FOA Titles - Suggestion

Dear Chess.com,

I recently came across something called the FIDE Arena titles. These are official titles awarded by FIDE, which can be earned by subscribing to the FIDE Online Arena - yes, it is FIDE's official platform.

Interestingly, the titles achieved there are also displayed on our official FIDE profiles and are recognized as legitimate accomplishments within the platform.

I decided to give it a try and aim for the highest available title - Arena Grandmaster (AGM). I managed to achieve it.

Below, I’m including a screenshot from my FIDE profile showing the title.

It’s worth mentioning the ranking programs here and how these titles can be earned. Below, I present the name of the title and the ranking required to achieve it:

• Arena Grandmaster (AGM) - To earn this title, we must maintain a 2000 Elo rating over 50 rapid games, or 100 blitz games, or 150 bullet games.
• Arena International Master (AIM) - To earn this title, we must maintain a 1700 Elo rating over 50 rapid games, or 100 blitz games, or 150 bullet games.
• Arena FIDE Master (AFM) - To earn this title, we must maintain a 1400 Elo rating over 50 rapid games, or 100 blitz games, or 150 bullet games.
• Arena Candidate Master (ACM) - To earn this title, we must maintain a 1100 Elo rating over 50 rapid games, or 100 blitz games, or 150 bullet games.

What’s most funny, despite the simplicity, according to Wikipedia, only 4,650 people hold these titles.

My suggestion is this: would Chess.com be able to implement these titles on the site? I believe it would be great to include them on users’ profiles as an additional form of recognition.

Below, I present how it could look - I even created a graphic that could serve as a profile badge.

I think this could boost motivation and increase interest in playing on Chess.com.

I think the Arena title is not prestigious enough to be displayed next to a user’s nickname or to grant them a premium account, as is done with official FIDE titles.

However, while writing this post, I came up with the idea that special arenas could be organized for players holding Arena titles - similar to the Titled Tuesday tournaments, but without cash prizes.

This would be a great opportunity for competition and community building among players with these titles.

Below, I’m also sending a draft of my graphic:

Thank you for reading and considering my idea. Have a nice day!

Are you sure that FIDE won't demand money from C.C for the use of their proprietary titles?

Edit: Take a look at https://analysis.sesse.net/ . They even avoid mentioning normal FIDE titles to avoid getting sued by the FIDE and/or other chess federations.

Sorry, I edited while you were positing your reply.

Please research the legal status of using various official titles in the media. For your own edification learn what had to be done to make sure that the chess moves are not copyrightable and can be published without paying royalties.

good idea, but bro makes it seem so easy to achieve it lol 😭

I thought it would work something like official titles, where you go through a verification process to prove that you actually hold that Arena title. Someone from the staff or moderation team at chess.com would need to comment on that.

OK, you completely don't understand what is legally involved. This isn't a problem for C.C to solve. This is an issue with FIDE (and other federations) and how they are itching to sue (and/or sanction) everyone.

Please read about the recent tiff about Freestyle Chess Championship.

My guess is that's not likely something the site would implement.

They are 'paper titles' that really mean nothing.

Chess.com implementing something like that...I think not. People would want them to be worth something...which means more cheating...

Good idea. The proposal of titles make honeypot arenas even more attractive for cheaters, and the detection team knows where just to slap.

Great Idea! I like it!!

They can give AGM's or even AIM's gold membership can they?

then I'm going to farm aim.

I think that it is easier to get rating on chess.com than on fide’s arena so that might be a reason to not have that on the site. Unless there was a huge rating deflation to get closer to the “real” ratings like FIDE and USCF.

Same!

Levy’s one chance at a GM title

Oooo that was cold!

How about giving a gold membership to all FOA title holders??

Atleast AIM and AGM if they cannot give to AFM and ACM

Pretty confident Arena titles won't be recognized or get free premium.

Why??