►Playlists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH ►Kingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://goo.gl/447QLb ►FREE online chess at http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher William James Lombardy (born December 4, 1937) is an American chess grandmaster, chess writer, teacher, and a 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 coached from the time Fischer was aged 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.[1] He was the only World Junior Champion to win with a perfect score. Fischer was scheduled to play a match against Spassky for the World Chess Championship 1972. However, Fischer had a falling out with Larry Evans, who had been Fischer's second in his successful matches against Bent Larsen and Tigran Petrosian. At the last minute, Fischer called upon Lombardy to help him with the match. Although Lombardy was still a priest, he was allowed to take time off from the priesthood to go to Reykjavík, Iceland to serve as the official second to Fischer during the World Chess Championship 1972, between Fischer and Spassky.[40] Lombardy says of the event:[41] Suffice to say, I was the only person on the intimate inside during that Match of the Century...let me point out that there were 14 adjourned games. Bobby [Fischer] and I worked together on those adjourned positions without making a single technical error!... For little renumeration, I dedicated my services in the Icelandic capital to guarantee that Bobby followed through[42] and finished the match victoriously. The assertion that Lombardy was essential to keeping Fischer in the match seems to be confirmed by other chess writers and persons in attendance.[43] [Event "Toronto"] [Site "Toronto"] [Date "1957.08.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Mathias Gerusel"] [Black "William James Lombardy"] [ECO "E33"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "36"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 e5 9.dxe5 Bf5 10.Qa4 O-O 11.Be3 d4 12.Rd1 dxe3 13.Rxd8 exf2 14.Kd1 Rfxd8+ 15.Kc1 a6 16.Qb3 Nc5 17.Qc3 Na5 18.e4 Nab3+ 0-1 [Event "Manila"] [Site "Manila PHI"] [Date "1973.11.03"] [EventDate "1973.10.16"] [Round "13"] [Result "1-0"] [White "William James Lombardy"] [Black "Miguel A Quinteros"] [ECO "B98"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "47"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 h6 9.Bh4 Qc7 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.Be2 Rb8 12.Qg3 Rg8 13.Rhf1 b5 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.Qg6+ Kd8 16.e5 dxe5 17.f5 exf5 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Nd5 Qc6 20.Rxf5 Rf8 21.Bg4 Rb6 22.Rxf6 gxf6 23.Qg7 Rb7 24.Qe7# 1-0 [Event "Reykjavik (Iceland)"] [Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"] [Date "1978.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "William James Lombardy"] [Black "Lev Polugaevsky"] [ECO "A17"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "69"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O Qe7 9.d3 h6 10.e3 d6 11.b3 Bd7 12.Bb2 Rab8 13.d4 cxd4 14.exd4 Rfc8 15.b4 Bd8 16.Rfe1 Qf8 17.Qd3 Ne7 18.Nd2 b6 19.Nb3 a5 20.d5 e5 21.Nb5 Ne8 22.Rac1 axb4 23.axb4 Rb7 24.Nd2 Ng6 25.h4 f5 26.Ra1 e4 27.Qb3 Bf6 28.Na7 Bxb2 29.Qxb2 Rcc7 30.Nc6 Bxc6 31.dxc6 Rxc6 32.Nxe4 fxe4 33.Bxe4 Ne7 34.Ra8 Rcc7 35.Bg6 1-0 [Event "US Championship 1957/58"] [Site "New York USA"] [Date "1958.01.07"] [EventDate "1957.12.17"] [Round "13"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Samuel Reshevsky"] [Black "William James Lombardy"] [ECO "E99"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "80"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bd2 g5 13.Rc1 Ng6 14.Nb5 a6 15.Na3 Nf6 16.c5 g4 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Nc4 g3 19.h3 Bxh3 20.gxh3 Qd7 21.Nf2 gxf2+ 22.Kh2 Qe7 23.Rxf2 Nh5 24.Bb4 Rad8 25.Qd3 Nh4 26.Rg1 Ng3 27.Bf1 Rf6 28.Rc2 Rg6 29.Be1 Bh6 30.Nb6 Kh8 31.Bg2 Rdg8 32.Rc8 Bf8 33.Rc2 Qg7 34.Na8 Qh6 35.Bf1 Nxf1+ 36.Rxf1 Qg7 37.Qe2 Rg2+ 38.Qxg2 Nxg2 39.Rg1 Nxe1 40.Rxg7 Bxg7 0-1 [Event "Lone Pine"] [Site "Lone Pine, CA USA"] [Date "1977.03.23"] [EventDate "1977.03.20"] [Round "4"] [Result "0-1"] [White "John A Grefe"] [Black "William James Lombardy"] [ECO "B77"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "60"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.O-O-O h5 13.g4 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Rxc4 15.gxh5 Nxh5 16.Rdg1 e6 17.Nde2 Qf6 18.Bg5 Qxf3 19.Rf1 Qg2 20.Qxd6 Bxc3 21.Nxc3 Rxc3 22.bxc3 Ba4 23.Qh2 Qxe4 24.Rd1 Bc6 25.Rhf1 Qc4 26.Bh6 Rc8 27.Qf2 e5 28.Qe3 Qxa2 29.Qxe5 Ba4 30.Qe4 Qa1+ 0-1

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