The chess community expanded by 27 Grandmasters, after the 1st quarter Presidential Board approved their titles in Minsk. The new Grandmasters come from Armenia, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Spain, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, Iceland, Peru, Russia, Slovakia, USA, and Azerbaijan.
The Board approved also 48 International Masters, 2 Women Grand Masters, and 7 Women International Masters.
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Grandmasters approved by the Presidential Board in Minsk
| Hakobyan, Aram | ARM |
| Supi, Luis Paulo | BRA |
| Hambleton, Aman | CAN |
| Nguyen, Thai Dai Van | CZE |
| Simacek, Pavel | CZE |
| Fernandez Romero, Ernesto | ESP |
| Santos Latasa, Jaime | ESP |
| Bellahcene, Bilel | FRA |
| Velten, Paul | FRA |
| Batsiashvili, Nino | GEO |
| Mons, Leon | GER |
| Sprenger, Jan Michael, Dr. | GER |
| Aczel, Gergely | HUN |
| Saptarshi, Roy | IND |
| Firouzja, Alireza | IRI |
| Tabatabaei, M Amin | IRI |
| Thorfinnsson, Bragi | ISL |
| Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo | PER |
| Esipenko, Andrey | RUS |
| Matsenko, Sergei | RUS |
| Moiseenko, Vadim | RUS |
| Moskalenko, Alexander | RUS |
| Repka, Christopher | SVK |
| Burke, John M | USA |
| Tang, Andrew | USA |
| Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | UZB |
| Kvon, Andrey | UZB |
International masters approved by the Presidential Board in Minsk
| Vardanian, Haik G. | ARM |
| Schwabeneder, Florian | AUT |
| Zarubitski, Viachaslau | BLR |
| Carneiro, Vitor Roberto Castro | BRA |
| Perez Gormaz, Matias | CHI |
| Valderrama Quiceno, Esteban Alb | COL |
| Alonso Bouza, Julio Javier | CUB |
| Ordaz Valdes, Lisandra Teresa | CUB |
| Kirk, Ezra | ENG |
| Henderson de La Fuente, Lance | ESP |
| Suarez Uriel, Adrian | ESP |
| Barseghyan, Harutyun | FRA |
| Favarel, Antoine | FRA |
| Migot, Tangi | FRA |
| Krause, Benedict | GER |
| Martin, Julian | GER |
| Rosner, Jonas | GER |
| Tsolakidou, Stavroula | GRE |
| Novita, Anjas | INA |
| Akash Pc, Iyer | IND |
| Karthik, V. A. P. | IND |
| Prithu, Gupta | IND |
| Rahul Srivatshav P | IND |
| Bakalchuk, Johnatan | ISR |
| Gorodetzky, David | ISR |
| Saraci, Nderim | KOS |
| De Jager, Jaap | NED |
| Vrolijk, Liam | NED |
| Kaassen, Thor Fredrik | NOR |
| Gumularz, Szymon | POL |
| Janik, Igor | POL |
| David, Alexandru-Vasile | ROU |
| Chekletsov, Ilya | RUS |
| Drygalov, Andrey | RUS |
| Drygalov, Sergey | RUS |
| Duzhakov, Ilya | RUS |
| Elistratov, Semen | RUS |
| Gogolev, Artem | RUS |
| Makhmutov, Rail | RUS |
| Nozdrachev, Leonid | RUS |
| Schekachikin, Maksim | RUS |
| Tilicheev, Viacheslav | RUS |
| Ivic, Velimir | SRB |
| Schneider, Stefan | SWE |
| Yurtseven, Melih | TUR |
| Saeed, Ishaq | UAE |
| Bogdanov, Egor | UKR |
| Wang, Kevin | USA |
Women Grandmasters approved by the Presidential Board in Minsk
| Olsarova, Karolina | CZE |
| Eric, Jovana | SRB |
Women International masters approved by the Presidential Board in Minsk
| Gaboyan, Susanna | ARM |
| Balajayeva, Khanim | AZE |
| Novosadova, Kristyna | CZE |
| Dewi, Aa Citra | INA |
| Batyte, Daiva | LTU |
| Ratsma, Rosa | NED |
| Kubicka, Anna | POL |
