CHESS PLAYER

William Lombardy

1937 - 2017

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William James Joseph Lombardy (December 4, 1937 – October 13, 2017) 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. Lombardy led the U.S. Student Team to Gold in the 1960 World Student Team Championship in Leningrad. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Lombardy is the 159th most popular chess player (down from 109th in 2019), the 7,884th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,015th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, William Lombardy ranks 159 out of 461. Before him are Simen Agdestein, Hermanis Matisons, Eduard Gufeld, Sofia Polgár, Rafael Vaganian, and Nicolas Rossolimo. After him are Johann Berger, Gedeon Barcza, Lev Alburt, István Bilek, Milunka Lazarević, and Kira Zvorykina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, William Lombardy ranks 406. Before him are René Kollo, Amparo Baró, Yuriy Poyarkov, Gorilla Monsoon, Zoltán Berczik, and Dawn Fraser. After him are Gérard Mulumba Kalemba, Mario Bergara, Brian Lumley, Tony Barton, Francisco Gabica, and Jesús del Muro. Among people deceased in 2017, William Lombardy ranks 396. Before him are Danuta Szaflarska, Atanase Sciotnic, Yuriy Poyarkov, Mikhail Nikolayevich Zadornov, Vladimir Voevodsky, and Károly Makk. After him are Heather Menzies, Manfred Kaiser, Carlos Humberto Romero, Roberto Anzolin, Terele Pávez, and Andrey Zaliznyak.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Lombardy ranks 7,886 out of 20,380. Before him are Landon Donovan (1982), Irving Jaffee (1906), Abel P. Upshur (1790), Bob Weinstein (1954), David R. Ellis (1952), and Jay Gould (1836). After him are Marcus Hurley (1883), Kendra Wilkinson (1985), Robben Ford (1951), Larry O'Brien (1917), Jamey Sheridan (1951), and Drew Gilpin Faust (1947).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In United States

Among chess players born in United States, William Lombardy ranks 10. Before him are Harry Nelson Pillsbury (1872), Larry Evans (1932), Reuben Fine (1914), Jackson Showalter (1860), Robert Byrne (1928), and Israel Albert Horowitz (1907). After him are Nick de Firmian (1957), Isaac Kashdan (1905), Arnold Denker (1914), Fabiano Caruana (1992), Levy Rozman (1995), and Hans Niemann (2003).

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