How do Norms Work EXACTLY?

Title says it all. 

I keep hearing things like "I made the GM norm" or something like that, and I know you need to get some norms to get the title.

But how do you get a norm? By beating a bunch of titled players? I think it's more complicated than that, though.

Is it?

Wiki will tell you most of it, but for ALL the details (and there are a lot more than you might think) read the FIDE handbook (which is free, just google it).

For an example of an obscure detail, players can't earn norms at a tournament unless a certain number of countries are represented by the players there. I think it's at least 3? So you could score 10 out of 10 against GMs but still not get a norm.

So people choose their tournaments wisely (and there are tournaments that specifically organize themselves, and advertise themselves, as having norms available).

Well, to achieve an IM title you need 3 norms , you get a norm when you score 1/3 atleast in 1 tournament against IMs and your performance rating is 2450. After getting 3 norms you become and IM.

And same for a GM but you need a performance of 2650 in 3 different tournaments to get the GM title.

Thee are other qualifications required as well.

Ya , minimum 2400 rating for IM and 2500 for GM.

There are many more rules, and OP is asking "exactly."

So OP should read the FIDE handbook because it's free and has all the rules.

No I dont think there are more rules, but I will provide the link.

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This page has EVERYTHING , that how titles and norms work, you can refer it: FIDE HandBook

FIDE does not hand out NM titles. The national chess federations (eg: USCF) give them out. That's why it's called NATIONAL Master.

Yup, but you can checkout the link I provided to see how CM works.

Yeah you need to read the FIDE handbook if you want to know the exact conditions for how norms are attained. There are tonnes of rules and exceptions, so I can't tell you everything. The link that rishabh gave is great for explaining it all.

To give a basic summary:

For an IM norm: must play at least 9 rounds, each game being 90 minutes or longer time control, your performance rating must be at least 2450, at least 1/3rd of your opponents must be IMs or GMs, and your opponents must come from at least 3 different countries.

For a GM norm: same thing except at least 1/3rd of your opponents must be GMs and your performance rating must be at least 2600.

Not necesarily 90 min , any classical format is fine and you also need a rating of 2500 to claim the GM title and a rating of 2400 to be an IM.

ok thanks, guys. Especially @rishabh11great for giving me the link directly to the norms section

Welcome

Yeah unfortunately uscf CM isn’t recognized by chess.com

Wait uscf CM doesn’t need norms, right

Ya