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Norman van Lennep

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NORMAN VAN LENNEP (born Sep-20-1872, died Sep-29-1897, 25 years old) Netherlands [what is this?] Born into a wealthy family in Amsterdam, grandson of the famous Dutch writer Jacob van Lennep. At age 20 became a secretary of the Dutch Chess Federation and an editor of its magazine. In 1893 he drew two matches with Rudolf Loman (+2 –2 =0 and +1 –1 =1) and won a match against his grandnephew Arnold van Foreest (+3 –0 =2). He earned the master title by winning at Leipzig 1894 in the Hauptturnier of the 9th congress of the German Chess Federation (the 9th DSB Congress, Hauptturnier A) and took 5th at Rotterdam 1894 (Rudolf Loman won). In August 1895 Van Lennep went to England as a reserve entrant in the Hastings 1895 chess tournament, but was not allowed to play, so instead reported on the tournament for his magazine. It was then announced that he had decided to stay; from his letters, it appears his father had disowned him unless he abandoned chess, and found a steady job and a wife. At age 25, he took his own life, jumping overboard from the ship Vienna into the North Sea. Wikipedia article: Norman van Lennep Last updated: 2024-10-16 20:49:35

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page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 42  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. N van Lennep vs H J den Hertog   1-0 43 1891 Match C10 French 2. N van Lennep vs H J den Hertog   1-0 21 1892 Scheveningen C01 French, Exchange 3. V L Zaaijer vs N van Lennep   ½-½ 38 1892 Scheveningen C53 Giuoco Piano 4. N van Lennep vs C Mann   1-0 27 1892 Scheveningen C29 Vienna Gambit 5. N van Lennep vs G J Gantvoort   1-0 16 1892 DCA Congress 20th 2nd class C34 King's Gambit Accepted 6. L H Deelman vs N van Lennep   0-1 21 1892 DCA Congress 20th 2nd class C20 King's Pawn Game 7. N van Lennep vs W Meiners   1-0 46 1893 ASC club C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 8. N van Lennep vs J Vijzelaar   1-0 33 1893 Amsterdam C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 9. N van Lennep vs A van Foreest   1-0 31 1893 Amsterdam m2 C67 Ruy Lopez 10. N van Lennep vs Gunsberg ½-½ 44 1893 Simul, 28b C20 King's Pawn Game 11. N van Lennep vs Olland   1-0 21 1893 Utrecht-Hilversum C25 Vienna 12. R Loman vs N van Lennep   0-1 37 1893 Match A07 King's Indian Attack 13. N van Lennep vs R Loman   1-0 40 1893 Match C60 Ruy Lopez 14. R Loman vs N van Lennep   1-0 29 1893 Match C33 King's Gambit Accepted 15. N van Lennep vs R Loman 0-1 66 1893 Match C77 Ruy Lopez 16. R Loman vs N van Lennep   1-0 34 1893 Match C33 King's Gambit Accepted 17. N van Lennep vs J F Heemskerk   1-0 33 1893 Breda C20 King's Pawn Game 18. A van Foreest vs N van Lennep   1-0 50 1894 Amsterdam C58 Two Knights 19. N van Lennep vs A van Foreest   0-1 23 1894 Amsterdam C49 Four Knights 20. N van Lennep vs J Malta   1-0 23 1894 Rotterdam C77 Ruy Lopez 21. N van Lennep vs M Nauhaus 1-0 19 1894 9th German Chess Congress C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 22. Regensburger vs N van Lennep   0-1 28 1894 9th German Chess Congress C70 Ruy Lopez 23. N van Lennep vs E Varain 1-0 22 1894 9th German Chess Congress B06 Robatsch 24. J Peet vs N van Lennep   ½-½ 20 1894 Hilversum C10 French 25. N van Lennep vs C Mann 1-0 38 1894 Amsterdam D00 Queen's Pawn Game  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 42

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Jun-03-08    sneaky pete: Born September 20, 1872; died September 29, 1897. Earned the master title by winning the Hauptturnier of the 9th congress of the German Chess Federation, Leipzig 1894. The decisive (play-off) game from that tournament against Ernst Varain went 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Be3 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be2 0-0 6.f4 Ne8 7.Nf3 a6 8.Qd2 e6 9.h4 Nf6 10.Ng5 Nh5 11.Bxh5 gxh5 12.Qe2 f6 click for larger view 13.Qxh5 fxg5 14.hxg5 Qe7 15.Qxh7+ Kf7 16.Qh5 Kg8 17.f5 exf5 18.Nd5 Qxe4 19.g6 Rf7 20.gxf7+ Kf8 21.Qg6 Qxd5 22.Rh8+ 1-0 He was first reserve for the Hastings 1895 tournament, but when Gunsberg (because of heavy journalistic obligations) offered to withdraw in his favor, Van Lennep declined, because he didn't feel quite prepared to the exertion a strong and long tournament would require - he had come to Hasting only as a journalist. Van Lennep came from an upper-class family, and was expected to study and earn a title - not a chess master's title! -, get a good job and marry a nice young lady. Unfortunately, all he wanted to do was play chess and nice young ladies didn't attract him - nice young men did. Driven to despair, not being able to fullfill his parents' expectations, one September night he jumped - or maybe stepped - overboard into the North Sea from the ship Vienna, on its way from Harwich to Hook of Holland. Aug-28-08    GrahamClayton: Sneaky Pete, Thanks for that excellent biography. The game against Cole was probably played in London in 1896. Sep-02-08    GrahamClayton: Source: CN K 1997 Edward Winter, "Kings, Commoners & Knaves", Russell Enterprises, 1999 Apr-28-10    GrahamClayton: Portrait can be seen at: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... Sep-20-11    brankat: A brief and unhappy life. Quite unfortunate. N.Van Lennep did have talent for chess. Apr-05-12    whiteshark: "Jonker ADOLF speelt schaak met den Jonker van IJSSELSTEYn; waarom zou het niet derhalve het spel zijn, dat hem aldus inspant en afgetrokken maakt!…." (Jacob van Lennep, Merkwaardige kasteelen in Nederland) Apr-06-12    GITorquemada: Al final lo unico que tenemos a plenitud es la memoria que hemos tejido. May-19-12    wordfunph: <sneaky pete> great story! another version on master Van Lennep's supposed Hastings 1895 participation, taken from the book The Great Chess Tournaments & Their Stories by GM Andy Soltis.. <Finally, there was poor N.W. Van Lennep of Holland, whose entry was placed in limbo. He was to be the reserve master in case one of the important names failed to show up. But they didn't fail, and Van Lennep disappeared from the pages of chess history.> rest in peace, master Van Lennep.. Feb-08-20    MissScarlett: The Standard, February 4th 1896, p.8: <A match, five games up, was played at the Ludgate-circus Chess Club, between Heer van Lennep and Mr. H. H. Cole, and was won by Heer van Lennep by five games to one, and three draws, the latter not counting towards the score. [...] A short match between Heer van Lennep, of Amsterdam, and Mr. W. Donisthorpe, the best out of five games, played at the British Chess Club, resulted in favour of Mr. Donisthorpe, who won the first three games right off.> Sep-26-24    Mathematicar: A very handsome young fellow. So sad he couldn't love whom he wanted to love. I see he also played a very good chess.

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