FIDE Master (FM) is a title awarded by the world chess governing body, Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE). Chess is a recreational and competitive Game played between two players. Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national Chess federations around the Introduced in 1978, FM ranks below the titles of International Master and International Grandmaster, but ahead of Candidate Master. The title International Master is awarded to outstanding Chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. The title Grandmaster is awarded to extremely strong Chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. The Candidate Master ( CM) title is awarded by the world Chess governing body Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE The most usual way for a player to qualify for the FIDE Master title is by achieving a FIDE Rating of 2300 or more. The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as Chess and Go. The title is open to both men and women who play in international chess competitions. The current title regulations can be found in the FIDE handbook [1]
The FIDE July 2005 ratings list records over 4300 FMs.
FIDE Master titles are also awarded to composers and solvers of chess problems. A chess problem, also called a chess composition, is a puzzle set by somebody using Chess pieces on a Chess board that presents the solver with (see titles in chess composition). A chess problem, also called a chess composition, is a puzzle set by somebody using Chess pieces on a Chess board that presents the solver with
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- FIDE-Masters for chess compositions saunalahti. Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national Chess federations around the fi
- World Chess Federation FIDE official site FIDE
- FIDE Handbook FIDE
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