ICC Help: titles

You may see accounts on ICC with the following labels next to their names. Here are the meanings:

GM -- FIDE International Grandmaster IM -- FIDE International Master FM -- FIDE Master WGM - FIDE Woman Grandmaster WIM - FIDE Woman International Master WFM - FIDE Woman Master

Statistics as of November 19th, 2009:

ICC accounts FIDE List (approx.) ------------ --------- GMs 670 1029 IMs 1172 2698 FMs 306 4734 WGMs 129 212 WIMs 153 510 WFMs 14 783

These are unique accounts that are actually used (except for FM's). They do not include anonymous accounts, duplicate accounts, or accounts used only for libraries or broadcasts. The numbers for the FIDE list are from January 2007 and do not include inactive players.

You can see all the ICC accounts that have a certain FIDE title. For example, "list GM" will show all Grandmasters. "who T" will list the titled players who are currently logged into ICC. FIDE titles are awarded by FIDE after fulfilling certain requirements. See help Norm for examples of the requirements to get a "norm". ICC merely labels the ICC accounts after receiving proof of the identity from the person. Also please note that we do not add a title unless it has been officially approved by FIDE. The ICC does not award any FIDE titles.

DM -- ICC Display Master (see help DM) H -- ICC Helper (see help helper) * -- ICC administrator C -- Computer program TD -- Tournament directing program

See also: GM-bio, IM-bio, IMGM, Norm