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Aristide Gromer

During a simul in Malaga, Spain 1935.

ARISTIDE GROMER (born Apr-11-1908, died Jul-06-1966, 58 years old) France [what is this?] Aristide Gromer (Grommer) was French Champion in 1933, 1937 and 1938. Nephew of Jacques Grommer. Aristide became well known after he travelled throughout France and Europe giving simultaneous exhibitions. He took 3rd at Biarritz 1926 (Andre Cheron and Frederic Lazard won), took 2nd, behind Chéron, at Saint-Cloude 1929, shared 2nd with Savielly Tartakower, behind Eugene Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, at Paris 1930, took 2nd, behind Amedee Gibaud, at Rouen 1930.He took 2nd, behind Baldur Hoenlinger, at Paris (L'Echiquier) 1938. 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. In September 1939, when World War II broke out, Gromer, along with many other participants of the 8th Chess Olympiad decided to stay permanently in Argentina. His score at second board in this Olympiad was: (+6 –4 =7). (+6 –4 =7). He won at Buenos Aires (Bodas de Plata) 1940. In May 1942 Gromer returned to France. He took part in the French Championship 1947, where he shared second place with Amedee Gibaud and Nicolas Rossolimo. He died in 1966 in a psychiatric facility in Plouguernével. http://heritageechecsfra.free.fr/gr... Wikipedia article: Aristide Gromer Last updated: 2022-04-08 00:51:07

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page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 97  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Gromer vs V Kahn   0-1 29 1923 Cercle Philidor Tournament C11 French 2. V Halberstadt vs A Gromer   ½-½ 27 1930 Paris E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation 3. A Gromer vs Znosko-Borovsky   0-1 55 1930 Paris C74 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 4. M Romi vs A Gromer   0-1 37 1930 Paris D02 Queen's Pawn Game 5. A Gromer vs J Mieses   1-0 51 1930 Paris B23 Sicilian, Closed 6. Tartakower vs A Gromer   ½-½ 38 1930 Paris B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 7. A Gromer vs Kashdan   ½-½ 51 1930 Hamburg Olympiad C77 Ruy Lopez 8. J Balogh vs A Gromer   1-0 51 1930 Hamburg Olympiad A07 King's Indian Attack 9. A Gromer vs J van den Bosch   1-0 58 1930 Hamburg Olympiad C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 10. E Andersen vs A Gromer 1-0 29 1930 Hamburg Olympiad E00 Queen's Pawn Game 11. A Gromer vs J Lokvenc   1-0 35 1930 Hamburg Olympiad B30 Sicilian 12. K Treybal vs A Gromer   1-0 65 1930 Hamburg Olympiad E14 Queen's Indian 13. A Gromer vs P Soler   0-1 35 1930 Hamburg Olympiad B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 14. A Gromer vs R Krogius   1-0 23 1930 Hamburg Olympiad B15 Caro-Kann 15. A Gromer vs Rubinstein 0-1 49 1930 Hamburg Olympiad C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 16. M Feigin vs A Gromer   1-0 37 1930 Hamburg Olympiad E12 Queen's Indian 17. Spielmann vs A Gromer 1-0 21 1931 Prague Olympiad C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 18. L Asztalos vs A Gromer   1-0 47 1931 Prague Olympiad C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O 19. A Gromer vs I Vistaneckis 1-0 19 1931 Prague Olympiad C10 French 20. A Gromer vs L Hanssen   1-0 38 1931 Prague Olympiad B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein 21. Yates vs A Gromer   0-1 46 1931 Prague Olympiad C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation 22. Noteboom vs A Gromer 1-0 33 1931 Prague Olympiad D69 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical, 13.de 23. J Balogh vs A Gromer 1-0 23 1931 Prague Olympiad C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O 24. A Gromer vs D Przepiorka   0-1 39 1931 Prague Olympiad C71 Ruy Lopez 25. A Gromer vs Petrov 0-1 54 1931 Prague Olympiad B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 97

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Jan-01-05    Benzol: Aristide Gromer Born 1909 He was French champion in 1933, 1937 and 1938. Oct-13-07    Karpova: There's another game he played which is missing from the database: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... (scroll down to 5135) Aristide Gromer – A. Baulier [‘Beaulier’] French Championship, Toulouse, 1937 Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.Nb3 Be6 10.f4 Na5 11.f5 Bc4 12.g4 Rc8 13.Bd4 a6 14.g5 Bxe2 15.Nxe2 Nh5 16.Bxg7 Nxg7 17.Nbd4 Nc4 18.Qc1 d5 19.b3 Ne5 20.f6 exf6 21.gxf6 Nh5 22.Qg5 Nd7 23.e5 Re8 24.e6 Ndxf6 25.exf7+ Kxf7 26.Nf4 Qb6 27.Rad1 Nxf4 28.Rxf4 Kg7 29.Kh1 Re4 30.Rxe4 dxe4 31.Nf5+ 1-0 Nov-21-08    Karpova: C.N. 5847 gives a link to a new page about Gromer (in French): http://heritageechecsfra.free.fr/gr... Oct-28-10    Dionysius: An extract from Koltanowski's column in Chess volume 1 no 2 14 October 1935: "I am going to write some very unpleasant things about Gromer, and I hope he reads them. He has victimised Spanish chess circles long enough and is doing the game a lot of harm, and I am publishing these details at the request of the committee of the San Sebastian Club; in the hope that they might save afew people from him who might otherwise be duped. Gromer's habit is to turn up suddenly in some small town, announce that he is penniless and beg the president of the chess club to arrange a simultaneous display for him. A display is arranged and he receives a large fee. Now, instead of leaving, he stops. A few days later he calls again and reveals he has borrowed large sums of money from various members; just arrange one more simultaneous display and he will pay off the debt and leave! Again a display is organised but isntead of paying off the debt, he pays half. A week later he turns up and asks for another display to pay the remainder of the debt off. by the time the club gets rid of him he has mortgaged thier finances so badly that they are unable to plan any sort of ambitious programme for years to come" Same chap? Nov-13-10    whiteshark: <Dionysius> "He died in Paris, at a psychiatric institution. The date is not known." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristi... Feb-18-24    stone free or die: <CHESS PRODIGY AT 13. Aristide Gromer, a 13-year-old boy, dressed in a sailor suit, played simultaneously in Paris 20 of the most skilful chess players in France and won 15 games, lost 1, and drew 4.> https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/n... (1923-04-28) Feb-18-24    perfidious: In the Wikipedia article, there appears to be no source for Gromer's death taking place in Brittany rather than Paris, as noted by <whiteshark>.

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