Harry Golombek | |
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Country | England |
Born | Lambeth, London, England | 1 March 1911
Died | 7 January 1995 Lambeth, London, England | (aged 83)
Title | International Master (1950) Grandmaster (1985, honorary) |
Harry Golombek OBE (1 March 1911 – 7 January 1995) was a British chess player, chess author, and wartime codebreaker.[1][2] He was three times British chess champion, in 1947, 1949, and 1955 and finished second in 1948.