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Joop van Oosterom

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JOOP VAN OOSTEROM (born Dec-12-1937, died Oct-22-2016, 78 years old) Netherlands PRONUNCIATION: [what is this?] GMC Joop van Oosterom was born in Hilversum on December 12th, 1937, five days after Max Euwe lost the world title. His brother is Henny van Oosterom. Joop's first notable chess success occurred in April of 1955, when he became the Dutch Youth Champion in Enschede. However, financial and professional interests would soon separate him from competitive chess for many years. In 1966, two ex-IBM employees, Van Oosterom and J. C. Mol, founded the Automation Center Volmac, the first Dutch software company. In 1988 Volmac went public and they became multi-millionaires, obtaining cash and stock for their stake in the company. The Dutch financial magazine "Quote 500" estimated that Van Oosterom's net worth was over 1 billion euros. By the early 1980s, Van Oosterom was secure enough to devote attention to his first love. He was Dutch correspondence chess champion in 1980-1981, and played in a number of other correspondence events, including winning the Three-Quarter-Final Candidates section of the 14th World Championship which began November 1987, and was awarded the CC-IM title as a result. In February of 2005, Van Oosterom achieved his lifelong goal, winning the 18th World Correspondence Chess Championship Final. In 2008, he won the 21st World Championship Final. At the time of the 2005 Championship Final van Oosterom had hired the strong grandmaster Jeroen Piket as his personal secretary. Earlier, van Oosterom had had two Dutch International Masters on his payroll whose job was to analyse his correspondence games. Tim Krabbe wrote: "The Turk was operated by William Schlumberger, Mephisto was operated by Isidor Gunsberg, Ajeeb was operated by Harry Nelson Pillsbury and Joop van Oosterom is operated by Jeroen Piket." A true philanthropist, Van Oosterom became involved in chess sponsorship, through the Max Euwe Association that he founded. Starting in 1992, he began to sponsor the innovative Melody Amber tournaments, involving leading GMs in both rapid and "blindfold" games. This tournament was conducted annually for 20 years. Wikipedia article: Joop van Oosterom Last updated: 2023-12-18 01:42:31

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page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 118  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Spassky vs J van Oosterom   1-0 52 1955 World Junior Championship qual-1 C77 Ruy Lopez 2. J van Oosterom vs M Farre   ½-½ 27 1955 Wch U20 final-A B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. Portisch vs J van Oosterom   1-0 38 1955 Wch U20 final-A A44 Old Benoni Defense 4. Spassky vs J van Oosterom 1-0 22 1955 Wch U20 final-A E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation 5. J van Oosterom vs G Tringov   ½-½ 41 1955 Wch U20 final-A E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 6. E Mednis vs J van Oosterom   1-0 35 1955 Wch U20 final-A C59 Two Knights 7. J van Oosterom vs R Martens   ½-½ 62 1960 WchT U26 07th A21 English 8. D Bertholdt vs J van Oosterom   1-0 30 1960 WchT U26 07th A53 Old Indian 9. J van Oosterom vs Y Nikolaevsky   1-0 40 1960 WchT U26 07th A07 King's Indian Attack 10. J van Oosterom vs A Hollis   1-0 40 1960 WchT U26 07th A16 English 11. W Van Humbeeck vs J van Oosterom   0-1 25 1960 WchT U26 07th B41 Sicilian, Kan 12. J van Oosterom vs Ivkov   0-1 50 1967 Imperia op A10 English 13. J van Oosterom vs M Romi   1-0 35 1967 Imperia op A30 English, Symmetrical 14. J Sinke vs J van Oosterom 0-1 12 1980 NED-ch10 corr C33 King's Gambit Accepted 15. P Seewald vs J van Oosterom   0-1 36 1980 NED-ch10 corr E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 16. J van Oosterom vs R E Booij   1-0 27 1980 NED-ch10 corr C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 17. G Timmerman vs J van Oosterom   ½-½ 41 1980 NED-ch10 corr C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 18. J van Oosterom vs G Timmerman 0-1 31 1982 Volmac-A corr8286 C47 Four Knights 19. J J Carleton vs J van Oosterom 0-1 27 1987 W-ch14 q02 corr8793 C55 Two Knights Defense 20. A Deuel vs J van Oosterom   ½-½ 53 1987 W-ch14 q02 corr8793 E17 Queen's Indian 21. J van Oosterom vs J Kolenbrander   1-0 49 1991 NED jub25 corr9193 E84 King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line 22. T Wibe vs J van Oosterom   ½-½ 54 1991 NED jub25 corr9193 C27 Vienna Game 23. G Timmerman vs J van Oosterom   ½-½ 50 1991 NED jub25 corr9193 B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 24. H Rittner vs J van Oosterom   ½-½ 68 1991 NED jub25 corr9193 B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. E Bang vs J van Oosterom   ½-½ 30 1994 NOR jub50 corr E15 Queen's Indian  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 118

