Chris de Ronde

Chris (Christiaan) de Ronde (born 1912, Schiedam, near Rotterdam – died 1996, Buenos Aires) was a Dutch–Argentine chess master.^[1]

He was a champion of Rotterdam. He had studied mathematics in Leyden and Paris.

De Ronde played for the Netherlands in the 8th Chess Olympiad at Buenos Aires 1939, scoring 8½ in his 14 games.^[2] After the tournament, during which World War II broke out in Europe (September 1939), De Ronde, along with many other participants of the Olympiad (Miguel Najdorf, Gideon Stahlberg, et al.) decided to stay permanently in Argentina.^[3]

He played in Buenos Aires in 1940, and tied for 12-13th at Buenos Aires (Circulo) 1945 (Miguel Najdorf won).^[4]

External link

Chris de Ronde: a Dutch immortal unearthed

References

1. ^ Sports Statistics. Chess. Players
2. ^ OlimpBase :: 8th Chess Olympiad, Buenos Aires 1939, information
3. ^ "List of players who remained in Argentina in 1939 (notes in Spanish)". Archived from the original on 2009-10-21. http://www.webcitation.org/query?id=1256086152719168. 
4. ^ Vina del Mar

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Name	Ronde, Chris de
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Date of birth	1912
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Date of death	1996
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