List of International Masters
The list of International Masters shows chess players who have received the title of International Masters in chronological order according to the year in which the title was awarded . The awarding of titles by the World Chess Federation FIDE began in 1950. Since the number of players is too large for a single list, the list is divided up by year.

list
- Year: year of award
- Number m: Number of male International Masters appointed in the respective year
- Number w: Number of appointed female International Masters in the respective year
- Number: Total number of appointed International Masters in the respective year
- Link: Link to the detailed list with all title holders of the respective year
year | Number m | Number w | number | link |
---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | 93 | 1 | 94 | list |
1951 | 21st | 0 | 21st | list |
1952 | 14th | 0 | 14th | list |
1953 | 11 | 1 | 12 | list |
1954 | 13 | 0 | 13 | list |
1955 | 6th | 0 | 6th | list |
1956 | 7th | 1 | 8th | list |
1957 | 21st | 0 | 21st | list |
1958 | 4th | 0 | 4th | list |
1959 | 5 | 0 | 5 | list |
1960 | 4th | 0 | 4th | list |
1961 | 18th | 0 | 18th | list |
1962 | 14th | 1 | 15th | list |
1963 | 18th | 0 | 18th | list |
1964 | 17th | 0 | 17th | list |
1965 | 23 | 0 | 23 | list |
1966 | 8th | 0 | 8th | list |
1967 | 15th | 0 | 15th | list |
1968 | 10 | 0 | 10 | list |
1969 | 21st | 0 | 21st | list |
1970 | 17th | 0 | 17th | list |
1971 | 6th | 0 | 6th | list |
1972 | 22nd | 0 | 22nd | list |
1973 | 16 | 0 | 16 | list |
1974 | 19th | 0 | 19th | list |
1975 | 53 | 0 | 53 | list |
1976 | 37 | 0 | 37 | list |
1977 | 45 | 0 | 45 | list |
1978 | list | |||
1979 | 37 | 0 | 37 | list |
1980 | 70 | 0 | 70 | list |
1981 | 30th | 0 | 30th | list |
1982 | 80 | 0 | 80 | list |
1983 | 44 | 1 | 45 | list |
1984 | 71 | 1 | 72 | list |
1985 | 61 | 0 | 61 | list |
1986 | 107 | 0 | 107 | list |
1987 | 89 | 0 | 89 | list |
1988 | 110 | 1 | 111 | list |
1989 | 65 | 0 | 65 | list |
See also
- List of chess grandmasters
- List of International Masters (Germany) , listing of all International Masters eligible to play for the German Chess Federation
- List of international champions of women
literature
- Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924–2002. Euroadria, Slovenia 2002, OCLC 446052391 .
- Gino Di Felice: Chess International Titleholders, 1950–2016 , McFarland & Co., 2017. ISBN 978-1476671321
Web links
Commons : International Masters - collection of images, videos and audio files
- FIDE database with all living international masters