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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 .
William Goichberg (born November 11, 1942) is a chess master and chess tournament organizer and director. He founded the Continental Chess Association (CCA), which runs the annual World Open and other large tournaments. He is also a former president of the United States Chess Federation (USCF).
This is a list of chess organizations. Chess is played all over the world. Chess is played all over the world. The dominant international governing body of chess is FIDE , which confers titles and conducts world championship tournaments.
This glossary of chess explains commonly used terms in chess, in alphabetical order.Some of these terms have their own pages, like fork and pin.For a list of unorthodox chess pieces, see Fairy chess piece; for a list of terms specific to chess problems, see Glossary of chess problems; for a list of named opening lines, see List of chess openings; for a list of chess-related games, see List of ...
Cornwall was born in Las Vegas, Nevada and began playing chess at the age of eight. In 1972, Cornwall earned the title of National Master. [1] In his years as a rated U.S. Chess Federation (USCF) Expert, Cornwall won the World Open Expert Championship (1982), [2] National Open Expert Championship (1983) [3] and U.S. Expert Championship (1989).
William Nicholas Watson (born 18 April 1962 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an English chess grandmaster. Watson was British Rapidplay Chess Champion in 1992 and British Chess Champion in 1994. Boris Spassky once described his style of play as that of a drunk with a machine gun.
William Grady "Bill" Addison (November 28, 1933 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana – October 29, 2008 in San Francisco) was an American chess International Master (1967).. He played in the U.S. Chess Championships of 1962–63, 1963–64, 1965, 1966, and 1969.
Fairhurst age 34. William Albert Fairhurst CBE (21 August 1903 – 13 March 1982) was a British bridge designer and international chess master. He was highly accomplished in both disciplines and for many years successfully divided his time between two careers.