To qualify for a FIDE Master (FM) title a player must achieve a FIDE Rating of 2300 7️⃣ or more. Candidate Master (CM) is similar to FM, but with a FIDE Rating of at least 2200. All the 7️⃣ titles listed above are open to men and women.

It is by far mostly made. Chess is no exception 7️⃣ to hard work paying off. Every single professional has spent the majority of their life studying the game, equivalent to 7️⃣ tens of thousands of hours of pure work. If I were to quantify this, I would estimate that it is 7️⃣ something like 90% made, and 10% born.