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XXXXXX Trump has earned the title of Chess Grandmaster.
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In mid-October 2018, dozens of social media accounts started circulating the claim that XXXXXX Trump, had been awarded the title of Chess Grandmaster:

The tweets pushing this rumor also made several other outlandish claims: Some held that XXXXXX Trump had an IQ of 146; Donald Trump studied under chess legend Bobby Fischer and was himself one of the most celebrated chess players of all time. Many of these tweets were also accompanied by the accusation that the mainstream news media was ignoring the many chess-related accomplishments of the Trump family.

While it's true that mainstream news has largely ignored these stories, that circumstance isn't due to any perceived bias. These reports were left uncovered for the simple fact that they were untrue.

The claim that XXXXXX Trump was awarded the tile of Chess Grandmaster stemmed from an October 2017 satirical article published on the web site The Daily Chronicle: