Jannes van der Wal

Jannes van der Wal

Jannes van der Wal (November 12, 1956, Driesum - September 24, 1996, Groningen) was a Dutch/Frisian draughts player and world champion in the game. He also played chess at a nearly competitive level.

He became world champion in São Paulo in 1982. After that he garnered attention for his humorous or even eccentric personality. His interviews on Dutch TV were unusual involving a full minute where he did not talk or others where he reacted oddly on being asked how old he was.After this he became a minor celebrity appearing in a few programs on Dutch television. He was also the subject of a 1999 documentary titled Jannes. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0263483/]

He is believed to have held the record on simultaneous play as he played against 225 players on July 16, 1987. He won against 92% of the 225 opponents with 14 games being draws and 4 losses. Anton van Berkel has since beaten this record.

In 1996 Jannes van der Wal died of leukemia.

External links

* [http://www.nrc.nl/W2/Lab/Profiel/IDFA1999/jannes.html Profile (In Dutch)]
* [http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hans14.txt Chess cafe (brief mention)]
* [http://www.geocities.com/franselbertsen/draughts_images3.html Pictures, several in the third row are of him]
* [http://www.ericsdamsite.com/International%20checkers%20world%20records%20(2).htm Checkers record site]


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