Gustave Lazard (1876 - 1948) was a French

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master, problemist and organizer. Lazard was born at Aachen, Germany on December 7, 1876. He was an elder brother of

Frédéric Lazard Frédéric Lazard (20 February 1883, in Marseille – 18 November 1948, in Le Vésinet) was a French chess master, problemist and journalist. He lived in Paris, where he played in many local tournaments. He took twice 4th place in 1905, shared 3 ...

. His chess career took place in Paris. He tied for 5-6th in 1907 ( Frank Marshall won), took 8th in 1908 (J. Grommer won), took 9th in 1909 ( Arnold Aurbach won), took 7th in 1909 (H. Weinstein won), took 7th in 1910 (F. Lazard won), and took 9th in 1912 (F. Lazard and J. Grommer won). After

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, he shared 7th at Paris 1920 (F. Lazard won), took 8th in 1922 ( André Muffang won), took 12th in the 1926

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( Leon Schwartzmann won), tied for 10-12th in the 1927 Paris-ch ( Abraham Baratz won), took 12th in the 1928 Paris-ch (Baratz won), tied for 3rd-5th in the 1930 Paris-ch ( Josef Cukierman won). He was a president of a chess club ''Cercle Philidor'' in Paris.Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy (1986, 1987). Szachy od A do Z. Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa. (1. A-M), (2. N-Z) Lazard died November 30, 1948, in

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1876 births 1948 deaths People from Aachen French chess players Chess composers Emigrants from the German Empire to France {{France-chess-bio-stub