Arnold Engelinus van Foreest (29 June 1863 – 24 June 1954) was a Dutch
chess master
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. The younger brother of
Dirk van Foreest, he thrice won
Dutch Championship. He is the great-great grandfather of the siblings
Jorden van Foreest, the 2016 Dutch Champion,
Lucas van Foreest, the 2019 Dutch Champion, and
Machteld van Foreest, the 2022 Dutch Women's Champion.
By profession, van Foreest was an inspector at the Dutch postal company, and also held positions in the Dutch Chess Federation, including one year as president.
Chess career
He took 8th at The Hague 1878 (
A. Polak Daniels won),
took 5th at Utrecht 1886 (NED-ch, his brother Dirk won), took 3rd, behind
Rudolf Loman
Rudolf Loman (14 October 1861 – 5 November 1932) was a Dutch chess master, the son of Abraham Dirk Loman.
Born in Amsterdam, Loman lived in London for a number of years. He played chess for money against rich Englishmen, like his Dutch pupil Ja ...
and Dirk van Foreest, at Rotterdam 1888 (NED-ch), and took 8th at Amsterdam 1889 (it,
Amos Burn won).
Arnold van Foreest won at Gouda 1889 (NED-ch), shared 1st at Groningen 1893 (NED-ch), won at Groningen 1896, took 2nd, behind Bleijkmans, at Leiden 1896, tied for 3rd-4th at The Hague 1898 (Tresling won), took 3rd at Haarlem 1901 (
Adolf Georg Olland
Adolf Georg Olland (13 April 1867 – 22 July 1933) was the leading Dutch chess master in the time before Max Euwe. Born in Utrecht, he was a medical doctor.
Olland took 3rd at Amsterdam 1887 (Dirk van Foreest won); shared 1st at Amsterdam 1889 ...
won), and won at Rotterdam 1902. He also shared 1st with
Frank James Marshall at Amsterdam 1911 (''Quadrangular''), and took 14th at Scheveningen 1913 (
Alexander Alekhine won).
[ Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's ''Chess Tournament Crosstables'', An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01]
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1863 births