Editing Grandmaster (chess) (section)

====1953 regulations====
[[File:Jacques Mieses (monochrome).jpg|thumb|upright=0.90|[[Jacques Mieses]] (1865–1954), one of the first [[FIDE]] Grandmasters]]
Title awards under the original regulations were subject to political concerns. [[Efim Bogoljubow]], who had emigrated from the Soviet Union to Germany, was not entered in the first class of Grandmasters, even though he had played two matches for the [[World Chess Championship|World Championship]] with Alekhine. He received the title in 1951, by a vote of thirteen to eight with five abstentions. [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] supported his application, but all other [[Communist]] countries opposed it. In 1953, FIDE abolished the old regulations, although a provision was maintained that allowed older masters who had been overlooked to be awarded titles. The new regulations awarded the title of International Grandmaster of the FIDE to players meeting any of the following criteria:<ref name="Harkness1956">{{citation |last=Harkness |first=Kenneth |author-link=Kenneth Harkness |year=1956 |title=The Official Blue Book and Encyclopedia of Chess |publisher=David McKay Company |pages=332–336 |oclc=1578704 |lccn=56014153}}</ref>
# The world champion.
# Masters who have the absolute right to play in the World Championship [[Candidates Tournament]], or any player who replaces an absent contestant and earns at least a 50 percent score.
# The winner of an international tournament meeting specified standards, and any player placing second in two such tournaments within a span of four years. The tournament must be at least eleven rounds with seven or more players, 80 percent or more being International Grandmasters or [[International Master]]s. Additionally, 30 percent of the players must be Grandmasters who have the absolute right to play in the next World Championship Candidates Tournament, or who have played in such a tournament in the previous ten years.
# A player who demonstrates ability manifestly equal to that of (3) above in an international tournament or match. Such titles must be approved by the Qualification Committee with the support of at least five members.