Edmond Lancel

Edmond Emile Lancel (3 July 1888 – 15 April 1959) was a Belgian chess player.

Edmond Lancel
CountryBelgium
Born(1888-07-03)3 July 1888
Died15 April 1959(1959-04-15) (aged 70)

Biography

After graduation Edmond Lancel was chemistry engineer. He worked as a chess journalist for the Belgian magazine La Nation belge. In 1924, in Paris Edmond Lancel played for Belgium in 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad.[1] In February 1925, he founded the chess magazine L 'Echiquier, published by Alexander Alekhine, Savielly Tartakower and other prominent chess players of that time. The magazine existed until the end of the 1930s.[2]

Edmond Lancel was known as a chess tournament organizer and referee. In 1952 he became a FIDE International Arbitr (IA). Also Edmond Lancel participated in correspondence chess tournaments. He represented Belgium at the 1st World Correspondence Chess Olympiad (1946–1949).[3]

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References
  1. "OlimpBase :: unofficial Chess Olympiads :: Edmond Lancel". www.olimpbase.org.
  2. "Lancel Edmond".
  3. "Belgian Chess History » 1st correspondence olimpiad".
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