how one player gets the grandmaster title..fide master,international master

To get the Candidate master title (or almost a master :P), you need to achieve a rating of at least 2100. This is similar to the National master title (NM) only it is given by FIDE, not the national federation.

To get the FIDE master title (FM), you need to achieve an oficial rating of over 2300.

To get the International Master (IM), you need to be a FM and achieve a rating of over 2400 and get at least three IM norms (meaning, you need to participate in tournaments involving other International Masters and get enough points... the number of points vary depending on the rating average of the tourney).

To get the Grandmaster title (GM) you need to be an IM and achieve a rating of over 2500, plus you need to get at least three GM norms, which are similar to the the IM norms, except with GM's playing and, thus, harder to attain.

I'm hoping against hope to get my FM title soon... but first I need to find somewhere to play rated tourneys in Mexico :P

Anyway, mate, hope this helps :D

I almost forgot! You can get the GM and IM titles automatically in some events... like winning the U-18 World Championship and such :)

thanks a lot for making the issue clear

No problem, mate :D And thank you for your message! I never really got the chance to thank you for it!! :D

PS: I told you so... :D Congrats on qualifying for round 2! Can't wait!

NORM!

Actually you dont have to be an FM to get the IM title and you dont have to be an IM to get the GM title. GM Christiansen for example was never an FM nor IM..... he jumped straight to GM. The FM title didnt exist when he was trying for norms anyway. Tal also was never an IM nor FM.

thanks for the comments

Ohh! :D Thank you, Reb... :D I thought it was a requierement... (not like I'm ever going to be a GM but it's nice to know! :))