Author: Albert Silver
Date: 11:51:45 09/04/00
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On September 03, 2000 at 16:54:16, Jouni Tolonen wrote:
>On September 02, 2000 at 14:47:01, Albert Silver wrote:
>
>>On September 02, 2000 at 14:34:59, Chessfun wrote:
>>
>>>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
>>>
>>>
>>>While I agree with all you wrote the fact is the term IGM
>>>is used. It may define to all Grandmasters however that was not
>>>your original question.
>>>
>>>Which is why I started with assuming you are serious.
>>>You could instead just have posted the simple question why is the
>>>term IGM used instead of GM? Besides which this isn't even the right
>>>forum for either of those questions.
>>>
>>>Sarah.
>>
>>Although they are referred to as Grandmasters, the official Fide title is
>>'International Grandmaster', hence IGM.
>>
>> Albert Silver
>
>The official FIDE handbook should know:
>
>http://handbook.fide.com/handbook.cgi?level=B&level=01&level=00&
>
>0.3 The International FIDE titles are:
>0.31 Titles for over-the-board chess, the judging unit being the FIDE
>Qualification Commission: Grandmaster (GM), International Master (IM), FIDE
>Master (FM), Woman Grandmaster (WGM), Woman International Master (WIM), Woman
>FIDE Master (WFM), Honorary Master (H-M) and FIDE Category Player. (GA 98)
>
>Of course the FIDE titles may have been different in the past.
>
>Jouni Tolonen
I'm amazed. I never suspected they would change the name of the title. I stand
corrected.
Albert Silver
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