International Master

The title International Master is awarded to outstanding chess players by the world chess organization 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 The title is open to both men and women. Instituted in 1950, it is a lifetime title, in chess literature usually abbreviated as IM. FIDE also awards the lower title of FIDE master (FM) and the higher title of Grandmaster (GM). FIDE Master (FM is a title awarded by the world Chess governing body Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE The title Grandmaster is awarded to extremely strong Chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE.

Normally three favorable results (norms) in international tournaments involving other IMs and Grandmasters are required before FIDE will confer the title on a player. IMs usually have an ELO rating between 2400 and 2500. The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as Chess and Go. Sometimes though, there may be a very strong IM who has not yet become a Grandmaster, over the rating of 2500.

The IM title can also be awarded for a few specific performances. For example, under current rules the runner up at the World Junior Championship will be awarded the IM title if he or she does not already have it. The World Junior Chess Championship is an under-20 Chess tournament (players must have been under 20 years old on 1 January in the year of competition organized Current regulations may be found in the FIDE handbook ^[1].

After becoming an IM, most professional players set their next goal as becoming a GM, although not all will accomplish this. It is also possible to become a Grandmaster without ever having been an International Master. Larry Christiansen of the United States (1977), Boris Gelfand of Israel (1988), and former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik of Russia all became Grandmasters without ever having been an IM. Larry M Christiansen (b June 27, 1956) is a Chess Grandmaster who grew up in Riverside California Boris Abramovich Gelfand (born 24 June 1968) is a Chess grandmaster. Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (Влади́мир Бори́сович Кра́мник (born June 25, 1975) is a Russian Chess grandmaster However, the more usual path is first to become an IM, then move on to the GM level.

International Master titles are also awarded to correspondence chess players by the International Correspondence Chess Federation ICCF, and composers and solvers of chess problems (see titles in chess composition). Correspondence chess is Chess played by various forms of long-distance correspondence usually through a Correspondence chess server, through email or by International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF was founded in 1951 as a new appearance of the ICCA (International Correspondence Chess Association which was founded in 1945 as 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 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

An International Master is usually in the top 0. 25% of all tournament players at the time he or she receives the title. ^[2] The July 2005 FIDE rating list records over 2500 players holding the IM title.

FIDE also awards the Woman International Master title, which has lower requirements than the international master title and is restricted to women. There is no restriction on women earning the title of IM.

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