Answers.Body: <p>According to <a href="https://new.uschess.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/us-chess-title-system-glickman-02.2016.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this pdf file</a>, you need five performance norms at the 2000 level to earn the candidate master title. That document also explains how to calculate whether a performance in an event qualifies for a norm.</p>
  
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Body: <p>The rating requirement is 2000-2199 but what performance norms do I need?</p>
  
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Title: What performance norms do I need for the USCF candidate master title?
ThreadText: # What performance norms do I need for the USCF candidate master title?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2024-04-20)
  
  The rating requirement is 2000-2199 but what performance norms do I need?
  
  **Tags:** uscf, titles, chessmaster
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2024-04-20. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  According to [this pdf file](https://new.uschess.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/us-chess-title-system-glickman-02.2016.pdf), you need five performance norms at the 2000 level to earn the candidate master title. That document also explains how to calculate whether a performance in an event qualifies for a norm.
  
  
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