Elo rating system
| Rating range | Category |
|---|---|
| 2400–2500 | most International Masters (IM) and some Grandmasters (GM) |
| 2300–2400 | most FIDE Masters (FM) and some International Masters (IM) |
| 2200–2300 | FIDE Candidate Masters (CM), most national masters (NM) |
| 2000–2200 | Candidate masters (CM) |
How many players are FIDE rated?
According to the FIDE rating list there are in the world more than 170,000 people with Elo ratings – the exact number is 170,932. The graphs below show that most rated players are in Europe (72.1%), especially in the western and central part of the continent.
What is the significance of 2200 FIDE rating in chess?
For much of FIDE history, they did not compute ratings below 2200. The only people who had FIDE ratings were considered “master level” (even if they did not possess any particular master title.) If you played in a FIDE event without a rating, and you performed below 2200, you’d STILL not have a rating. (It’s different now.)
What kind of rating do you need to be a FIDE Master?
A 2200 rating is required for a Candidate Master, 2300 for FIDE Master and so on. Titles are for life. There are separate titles for women – Woman Candidate Master, Woman FIDE Master, Woman International Master and Woman Grandmaster. The rating requirement for each title is 200 points lower than than the general counterpart.
What’s the average FIDE rating for a female tennis player?
FIDE divides all its normal tournaments into categories by a narrower average rating of the players. Each category is 25 rating points wide. Category 1 is for an average rating of 2251 to 2275, category 2 is 2276 to 2300, etc. Women’s tournaments currently commence 200 points lower, including its Category 1.
What happens if you dont have a FIDE rating?
If you played in a FIDE event without a rating, and you performed below 2200, you’d STILL not have a rating. (It’s different now.) In 1980 or so, FIDE introduced the FM title.