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing> May-12-07    whiteshark: Dear Mr. van Oosterom, CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE WIN OF THE <XXI CORRESPONDENCE CHESS WORLDCHAMPIONSHIP> !!!!! ................// ..............// ............//¢¾ .....(....//......) ......(.....¢¾...) .......(..¢¾,...) ........(.....) ..........(..) ...........II ...........II ...........II .....======= May-13-07    Caissanist: If Piket really did play Oosterman's games then his opening repertoire has undergone a huge change in a relatively short time. Piket never played the Najdorf Sicilian as black, and only rarely opened 1.e4 as white. May-17-07    Manic: This is the guy who is our opponent in the next Chessgames challenge right? May-17-07    Karpova: No, Gert Jan Timmerman will be our opponent. May-31-07    Karpova: Now it's official: Joop van Oosterom is the new World Champion of Correspondence Chess! The only one who could have caught him was our GM Nickel (with 6 points and four games not finished yet) but he said himself that he would likely score 2/4 from the last games. He drew Hector Walsh (2649) but would have had to win all of the remaining games. Crosstable: http://www.iccf-webchess.com/EventC... Congratulations to Mr. Oosterom! Jul-02-07    Prokofiev fan: He probably used his billions to buy a supercomputer or two, and low and behold he is the WCCC. Jul-02-07    russep: Exactly how is correspondance chess played what are the rules. Jul-02-07    WannaBe: <russep> For this particular game, Gert Jan Timmerman vs. World, visit the newly opened page Chessgames Challenge: The World vs G Timmerman, 2007, and read page 1. Dec-12-08    brankat: Happy Birthday Mr.Oosterom! Dec-12-08    Willem Wallekers: <offramp: ... but has their relationship continued now that Piket is inactive.> Yes, it has. Piket got a job in a company of Van Oosterom Mar-12-11    gauer: Hats off to Mr. Oosterom for 20 years of sponsoring & organizing a gold standard of Melody blindfold / rapid events. Jul-15-12    achieve: For those interested in the "Joop van Oosterom" pronunciation: I submitted the correct one to CG and you can hear it by clicking the "PRONUNCIATION" button located at the top of the Bio section. Oct-31-14    eternaloptimist: He is currently the #1 ranked correspondence chess player in the world!: https://www.iccf.com/RatingList.aspx Oct-31-14    john barleycorn: <eternaloptimist: He is currently the #1 ranked correspondence chess player in the world!> This qualifies him for challenging <TheWorld>. Nov-04-14    eternaloptimist: <john barleycorn> Indeed it does qualify him for that! Naiditsch is clearly no match for the CG team. We need to face a correspondence GM, not a regular GM. I might submit a request to chessgames.com to have our team face a corr. GM for our next game. Feb-04-17    sonia91: R.I.P.: http://www.quotenet.nl/Nieuws/IT-mi... Feb-04-17    moronovich: Thanks for all your support. R.I.P Feb-06-17    Caissanist: English-language obituary here: https://www.chess.com/news/view/joo... . Feb-06-17    WorstPlayerEver: Joke. Feb-06-17    paavoh: @WorstPlayerEver: <Joke.> Care to explain what is the funny part here? Feb-06-17    diagonal: <He was the biggest chess benefactor the world has ever seen> Susan Polgar on Joop van Oosterom: https://chessdailynews.com/rip-joop... Feb-10-17    diagonal: <Although it was commented in the chess circles already for some time, the news that probably the biggest chess mecenas of the 20th century Joop van Oosterom had passed away at the end of 2016 became official only now. It is difficult to express how much this man meant for the chess world only with a few words. He sponsored a countless number of chess events: The Melody Amber Rapid and Blindfold Chess Tournament as the most famous one. Van Oosterom also helped the local chess club in Monte Carlo, the small nations, the Volmac chess club, ladies, veterans and young players, always providing fantastic playing conditions for everyone. Practically all the big names in the chess world took part at least once in those events in Monaco, Nice, Amsterdam, Aruba or other cities. Joop van Osteroom was a stong player himself and even took part in a World Youth Chess Championship in 1955. He also became two times a World Correspondence Champion in 2005 and 2008. ... Veselin Topalov expresses his sincere condolences to the widow of Joop van Oosterom, Muriel, as well as to his daughters Melody and Crystal.> Veselin Topalov on Joop van Oosterom: http://veselin-topalov.com/index.ph... Feb-10-17    WorstPlayerEver: <paavoh> He bought his titles. So that is a joke. That Susan rat praises him says enough I think. Rats will be rats and die like rats. That's right 😊 Oct-14-24    Gottschalk: best ICCF rating 2779 https://www.iccf.com/player?id=3702... Oct-14-24    perfidious: Stop spamming. search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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