Daniël Noteboom

Abrahams–Noteboom Variation

a b c d e f g h 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 a b c d e f g h Position after 10... Bb7
Moves	1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bb4 6.e3 b5 7.Bd2 a5 8.axb5 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 cxb5 10.b3 Bb7
ECO	D31
Named after	Gerald Abrahams Daniël Noteboom
Parent	QGD Semi-Slav
Synonym(s)	Abraham's Defence

Daniël Noteboom (26 February 1910 – 12 January 1932) was a Dutch chess player.

Born in Noordwijk,^[1] Daniël Notebooom gained notice at the 1930 Chess Olympiad at Hamburg, scoring 11.5/15. After playing at Hastings 1931/2, he soon died of pneumonia in London^[1] at age 21, ending a brief but promising chess career.^[2]

Noteboom Variation

A chess opening variation of the Semi-Slav Defence to the Queen's Gambit is often called the Noteboom Variation: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bb4 6.e3 b5 7.Bd2 a5 8.axb5 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 cxb5 10.b3 Bb7. It is also known as the Abrahams Defence after the late English master Gerald Abrahams, who may have a better claim.^[2][3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 306, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6 
2. ^ ^{a b} Golombek, Harry, ed. (1977), Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess, Crown Publishing, pp. 7, 217, ISBN 0-517-53146-1 
3. ^ Hooper, David; Whyld, Kenneth (1992), The Oxford Companion to Chess (2 ed.), Oxford University Press, p. 1, ISBN 0-19-280049-3 

Further reading

• British Chess Magazine, 1932, p. 66, p. 125
• British Chess Magazine, 1933, p. 113

External links

• Daniel Noteboom player profile at ChessGames.com
• Chessmetrics player profile
• Daniël Noteboom 1910–1932 (in Dutch)
• Geschiedenis Noteboomtoernooi at www.lsg-leiden.nl (in Dutch)

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Name	Noteboom, Daniel
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Date of birth	26 February 1910
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Date of death	12 January 1932
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