Dirk van Foreest

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.
Dirk van Foreest
CountryNetherlands
Born3 May 1862
Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands
Died24 February 1956 (1956-02-25) (aged 93)
Oosthuizen, Netherlands

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


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.