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Silvain Groen

Number of games in database: 22
Years covered: 1919 to 1931
Overall record: +12 -7 =3 (61.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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SILVAIN GROEN
(born Jun-09-1897, died Jul-20-1967, 70 years old) Netherlands

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Silvain Izaak Groen was a brother of Donald Groen.

Bio: http://nha.courant.nu/issue/JJVH/19... and http://nha.courant.nu/issue/JJVH/19.... Photo: http://nha.courant.nu/issue/JJVH/19...

Last updated: 2023-09-07 13:54:13

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. S Groen vs R Lean  1-0191919Hastings 1st-BC54 Giuoco Piano
2. J Chambers vs S Groen  0-1461919Hastings 1st-BD02 Queen's Pawn Game
3. W Gooding vs S Groen  0-1351919Hastings 1st-BD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
4. C Hammond vs S Groen  1-0341919Hastings 1st-BC21 Center Game
5. Lasker vs S Groen  ½-½251920Simul, 27bC83 Ruy Lopez, Open
6. S Groen vs Alekhine 0-1101923BCF Major OpenC78 Ruy Lopez
7. S Groen vs E T Jesty  0-1361923BCF Major OpenC83 Ruy Lopez, Open
8. J Pannekoek vs S Groen  1-0621924WestendeE60 King's Indian Defense
9. S Groen vs L Malpas  1-0341924WestendeC42 Petrov Defense
10. S Groen vs E Lancel  1-0481924WestendeB02 Alekhine's Defense
11. S Groen vs V Kahn  0-1341925Scarborough-BC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
12. S Groen vs W Atkinson  1-0571925Scarborough-BC55 Two Knights Defense
13. S Groen vs F Wenman  0-1471925Scarborough-BC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
14. W Gibson vs S Groen  0-1431925Scarborough-BA48 King's Indian
15. C Dawbarn vs S Groen  0-1441925Scarborough-BB83 Sicilian
16. S Groen vs G W Schwencke  1-0221927NED Team-ch 192627B45 Sicilian, Taimanov
17. S Groen vs J H Wertheim  ½-½491927NED Team-ch 28C78 Ruy Lopez
18. S van Vollenhoven vs S Groen  0-1421928NED Team-ch 192728D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
19. A van Foreest vs S Groen  1-0591928NED Team-ch 29A07 King's Indian Attack
20. S Groen vs G Snoeck Henkemans  ½-½271929NED Team-ch 30B03 Alekhine's Defense
21. S Groen vs H C Oudegeest  1-0181929NED Team-ch 30B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
22. S Groen vs A Hamming  1-0501931NED Team-ch 193031B23 Sicilian, Closed
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-26-15
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  Tabanus: http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/stut004ee...:

<De heer L. Kanteman, een ander Surinaamse schaker kwam in maart 1944 tweemaal uit tegen Mr. Sylvain Groen, één van de sterkste speler van Curaçao. De strijd eindigde 1-1.>

Hastings and St Leonards Observer 26 July 1919:

(line-up for Hastings) <First Class Tournament (Section B) ... Sylvain Groen, Holland>

Exeter and Plymouth Gazette 4 June 1925:

(line-up for Scarborough tournament) <S. Groen, Holland>

Oh, I found him, here:

http://nha.courant.nu/issue/JJVH/19...

Ancestry.com: Silvain Izaak Groen, 9 June 1897 - 20 July 1967

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