Frédéric Lazard

Who was Frédéric Lazard?

Frédéric Lazard 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 3rd in 1908, took 3rd in 1909, shared 2nd behind H. Weinstein in 1909, won ahead of Amédée Gibaud in 1910, tied for 1st with Aristide Gromer in 1912, took 4th in 1914, and shared 2nd, behind Alphonse Goetz, at Lyon 1914.

In 1912, he drew a match with Gibaud, and lost to Edward Lasker. In 1913, he drew with Smirnov.

After World War I, he won at Paris 1920, took 2nd at Paris 1922, represented France in 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad at Paris 1924, took 9th at Strasbourg 1924, tied for 2nd-3rd at Nice 1925, shared 1st with André Chéron at Biarritz 1926, took 13th in the 1927 Paris City Chess Championship, tied for 10-11th in the 1928 Paris-ch, took 7th at Paris 1929, tied for 3rd-5th in the 1930 Paris-ch, and took 10th at Paris 1933.