Career
Nigro was an American chess expert of near master strength and an instructor. Nigro was President of the Brooklyn Chess Club. Nigro (rated 2028) hosted Fischer"s first chess tournament at his home in 1952.
Nigro introduced Fischer to future grandmaster William Lombardy, and, starting in September 1954, Lombardy began coaching Fischer in private.
In 1956, Nigro moved to Florida and became a professional golf instructor. He did not give up teaching chess, though, and in 1996 he taught chess at the Meyer Jewish Academy.
He died in 2001, at the age of 91.