List of International Masters (Awarded 1954)

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Borislav Ivkov won the first junior world championship in 1951 .

The list of International Masters of 1954 lists all chess players who received the title of International Masters in 1954 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 June 2016, Hans Bouwmeester , Borislav Ivkov and Óscar Panno , three of the 13 players honored at the time, are still alive. Five of the 13 players later achieved the title of grandmaster , and another was later awarded the title of honorary grandmaster .

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 1954.
  • 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).

list

Surname country Life dates GM HGM other associations
Ion Bălănel Romania 1926
Fedir Bohatyrchuk Canada 1892-1984 Russian Empire , Soviet Union (until 1944)
Hans Bouwmeester Netherlands 1929
Ratmir Kholmov Soviet Union 1925-2006 1960 Russia (from 1992)
Arthur Dake United States 1910-2000 1986
Semyon Furman Soviet Union 1920-1978 1966
Borislav Ivkov Yugoslavia 1933 1955 Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006), Serbia (since 2006)
Gyula Kluger Hungary 1914-1994
Viktor Korchnoi Soviet Union 1931-2016 1956 Switzerland (from 1979)
Haije Kramer Netherlands 1917-2004
Raschid Neschmetdinov Soviet Union 1912-1974
Óscar Panno Argentina 1935 1955
Román Torán Albero Spain 1931-2005

See also

literature

  • Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924–2002. Euroadria, Slovenia 2002, OCLC 446052391 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ According to the biography in Stere.ro , Ion Bălănel has already died, but the date of death is not known.