List of International Masters (Awarded 1958)
The list of International Masters of 1958 lists all chess players who received the title of International Masters in 1958 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 May 2018, Lajos Portisch and James Sherwin , two of the four players honored at the time, were still alive. Three of the four players later reached 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 1958.
- 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).
list
Surname | country | Life dates | GM |
other associations |
---|---|---|---|---|
István Bilek | Hungary | 1932-2010 | 1962 | |
Lajos Portisch | Hungary | 1937 | 1961 | |
James Sherwin | United States | 1933 | ||
Yevgeny Vasyukov | Soviet Union | 1933-2018 | 1961 | Russia (from 1992) |
See also
literature
- Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924–2002 , Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002