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

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]

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


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