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Adolf Georg Olland
Olland 
 

Number of games in database: 373
Years covered: 1887 to 1933
Overall record: +163 -160 =49 (50.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 1 exhibition game, blitz/rapid, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (79) 
    C67 C66 C83 C84 C91
 French Defense (27) 
    C11 C14 C01 C12 C00
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (18) 
    C84 C91 C87
 Ruy Lopez, Open (16) 
    C83 C80 C82
 Caro-Kann (15) 
    B15 B18 B12 B10 B17
 French (14) 
    C11 C12 C00 C10
With the Black pieces:
 French Defense (28) 
    C01 C14 C12 C13 C00
 Orthodox Defense (19) 
    D63 D68 D52 D50 D64
 Petrov (18) 
    C42 C43
 Tarrasch Defense (16) 
    D32 D33 D34
 Sicilian (15) 
    B45 B44 B40 B32
 French (12) 
    C12 C13 C11 C00 C10
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Olland vs H Wolf, 1902 1-0
   Olland vs Euwe, 1920 1-0
   Olland vs J Esser, 1901 1-0
   Olland vs F W Pelzer, 1899 1-0
   P Johner vs Olland, 1907 0-1
   Olland vs W Meiners, 1899 1-0
   C Trimborn vs Olland, 1899 0-1
   Olland vs J W te Kolste, 1913 1-0
   Olland vs K Geus, 1913 1-0
   Breyer vs Olland, 1913 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Dutch Championship, Leiden (1909)
   27th DCA Congress, Amsterdam (1899)
   Reti - Olland (1920)
   Scheveningen (1913)
   Nordic Congress, Stockholm (1912)
   Dutch Championship (1921)
   Hastings (1919)
   Dutch Championship (1929)
   13th DSB Congress, Hanover (1902)
   Dutch Championship (1926)
   Gothenburg B (1920)
   Scheveningen (1923)
   Karlsbad (1907)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Amsterdam 1899 by docjan
   Amsterdam 1899 by Phony Benoni
   Scheveningen 1913 by Phony Benoni
   Stockholm 1912 (Nordic Chess Congress) by Phony Benoni


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ADOLF GEORG OLLAND
(born Apr-13-1867, died Jul-22-1933, 66 years old) Netherlands

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Adolf Georg Olland was born in Utrecht. He was unofficial Dutch champion in 1895 and 1901, and official champion in 1909. He got an even score (+8 =1 -8) at the strong 13th DSB Congress, Hanover (1902). He finished third at Scheveningen (1913), behind Alekhine and Janowski. He lost the Reti - Olland (1920) match to Richard Reti 6-4 (+3 =2 -5). He died of a heart attack while playing the game Olland vs A Hamming, 1933 in the 1933 Dutch Championship at The Hague. Pseudonym: "Mat".

Wikipedia article: Adolf Georg Olland

Last updated: 2025-07-20 13:05:02

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 page 1 of 15; games 1-25 of 373  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. R Loman vs Olland  0-1281887DCA Congress 15thC55 Two Knights Defense
2. J D Tresling vs Olland  1-0471887DCA Congress 15thC77 Ruy Lopez
3. Olland vs D van Foreest 0-1431887DCA Congress 15thC50 Giuoco Piano
4. C Messemaker vs Olland ½-½711887DCA Congress 15thC53 Giuoco Piano
5. Olland vs J Pinedo  1-0271887DCA Congress 15thC55 Two Knights Defense
6. H Kothe vs Olland  1-0551887DCA Congress 15thD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
7. S Suesholz vs Olland  0-1461887DCA Congress 15thC21 Center Game
8. Olland vs L Benima  1-0431887DCA Congress 15thC50 Giuoco Piano
9. Olland vs W Pollock 1-0361887SimulC51 Evans Gambit
10. Olland vs A van Foreest  1-0531887DCA Congress 15thC50 Giuoco Piano
11. Olland vs F van den Berg  1-0241889Amsterdam-BC51 Evans Gambit
12. Olland vs J Pinedo  1-0361889Amsterdam-BC50 Giuoco Piano
13. Olland vs A Prange  1-0261889Amsterdam-BB42 Sicilian, Kan
14. N Miniati vs Olland ½-½411889Amsterdam-BC10 French
15. A de Boer vs Olland  0-1301889Amsterdam-BC53 Giuoco Piano
16. Olland vs T Fennema  1-0261889Amsterdam-BC45 Scotch Game
17. Olland vs A van Rhijn  1-0531891DCA Congress 19thC66 Ruy Lopez
18. J F Heemskerk vs Olland  0-1391891DCA Congress 19thA21 English
19. Olland vs A van Foreest ½-½561891DCA Congress 19thC67 Ruy Lopez
20. A van Foreest vs Olland  0-1721891DCA Congress 19thC50 Giuoco Piano
21. R Loman vs Olland  0-1531891DCA Congress 19thC30 King's Gambit Declined
22. Olland vs R Loman  0-1521891DCA Congress 19thC79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred
23. A van Rhijn vs Olland  0-1291891DCA Congress 19thC54 Giuoco Piano
24. Olland vs J F Heemskerk  ½-½451891DCA Congress 19thC67 Ruy Lopez
25. Olland vs J F Heemskerk  1-0481892DCA Congress 20thC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
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Jun-29-04  nikolaas: He was a well known person in the beginning of the 20th century. If you went to Germany (to a chess club of course) and you said "I'm from Holland", "There lives Olland" Was the normal reply.

