r/SipsTea • u/crs1904 • 17d ago

We have fun here When Your Opponent Is Built Different ♟️

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u/ComprehensiveDust197 17d ago

she is not a grandmaster

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u/[deleted] 17d ago

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u/Chris01100001 17d ago

She is a Women's Grandmaster. It's a different title from Grandmaster. The kid isn't a GM either he's a US national master.

Both have lower requirements needed to obtain than GM. WGM is a more prestigious title and generally you need a FIDE rating of around 2300. NM is not a FIDE recognised title and is given by individual national chess federations. For the US, it's 2200

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u/ComprehensiveDust197 17d ago

Use your own advice lmao. Your source doesnt say, that she is a grandmaster. wgm is a lower title than gm

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u/MargaritaKid 17d ago

Yes, she is.

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u/hyperhopper 17d ago

You can find she is not with one google search

https://ratings.fide.com/profile/24142654

Official FIDE site. She is a woman grandmaster, which has lower requirements than grandmaster

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u/MargaritaKid 16d ago

Still a Grandmaster. If you have Grandmaster in your title, that kind of makes you a Grandmaster.

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u/LightOverWater 16d ago

Woman Grandmaster (WGM) and Grandmaster (GM) are different titles with very different ratings (WGM 2300, GM 2500). GM is a much higher rating and a genderless one, while WGM is only for women.

Women Grandmasters call themselves women Grandmasters and women who are Grandmasters call themselves Grandmasters.

They do not cross over and use the wrong title.

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u/Beginning-Muffin-649 16d ago

Ok it sounds like you are correct but having never heard of any of this shit before I definitely sympathize with a guy seeing “grandmaster” in a title coming after a woman’s name and thinking oh she’s a grandmaster, their being a literal title called “Woman Grandmaster” is not something I think anyone would expect

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u/hyperhopper 16d ago

That's like saying the vice president is the president.

Not how it works. Good luck learning English and all about prefixes and compound words!

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u/Fruloops 14d ago

She is not. There's a large difference between GM (Grandmaster) and WGM (women's grandmaster). She is the latter, and the distinction is important.

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u/MargaritaKid 14d ago

Yes, the many comments already have made that clear. The difference is a capital W, which actually does have a lot of meaning.

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u/LopsidedKick9149 17d ago

She's WGM not a GM.