Johannes Hendrik Otto van den Bosch, Count van den Bosch (12 April 1906, The Hague – 15 November 1994,

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) was a Dutch noble, lawyer, banker and chess master. He thrice represented The Netherlands in

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, including the

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at The Hague in 1928, the

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at Hamburg in 1930, and the

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at Prague in 1931.

Personal life

Count Van den Bosch was the son of Jeanne Françoise Marie Rijnen and Johannes Hendrik Otto van den Bosch (1869-1940), vice-admiral in the Dutch navy from 1925 to 1939. His great-grandfather was Johannes van den Bosch,

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from (1830–33), who was created count in 1839. Johannes Hendrik Otto studied law at the University of Utrecht and eventually became a director of

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. He married Benudina Maria Royaards in 1937.

Chess

His best achievements were two winnings in The Hague (1928, 1929), joint second place, behind

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, at Cambridge 1932, the second place in Dutch Chess Championship at The Hague/Leiden 1933, and winning at Amsterdam 1936. He also took 3rd at Amsterdam 1938 (NED-ch), 3rd at Delft 1940 (''Quadrangular''), 4th at Baarn 1941, and 9th at Amsterdam 1954 (NED-ch). He played in several matches: won against

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(4-2) at The Hague 1927, lost to Willem Fick (1-3) at The Hague 1930, lost to George Salto Fontein (2-3) at The Hague 1930, lost to Salo Flohr (2-6) at The Hague 1932, drew with Rudolf Spielmann (2-2) at Amsterdam 1934, lost to Max Euwe (0-6) at Amsterdam 1934, drew with

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(5-5) at Amsterdam 1934, and drew with Henny van Oosterom (3-3) at Hilversum 1961/62. He also participated in friendly matches: The Netherlands – England in 1939, The Netherlands – England in 1947, The Netherlands – England in 1949.

References

External links

Chessgames.com
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