1.0. Requirements for the titles designated in 0.31.

1.1	Administration
	1.11	Play to be governed by the FIDE Laws of chess and FIDE Tournament Rules.
	1.12	That there be no more than twelve hours play in one day.
	1.13	That no more than two rounds be played on any one day.
	1.14	In Standard Chess each player has a minimum in which to complete all the moves, based upon a game lasting 60 moves.
		1.14a	Examples of standard chess include: All the moves in 90 minutes, but for each move a player receives an extra 30 seconds added to his clock time. 40 moves in 75 minutes, followed by all the moves in 15 minutes, but for each move a player receives an extra 30 seconds added to his clock time. 40 moves in two hours, followed by all the moves in 30 minutes. 40 moves in two hours, 20 moves in one hour, followed by all the moves in 30 minutes. This is often referred to as `Classical Chess`.
		1.14b	All the moves in two hours is not acceptable.
	1.15	The event must be played within a period of 90 days.    An exception may be made for leagues and national team championships.
	1.16	The tournament shall be conducted by an International Arbiter. Failing that, by FIDE Arbiter. Failing that, supervised by an International Arbiter.
1.2	Titles achieved from International Championships.
	1.21	As indicated below, a player may gain a title from such an event or gain a single title result (norm). The result shown is the minimum required. The term `norm` is explained in 1.4.

	Grandmaster	International Master
Abbreviation	GM	IM
World Championship	reaching last 16	qualifying by over-the-board play
Women`s World Championship	winner runner-up 9-game norm	runner-up
World U-20 Championship	gold 1st = 9-game norm	silver, bronze
World Senior	gold	silver
Olympiad	12 game 2600+	12 game 2450+
Continental Championship	12 game 2600+ gold 9-game norm	12 game 2450+ 1st = up to 3
Continental U-20 Championship	gold 9-game norm	1st = up to 3
Arab Championship	gold 9-game norm	1st = up to 3
Arab U-20 Championship	gold 9-game norm	1st = up to 3
Centroamerican-Caribbean U-20	gold 9-game norm	1st = up to 3
World U-18 Championship	gold 9-game norm	1st = up to 3
World Girls` U-20 Championship	-	gold, 9-game norm
Commonwealth Championship	-	1st = up to 3
Zonal or sub-zonal	-	1st = up to 3 12 game 2450+ (a) 9 games of 66,66% (b)
International Braille Chess Association IBCA Championship	-	1st = up to 3
International Committee of Silent Chess ICSC Championship	-	1st = up to 3
International Physically Disabled Chess Association IPCA Championship	-	1st = up to 3
World U-16 Championship	-	gold, 9-game norm
Continental U-18 Championship	-	gold, 9-game norm
Continental U-16 Championship	-	gold, 9-game norm

	Woman Grandmaster	Woman International Master
Abbreviation	WGM	WIM
World Championship	winner GM title runner-up IM title reaching last 8	qualifying by over-the-board play
World U-20 Championship	gold gold, 9-game IM norm 1st = 9-game norm	silver, bronze
World Senior	gold	silver
Olympiad	12 game 2400+	12 game 2250+
Continental Championship	12 game 2400+ gold 9-game norm	12 game 2250+ 1st = up to 3
Continental U-20 Championship	gold	1st = up to 3
Arab Championship	gold 9-game norm	1st = up to 3
Arab U-20 Championship	gold	1st = up to 3
Centroamerican-Caribbean U-20	gold	1st = up to 3
World U-18 Championship	gold 9-game norm	1st = up to 3
Commonwealth Championship	-	1st = up to 3
Zonal or sub-zonal	-	1st = up to 3 12 game 2250+ (a) 9 games of 66.66% (b)
IBCA, ICSC, IPCA Championships	-	1st = up to 3
World U-16 Championship	-	gold, 9-game norm
Continental U-18/16 Championship	-	gold, 9-game norm

