Nicolaas Cortlever
Number of games in database: 148
Years covered: 1936 to 1974
Overall record: +44 -47 =57 (49.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (30)      B54 B91 B74 B84 B58  Four Knights (12)      C48 C47 C49  Sicilian Najdorf (7)      B91 B90 B92  Sicilian Scheveningen (5)      B84 B83	With the Black pieces:  Grunfeld (19)      D96 D90 D85 D80 D82  Ruy Lopez (11)      C77 C63 C83 C81 C69  Slav (7)      D15 D11 D19 D13  English (6)      A12 A16 A11  Ruy Lopez, Open (5)      C83 C81 C80

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Cortlever vs E R Lundin, 1941 1/2-1/2
   Cortlever vs W Schmidt, 1972 1-0
   I Platonov vs Cortlever, 1970 1/2-1/2
   Cortlever vs Mross, 1941 1/2-1/2

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Zaandam 1946 - the Kottnauer hexathlon by sneaky pete

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NICOLAAS CORTLEVER (born Jun-14-1915, died Apr-05-1995) Netherlands [what is this?] Nicolaas Cortlever first came to notice in 1938 when he finished 2nd after Max Euwe in the Dutch Championship. He has since performed this feat on a number of occasions. He played for the Netherlands Olympic teams of 1939, 1950, 1952, 1954 and 1956 and was also a member of the Dutch team in the Anglo-Dutch matches from 1946 to 1960. He was a good endgame study composer and a number of studies were published in 'Schaakwereld' 1936-41. By the 1970's he'd given up active play in preference to being the non-playing captain of the Dutch Olympiad teams. Wikipedia article: Nicolaas Cortlever

page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 148  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Francez vs Cortlever   0-1 26 1936 Munich Olympiad A83 Dutch, Staunton Gambit 2. O Krassnig vs Cortlever 1-0 20 1936 Munich Olympiad C41 Philidor Defense 3. E Breider vs Cortlever   1-0 31 1936 Munich Olympiad C41 Philidor Defense 4. Cortlever vs K Salbu   0-1 40 1936 Munich Olympiad D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 5. Flohr vs Cortlever   1-0 34 1939 Amsterdam (Netherlands) D96 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 6. Cortlever vs Flohr   0-1 69 1939 Amsterdam (Netherlands) C46 Three Knights 7. Cortlever vs E R Lundin   ½-½ 30 1939 Buenos Aires ol (Men) C48 Four Knights 8. Cortlever vs Keres   0-1 65 1939 Buenos C49 Four Knights 9. Foltys vs Cortlever   ½-½ 38 1939 Buenos Aires ol (Men) f-A D96 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 10. Euwe vs Cortlever   ½-½ 47 1939 Amsterdam VARA ;HCL 33 D96 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 11. G Fontein vs Cortlever   0-1 40 1939 Amsterdam VARA D85 Grunfeld 12. Cortlever vs Szabo   1-0 40 1939 Amsterdam VARA ;HCL 33 B83 Sicilian 13. Cortlever vs Euwe   ½-½ 35 1939 Amsterdam KNSB ;HCL 33 C38 King's Gambit Accepted 14. Cortlever vs G Fontein   0-1 34 1939 Amsterdam KNSB B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 15. Szabo vs Cortlever 1-0 44 1939 Amsterdam KNSB ;HCL 33 C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 16. Najdorf vs Cortlever 0-1 27 1939 Buenos Aires ol f-A ;HCL 37 D96 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 17. Euwe vs Cortlever 1-0 11 1940 Beverwijk A90 Dutch 18. Cortlever vs E R Lundin ½-½ 67 1941 Munich B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 19. B Rabar vs Cortlever   1-0 67 1941 Munich D70 Neo-Grunfeld Defense 20. Cortlever vs Euwe 0-1 41 1941 Amsterdam C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 21. G Fuster vs Cortlever   0-1 37 1941 Munich D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 22. Opocensky vs Cortlever   1-0 31 1941 Munich D79 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line 23. Cortlever vs Stoltz   0-1 28 1941 Munich B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 24. Cortlever vs Foltys   0-1 72 1941 Munich D53 Queen's Gambit Declined 25. Cortlever vs Mross   ½-½ 65 1941 Munich B54 Sicilian  page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 148

Jun-14-05    Knight13: Happy birthday, Nicolaas Cortlever! Now you are 90 years old! 10 more years to go! Jun-14-05    aw1988: Until what? Death? Jun-14-05    Knight13: <aw1988> 50 more years and 7 days to go! Jun-14-05    aw1988: WHAT? What on earth are you going on about???? Jun-14-05    TheAlchemist: <aw1988> You will be 120 then :-) Jun-14-05    aw1988: Well, I hope to live until 160 if possible, but Knight13 is really quite odd... Jun-14-06    BIDMONFA: Nicolaas Cortlever CORTLEVER, Nicolaas http://www.bidmonfa.com/cortlever_n... _ Sep-06-06    sneaky pete: Cortlever died April 5, 1995, at age 79. Still not bad for someone whose name translates as short liver. Apr-21-07    brm786: Would like to see the Clarke_Cortlever_1958 (Ruy Lopez) game in the database Mar-24-08    Sem: I am not too overawed by Cortlever's partaking in a tournament in Munich 1941. Mar-24-08    MichAdams: True, he only scored +2 =5 -8. Mar-31-08    Sem: MichAdams, what I meant was that a Dutchman, living in a country occupied by the Nazi's, had no business in Munich 1941. Mar-31-08    MichAdams: Why not? The new Europa and all that. Do you know if he had a job or profession apart from his chess? Aug-31-08    GrahamClayton: Cortlever owned a gemstone and marble business in Amsterdam. Sep-02-08    GrahamClayton: Source: Andy Soltis "Chess Lists", 2nd edition, McFarland Publishing, 2002 Oct-17-08    Sem: MichAdams, The new Europa almost wiped out my family. Yes, Cortlever had a profession, but I forgot which. He lived in the village of Almen (province of Gelderland) and until his death in a beautiful house in Zutphen, where I live. Jul-31-09    returnoftheking: <what I meant was that a Dutchman, living in a country occupied by the Nazi's, had no business in Munich 1941> I won't take Alekhine or Keres as example, but even Euwe travelled across Europe for chess during the war. Only once as far as I know, but still. I don't think chess has anything to do with politics and Cortlever was not important enough to be a tool in Nazi propaganda. So to me it's not something to hold against him. Feb-02-10    Sem: <I don't think chess has anything to do with politics> returnoftheking, ideally: no, but I can think of circumstances when it does. The Soviet regime was a perfect example, of course, aiding or hindering great chess players to foster its case. And indeed, Cortlever was probably small fry to the Nazi propaganda, but his mere taking part in Munich 1941 still was a contribution, however small. His own moral judgment should have told him to stay at home. Jan-31-13    Kikoman: Rest In Peace Sir Nicolaas Cortlever.

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