***** 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 CM -- FIDE Candidate Master WGM - FIDE Woman Grandmaster WIM - FIDE Woman International Master WFM - FIDE Woman Master WCM - FIDE Woman Candidate Master Statistics as of April 10th, 2014: ICC accounts FIDE List (approx.) ------------ --------- GMs 821 1029 IMs 1469 2698 FMs 316 4734 WGMs 156 212 WIMs 215 510 WFMs 16 783 National Federations: NM -- National Master 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. Internal ICC Titles DM -- ICC Display Master (see "help DM") H -- ICC Helper (see "help helper") * -- ICC administrator C -- Computer program TD -- Tournament directing program TM -- Tournament Manager SH -- Senior Helper See also: GM-bio, IM-bio, IMGM, Norm