Chess Title Hierarchy: Understanding the Order of Chess Titles

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FIDE, the world chess federation, confers official titles in the following order of precedence:

1. Candidate Master (CM),

2. FIDE Master (FM),

3. International Master (IM),

4. Grandmaster (GM).

 To attain these titles, a player must achieve a specific FIDE rating and obtain the required number of norms, with IM requiring a rating of 2400 and three IM norms and GM requiring a rating of 2500 and three GM norms. A player can earn IM and GM norms by achieving a minimum rating performance in a tournament and playing against a minimum number of GMs and IMs in the tournament.

In addition to these titles, FIDE also confers titles exclusively for women, such as Women's Grandmaster (WGM) and Women's International Master (WIM), with the rating requirements being significantly lower than their male counterparts (2300 for WGM and 2200 for WIM). However, women can also attain regular IM and GM titles.

It is worth noting that while FIDE titles are the most important ones, the United States Chess Federation (USCF) confers other titles such as National Master (2200), Senior Master (2400), and Life Master (maintaining a rating of 2200 for at least 300 games). While other chess federations may have their own titles, they are not as significant as those conferred by FIDE and USCF.

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