NM - National Master
FM - FIDE Master
WFM - Womans FIDE Master
IM - International Master
WIM - Womans International Master
GM - Grand Master
WGM - Womans Grand Master
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NM is National Master.
GM is Grand Master. (2500+)
IM is international Master. (2400+)
FM is Fide Master. (2300+)
The female equivilant has a W in front. e.g. WGM
Super GM is 2600+ i think.
Are the ratings strictly based on rankings? If I acheive a 2500, will I automatically be considered a GM?
No. Your chess.com rating will only win you respect on chess.com. nothing else.
Ah, so to get a rating in the real world, I have to play live, professional chess?
but if you play a tornament OTB and get raited 2500, youl be considerd in class with the GM
What's OTB. I think I was there once. Lost a lot of money on the horses
Lol. Over The Bord
Good point Snookslayer. Why don't they have the same classifications for men as for women?
Graw81 wrote:
NM is National Master.
GM is Grand Master. (2500+)
IM is international Master. (2400+)
FM is Fide Master. (2300+)
The female equivilant has a W in front. e.g. WGM
Super GM is 2600+ i think.
Super GM is not a FIDE title, but if u want to use it, fits better to 2700+ players
WGM and GM are separate because GM is based on 2500 or better while WGM is 2300 or better. Also, there are "norms" involved with GM, not sure about WGM or WIM, concerning norms.
OK, so why is it that women need to be "handicapped?" by the rating system. Do women and men really play that differently?
there aren't as many female chess player simply, less players less points required to be called GM
well WGM sounds like an insult to women if you ask me. its like saying "well you are good... for a girl."
camdawg7 wrote: well WGM sounds like an insult to women if you ask me. its like saying "well you are good... for a girl."
men are better at chess than women.. i think that's why they call it that way.
Snookslayer wrote:
If it were intergrated, there would be plenty of players for females to play. Not as many female opponets, but what's the difference? To me it sounds like they're quietly admitting that women generally aren't as good at chess as men. Who knows - maybe that's true. I guess one could argue that long drawn out tournaments are not only mentally draining, but physical which gives men an advantage. ?
Please do your homework on this subject before making such comments. The GM and IM titles can be earned by both men AND women. The WGM and WIM titles are only available to women. They have the option of playing in regular tournaments and/or women's tournaments.
ChefSDB wrote:Are the ratings strictly based on rankings? If I acheive a 2500, will I automatically be considered a GM?
No, the posts that listed those ratings are slightly misleading because it implies that one automatically becomes a GM once that rating is achieved, and this is most certainly NOT the case. The exact procedure is fairly complex, but in a nutshell, a player must also achieve three GM norms in order to earn that title.
What do the different abbreviations mean in front of peoples screen names ie: NM etc. I assume it has something to do with "master"?