Henri Weenink

Henri Gerard Marie Weenink ( born October 18, 1892 in Amsterdam, † December 2, 1931 ) was a Dutch chess master and chess composer

Life

Weenink had to interrupt his maths degree because of conscription for military service in World War II. He died of tuberculosis.

Chess

As Weenink was 15 years old, the first time one of his compositions in the Tijdschrift was published. After the First World War, he was clerk of a chess column in op te Hoogte and Oprechte Haarlemsche Courant. In 1928 he was also clerk for chess composition in the Tijdschrift. He was one of the few in his time chess professionals in the Netherlands and took the four Chess Olympiads 1927-1931 part.

Posthumously published in 1932 Weeninks book about David Przepiórka containing 130 tasks of the Polish champion colleagues.

Works

  • Het Schaakprobleem. Ideas en Scholes. 1921
  • Eindspelen I- LIV. Margraten 1992 ( collection of articles )
  • David Przepiórka. A Master of Strategy. Amsterdam 1932
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