American chess grandmaster, teacher, and Catholic priest (1937–2017)
William Lombardy
William Lombardy (Leipzig, 1960)
Full name
William James Joseph Lombardy
Country
United States
Born
(1937-12-04)December 4, 1937 New York City, U.S.
Died
October 13, 2017(2017-10-13) (aged 79) Martinez, California, U.S.
Title
Grandmaster (1960)
Peak rating
2540 (January 1978)[1][2]
William James Joseph Lombardy (December 4, 1937 – October 13, 2017)[3] was an American chess grandmaster, chess writer, teacher, and former Catholic priest. He was one of the leading American chess players during the 1950s and 1960s, and a contemporary of Bobby Fischer, whom he seconded during the World Chess Championship 1972. He won the World Junior Championship in 1957, the only person to win that tournament with a perfect score.[4][5] Lombardy led the U.S. Student Team to Gold in the 1960 World Student Team Championship in Leningrad.[6][7]
^Elo 1978, p. 183.
^"Lombardy, William J." olimpbase.com. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
^Klein, Mike. "GM William Lombardy, 1937-2017". Chess.com. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
^Kažić 1974, pp. 273–74.
^Lombardy 2011, p. 66.
^Edmonds & Eidinow 2004, p. 43.
^"7th World Student Team Chess Championship: Leningrad 1960". OlimpBase. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
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