The chess games of Theo Daniel Van Scheltinga

Theo Daniel Van Scheltinga
Number of games in database: 413
Years covered: 1936 to 1990
Highest rating achieved in database: 2325
Overall record: +109 -148 =156 (45.3%)*
   * 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 (39)
    E60 E64 E62 E69 E63
Nimzo Indian (29)
    E39 E21 E46 E38 E41
Orthodox Defense (14)
    D61 D51 D57 D52 D62
Grunfeld (13)
    D94 D73 D95 D72 D75
Modern Benoni (10)
    A56 A62 A64
Queen's Indian (8)
    E18 E14 E19 E15 E17

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (25)
    B43 B29 B40 B73 B42
Semi-Slav (24)
    D45 D46 D43 D44
Ruy Lopez (23)
    C98 C97 C88 C79 C84
English (17)
    A13 A14 A15 A19 A12
Ruy Lopez, Closed (17)
    C98 C97 C88 C84 C99
Nimzo Indian (16)
    E32 E22 E52 E54 E48

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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   T Van Scheltinga vs Alekhine, 1939 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Maastricht (1946)
   Amsterdam (1950)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   1962 Beverwijk Hoogovens by jww
   1960 Beverwijk Hoogovens by jww
   Maastricht 1946 by sneaky pete

GAMES ANNOTATED BY VAN SCHELTINGA: [what is this?]
C Sammelius vs A J van den Hoek, 1942

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THEO DANIEL VAN SCHELTINGA
(born Mar-06-1914, died Jul-30-1994) Netherlands

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Tjeerd (Theo) Daniel van Scheltinga was born in Amsterdam. He learned to play chess when he was 16. In 1936, he took 3rd in the Dutch Championship. In 1947, he tied for 1st in the Dutch Championship with Max Euwe, but lost the play-off. He was awarded the IM title in 1965. He represented the Netherlands at the Olympiads of 1937, 1939, 1950, 1952 and 1954 and his best tournament result was 1st at Beverwijk 1947.

Wikipedia article: Theo van Scheltinga

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. P Vaitonis vs T Van Scheltinga	0-1	40	1936	Munich Olympiad	D50 Queen's Gambit Declined
2. Kmoch vs T Van Scheltinga	1-0	54	1936	Amsterdam	E17 Queen's Indian
3. T Van Scheltinga vs Fine	0-1	40	1936	Amsterdam	D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
4. T Van Scheltinga vs S Landau	0-1	33	1936	Amsterdam	A15 English
5. D Danchev vs T Van Scheltinga	0-1	43	1936	Munich Olympiad	A13 English
6. T Van Scheltinga vs Gruenfeld	0-1	23	1936	Amsterdam	D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
7. J Van Den Bosch vs T Van Scheltinga	1-0	34	1936	Amsterdam	C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd
8. Euwe vs T Van Scheltinga	1-0	43	1936	Amsterdam	E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch
9. T Van Scheltinga vs I Koenig	0-1	29	1936	Munich Olympiad	E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
10. Alekhine vs T Van Scheltinga	1-0	79	1936	Amsterdam	E17 Queen's Indian
11. T Van Scheltinga vs A Asgeirsson	0-1	50	1937	7th olm final	E46 Nimzo-Indian
12. T Van Scheltinga vs A Baert	1-0	27	1937	7th olm final	D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
13. T Van Scheltinga vs A Gulbrandsen	1-0	36	1937	7th olm final	D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
14. T Van Scheltinga vs Golombek	1-0	74	1937	7th olm final	E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
15. T Van Scheltinga vs Marshall	½-½	33	1937	7th olm final	E46 Nimzo-Indian
16. Stoltz vs T Van Scheltinga	1-0	74	1937	7th olm final	E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
17. T Van Scheltinga vs G Friedemann	½-½	37	1937	7th olm final	D49 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran
18. Guimard vs T Van Scheltinga	½-½	33	1937	7th olm final	E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
19. T Van Scheltinga vs I Vistaneckis	1-0	37	1937	7th olm final	D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
20. C Poulsen vs T Van Scheltinga	½-½	31	1937	7th olm final	A18 English, Mikenas-Carls
21. K Ozols vs T Van Scheltinga	0-1	51	1937	7th olm final	A13 English
22. A Vajda vs T Van Scheltinga	0-1	60	1937	7th olm final	A14 English
23. P Reid vs T Van Scheltinga	0-1	15	1937	7th olm final	C30 King's Gambit Declined
24. Pelikan vs T Van Scheltinga	1-0	34	1937	7th olm final	A04 Reti Opening
25. B Kostic vs T Van Scheltinga	½-½	23	1937	7th olm final	C45 Scotch Game


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Mar-06-06		BIDMONFA: Theo Daniel Van Scheltinga VAN SCHELTINGA, Theo D. http://www.bidmonfa.com/van_schelti... _

Aug-31-08		GrahamClayton: Van Scheltinga worked as a carpenter at the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.

Sep-02-08		GrahamClayton: Source: Andy Soltis "Chess Lists", 2nd edition, McFarland Publishing, 2002

Mar-06-09		sneaky pete: A chess book I purchased 10 or 12 years ago contained a small notebook, with 6 original scores of games played by Van Scheltinga in (probably) 1981. Game 5, against Cathy van der Mije (Nicolau), is dated March 11, 1981, so one may assume that the first (there I go again!) 4 against Flemish masters were played not long before. From this collection I present this flawed masterpiece against Bernard De Bruycker. Van Scheltinga is black. 1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 Nbd7 (vS in his carelesness writes: Nd7) 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nc3 c6 9.Bf4 Nh5 10.Be3 f5 11.Qc1 Bd6 12.Ng5 Ndf6 13.Nh3 Ng4 14.Bg5 Qe8 15.f3 .. click for larger view 15... Nxh2 16.Kxh2 Bxg3+ 17.Kh1 f4 18.e3 h6 19.Bxf4 Nxf4 20.exf4 Bxh3 21.Bxh3 Qh5 22.Kg2 Bxf4 23.Qc2 Rf6 24.Rh1 .. click for larger view 24... Qg5+ (vS adorns this move with ?? and writes the winning move 24... Rg6+ in the margin) 25.Bg4 g6 26.Qb3 Rf8 (sic; maybe the poor man was in such a state of shock after his missed win that he actually played ... Raf8) 27.Ne4 .. 1-0.

Mar-06-09		WhiteRook48: I almost thought "Theo" was "The"

Mar-09-09		sneaky pete: Actually his first name was Tjeerd, but people called him Theo.

Mar-06-12		sneaky pete: http://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en&...

Mar-06-12		waustad: For some reason my first thought involved Dracula, but that is van Helsing.

Mar-06-12		Penguincw: R.I.P. POTD.

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