Theo Daniel Van Scheltinga
Number of games in database: 304
Years covered: 1936 to 1984
Highest rating achieved in database: 2325
Overall record: +80 -109 =115 (45.2%)*
   * 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 (24)      E60 E63 E67 E62 E69  Nimzo Indian (20)      E39 E38 E21 E33 E46  Grunfeld (10)      D95 D72 D75 D87 D82  Orthodox Defense (8)      D61 D55 D59 D62 D51  Semi-Slav (7)      D47 D43 D46 D49 D45  Modern Benoni (7)      A56 A62	With the Black pieces:  Semi-Slav (18)      D45 D46 D43 D44  Ruy Lopez (17)      C98 C88 C97 C92 C65  Sicilian (17)      B43 B23 B40 B73 B71  English (13)      A14 A13 A15 A19 A12  Nimzo Indian (12)      E32 E54 E48 E22 E33  Ruy Lopez, Closed (12)      C98 C88 C97 C92 C99

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THEO DANIEL VAN SCHELTINGA (born Mar-06-1914, died Jul-30-1994) Netherlands [what is this?] Tjeerd (Theo) Daniel van Scheltinga was born on March 6, 1914 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.

page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 304  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Euwe vs T Van Scheltinga   1-0 43 1936 Amsterdam ;HCL 09 E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 2. Alekhine vs T Van Scheltinga   1-0 79 1936 Amsterdam E17 Queen's Indian 3. T Van Scheltinga vs Fine   0-1 40 1936 Amsterdam-Wch D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 4. T Van Scheltinga vs Gruenfeld 0-1 23 1936 Amsterdam ASB D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 5. T Van Scheltinga vs A Asgeirsson   0-1 50 1937 7th olm final E46 Nimzo-Indian 6. T Van Scheltinga vs Baert   1-0 27 1937 7th olm final D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 7. T Van Scheltinga vs A Gulbrandsen   1-0 36 1937 7th olm final D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 8. T Van Scheltinga vs Golombek   1-0 74 1937 7th olm final E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 9. T Van Scheltinga vs Marshall   ½-½ 33 1937 7th olm final E46 Nimzo-Indian 10. Stoltz vs T Van Scheltinga   1-0 74 1937 7th olm final E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 11. T Van Scheltinga vs G Friedemann   ½-½ 37 1937 7th olm final D49 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran 12. Guimard vs T Van Scheltinga   ½-½ 33 1937 7th olm final E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 13. T Van Scheltinga vs I Vistaneckis   1-0 37 1937 7th olm final D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 14. C Poulsen vs T Van Scheltinga   ½-½ 31 1937 7th olm final A18 English, Mikenas-Carls 15. K Ozols vs T Van Scheltinga   0-1 51 1937 7th olm final A13 English 16. A Vajda vs T Van Scheltinga   0-1 60 1937 7th olm final A15 English 17. Reid vs T Van Scheltinga 0-1 13 1937 Stockholm C30 King's Gambit Declined 18. P Reid vs T Van Scheltinga   0-1 15 1937 7th olm final C30 King's Gambit Declined 19. Pelikan vs T Van Scheltinga   1-0 34 1937 7th olm final A04 Reti Opening 20. B Kostic vs T Van Scheltinga   ½-½ 23 1937 7th olm final C45 Scotch Game 21. Mieses vs T Van Scheltinga   0-1 49 1938 Hastings C26 Vienna 22. Spielmann vs T Van Scheltinga   1-0 21 1938 Amsterdam ct C30 King's Gambit Declined 23. Capablanca vs T Van Scheltinga 1-0 40 1939 Buenos Aires Ol., fin-A E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 24. V Mikenas vs T Van Scheltinga   ½-½ 60 1939 ARG E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 25. T Van Scheltinga vs Eliskases   ½-½ 57 1939 Buenos Aires ol-fin D56 Queen's Gambit Declined  page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 304

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

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