compelling case to FIDE.
2,187 Comments
He truely deserves the title of a GM if not more.Gone through most of his games with top players of his era and have really learned a lot from them,especially when Euwe and Kramer mentioned him in the "MiddleGame in chess".He his a chess hero.
The chess of Mir Sultan Khan as presented in the 1965 and 1977 R.N. Coles collections of his games as well as internet chess sites that carry 21st century analysis of some of these games assures his place in "popular" chess history as a grand master.
Mir Sultan Kahn’s successes speak for themselves. His story shows that someone with their own strength and talent can be a winner against even the best in the world! It is an honor for me to support the petition. GM Gabor Kallai
He surely deserves recognition. As far as I know, he did not know about the "Castling Rules" when he went to Britain. Due to this, he did lose some games but immediately caught up with the others. His games were and would be inspirational in future.
Sultan' - Ruler, Emperor, King; the chess-board his dominion, Like a meteor he blazed the skies and then sank into oblivion, That he is not a GM is an aberration, Crying for a long delayed refutation. Give a 'King' his Crown, correct History and bless the Historian.
Give Sultan GM title
It's crazy that he did not know how to read and write.
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FIDE has officially recognized Mir Sultan Khan with the Grandmaster title. This decision corrects a long standing oversight in chess history and honors the legacy of a remarkable player. We appreciate your dedication to ensuring that his achievements received the formal acknowledgement they truly deserve.
May 31, 2020
Final supporters
We, at ChessBase India, want to raise awareness about the fact as to what a great player Sultan Khan was and make an appeal to FIDE to consider granting him the GM title posthumously. In this respect we have organized Sultan Khan Cup 2020 sponsored by IPS Academy that will be played on 9th of May 2020 on Playchess. In his brief but meteoric career, Sultan Khan rose to the top of the chess world, playing on even terms with the world's best players.
A brief history about Sultan Khan
In 1905 was born a soft spoken, unassuming Sultan Khan in Mitha Tiwana in the Khushab district of the Punjab. 23 years later he became the national champion of India. He went on to win the British Championships three times and scored wins over great players like Capablanca, Tartakower, Flohr and many others.
Some of the achievements of Sultan Khan:
1. He won the British Championship on three occasions: 1929, 1932, 1933.
2. The first half of 1931 was probably the best period for him: he defeated Capablanca at Hastings (although he only came 3rd after throwing away a game against Euwe).
3. He then played Tartakower in a 12-game match defeating him 6½-5½.
4. In the Prague International Team Tournament he scored 11½/17 against many of the leading players of the day, drawing with the World Champion Alekhine and defeating Flohr.
Sultan Khan - A truly deserving GM
According to the chessmetrics.com website which calculates historical chess ratings, Khan was for at least a couple of years among the world’s top ten players, and ranked no.6 in the world at his best. It would be fitting if he were given some recognition for his achievements.
In 1950, when FIDE first awarded the titles of International Grandmaster and International Master, Sultan Khan had not played for 15 years. Although FIDE awarded titles to some long-retired players who had distinguished careers earlier in their lives, such Ossip Bernstein, Ernst Grünfeld, Boris Kostic, Géza Maroczy, Jacques Mieses, Akiba Rubinstein, Friedrich Sämisch, Savielly Tartakower, Milan Vidmar and CarlosTorre, it never awarded any title to Sultan Khan.
Your support is essential
Sultan Khan deserved the title of Grandmaster. If you sign this petition, with your support we would like to request FIDE to grant him the GM title.
Updates
May 10, 2020
The petition has now surpassed one thousand signatures. This level of support confirms that the legacy of Sultan Khan remains deeply relevant to the chess community worldwide.
Reached 2,500 supporters
May 9, 2020
Reached 1,000 supporters
May 9, 2020
Reached 100 supporters
May 9, 2020
May 7, 2020
The momentum behind this appeal for Mir Sultan Khan is building as we approach one thousand signatures. Please encourage your acquaintances to review his historic achievements so that we may present a compelling case to FIDE.
2,187 Comments
Just imagining what talent should he have got to beat such chess legends, with whatever little resources he had at his disposal, that too serving his master Sir Nawab Umar Hayat Khan and during British raj in India. India missed its opportunity then, but now it should not.
He truely deserves the title of a GM if not more.Gone through most of his games with top players of his era and have really learned a lot from them,especially when Euwe and Kramer mentioned him in the "MiddleGame in chess".He his a chess hero.
The chess of Mir Sultan Khan as presented in the 1965 and 1977 R.N. Coles collections of his games as well as internet chess sites that carry 21st century analysis of some of these games assures his place in "popular" chess history as a grand master.
Mir Sultan Kahn’s successes speak for themselves. His story shows that someone with their own strength and talent can be a winner against even the best in the world! It is an honor for me to support the petition. GM Gabor Kallai
He surely deserves recognition. As far as I know, he did not know about the "Castling Rules" when he went to Britain. Due to this, he did lose some games but immediately caught up with the others. His games were and would be inspirational in future.
Sultan' - Ruler, Emperor, King; the chess-board his dominion, Like a meteor he blazed the skies and then sank into oblivion, That he is not a GM is an aberration, Crying for a long delayed refutation. Give a 'King' his Crown, correct History and bless the Historian.
Give Sultan GM title
It's crazy that he did not know how to read and write.
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Just imagining what talent should he have got to beat such chess legends, with whatever little resources he had at his disposal, that too serving his master Sir Nawab Umar Hayat Khan and during British raj in India. India missed its opportunity then, but now it should not.