Woman can have GM, IM, FM titles?
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I was looking on Wikipedia for information about chess titles and I saw that there were 16 woman with the GM title but hundreds with the WGM title, are woman allowed to qualify for the normal titles?
sorry for typing woman instead of women lol my autocorrect is messed up
I don’t know.
Apr 25, 2021
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Yes, its possible. NM/IM/GM are gender-neutral and anyone who competes in a high level competition can get these. WIM/WGM titles are exclusive to women-only tournaments and they objectively represent a lower skill rating than their gender-neutral titles. A WGM may be comparable in skill to an IM, for example.
Thanks for your post that makes sense ig but idk why women wouldn’t go for the gender-neutral titles
Titles are titles, they can open some doors for you ,even if it is only WCM,which I think is the lowest one we can get ?
Apr 25, 2021
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#7
Some women prefer the WGM title because of the "GM" and some prefer the gender-neutral titles because they don't like the concept of a women's title. I think either approach is fine and down to personal preference. Women with gender neutral titles are usually stronger players though.
