Editing Grandmaster (chess) (section)

==Current regulations==
To become a grandmaster, a player must achieve both of the following:

* Favorable results (called [[Grandmaster norm|norms]]) from a total of at least 27 games in tournaments. With some exceptions, to receive a norm in a tournament:
** The player's [[Elo rating system#Performance rating|performance rating ]] at the end of the tournament must be at least 2600.  (Tournaments are no longer classified in categories.)
** At least 33% of the player's opponents must be Grandmasters<!---and at least 1/3 of participants GMs, Rule 1.45b-->.
** At least 50% of the player's opponents must hold a [[FIDE titles|FIDE title]] other than [[FIDE titles#Candidate Master (CM)|Candidate Master]] and [[FIDE titles#Woman Candidate Master (WCM)|Woman Candidate Master]].
** The player's opponents must have an average rating of at least 2380.
** The player's opponents must come from at least 3 different chess federations, which can include the player's own federation.
*** A maximum of 60% of a player's opponents can come from the player's own federation.
*** A maximum of 66% of a player's opponents can come from a single federation.
** At least one norm must be scored at a [[Swiss tournament]] with at least 40 participants of average rating of 2000 and above.<ref>{{Cite web |last=cbird |date=2021-12-10 |title=Changes to FIDE Rating and Title Regulations, Effective January 1, 2022 |url=https://new.uschess.org/news/changes-fide-rating-and-title-regulations-effective-january-1-2022 |access-date=2022-11-16 |website=US Chess.org |language=en |archive-date=2023-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203010922/https://new.uschess.org/news/changes-fide-rating-and-title-regulations-effective-january-1-2022 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* An [[Elo rating system|Elo rating]] of at least 2500 at any point (although they need not maintain this level to obtain or keep the title).
** The rating requirement can be fulfilled even if the player starts a tournament rated below 2500 and then reaches or exceeds a 2500 rating during the tournament but eventually concludes the tournament with a rating lower than 2500.

The Grandmaster title is also automatically conferred, without needing to fulfill the above criteria, when reaching the final 16 in the [[Chess World Cup|World Cup]], winning the [[Women's Chess World Cup|Women's World Cup]], the [[World Junior Chess Championship|World Junior Championship]], or the [[World Senior Chess Championship|World Senior Championship]], or a Continental Chess Championship,<ref name="directTitlesTable">{{cite web |title=B. Permanent Commissions / 01. International Title Regulations (Qualification Commission) / Table for Direct Titles effective from 1 January 2024 / FIDE Handbook |url=https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/B01DirectTitles2024 |website=International Chess Federation (FIDE) |access-date=19 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105194231/https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/B01DirectTitles2024 |archive-date=5 January 2024 |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref> given that the player's peak FIDE rating is at least 2300. Current regulations can be found in the FIDE Handbook.<ref name=titleregs/>

FIDE titles including the grandmaster title are valid for life, but FIDE regulations allow a title to be revoked for "use of a FIDE title or rating to subvert the ethical principles of the title or rating system" or if a player is found to have violated the [[cheating in chess|anti-cheating regulations]] in a tournament on which the title application was based.<ref name=titleregs>{{cite web |title=FIDE Handbook - FIDE Title Regulations effective from 1 January 2024 |publisher=[[FIDE]] |url=https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/B012024 |access-date=19 February 2024 |archive-date=17 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240217203011/https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/B012024 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Exact regulations can be found in the [https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/B012024 FIDE Handbook].