List of International Masters (Awarded 1959)
Carlos Bielicki was named International Champion after winning the Junior World Championship in 1959.
The list of International Masters of 1959 lists all chess players who received the title of International Masters in 1959 from the World Chess Federation FIDE .
In January 2016, Carlos Bielicki and Miquel Farré i Mallofré , two of the five players honored at the time, were still alive. None of the five players was later awarded the title of Grand Master or Honorary Grand Master .
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 1959.
- Life data : states the year of birth and, if applicable, the year of death of the player.
- 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 | other associations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Bielicki | Argentina | 1940 | |
| Miquel Farré i Mallofré | Spain | 1936 | |
| Jiří Fichtl | Czechoslovakia | 1922-2003 | Czech Republic (from 1993) |
| Francisco José Pérez | Spain | 1920-1999 | Cuba (from 1963) |
| Bernardo Wexler | Argentina | 1925-1992 |