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Tom van Dijk

Number of games in database: 32
Years covered: 1956 to 1985
Overall record: +16 -10 =6 (59.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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TOM VAN DIJK
(born 1931, died Jun-15-1988, 57 years old) Netherlands (federation/nationality New Zealand)

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A E Turner vs T van Dijk  0-1301956New Zealand Championship 1956/57C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
2. T van Dijk vs A W Gyles  1-0301956New Zealand Championship 1956/57D50 Queen's Gambit Declined
3. C A Evans vs T van Dijk  1-0371962New Zealand Championship 1962/63B71 Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation
4. R M O'Callahan vs T van Dijk  0-1561962New Zealand Championship 1962/63A16 English
5. T van Dijk vs R J Sutton  0-1341962New Zealand Championship 1962/63D80 Grunfeld
6. R D Clarke vs T van Dijk  1-0411962New Zealand Championship 1962/63D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
7. T van Dijk vs L Esterman  ½-½301962New Zealand Championship 1962/63D01 Richter-Veresov Attack
8. Z Frankel vs T van Dijk  ½-½651962New Zealand Championship 1962/63A00 Uncommon Opening
9. T van Dijk vs D Lynch  1-0361962New Zealand Championship 1962/63E81 King's Indian, Samisch
10. O Sarapu vs T van Dijk  1-0391963New Zealand Championship 1962/63B71 Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation
11. T van Dijk vs A Feneridis  1-0371963New Zealand Championship 1962/63E83 King's Indian, Samisch
12. T van Dijk vs K M Okey  1-0321963New Zealand Championship 1962/63C13 French
13. A Nijman vs T van Dijk  0-1151963New Zealand Championship 1962/63D52 Queen's Gambit Declined
14. G G Haase vs T van Dijk  0-1361970New Zealand Championship 1970/71E94 King's Indian, Orthodox
15. P Garbett vs T van Dijk  0-1301970New Zealand Championship 1970/71C70 Ruy Lopez
16. K W Lynn vs T van Dijk  0-1291970New Zealand Championship 1970/71B22 Sicilian, Alapin
17. T van Dijk vs P W Stuart  ½-½201970New Zealand Championship 1970/71A07 King's Indian Attack
18. T van Dijk vs R J Sutton  0-1561971New Zealand Championship 1970/71A07 King's Indian Attack
19. T van Dijk vs U Alvarez  1-0661972Skopje Olympiad Final-CD00 Queen's Pawn Game
20. T van Dijk vs K Jensen  0-1341976South Island ChampionshipB07 Pirc
21. V Small vs T van Dijk  ½-½261976South Island ChampionshipC85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD)
22. T van Dijk vs G G Haase  ½-½4619784th Rank Xerox Easter OpenC60 Ruy Lopez
23. R Perry vs T van Dijk 0-13919784th Rank Xerox Easter OpenC83 Ruy Lopez, Open
24. T van Dijk vs D Weegenaar  1-0421978South Island ChD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
25. K W Lynn vs T van Dijk 0-1571978North Island ChampionshipC14 French, Classical
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Kibitzer's Corner
Nov-28-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Jonathan Sarfati: Tom was born in Holland, and was a leading player in the South Island of New Zealand for many years. He lived in Nelson where there was little competition for practice. His son Peter Van Dijk also became a high-ranking player.

It was a shock to learn in 1988 that Tom died suddenly at a relatively yourg age.

Nov-11-14  ljfyffe: Correspondence chess champion of New Zealand 1974, 1982(Jointly with P.A. Garbett).
Aug-06-21
Premium Chessgames Member
  Jonathan Sarfati: Obituary by Dennis Boyce in New Zealand Chess, October 1988, pp. 104–107; online at http://newzealandchess.co.nz/nzches...

Tom was a highly respected dentist, loved family man, and popularizer of chess in Nelson. He twice won the South Island Championship and the NZ Correspondence Championship, and represented NZ at the Skopje 1972 Olympiad, and held the New Zealand Master title.

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