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Can you become a Fide Master via blitz or rapid grade

I want to become a fm in about a year but i am far better at blitz and rapid than standard play. Is it possible i could become a fm via blitz 2300?
As far as I'm aware, rapid and blitz don't grant any titles.
You'll need to self-award your FM virtual title and here ratings are quite inflated lol!
That makes me curious. I've never seen any "FIDE Titles for the Lower Rating Band" present for Lichess users, but are there at all users who own one?
I´ve never seen them, too. Nowhere.
I might be wrong, but as far as I now, the pairing pools on ICC, where you can for example play to achieve these ratings/titels, are set up since a few weeks. I know this, because I updated blitzin recently and have recognized the new buttons in the menu bar. ;-)
So this "setup" is quite new, and I wonder if any "arena title" is granted up to today, too.
Ive been trying to get Lichess master title for years now. it is very hard, the closest I ever got was 2300 for around 10 games in KotH.

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