Edmond Lancel Explained

Edmond Lancel
Full Name:Edmond Emile Lancel
Country:Belgium
Birth Date:3 July 1888
International Arbiter (1952)

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

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 Arbiter (IA). Also Edmond Lancel participated in correspondence chess tournaments. He represented Belgium at the 1st World Correspondence Chess Olympiad (1946–1949).[3]

Notes and References

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