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Willem Verbeek
W Verbeek 
https://www.schach-chess.com/Schachgeschichte/schach-europa-1862.htm © circa 1870 

Number of games in database: 9
Years covered: 1852 to 1866
Overall record: +2 -4 =3 (38.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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C41 Philidor Defense (3 games)
C39 King's Gambit Accepted (2 games)


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WILLEM VERBEEK
(born May-25-1820, died Sep-30-1888, 68 years old) Netherlands

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Willem Jan Louis Verbeek was a general practicioner and obstretician in Wijk bij Duurstede, the Netherlands. In his spare time he was especially involved with chess – he was very concerned with the development of chess in the Netherlands, which was lagging behind elsewhere in the world.

Verbeek can be considered a chess master avant la lettre, amongst the first Dutch chess players able to play simultaneous blindfold chess. He is best known as the chief editor of the first Dutch chess magazine Sissa (1848-1874), which eventually became the first official magazine of the Dutch Chess Federation that was founded in 1873.

In an effort to bring order to the morass of chess rules that existed in the Netherlands, Verbeek published in 1848 the Nieuw Reglement op het gewoon schaakspelen (‘New regulation of chess’), which was adopted and then used throughout the country for years to come, until the Dutch Chess Federation adopted a new version in 1874.

In 1858, the first national chess tournament in Dutch history was organised in Nijmegen on Verbeek's initiative.

In 1861, he published De Hollandsche schaakspeler – een zakboek voor schaakspelers (‘The Dutch chess player – a pocket book for chess players’), which can be considered as the first book on modern chess in the Dutch language.

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. W Verbeek vs F Hancock  ½-½401852Verbeek - Hancock MatchC41 Philidor Defense
2. W Verbeek vs F Hancock  ½-½321852Verbeek - Hancock MatchC41 Philidor Defense
3. W Verbeek vs F G Heijmans  ½-½331852Wijk bij DuurstedeC41 Philidor Defense
4. C Naret Oliphant vs W Verbeek  0-1451852Wijk bij DuurstedeC39 King's Gambit Accepted
5. C Dupre vs W Verbeek 1-0371862Casual gameC37 King's Gambit Accepted
6. S Dubois vs W Verbeek  1-0281863ReunionC39 King's Gambit Accepted
7. S Dubois vs W Verbeek  1-0391863ReunionB40 Sicilian
8. A van der Linde vs W Verbeek  1-0211866KlingelbeekC33 King's Gambit Accepted
9. A van der Linde vs W Verbeek  0-1441866KlingelbeekB20 Sicilian
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Kibitzer's Corner
May-25-20  Jack Kerouac: Okay.
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  MissScarlett: Very cryptic. I give up.
Nov-23-20
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  GrahamClayton: Sissa magazine featured many non-chess related items - news about draughts/checkers, mathematics puzzles, riddles, poetry and short stories. There was not a lot of chess activity in the Netherlands at this time, and there were very few strong Dutch players who could have games with instructive notes and analysis. Verbeek was criticised for plagiarising articles from foreign chess magazines for Sissa, translating them poorly and getting the names of players mixed up.
May-01-21  Baboon: Sorry, but without context these are misleading comments that have been taken exceedingly out of proportion by Verbeeks biggest criticaster, i.e. the controversial Antonius van der Linde, and which then have been copied without much of a thought let alone a peek in the magazins by later journalists. e.g. non-chess related puzzels filled only 2% of the pages. Whereas plagiarism did indeed happen, it was limited to two incidents in the early years of the magazine (which happened by lack of manpower for proper checkup). More information on this magazine, including values, context and criticism can be found on the Dutch Wikipedia. See "Sissa (schaaktijdschrift)"

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