List of International Masters (Awarded 1953)
The list of International Masters of 1953 lists all chess players who received the title of International Masters in 1953 from the World Chess Federation FIDE . As in previous years, the award was based on the outstanding tournament and competition results of the respective players.
In January 2016, Boris Spasski , one of the twelve honored players at the time, is still alive. Two of the twelve players later achieved the title of grandmaster (including Boris Spasski, a later world champion ), and another was later awarded the title of honorary grandmaster . Yelisaveta Bykowa was awarded the newly created title of Grand Master of Women in 1976 .
Legend
The table contains the following information:
- Name : gives the name of the player.
- Country : The country for which the player was eligible to play in 1953.
- Life data : states the year of birth and, if applicable, the year of death of the player.
- GM : Indicates the year of award for players who were later promoted to grandmasters.
- HGM : Indicates the year of the award for players who were later made Honorary Grand Masters.
- Other associations : For players who were sooner or later eligible to play for at least one other association, this indicates these associations with the periods of eligibility to play (if known). Direct changes to a successor state are not taken into account.
list
Surname | country | Life dates | GM | HGM | other associations |
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Albert Becker | Argentina | 1896-1984 | Austria | ||
Max blue | Switzerland | 1918-1984 | |||
Alfred Brinckmann | Federal Republic of Germany | 1891-1967 | |||
Yelisaveta Bykova | Soviet Union | 1913-1989 | |||
Stefan Fazekas | England | 1898-1967 | Austria-Hungary (until 1918), Czechoslovakia (1918–1938) | ||
Miroslav Filip | Czechoslovakia | 1928-2009 | 1955 | ||
Karl Gilg | Federal Republic of Germany | 1901-1981 | Czechoslovakia | ||
Herbert Heinicke | Federal Republic of Germany | 1905-1988 | |||
Ludwig Rödl | Federal Republic of Germany | 1907-1970 | |||
Bogdan Śliwa | Poland | 1922-2003 | 1987 | ||
Boris Spassky | Soviet Union | 1937 | 1955 | France (1982-2013), Russia (since 2013) | |
Heinrich Wagner | Federal Republic of Germany | 1888-1959 |