Haije J Kramer
Number of games in database: 206
Years covered: 1939 to 1991
Overall record: +47 -74 =85 (43.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  King's Indian (10)      E94 E64 E91 E95 E68  Ruy Lopez (9)      C85 C90 C97 C75 C78  Grunfeld (8)      D96 D86 D88 D95 D93  English (6)      A16 A15 A12  Sicilian (6)      B58 B75 B92 B93 B72  Ruy Lopez, Closed (5)      C85 C90 C97 C92	With the Black pieces:  Nimzo Indian (21)      E33 E32 E38 E22 E59  Sicilian (18)      B58 B30 B25 B92 B67  French Defense (10)      C11 C07 C05 C02 C01  Queen's Indian (8)      E16 E12 E14 E17 E19  Ruy Lopez (8)      C99 C90 C86 C97 C91  Ruy Lopez, Closed (7)      C99 C90 C86 C97 C91

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   H Kramer vs J J Van Oosterwijk Bruyn, 1946 1-0
   H Bouwmeester vs H Kramer, 1952 0-1
   H Kramer vs Szabo, 1939 1-0

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HAIJE J KRAMER (born Nov-24-1917, died Jul-11-2004) Netherlands [what is this?] Haije J. Kramer was an IM and a GMC. His best tournament results were 3rd at Beverwijk 1946 and 1st at Leiden 1946. He is best known perhaps for co-authoring 'The Middle Game' with Max Euwe. Wikipedia article: Haije Kramer

page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 206  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. H Kramer vs Szabo 1-0 40 1939 Baarn A E15 Queen's Indian 2. H Kramer vs A M van Epen   1-0 40 1939 Baarn A C10 French 3. Flohr vs H Kramer   1-0 41 1939 Baarn A D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran 4. H Kramer vs Euwe   ½-½ 20 1940 NLD m (Leeuwarden) ;HCL 28 C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 5. Euwe vs H Kramer 1-0 26 1940 NLD m (Steenwijk) ;HCL 28 C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) 6. Euwe vs H Kramer   1-0 63 1940 NLD m (Leeuwarden) ;HCL 28 C07 French, Tarrasch 7. H Kramer vs Euwe ½-½ 20 1940 NLD m (Leeuwarden) ;HCL 28 B19 Caro-Kann, Classical 8. Euwe vs H Kramer   1-0 54 1940 NLD m (Leeuwarden) ;HCL 28 C05 French, Tarrasch 9. H Kramer vs Euwe   ½-½ 36 1940 NLD m (Leeuwarden) ;HCL 28 C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 10. Euwe vs H Kramer   ½-½ 42 1940 NLD m (Leeuwarden) ;HCL 28 C05 French, Tarrasch 11. H Kramer vs Euwe   1-0 38 1940 NLD m (Leeuwarden) ;HCL 28 B72 Sicilian, Dragon 12. H Kramer vs Euwe   0-1 25 1941 Holland C35 King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham 13. H Kramer vs W Koomen   1-0 35 1941 Baarn I D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 14. H Kramer vs Euwe   0-1 34 1941 NLD m ;HCL 28 B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack 15. Euwe vs H Kramer   1-0 50 1941 Baarn I C07 French, Tarrasch 16. Euwe vs H Kramer   1-0 32 1941 NLD m ;HCL 28 B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack 17. H Kramer vs J Van Den Bosch   ½-½ 47 1941 Baarn I C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) 18. Euwe vs H Kramer   1-0 48 1941 Match E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 19. Euwe vs H Kramer   1-0 40 1941 NLD m ;HCL 28 C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 20. H Kramer vs G Van Doesburgh   1-0 35 1941 Baarn I C05 French, Tarrasch 21. H Kramer vs Euwe   ½-½ 14 1941 NLD m ;HCL 28 D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 22. Euwe vs H Kramer   1-0 46 1941 NLD m ;HCL 28 E02 Catalan, Open, 5.Qa4 23. H Kramer vs K M Bergsma   0-1 62 1941 Baarn I E00 Queen's Pawn Game 24. H Kramer vs Euwe   ½-½ 22 1941 NLD m ;HCL 28 D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 25. A J van den Hoek vs H Kramer   1-0 34 1942 NED-ch12 A15 English  page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 206

Apr-22-05    WTHarvey: Chessmetrics.com has Kramer #24 in the world in 1940-41. Here are some diagrams of crucial position in Haije's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/krhj.html May-26-05    arifattar: 124 games and no Kramer vs Kramer. May-26-05    ThomYorke: Is Kramer the Cosmo Kramer of Seinfeld series? Sep-06-07    whiteshark: He will celebrate his nineties birthday this year... Apr-01-08    sneaky pete: He would have if he hadn't died in 2004. Nov-24-08    brankat: The IM H.J.Kramer was from the same city as our very own <EmperorAtahualpa> :-) That in itself is a compliment :-) R.I.P. Mr.Kramer. Nov-24-09    BIDMONFA: Haije J Kramer KRAMER, Haije J. http://www.bidmonfa.com/kramer_haij... _ Nov-24-09    backrank: He is best remembered as the co-author of Max Euwe: Euwe/Kramer, The middlegame in chess. Nov-24-09    Ladolcevita: I once loathed a Kramer very much who wrote some dreadfully abnormal etudes~~~ And never could recover... Nov-24-09    Sem: <Ladolcevita> There is now a revolutionary cure which has the patient distinguish the black and white of the keys from those of the squares on the board. Nov-24-09    Ladolcevita: <SEM> Splendid! Let me try to recover once more^...

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