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Subject: Re: There are no IGMs, only GMs...

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 18:09:24 09/02/00

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On September 02, 2000 at 14:13:24, Severi Salminen wrote:

>>Assuming you are serious.
>>International Grand Master = IGM
>
>I'm allways serious :) The point: there is no such thing as IGM. There are only
>GMs, IMs etc. There are no _normal_ Grand Masters and International Grand
>Masters, only Grand Masters. And I believe that the most GMs are quite
>international...
>
>Severi


Actually I think the title FIDE awards is International GrandMaster, just like
they award the title international master.  As a comparison, the USCF also
awards a "grandmaster" title but based only on rating...



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