What is William Lombardy?
{{Infobox chess player |name = William Lombardy |image = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-76052-0053, XIV. Schacholympiade in Leipzig (cropped).jpg |caption = William Lombardy (Leipzig, 1960) |birthname = William James Lombardy |nickname = Bill |country = United States |birth_date = {{birth date|1937|12|4}} |birth_place = [[New York City]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2017|10|13|1937|12|4}} |death_place = [[Martinez, California]] |title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (1960) |rating = |peakrating = 2540 (1978)<ref>Elo 1978, p. 183.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/player/Lombardy,%20William%20J..html|title=Lombardy, William J.|publisher=olimpbase.com|access-date=2015-09-16}}</ref> |ranking = |peakranking = }} '''William James Lombardy''' (December 4, 1937 – October 13, 2017)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/gm-william-lombardy-1937-2017-2017|title=GM William Lombardy, 1937-2017 |last=(MikeKlein)|first=Mike Klein|work=Chess.com|access-date=2017-10-13|language=en-US}}</ref> was an American [[chess]] [[grandmaster (chess)|grandmaster]], chess writer, teacher, and a former [[Catholic priest]]. Lombardy was one of the leading American chess players during the 1950s and 1960s, and a contemporary of [[Bobby Fischer]], whom he coached from the time Fischer was age 11½ through the [[World Chess Championship 1972]]. Lombardy led the U.S. Student Team to Gold in the 1960 World Student Team Championship in Leningrad.<ref>Edmonds & Eidinow 2004, p. 43.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/index.html?http%3A%2F%2Fwww.olimpbase.org%2Fyouth%2Fstud_handbook.html |title=World Student Team Chess Championship summary |year=2013 |publisher=OlimpBase |access-date=September 7, 2013}}</ref> He was the only World Junior Champion to win with a perfect score.<ref>Kažić 1974, pp. 273–74.</ref><ref>Lombardy 2011, p. 66.</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lombardy, William}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]]