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Normally three favorable results (''norms'') in international tournaments involving other IMs and Grandmasters are required before FIDE will confer the title on a player. IMs usually have an ELO rating between 2400 and 2500. Sometimes though, there may be a very strong IM who has not yet become a Grandmaster, over the rating of 2500. The IM title can also be awarded for a few specific performances. For example, under current rules the runner up at the World Junior Championship will be awarded the IM title if he or she does not already have it. Current regulations may be found in the FIDE handbook {Link without Title} . After becoming an IM, most professional players set their next goal as becoming a GM, although not all will accomplish this. It is also possible to become a Grandmaster without ever having been an International Master. Larry Christiansen of the United States (1977), Boris Gelfand of Israel (1988), and Classical World Champion Vladimir Kramnik of Russia all became Grandmasters without ever having been an IM. However, the more usual path is to first become an IM, then move on to the GM level. International Master titles are also awarded to Correspondence Chess players by the International Correspondence Chess Federation ICCF, and composers and solvers of Chess Problem s (see Chess Problem#Titles ). An International Master is usually in the top 0.25% of all tournament players at the time he or she receives the title. {Link without Title} The July 2005 FIDE rating list records over 2500 players holding the IM title. EXTERNAL LINKS
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