Index •  FIDE 1948-1990 •  Pre-FIDE •  Highlights •  Best games •  News/Feedback •  Gifts •  Site map

The World Chess Championship FIDE Titles

Index of all Zonals

***

Berman: Marcel Berman, 'Mes Souvenirs des Congrès de 1946 à 1958', FIDE Review; see also Early FIDE Titles.

Elo: Arpad Elo, 'The Rating of Chess Players Past and Present' (Batsford 1978)

***

1949 Paris

FIDE Review 1960 p.8; Berman

***

1950 Copenhagen (Bellevue)

FIDE Review 1960 p.44; Berman

(For the list of 27 initial GMs, see Elo's Untitled GMs or FIDE titles [Wikipedia])

[...]

ELO p.65-66

***

1951 Venice

FIDE Review 1960 p.45; Berman

***

1954 Amsterdam

FIDE Review 1960 p.98; Berman

***

1956 Moscow

FIDE Review 1960 p.100; Berman

FIDE Review 1961 p.27; Berman

***

1957 Vienna

FIDE Review 1961 p.28; Berman

[...]

ELO p.67

***

The 1960s

Elo, p.171

***

1970 International Rating List (IRL)

Elo, p.68

***

1976 Haifa

[...]

ELO p.70-74 [§4.3, incl. 4.35]

***

Robert J. (Bobby) Fischer

IM: Chess Life 1958-02-05 p.1

GM: Chess Life 1958-09-20 p.1; see also Fischer's IM/GM Titles.