Aristide Gromer (11 April 1908 in Dunkirk[1][2] – ?) was a French chess master.
Gromer was thrice French Champion (1933, 1937, and 1938).[3]
He tied for 5-6th at Paris 1923 (Victor Kahn won), took 3rd at Biarritz 1926 (André Chéron and Frederic Lazard won), took 2nd, behind Chéron, at Saint-Cloude 1929, shared 2nd with Savielly Tartakower, behind Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, at Paris 1930, took 2nd, behind Aimé Gibaud, at Rouen 1930,[4] took 9th at Paris 1933 (Alexander Alekhine won), took 6th at Sitges 1934 (Andor Lilienthal won), took 2nd, behind Baldur Hoenlinger, at Paris (L'Echiquier) 1938.[5] As a Champion of France, he won a match against Champion of Belgium, Alberic O'Kelly de Galway, (2.5 : 1.5) in December 1938.[6]
Gromer played for France in Chess Olympiads:
- In 1930, at third board in 3rd Chess Olympiad in Hamburg (+4 –6 =1);
- In 1931, at second board in 4th Chess Olympiad in Prague (+3 –9 =4);
- In 1939, at second board in 8th Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+6 –4 =7).[7]
In September 1939, when World War II broke out, Gromer, along with many other participants of the 8th Chess Olympiad (Najdorf, Stahlberg, et al.) decided to stay permanently in Argentina.[8] He won at Buenos Aires (Bodas de Plata) 1940, followed by Franciszek Sulik, Carlos Guimard, etc.[9] He took 7th at Aguas de Sao Pedro/São Paulo 1941 (Erich Eliskases and Guimard won).[10] In May 1942[11] Gromer returned to France. He took part in the French Championship 1947, where he shared second place with Amédée Gibaud and Nicolas Rossolimo.[12] He died in Paris, at a psychiatric institution, though the date is not known.[13]
References
edit- ^ Passengers of the Piriápolis
- ^ Visa with photo
- ^ http://perso.orange.fr/eric.delaire/France/France.htm[permanent dead link] Championnats de France
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01 - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-02-21. Retrieved 2007-07-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Portret Albéric O’Kelly de Galway
- ^ OlimpBase
- ^ "List of players who remained in Argentina in 1939 (notes in Spanish)". Archived from the original on 2009-10-18.
- ^ "Base4049". Archived from the original on 2009-10-23. Retrieved 2009-10-21. ARG-Base. 2009-10-21.
- ^ http://www.brasilbase.pro.br/tb1941sp.htm BrasilBase
- ^ Brazilian visa
- ^ Rouen 1947
- ^ http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter44.html Chess Notes 5487. Aristide Gromer
External links
edit- Aristide Gromer player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- “An Obscure Chess Master” by Edward Winter