	FIDE Master	Candidate Master
Abbreviation	FM	CM
Olympiad	9 games of 66.66%	7 games of 50%
Continental or World Team	7 games of 66.66%	7 games of 50%
World U-16/14/12/10 Championships	1st = up to 3	silver, bronze
IBCA, ICSC, IPCA World Championships	silver	bronze
IBCA, ICSC, IPCA World U-20 Championships	1st = up to 3	silver, bronze
Continental U-18/16/14/12/10 Championships	1st = up to 3	silver, bronze
ASEAN U-18/16/14/12/10 Championships	1st = up to 3	silver, bronze
Arab U-18/16/14/12/10 Championships	1st = up to 3	silver, bronze
Zonal or sub-zonal	9 games of 50% (c)	9 games of 40% (c)
World Amateur Championship	gold	silver

	Woman FIDE Master	Woman Candidate Master
Abbreviation	WFM	WCM
Olympiad	9 games of 66.66%	7 games of 50%
Continental or World Team	7 games of 66.66%	7 games of 50%
World U-16/14/12/10 Championships	1st = up to 3	silver, bronze
IBCA, ICSC, IPCA World Championships	silver	bronze
Continental U-18/16/14/12/10 Championships	1st = up to 3	silver, bronze
ASEAN U-18/16/14/12/10 Championships	1st = up to 3	silver, bronze
Zonal or sub-zonal	9 games of 50% (c)	9 games of 40% (c)
World Amateur Championship	gold	silver

 (a)

Where such an event is played with preliminaries and finals, the results shall be pooled.

 (b)

Such an event must be approved by the Presidential Board. Results are pooled as in (a).
Where a zonal is an open Swiss, the maximum number of such title awards shall be one.

 (c)

As in (b), but where a zonal is an open Swiss, the maximum number of such title awards shall be two.

1.3	Those titles gained by achieving a published rating at some time or other:

	1.31	FIDE Master	2300
	1.32	Candidate Master	2200
	1.33	Woman FIDE Master	2100
	1.34	Woman Candidate Master	2000

1.4	The GM, IM, WGM, WIM titles can also be gained by achieving norms in internationally rated tournaments played according to the following regulations.
	1.41	The number of games.
		1.41a	The player must play at least 9 games, however
		1.41b	Only 7 games are required for 7 round Continental and World Team Championships. Only 8 games are required for 8 or 9 round Continental and World Team Championships.
		1.41c	Where a player exceeds the norm requirements by one or more full points, then the length of the tournament is considered to be extended by that number of games when the computing the total number of games.
	1.42	Games as follows are not included:
		1.42a	Against opponents who do not belong to FIDE-federations or who belong to Federations, which are temporarily excluded when the event starts.
		1.42b	Against computers.
		1.42c	Decided by forfeit, adjudication or any means other than over the board play. Other games once started, which are forfeited for whatever reason, shall however be included. However, a player may be scheduled to meet an opponent in the last round. He needs to play, but could afford to lose. Then, if the opponent forfeits, the norm shall still count.
		1.42d	Against unrated players who score zero against rated opponents in round robin tournaments.
		1.42e	A player may ignore his game(s) against any opponents he has defeated, provided this leaves him with at least 9 games, against the required mix of opponents. Nonetheless, the full cross-table of the event must be submitted.
		1.42f	A player who has achieved a title result before the last round may ignore all games played subsequently.
		1.42g	Tournaments that make changes to favor one or more players, for example by altering the number of rounds, or providing particular opponents, not otherwise participating in the event.
	1.43	Federations of opponents. At least two federations other than that of the title applicant must be included, except for 1.43a-1.43e.
		1.43a	The finals (but not preliminaries) of national men`s championships and also national women`s championships. See 1.43b1.
		1.43b	Leagues and national team championships.
			1.43b1 Title applications must include at least one tournament based on an event other than 1.43a and/or 1.43b.
		1.43c	Zonal tournaments.
		1.43d	Tournaments of other types may also be included with the prior approval of the QC Chairman.
		1.43e	Swiss System tournaments in which the competitors include at least 20 FIDE Rated players, not from the host federation, from at least 3 federations, at least 10 of whom hold GM, IM, WGM or WIM titles.
	1.44	Opponents shall be calculated using rounding up to the next whole number ( for example 10x22% = 2.2 = 3):
		1.44a	For host federation players, at least 40% shall be from other federations.
		1.44b	For players not from the host federation, at least 33% not from the player`s federation and at least 22% not from one federation.
	1.45	Titles of opponents:
		1.45a	At least 50% of the opponents shall be title-holders as in 0.31, excluding CM and WCM.
		1.45b	For a GM norm at least 3 of the opponents must be GMs.
		1.45c	For an IM norm, at least 2 GMs, 2 IMs and 1 GM, or 3 IMs.
		1.45d	For a WGM norm, 2 GMs, or at least 3 from the following group: GM, IM, WGM, FM.
		1.45e	For a WIM norm, 3 WIMs, or at least 2 from the following group: GM, IM, WGM, FM.
		1.45f	For multi-round tournaments, a player shall only be counted once.
	1.46	Rating of opponents. For an example of percentage rounding see 1.44.
		1.46a	Maximum 22% of the opponents shall be unrated.
		1.46b	The Rating List in effect at the start of the tournament shall be used.
		1.46c	For the purposes of norms, the minimum rating (rating floor) for the opponents shall be as follows:
			1.46c1 No more than two opponents shall have their rating raised to this rating floor. Where more than two opponents are below the floor, the rating of the lowest two opponents shall be raised.
		1.46d	Unrated opponents not covered by 1.46b shall be considered to be rated at the rating floor level.
	1.47	Rating Average of Opponents.
		1.47a	This is the total of the opponents` ratings divided by the number of opponents. 1.46 shall be taken into account.
		1.47b	Rounding of the Rating Average is made to the nearest whole number. In this instance the fraction 0.5 is rounded upward.
	1.48	Performance Rating In order to achieve a norm, a player must perform at a level at least of that shown below:

