Aristide Gromer (Dunkirk, 11 April 1908 – ?) was a French

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master. Gromer was thrice French Champion (1933, 1937, and 1938). He tied for 5-6th at Paris 1923 ( Victor Kahn won), took 3rd at Biarritz 1926 (

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and Frederic Lazard won), took 2nd, behind Chéron, at Saint-Cloude 1929, shared 2nd with

Savielly Tartakower Savielly Tartakower (also known as ''Xavier'' or ''Ksawery'' ''Tartakower'', less often ''Tartacover'' or ''Tartakover''; 21 February 1887 – 4 February 1956) was a Polish and French chess player. He was awarded the title of International Grand ...

, behind

Eugene Znosko-Borovsky Eugene Znosko-Borovsky (russian: Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Зноско-Боро́вский, Yevgeny Alexandrovich Znosko-Borovsky; 16 August 1884 – 31 December 1954) was a Russian chess player, music critic, music and drama ...

, at Paris 1930, took 2nd, behind Aimé Gibaud, at Rouen 1930, took 9th at Paris 1933 (

Alexander Alekhine Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhine, ''Aleksándr Aleksándrovich Alékhin''; (March 24, 1946) was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion, a title he held for two reigns. By the age of 22, Alekhine was already a ...

won), took 6th at Sitges 1934 (

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won), took 2nd, behind

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, at Paris (''L'Echiquier'') 1938. As a Champion of France, he won a match against Champion of Belgium,

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, (2.5 : 1.5) in December 1938. Gromer played for France in

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: * In 1930, at third board in

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in Hamburg (+4 –6 =1); * In 1931, at second board in

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in Prague (+3 –9 =4); * In 1939, at second board in

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in Buenos Aires (+6 –4 =7). In September 1939, when

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broke out, Gromer, along with many other participants of the 8th Chess Olympiad (Najdorf, Stahlberg, et al.) decided to stay permanently in Argentina. He won at Buenos Aires (Bodas de Plata) 1940, followed by

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, etc. He took 7th at Aguas de Sao Pedro/São Paulo 1941 (

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and Guimard won). In May 1942 Gromer returned to France. He took part in the French Championship 1947, where he shared second place with

Amédée Gibaud Amédée (Aimé) Gibaud (5 March 1885, in Rochefort-sur-Mer – 18 August 1957, in Rochefort-sur-Mer) was a French chess master. He won the French Chess Championship four times (1928, 1930, 1935, 1940) and won the French correspondence champions ...

and

Nicolas Rossolimo Nicolas Rossolimo (russian: Николай Спиридонович Россоли́мо, translit=Nikolai Spiridonovich Rossolimo; February 28, 1910 – July 24, 1975) was a Russian Empire-born chess player. After acquiring Greek citizenship in 1 ...

. He died in Paris, at a psychiatric institution, though the date is not known.http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter44.html Chess Notes 5487. Aristide Gromer

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“An Obscure Chess Master” by Edward Winter
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