So I recently broke 2200 FIDE, and I know I have a long way to go before I make it to 2300, but I was curious about what you have to do to actually get the title once you’re over 2300? I know of a few people who are over 2300 but don’t have the title, so it doesn’t happen automatically. I’ve heard you have to pay FIDE dues to maintain the title, but haven’t heard anything specific.
Once you get a FIDE rating of 2300 or higher, you are eligible for the FM title.
The application has to be submitted by your Federation.
There is an application fee, currently 70 Euros, which has to be paid through the applying Federation, ie through the USCF.
Things might be different now, but back in the day you needed to maintain a 2300 rating for 30 games. And the USCF paid the one-time fee, but you would need to let them know that you had the 30 games, because they don’t keep track of previous FIDE games.
No longer the case.
USCF no longer eats those fees. They mount up after a while.
The last time I checked, there were several dozen active USCF players who have qualified for the FM title but have never applied for it. I guess they don’t figure it’s worth the money.
I think the USCF pays the IM and GM title fees for USA players, and also pays for the FM title IF it was earned while representing the USCF at an event like the World Youth.
Is ABBA a Candidate Master now, or does he need to apply?
If his FIDE rating has been 2200 or higher, he’s eligible for the CM title.
Nearly all FIDE titles require that the player’s federation apply for them and pay the fee. (I’m not sure if the USCF had to apply for Larry Kaufman’s GM title when he won the World Senior, one of the events that earns the GM title, but I suspect the USCF was or will be billed for the GM fee anyway.)
The USCF will handle a CM title app if someone wants it and is willing to pay the fee, but that’s not very common, there are only a few CMs with USA as their FIDE country of registry.
BTW, the FIDE title fee schedule is below.
I suppose I’m eligible for CM, but I think I’ll wait and see if I can hit FM and just spend the money on that. It seems so rare to see the CM title, that I didn’t even know it existed until a few months ago.
This might be interesting, it’s a breakdown by country code of the April 2009 FIDE Ratings List, showing the total number of FIDE rated players and the number holding titles. I’ve shown the top 25 countries:
[code]Country Total CM FM IM GM WCM WFM WIM WGM
GER 12389 27 672 202 73 1 51 37 13
RUS 11335 5 837 455 190 1 280 80 37
ESP 8422 22 210 88 33 0 19 9 3
FRA 6820 3 138 85 37 0 13 16 2
IND 4072 10 37 60 18 3 11 18 7
POL 4056 2 106 88 28 1 27 24 9
HUN 3323 1 189 107 41 1 16 16 7
ITA 3029 5 109 33 6 0 5 1 0
CZE 2978 2 96 66 24 0 13 10 5
SRB 2618 5 297 97 49 0 25 13 12
USA 2005 8 269 109 65 3 18 23 11
UKR 1836 0 76 181 70 0 27 26 21
NED 1784 13 131 68 22 0 9 11 3
AUT 1622 4 113 38 6 0 4 1 0
CRO 1548 2 113 57 29 0 6 8 3
GRE 1539 0 44 22 11 0 3 5 3
ARG 1476 0 102 61 17 0 12 8 1
ROU 1386 0 77 70 19 0 30 12 13
ENG 1338 22 79 56 36 4 10 10 2
SVK 1316 0 39 21 10 0 6 1 1
DEN 1205 1 36 34 8 0 5 3 0
BRA 1192 3 64 27 7 0 8 5 0
SUI 1138 0 63 32 7 0 7 2 2
CUB 1042 0 96 22 17 0 32 8 5
SWE 869 0 53 36 16 0 4 6 0[/code]
Interesting post Nolan. Yeah, with only 8 CMs in the United States, that’s probably why I hadn’t heard of it until recently. I’m not sure it’s worth paying for the title if it’s not really known by the general public.
I personally find zero value in the CM and WCM titles and tell people not to bother with them.
They are not used in title norm tournaments at all. Yeah I know that’s self serving from my perspective but why offer the title and not allow it to be used for title events.
Get your strength up, get to 2300 and get the FM title.
If you do want to test yourself, come play in one of my IM norm events. You can find the schedule at nachess.org/fide
Yeah, that’s what I figured. I don’t think I’m quite ready to play in any norm tournaments, but I’m hopeful that a year from now I’ll be ready to give it a shot.
My opinion…you should go into norm tournaments for experience, play the crap out of them, and come what may. But hey what do I know I’m only a guy that got 2nd (1/2pt from first) in his section at the US Open through zen psychology…
We tell young players that they need to play up (ie, face stronger competition) in order to improve, but isn’t that true for adults as well?
The best young player to come out of Nebraska in a decade decided to play in a tournament last year in Greece, hoping to get an IM norm. He got a GM norm instead.
Exactly. You have nothing to lose here and a lot to gain in terms of experience. People that are afraid to lose rating points don’t want walk with the experience which is much more valuable in the long run than the rating points.
Just be ready to play 9 full rounds, with no options for taking byes. This could be as little as a 5 day commitment or as long as a 9 day commitment.