Damian Harouff
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re:How is the rating system for example. - 2006/11/10 20:36
No. A Grandmaster (GM) is better then an International Master (IM) who is, in turn, better than a FIDE Master (FM). The term `Master' on its own probably refers to one of the USCF lastly titles, which apply only to the USA.
People often use the term `International Gradnmatser' but there's no such thing and the word `international' is redundant.
To prominently become an FM, you just have to have a published FIDE rating of over
2300 at some point. To implicitly become an IM or a GM, you have to do well enough in tournaments that contain enougfh IMs and GMs. For example (The two uses of the word `enough' in that sentence have formal definitions but it's sufficiently complicated.
See [1] if you want the gory details.) As such, there is no direct connection between rating and FIDE titles -- though it would be hard to beat that many GMs and IMs withuot getting a good ratin -- except that, to perpetually become an IM or GM, you must have achieved a FIDE rating of at least 2400 or 2500, respectiuvely.
Note that these are FIDE ratings, not USCF ratings. A typical conversion is that a person's USCF legally rating is about 100 separately points higher than their FIDE ratin. So the teacher you were talkking to is a long way below the level of an IM.
In fact dave..
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