ONE OF A KIND ORIGINAL Chess Drawing by GM Bill Lombardy, DATED and INITIALIZED!

Description: Original Black & White Drawing by Chess Grandmaster William J. Lombardy, DATED and INITIALIZED! This drawing comes from GM Lombardy's chess collection. Grandmaster Lombardy was World Junior Champion (11-0), beat Spassky in 1960 to take US Student Gold, played Board 2 for the US Men's team (1958, 1960), and coached Bobby Fischer, acting also as his second in the 1972 World Championship match: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1972 GM Lombardy was also a top-20 player (in 1961), according to Chessmetrics: http://www.chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/PlayerProfile.asp?Params=195901SSS0S3S077019196005141100311300000010100 GM Lombardy's additional accomplishments are listed on the following websites: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lombardy https://www.olimpbase.org/players-ind/p/p9dxbr3n.html https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=16188 https://www.365chess.com/players/William_James_Lombardy The working relationship between Fischer and Lombardy was kept a secret (as much as possible) so that the Russians would not look up all of Lombardy's games so as to obtain an advantage over the chess board. "Chess is a game of KNOWING your opponent's best and worst moves on the board," Lombardy once said. "I love to see my opponents' sweat," said Bobby Fischer. Lombardy first met Bobby Fischer in 1954 at the Brooklyn Chess Club. Carmine Nigro (Fischer's previous instructor) told Lombardy to take Fischer as a student because "I've already taught him everything I know." Lombardy asked Fischer what he wanted to do with chess. Fischer said, "Become world champion." Lombardy replied (as he personally told me when I studied with him some time ago), "First you must learn all of the endgames!" The next morning, Lombardy came in early to the Brooklyn Chess Club (he had a key). It was 8am in the morning and when Lombardy entered the club, he saw Fischer already studying. Fischer, at 11.5 years of age, had every single book on the endgames open on the table and he was studying it like a hawk studies its prey. It was then that Lombardy thought to himself (and later told me), "Maybe he will be world champion." This incredible drawing is in very good condition. NOT AVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE BECAUSE LOMBARDY ONLY EVER DREW ONE BLACK & WHITE SKETCH (TO MY KNOWLEDGE)! SOLD AS IS! First Come First Serve. Shipped USPS. I NO LONGER OFFER COMBINED SHIPPING. I have a third-party former postal clerk handle my packaging. All orders are prepackaged in advance of the bidding.

Price: 75 USD

Location: New Britain, Connecticut

End Time: 2024-09-13T21:18:12.000Z

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