William Lombardy

William James Lombardy (December 4, 1937 – October 13, 2017)^[3] was an American chess grandmaster, chess writer, teacher, and a former Catholic priest.

William Lombardy
William Lombardy (Leipzig, 1960)
Full name	William James Lombardy
Country	United States
Born	(1937-12-04)December 4, 1937 New York City
Died	October 13, 2017(2017-10-13) (aged 79) Martinez, California
Title	Grandmaster (1960)
Peak rating	2540 (1978)[1][2]

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.^[4][5] He was the only World Junior Champion to win with a perfect score.^[6][7]