List of International Masters (Awarded 1953)

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Boris Spasski was world champion from 1969 to 1972.

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
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

See also

literature

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