FIDE vs USCF Titles

i'm not american but england has something similar to USCF.

2200 uscf = national master

2200 fide = candidate master

2300 fide = fide master

2400 fide = international master

2500 fide = grandmaster

uscf is easier than fide so CM > NM

it needs to be OTB in classical chess. you get some 60+30 games OTB but the most normal time control is 90+30. maybe it's different in america but my shortest ever game was 2 hours.

probs an american can answer this better but there's lower USCF titles than NM. it's just that nobody takes those titles seriously xD

people take the NM title seriously though :>

USCF titles are national titles, some other nations grant them as well. As far as I know, there are even higher national titles granted by USCF - Life master and Senior Master (which is the highest for 2 400 USCF ads far as I know).

Though usually people having those higher titles probably have FIDE titles in most cases by that point as well.

There is one perk on chess.com for being titled. NM and every FIDE titled player (so CM, FM, IM and GM) gets a diamond membership for free and gets the access of playing in some money events (like Titled Tuesday).

To obtain FIDE titles you have to play in FIDE tournaments. Not every event brings you FIDE points. As previously stated, you have to play classical chess to have a chance of obtaining a title.

Prerequisites for FIDE titles:

CM - 2200 rating

FM - 2300 rating

IM - 2400 rating + 3 IM norms (basically a fixed performance rating of at least 2450 during the tournament which is viable for getting a said norm, the average opponent rating mustn't be too low for instance)

GM - 2 500 rating + 3 GM norms (similar in principle as IM norms but 2600 performance rating during the tournament)

As for rating requirement, it is enough to have it once in your life, doesn't have to be at the beginning of the month, it can be once during a certain tournament. So If someone passes 2 500 during a tournament and then lose a game or 2, it still counts.

There are exceptions to these rules, some people can get these titles automatically on some regional tournaments or if they win some tournament where they automatically get a title.

For instance senior world champion gets GM title automatically if he didn't have one previously.

There are separate women titles as well, with lower requirements (they have prefix W and basically they are 200 rating points lower compared with open titles). There are women for instance that have WGM and at the same time GM title as well, but for WGM they need to have 2 300 rating instead of 2 500.
My apologies for this wall of text, I hope you will find some of it useful.

yes

Yes, for USCF NM title, you get the same perks on chess.com. That title is more or less equivalent to FIDE CM title.

I am not sure for some other countries NM titles however, but that is not that important for you anyway.

Well ECF is a little easier than FIDE at least.

I've seen some really bad players with a high USCF rating so I defo think USCF is easier than ECF xD