Arthur Joseph Wijnans (21 July 1920 – 3 May 1945) was an Indonesia-born Dutch chess player, study composer and member of the Dutch resistance against the Germans in World War II.
| Arthur Wijnans | |
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.jpg) Euwe (left) against Wijnans (1942) | |
| Full name | Arthur Joseph Wijnans |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Born | 21 July 1920 Padang, Indonesia |
| Died | 3 May 1945 (aged 24) Neustadt in Holstein, Germany |
He took 3rd in Dutch Chess Championship in 1939, took 4th at Beverwijk 1940 (the 3rd Hoogovens, won by Max Euwe), won at Beverwijk 1941 (the 4th Hoogovens), and shared 2nd, after Arnold van den Hoek, at Beverwijk 1943 (the 6th Hoogovens).[1] At the end of World War II, he and other winner at Beverwijk, van den Hoek, were transferred to Germany. Wijnans went to Neuengamme concentration camp.[2] He was killed during the allied bombardment of the Cap Arcona on 3 May 1945.
References
edit- ^ Statistics - Tata Steel Chess
- ^ "All Beverwijk and Wijk aan Zee chess tournaments". Endgame.nl. Archived from the original on 2013-10-28. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
External links
edit- Arthur J Wijnans chess games - 365Chess.com
- Jan van Reek: Chess in Beverwijk and Wijk aan Zee (with photograph of Wijnans playing against Euwe)
- List NIOD
- Wijnans & Cap Arcona
