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 3r ...

. 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 Arnold Aurbach (c. 1888, in Warsaw – 31 December 1952) was a Polish–French chess master. At the beginning of the 20th century, he left Warsaw for Paris. He won a match against Adolphe Silbert (3 : 1) at Paris (La Régence) 1907; won, ahead of ...

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 André Muffang (25 July 1897, St. Brieuc – March 1, 1989, Paris) was a French chess master. Before World War I, he took 3rd, behind Alexander Alekhine and Frank Marshall, at Paris 1914 (''Quadrangular''); took 5th at Lyon 1914 (2nd French Amate ...

won), took 12th in the 1926

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Leon Schwartzmann Leon Schwartzmann (Szwarcman, Szwarzman, Schwarzman, Schwarzmann) (1887, Warsaw – 1942, Auschwitz) was a Polish–French chess master. He was born in Warsaw, Poland (then Russian Empire) into a Jewish family, and studied in Sankt Petersburg. In ...

won), tied for 10-12th in the 1927 Paris-ch (

Abraham Baratz Abraham Baratz (14 September 1895, Bessarabia – 1975, Paris) was a Romanian–French chess master. History In 1924, Baratz took 2nd, behind Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, in Paris. In 1925, he tied for 1st with Vitaly Halberstadt in the 1st Paris City ...

won), took 12th in the 1928 Paris-ch (Baratz won), tied for 3rd-5th in the 1930 Paris-ch (

Josef Cukierman Joseph (Józef, Iosif) Cukierman (Zukermann) ( Gródek, Austria-Hungary, 28 March 1899 – Castres, France, 18 November 1940) was a Polish-born French chess master. Biography Cukierman was won the second Moscow City Championship (1920/21). In ...

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