About Edmonds Lancels
Lived 1888 – 1959 (aged 70). Edmonds Lancels was a Belgian chess player.
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. 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.
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).
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Who was Edmonds Lancels?
Belgian chess player (1888-1959)
When was Edmonds Lancels born?
Edmonds Lancels was born on 3 July 1888.
When did Edmonds Lancels die?
Edmonds Lancels died on 15 April 1959.
What was Edmonds Lancels's occupation?
Edmonds Lancels was a chess player.
What nationality was Edmonds Lancels?
Edmonds Lancels was Belgian.
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