	Minimum level prior to rounding	After rounding
GM	2600.5	2601
IM	2450.5	2451
WGM	2400.5	2401
WIM	2250.5	2251

	1.49	Determining whether a result is adequate for a norm, dependent on the average rating of the opponents.
		Chart 1.49a shows the rating range for tournaments up to 19 rounds.

1.7

Summary of Requirements for Opponents

a refers to the minimum number of title-holders among the player`s opponents. b refers to the minimum number of rated opponents of the player. c refers to the minimum number of federations required apart from that of the player d refers to the minimum number of opponents not from the player`s federation, where the player is from the host federation e refers to the minimum number of opponents not from the player`s federation, where the player is not from the host federation f refers to the minimum number of opponents who are not solely from one federation

1.8	Title Tournament Certificates The Chief Arbiter must prepare in quadruplicate certificates of title results achieved. These copies must be provided to the player, the player`s federation, the organizing federation and the FIDE Office. The player is recommended to ask the Chief Arbiter for the certificate before leaving the tournament.
1.9	Submission of Reports on Title Tournaments
	1.91	Such tournaments must be registered as in B.03.
	1.92	(EB `99) The Chief Arbiter of a FIDE registered tournament or the Federation Rating Officer shall send a rating report on the tournament by registered post to arrive at the FIDE Secretariat not later than 30 days after the end of the event. This must be certified by him as a correct report. The report must comply with the reporting procedures described in Article 11 of B.02. An additional compulsory requirement for all tournament reports is the submission of data as required by the Qualification Commission detailed in forms 5 and 6 to these Regulations (B 02).
	1.93	For a tournament that was not registered in advance with FIDE only the Federation of the country where the tournament was held shall send in the result.
	1.94	The end of a tournament is the date of the last round and the posting date shall be determined by the postmark on the cover.
	1.95	If the Rating Administrator finds that the report is defective to the extent that it has to be returned for correction, the corrected report must be mailed to the Secretariat within four weeks of the date indicated by the Rating Administrator. Failure to do this will mean that the event was not reported for rating.
	1.96	Reports sent in more than six months late will not be accepted for rating or title purposes.
	1.97	(GA `96) Federations submitting rating reports for tournaments with a rating average over 2400 must submit all the games played in the tournament together with the report. The games may be submitted either on paper or, preferably, in a standard chess database electronic format.