He was born in 1867 (13 april) and he founded (as a 19 year old student) the chessclub in Utrecht, Netherlands. He became a doctor with his thesis "de invloed van het weer op het sterftecijfer" (the influence of the weather on the mortality rate). For many years, he was editor of the periodical from Utrecht's chessclub. After that, he became president and honour president of the club.

In the tournament in Karlsbad in 1907, he defeated among others Janowsky and Berger. In 1909 he became the first official champion of the Neherlands. In Scheveningen 1913 he finished on the 3th place. After Janowsky and Alekhine, but before a.o. Yates and Mieses. He defeated also Edward Lasker there. In 1930 he leaved his club and moved to Driebergen. He died there in 1933

Apr-28-05
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  WTHarvey: Here are some diagrams of Mr Olland's mates and wins. http://www.wtharvey.com/olla.html
Oct-07-05  thechesskid: Thanks for the short bio nikolaas.
Oct-07-05  EmperorAtahualpa: He was a great personality indeed, too bad that nowadays people get such unpleasant thoughts when reading his first name.

His thesis topic sound interesting, undoubtedly it has a great effect, but it must be interesting to read what nineteenth century thoughts on the topic were.

Oct-07-05  EmperorAtahualpa: I actually found his thesis in the national library catalogue. Here is the complete bibliography:

Olland, Adolf George. (1896). Invloed van het weer op het sterftecijfer. Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Oct-08-05  nikolaas: <Invloed van het weer og het sterftecijfer> Translated to English that would give: The influence of the weather on the death rate.
Oct-08-05  EmperorAtahualpa: <nikolaas> You already said that in the biography. :)
Oct-08-05  James Demery: I`ll bet he was nice. No one named Adolf could be mean.
Oct-09-05  nikolaas: <EA> Oops! I wrote it long ago!
Apr-13-06  BIDMONFA: Adolf Georg Olland

OLLAND, Adolf Georg
http://www.bidmonfa.com/olland_adol...
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Aug-18-07  laskereshevsky: OLLAND adolf......

MUMBLE MUMBLE....

..(H)...OLLAND?!?!...

could be like to say:

..(I)...TALIAN MARIO or
..(S)...PANISH MIGUEL
..(F)...RENCH JEAN-PAUL
..(G)...REEK ARISTOTELES
..(R)...USSIAN VASSILY
..(S)...VEDEN INGMAR
..(H)...UNGARIAN GABOR
..(P)...OLAND WLODZIMIERZ
..(C)...ZECH PAVEL

.............

Beside the play on words, one of my first ever studied game's, about25 years ago, was a DR. Olland's one....

Just....he was...how to say?.....on the wrong side?!... http://www.chessgames.com/perl//che...

...

May-28-08  whiteshark: Here is a picture from 1887 with young Olland. He is standing, second from the right side:

http://www.schaakclubutrecht.nl/his...

Source: History of Utrecht chessclub http://www.schaakclubutrecht.nl/his...

Apr-13-09  sfm: <No one named Adolf could be mean.> I can think of a couple of 'terminators'.
Apr-13-09  kramputz: <Apr-13-09 sfm: <No one named Adolf could be mean.> I can think of a couple of 'terminators'. >Would you say the same thing about "Josef Stalin?
Apr-13-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Phony Benoni: All right, A.G.O. deserves better kibitzing than this stuff. Here's a game which might remind you of another chess-playing Adolf: Olland vs H Wolf, 1907
Apr-13-09  WhiteRook48: happy birthday
Aug-10-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Biography: http://www.schaakclubutrecht.nl/his...
Jan-28-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Olland shares with Cecil Purdy and Vladimir Bagoriov the "honour" of passing away while playing.
Jul-08-10
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  Stonehenge: Wins against a.o. Janowski, Spielmann, Reti, Euwe and Marshall. Not too shabby.
Mar-16-11  Caissanist: Olland appears to have died while playing the game Olland vs A Hamming, 1933.
Mar-16-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: While on the subject of mortality, the year 1933 was not a good one for chess players: Olland, Noteboom, and Loman are three who come to mind straight off, and my tired brain knows there are other notables who also called it a day that year.
Mar-16-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Guess I was very tired indeed-the year I was thinking of was 1932, and two more players who got away were Sandor Takacs and Hermanis Karlovich Mattison.
Apr-13-12  Rook e2: <May-28-08
whiteshark: Here is a picture from 1887 with young Olland. He is standing, second from the right side: http://www.schaakclubutrecht.nl/his...

Source: History of Utrecht chessclub http://www.schaakclubutrecht.nl/his... >

Interesting history! It's funny that Dirk Van Foreest or Arnold Van Foreest passed his talent on to his great (great?) grandsons: Jorden Van Foreest and Lucas Van Foreest

Apr-13-12  newzild: Another really irritating attempted biography from chessgames.com. It states immediately under Olland's name that he was born 13 April 1867, and then the sentence immediately after that says the same thing again. Poor writing.

RE - DUN - DAN - CY - !

Apr-13-12  newzild: Okay, rather than just complain about another poor bio, I will submit my own effort for this guy:

"Adolf Georg Olland was a Utrecht-born doctor and chess master, considered one of the strongest Dutch players of his time.

"He was a noted match player, beating most of his important Dutch contemporaries except Euwe. In tournaments, he won at Amsterdam 1889 (shared), Arnheim 1895 (shared), Haarlem 1901 and Leiden 1909 (shared).

"He died of a heart attack at the Hague while playing in the 1933 Dutch championship."

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