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henry55
1796 Samuel Newham was born in Wilford, England.1843 Andreas Ascharin was born in Parnu, Estonia.1868 Harold James Murray was born in London, England.1870 Moisei Elyashov was born in Krustpils, Latvia.1873 Juan Corzo was born in Madrid, Spain.1889 John M Ewing was born in Nazareth, Palestine.1910 Francisco (Franz) Benko was born in Berlin, Germany.1911 Norman Lessing was born in New York, USA.1912 Gosta Danielsson was born in Helenelund, Sweden.1917 Cesar Boutteville was born in Hanoi, Vietnam.1917 Darso James Densmore died, France.1954 Arnold E van Foreest died in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.1957 Harry Schussler was born in Malmo, Sweden.1958 Gabor Pirisi was born, Hungary.1959 Heinrich Wagner died in Hamburg, Germany.1960 Ian Rogers was born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.1964 Filemon Cruz was born, Peru.1964 Ergin Mollov was born, Bulgaria.1967 Blas Lugo was born, Cuba.1968 Boris Gelfand was born in Minsk, Belarus.1968 Juan Carlos Gonzales Zamora was born, Mexico.1971 Dinko Brumen was born, Croatia.1986 Zhang Jilin was born in Harbin, China.
lucasvanforeest
hello I am lucas van foreest
Arnold Engelinus van Foreest (29 June 1863, Haarlemmermeer - 24 June 1954, Apeldoorn) was a Dutch chess master.
Younger brother of Dirk van Foreest, he thrice won Dutch Championship.
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 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 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).
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