List of International Masters (awarded 1971)

Jan Timman was in second place in the world rankings in January 1982.

The list of International Masters of 1971 lists all chess players who received the title of International Masters in 1971 from the World Chess Federation FIDE .

With Werner Hug , Srdjan Marangunić , Ladislav Mišta and Jan Timman , four of the six honored players were still alive in January 2016. As the only one of the six players, Jan Timman later achieved the grandmaster title .

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 1971.
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.
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). Changes to a successor state are taken into account if the player was still active in chess at that time.

Surname	country	Life dates	GM	other associations
Yaacov Bleiman	Israel	1947-2004
Robert Hartoch	Netherlands	1947-2009
Werner Hug	Switzerland	1952
Srdjan Marangunić	Yugoslavia	1943		Croatia (since 1992)
Ladislav Mišta	Czechoslovakia	1943		Czech Republic (since 1993)
Jan Timman	Netherlands	1951	1974