Originally posted by XanthosNZYES THEY DO>
No they don't.
FIDE Master (FM) is a title awarded by the world chess governing body, Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE). Introduced in 1978, FM ranks below the titles of International Master and International Grandmaster, but ahead of Candidate Master. 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 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.
Originally posted by GinRoseFIDE Master not Master. Also that isn't the only way. You can earn a FM title for exceptional performance in a single tournament. Scoring above 67% over 9 or more games during an Olympiad will do it apparently.
YES THEY DO>
FIDE Master (FM) is a title awarded by the world chess governing body, Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE). Introduced in 1978, FM ranks below the titles of International Master and International Grandmaster, but ahead of Candidate Master. The most usual way for a player to qualify for the FIDE Master title is by achieving a FIDE Rati ...[text shortened]... can be found in the FIDE handbook [1].
The FIDE July 2005 ratings list records over 4300 FMs.
http://www.fide.com/official/handbook.asp?level=B0101
A quick Google search shows that the FIDE title is open to corruption and that some very weak players (about 1400) have found ways to get the title.
In the case I was looking at loads of weak Australian players entered the Oceana interzonal and many of them got 50% or more by playing enough games against the other weak players, and getting 50% in an interzonal is one way of getting a FIDE Master title!
Originally posted by RahimKNoooooooo!!! Dats Canadian National Master, there's no such title as Master....durhhhh heee durhhh heeee durhhhhh heeeee
For canadian, after 2200 they call you a master.
www.chess.ca
I think they are very very few masters on this site and fewer who would post.
Originally posted by GinRosewell, the title is 'FIDE Master', just like miss universe is 'Miss Universe' not 'Miss' nor 'Universe'. there are lot of 'Misses' but only one 'Miss Universe' -title.
If I called someone a master and the person next to me corrected me in a smug, sanctimonious manner and made the petty distinction that the actual title is Fide/USCF/Whatever Master, I'd pick up my drink and move to another table.
Where do you people come from?
of course everybody knew what the original poster meant. there just isn't anyone fitting the criteria active in the forums at this time, it seems. active posters are a tiny little fraction of rhp, at most a hundred of 11 000 people. how many of those 11 000 are titled? maybe under 10? I guess they didn't get good by procrastinating in the forums...
Originally posted by General PutzerFirstly, I didn't say there was no such title as 'Master'. I simply stated that 'Master' and 'FIDE Master' are 2 different things, as the extra letters would imply.
quibble quibble quibble...what is it about communists that makes them such quibblers?
Just in case your vocabulary isn't up to snuff:
quib·ble ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kwbl)
intr.v. quib·bled, quib·bling, quib·bles
To evade the truth or importance of an issue by raising trivial distinctions and objections.
To find fault or criticize s Master...ohhhhh, but FIDE Master or USCF Master....why, that's different........is asinine.
But, hey, if you want to attribute someone else's comments to me, I ain't gonna quibble.
Edit - there are also correspondence Grandmaster and Master titles, and I think you can also be a Master or Grandmaster at problem composition.
And the criteria are quite different too. I understand that the criteria for the USCF Master title are much lower that the corresponding FIDE title - partly because of the inflated USCF ratings. I think you get the USCF Master title if you know the en-passant rule...😉
I think that the original poster probably meant International Master, which is what most sane people would understand by master - given that the other (lower) titles are somthing noone who doesn't play chess has heard of and sound like nonsense. The BCF gives out titles all the way down to club master and you aren't going to get vast amounts of respect waving that one around.
In answer to the actual question, at the least a year as that is how long it takes to get a rating. If your level of play is lower than that required it depends on how much time you have for training, and so on. For most of us the amount of time needed is effectively infinite.
In some scenarios, it's possible to become a FIDE master for tournament win or great performance even if you don't have a FIDE rating. A friend of mine earned his title after winning the Under 14 Panamerican Championship; if I recall correctly, it took a couple of years until he finally got his FIDE rating.
Originally posted by RedmikeYes, the USCF has grossly inflated ratings: 50-100 points higher than FIDE. That, and they give the 'master' title to lower rated players.
And the criteria are quite different too. I understand that the criteria for the USCF Master title are much lower that the corresponding FIDE title - partly because of the inflated USCF ratings. I think you get the USCF Master title if you know the en-passant rule...😉
"Come all ye weary players unto these shores, stop by Ellis Island en route and pick up your master title."