zarifes@bnrmtv.UUCP (Kenneth Zarifes) (12/11/85)
Hi, I've recently noticed people in Chess Life being referred to FM. What does that mean? Future Master??? Fantastic Master??? Fanatic?? etc. -- {hplabs,amdahl,3comvax}!bnrmtv!zarifes --Ken Zarifes
ashby@uiucdcsp.CS.UIUC.EDU (12/14/85)
FM refers to FIDE Master. (FIDE is the internation chess organization.)
rosalia@reed.UUCP (Mark Galassi) (12/15/85)
In article <215@bnrmtv.UUCP> zarifes@bnrmtv.UUCP (Kenneth Zarifes) writes: > I've recently noticed people in Chess Life being referred to FM. >What does that mean? ********************* FM is "FIDE Master", a master recognized not only by her/his country, but also by the international chess federation FIDE. She/he has not yet reached the norm of international master (IM). Regards, -- Mark Galassi ...!tektronix!reed!rosalia ...!tektronix!tekig4!rosalia { these opinions are mine and should be everybody else's :-) }
ron@ada-uts.UUCP (12/16/85)
You idiot, FM is a bridge title. Just kidding.