Dirk_van_Foreest

Dirk van Foreest

Dirk van Foreest

Dutch chess player (1862–1956)

Jonkheer Dirk van Foreest (3 May 1862 – 24 February 1956) was a Dutch chess master.[1] The elder brother of Arnold van Foreest, he thrice won Dutch Championship (in 1885, 1886, and 1887).[2] He also took fifth place in 1884 and took second place, behind Rudolf Loman, in 1888.[3] He is the great-great-granduncle of Jorden van Foreest, who won the Dutch Championship in 2016.[4]

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Foreest, not Foreest.
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By profession, van Foreest was a medical doctor,[5] and Max Euwe once said he could have been World Champion if he had dedicated himself fully to chess.[6]

References

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    Dirk van Foreest
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    https://web.archive.org/web/20091028082835/http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/7378/amster.htm Amsterdam and Chess
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    Welcome to the Chessmetrics siteArchived 14 April 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  4. [4]
    McGourty, Colin (30 August 2016). "17-year-old Van Foreest wins Dutch title". Chess24.
  5. [5]
    Een wonderlijk Gronings schaakgezin
  6. [6]
    Jonkheer van 17 zet dynastie met schaaktitel voort


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