List of International Masters (Awarded 1957)
Bobby Fischer was world champion from 1972 to 1975 .
The list of International Masters of 1957 lists all chess players who received the title of International Masters in 1957 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 October 2017, Klaus Darga , Božidar Duraševic and Nikola Padewski were still three of the 21 players honored at the time. Seven of the 21 players later achieved the title of grandmaster (including Bobby Fischer, a later world champion), and another two were later awarded the title of honorary grandmaster .
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 1957.
- 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). Changes to a direct successor state are not taken into account.
list
| Surname | country | Life dates | GM | HGM | other associations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Bertok | Yugoslavia | 1929-2008 | Croatia (from 1993) | ||
| Victor Ciocâltea | Romania | 1932-1983 | 1978 | ||
| Miguel Cuéllar | Colombia | 1916-1985 | |||
| Klaus Darga | Federal Republic of Germany | 1934 | 1964 | ||
| Arthur Dunkelblum | Belgium | 1906-1979 | |||
| Božidar Duraševic | Yugoslavia | 1933 | |||
| Bobby Fischer | United States | 1943-2008 | 1958 | ||
| Boris de Greiff | Colombia | 1930-2011 | |||
| Atanas Kolarov | Bulgaria | 1934-2016 | |||
| Julius Kozma | Czechoslovakia | 1929-2009 | |||
| William Lombardy | United States | 1937-2017 | 1960 | ||
| Oleg Nejkirch | Bulgaria | 1914-1985 | |||
| Nikola Padewski | Bulgaria | 1933 | 1964 | ||
| Gerhard Pfeiffer | Federal Republic of Germany | 1923-2000 | |||
| Giorgio Porreca | Italy | 1927-1988 | |||
| Karl Robatsch | Austria | 1929-2000 | 1961 | ||
| Raúl Sanguineti | Argentina | 1933-2000 | 1982 | ||
| Francesco Scafarelli | Italy | 1933-2007 | |||
| Rudolf Teschner | Federal Republic of Germany | 1922-2006 | 1992 | ||
| Rodolfo Tan Cardoso | Philippines | 1937-2013 | |||
| Mijo Udovčić | Yugoslavia | 1920-1984 | 1962 |