How do you become a IM or Grandmaster?

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santuis

I have being wondering in how do you become a IM or Grandmaster. Anyone knows?

reasate

it's difficult!

santuis

Hmmmm....Points?

NikkiLikeChikki
You get really good, then you go to special tournaments where you have to win games against good players. That’s the short version.
sndeww

basically

1. Get money

2. Travel to big tourneys

3. Beat up some old guys

4. Make sure you win them all

5. repeat three or more times

santuis

Ah ok. Its like you need to be Really good at chess and have money  

sndeww
santuis wrote:

Ah ok. Its like you need to be Really good at chess and have money  

if you wanna get gm yes lol, but if you aren't in the us then you don't really need to travel that much

NobleElevator

1. Get a Fide account(go to it's website and register)

2. Play in tournaments -- you'll get a rating

3. Get good at chess(of course, you need to be good at chess to be a master wink.png)

4. Once you get a decent rating(2200-2300ish) play in IM Norm Events to get IM.

5. Once you get a certain amount of norms, you'll be an IM grin.png

6. Same steps for GM happy.png

santuis

Oh ,Interesting. Now I know wink.png

Runningtoothbrush

Well you need to work very hard everyday like 5-9 hours

Runningtoothbrush

Or maybe at least 1 or 2 hours

REnato940

IM

Runningtoothbrush
SNUDOO wrote:

basically

1. Get money

2. Travel to big tourneys

3. Beat up some old guys

4. Make sure you win them all

5. repeat three or more times

You don't need to win all of the games.

REnato940

grandmaster

Runningtoothbrush

No pressure. 90% of the titled players are Grown ups.