Fenny Heemskerk
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Fenny Heemskerk (3 December 1919, Amsterdam[1] – 8 June 2007, Amersfoort) was a Dutch female chess master.
She won ten times the female Dutch Chess Championship (1937, 1939, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958 and 1961). Heemskerk won a match against Catharina Roodzant 4.5 : 0.5 in 1937, and lost a match to Sonja Graf 0 : 4 in 1939 in Amsterdam.
She took 8th in Women's World Chess Championship at Moscow 1950 (Lyudmila Rudenko won), [2] tied for 2nd-3rd in Candidates Tournament at Moscow 1952 (Elisabeth Bykova won),[3] took 9th in Candidates Tournament at Moscow 1955 (Olga Rubtsova won),[4] tied for 15-16th in Candidates Tournament at Vrnjacka Banja 1961 (Nona Gaprindashvili won).[5]
She played in the first Women's Chess Olympiad at Emmen 1957 - but, sadly, had to withdraw after only 2 days upon learning her father had died.[6]
Heemskerk was awarded the Woman International Master (WIM) title in 1950, and the Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title in 1977.[1]
Fenny Heemskerk was Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 167, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
- ^ World Chess Championship (women) : 1949-50 Title Tournament
- ^ World Chess Championship (women) : 1952 Candidates Tournament
- ^ World Chess Championship (women) : 1955 Candidates Tournament
- ^ World Chess Championship (women) : 1961 Candidates Tournament
- ^ Je Maintiendrai - Chess.com
