Comments on: The endgame technique of a 99-year-old

By: bas1191

bas1191 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:05:31 +0000

@Arne Yes, Loe de Jong was a member of the Amsterdam chessclub Parkwijk, until his death in 2005. Even after the stroke he suffered in his eighties, he continued to frequent the regular Parkwijkevenings on Thursdays. We joined the club in the same year (1982) and played many games! If you like you can find out more about this old chessclub at the City Archives of Amsterdam, check out https://stadsarchief.amsterdam.nl/archieven/archiefbank/overzicht/1193.nl.html

By: Winterschaker

Winterschaker — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:04:30 +0000

I hope that when I’m 99 years old, people wont praise me for drawing with white against a patzer like Peter Doggers!

By: Ritch

Ritch — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:26:37 +0000

Ah! And the Fred Lucas photos, magnificent as usual

By: Ritch

Ritch — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:25:17 +0000

Wonderful article. Thank you

By: Bert de Bruut

Bert de Bruut — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:47:10 +0000

@ Arne 9:20
No Bas is not mixing anything up, historian Loe de Jong was a chessplayer too,

By: Frits Fritschy

Frits Fritschy — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:14:53 +0000

Arne,
You are completely right; in the late thirties every jew felt the threat of wat was coming. But I’m not aware of any impediments for Dutch Jewish citizens before the German occupation in 1940, and that is suggested here.

By: Arne Moll

Arne Moll — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:46:44 +0000

At the end of the 30s the situation for Jews in The Netherlands wasn’t exactly cheerful either, Frits. And as early as october/november 1941, Jews weren’t allowed anymore on any non-Jewish clubs at all. Towards the end of the war, there hardly weren’t any in public life at all.

By: Frits Fritschy

Frits Fritschy — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:56:29 +0000

A great read, but one mistake:
“I was the chairman of a chess club here in Amsterdam. At the end of the 1930s the situation for our Jewish members became more and more difficult.”
This should be “Towards the end of the war”. I don’t doubt Mr. Van Hulst knows this. Maybe two stories mixed up? (”At the end of the 1930s the situation for Jews in Germany became more and more difficult.”)

By: Arne Moll

Arne Moll — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:29:12 +0000

@bas1191: Loe de Jong? Aren’t you confusing two people?

By: bas1191

bas1191 — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:09:31 +0000

@pieter nice, those things you tell about prof. Loe de Jong. He used to be a member of our chessclub in Amsterdam (Parkwijk, celebrating her centennial this year by the way) and was quite a steady defender, using mainly English setups in the opening. I vividly remember the story he used to tell about how he managed to play chess before he entered our club. During his frequent flights abroad, he used to walk up and down the isles of the airplane, demonstratively showing his pocket chess-set, until someone would invite him for a game of chess. Which would make his wife say, as he liked to quote: “What, are you prostituting yourself again?!”