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Hans Bouwmeester
Number of games in database: 91
Years covered: 1948 to 2006
Current FIDE rating: 2363
Overall record: +17 -27 =44 (44.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      3 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (10)      B73 B30 B45 B29 B96  King's Indian (4)      E92 E66 E63 E72  French Defense (4)      C11 C06 C03 C07  Reti System (4)      A04	With the Black pieces:  Caro-Kann (7)      B17 B10 B13  Sicilian (4)      B88 B81 B33 B59

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   H Bouwmeester vs A Pomar-Salamanca, 1962 1-0
   J H Donner vs H Bouwmeester, 1948 0-1

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HANS BOUWMEESTER (born Sep-16-1929) Netherlands [what is this?] Hans Bouwmeester was born in 1929 in Haarlem, the Netherlands. Awarded the IM title in 1954 his best tournaments were 1st= with Vasja Pirc at Beverwijk 1954 and 3rd= at Beverwijk 1958. He came 2nd in the Dutch Championships of 1957 and 1967. He also played on the Dutch Olympic teams of 1956, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968 and 1970. As the first official coach of the Royal Dutch Chess Federation he has played an important part in Dutch chess. He is also an author of note.

page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J H Donner vs H Bouwmeester 0-1 10 1948 Amsterdam B59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3 2. H Bouwmeester vs Euwe 0-1 73 1950 Amsterdam D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 3. H Bouwmeester vs T Van Scheltinga   0-1 32 1952 Beverwijk E72 King's Indian 4. Rellstab vs H Bouwmeester   1-0 25 1952 Beverwijk C35 King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham 5. H Bouwmeester vs O'Kelly   ½-½ 26 1952 Beverwijk E17 Queen's Indian 6. A Fuderer vs H Bouwmeester   ½-½ 19 1952 Beverwijk C53 Giuoco Piano 7. B Kostic vs H Bouwmeester   ½-½ 40 1952 Beverwijk C45 Scotch Game 8. H Bouwmeester vs Euwe 1-0 40 1952 Enschede C53 Giuoco Piano 9. H Bouwmeester vs H Kramer   0-1 37 1952 Beverwijk E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 10. H Bouwmeester vs Yanofsky   ½-½ 61 1952 Beverwijk E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 11. H Bouwmeester vs Euwe   ½-½ 18 1952 Beverwijk D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 12. J H Donner vs H Bouwmeester   0-1 40 1952 Beverwijk A13 English 13. H Bouwmeester vs Euwe   0-1 31 1953 Beverwijk B30 Sicilian 14. H Bouwmeester vs O'Kelly   0-1 43 1953 Hoogovens E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 15. E N Mulcahy vs H Bouwmeester   1-0 34 1954 Munich zt A16 English 16. Unzicker vs H Bouwmeester   1-0 31 1954 Munich B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 17. Wade vs H Bouwmeester 0-1 42 1955 Vevey C35 King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham 18. J Sefc vs H Bouwmeester   ½-½ 58 1955 NED-CSR B10 Caro-Kann 19. H Bouwmeester vs E Paoli   ½-½ 55 1955 Clare Benedict Cup B30 Sicilian 20. H Bouwmeester vs M Czerniak   ½-½ 32 1955 Hoogovens C11 French 21. H Bouwmeester vs J Sefc   ½-½ 41 1955 NED-CSR B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 22. C Orbaan vs H Bouwmeester   0-1 40 1956 Hoogovens B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 23. H Bouwmeester vs F Roessel   1-0 42 1956 Hoogovens B56 Sicilian 24. H Bouwmeester vs F Scafarelli   ½-½ 31 1956 Hoogovens B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 25. R Toran Albero vs H Bouwmeester   ½-½ 17 1956 Hoogovens B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Bouwmeester wins | Bouwmeester loses

Nov-20-04    nikolaas: Hans Bouwmeester Hans Bouwmeester was born in 1929 in Haarlem, the Netherlands. In 1954, he became an IM. He is most of all famous for his chess books. A whole generation of chess players grew up with one of his books in the hand. He was, like Euwe, teacher (mathematics). In 1969 he got the title of International Correspondance Chess Master. He also got the Euwe ring for 5 years. Nov-20-04    SBC: Here is where players such as Boumeester play as they age: http://batgirl.atspace.com/Schuhpla... Nov-24-04    nikolaas: http://home.hetnet.nl/~kipu13/bouws... to read his own - very nice! - columns (in dutch). Sep-16-06    BIDMONFA: Hans Bouwmeester BOUWMEESTER, Hans http://www.bidmonfa.com/bouwmeester... _ Sep-16-08    brankat: Happy Birthday Mr.Bouwmeester! Sep-16-08    ILikeFruits: who is... this... cat... Sep-16-08    Xeroxx: I like cats hahaha :D Sep-16-08    ILikeFruits: i like... pandas... they are... fluffy... and cute... Sep-28-08    ravel5184: i thought... you only... had eyes... for... fruits...

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