How does someone earn these titles. Do they win certain tournaments,
or are the titles bestowed on them by the chess comunity as
recognicion of their ability?
What other titles are out there? Maybe there's one I can gain
(like "not so grand understudy to the butler of a master"😉
Freak - the ignorant
On West Wing a while back the President was wanting to play chess
with one of his staff. The staffer said "I can't play you, Youre a
Grandmaster or Grand wizard or something like that" The president
replied " I'm none of those things.. just Grand"
Okay...since I am a NM (National Master) I will try and break this down
for all.
The rating system for USCF works as this...maybe one of the top
players from Britain can tell us about the BCF system...but it is the
same as here..the higher rated people you beat the better your rating
gets...that is pretty obvious to all...when you hit 1900 yu are
considered an "expert" rated player...remember these are OTB points.
When you get over 2200 you become a "Master"...a "NM" in
America...after that you have to earn "Norms"..which means you have
to go to tourneys with at least the open section having an average
rating of around 2400. If you end up with a "plus" score..say 4 points
out of 5 then you get an "IM" (International master) norm...when you
get three of these you get the title...same thing for "GM"
(Grandmaster) but the tourneys must have an average rating of like
2600.
I hope that helps.
Dave
Captain USA
That estimate seems a little high to me, Mustangace. I am in the
high 1300s here, and doubt I'd have a USCF rating over 1200-- and I
know for a fact that I'm nowhere near a 1600.
The best players on this site do have RHP ratings that are somewhat
below their USCF/FIDE ratings, but I don't think that pattern holds true
for us in the lower reaches...
you also have to consider that your rating here is skewed by two
issues...
This is correspondance chess so a strong player and diligent
bookworm with poor memory could be ranked higher here whereas the
same player with encyclopaedic knowledge of opening lines would
normally be stronger in conventional tournemant play
Your rating is judged against those you play against. Unless you play
against a wide group of people, all of whom do the same then your
rating is really only localized to that group. the way RHP
handles "unrated" players contributes to this somewhat.
