Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk

Infobox chess player
playername = Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk


caption= Herman van Riemsdijk, Queenstown, New Zealand 2006
birthname = Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk
country = BRA
datebirth = birth date and age|1948|8|26
placebirth = Tiel, Netherlands
datedeath =
placedeath =
title = International Master (1978)
worldchampion =
womensworldchampion =
rating = 2429
peakrating = 2460

Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk (b. August 26, 1948 Tiel, Gelderland, the Netherlands) is a Brazilian chess player.

He was Brazilian Champion in 1970, 1973, and 1988, and Pan American Champion in 1977. He was awarded the International Master title in 1978 and he is also an International Arbiter.

He has written articles for several chess publications, and with Belgian chess player Willem Diederik Hajenius he co-authored the book "Final Countdown", a treatise on pawn endings. He has also been a second to Brazilian junior players, and has played as widely as New Zealand (where a brother lives) and Australia.

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* [http://www.hiperchess.com.br Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk's personal page (Portuguese)]