List of International Masters (Awarded 1968)
The list of International Masters of 1968 lists all chess players who received the title of International Masters in 1968 from the World Chess Federation FIDE .
In September 2017, five of the ten honored players were still alive. Four of the ten players later achieved the grandmaster title .
Legend
The table contains the following information:
- Name : gives the name of the player.
- Country : Name of the country for which the player was eligible to play in 1968.
- 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.
list
| Surname | country | Life dates | GM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Günter Capelan | Federal Republic of Germany | 1932-1992 | |
| Mathias Gerusel | Federal Republic of Germany | 1938 | |
| Jerzy Kostro | Poland | 1937 | |
| Predrag Ostojić | Yugoslavia | 1938-1996 | 1975 |
| Corvin Radovici | Romania | 1931-2017 | |
| Ivan Radulov | Bulgaria | 1939 | 1972 |
| Hans Ree | Netherlands | 1944 | 1980 |
| Włodzimierz Schmidt | Poland | 1943 | 1976 |
| Triantafyllos Siaperas | Greece | 1931-1994 | |
| Lazaros Vizantiadis | Greece | 1938-2008 |