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William Lombardy | |
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.jpg) William Lombardy (Leipzig, 1960) | |
| Full name | William James Joseph Lombardy |
| Country | United States |
| Born | December 4, 1937 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | October 13, 2017 (aged 79) Martinez, California, U.S. |
| Title | Grandmaster (1960) |
| Peak rating | 2540 (January 1978)[1][2] |
| Peak ranking | No. 46 (January 1978) |
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 Chess 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 September 16, 2015.
- ^ Klein, Mike. "GM William Lombardy, 1937-2017". Chess.com. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
- ^ 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.