Theo van Scheltinga


Theo van Scheltinga, 1973
Surname	Tjeerd Daniel van Scheltinga
Association	Netherlands Netherlands
Born	March 6, 1914 Amsterdam
Died	July 30, 1994 Beverwijk
title	International champion (1950)
Best Elo rating	2370 (July 1971)

Tjeerd (Theo) Daniel van Scheltinga (born March 6, 1914 in Amsterdam , † July 30, 1994 in Beverwijk ) was a Dutch chess player.

Life

Theo van Scheltinga, 1962

Van Scheltinga learned the rules of chess at the age of 16 . At the Dutch championship in 1936 he was third. In 1939 he played a competition with Salo Landau in Amsterdam 5: 5 (+3 = 4 −3). In 1944 he won the Hoogovens tournament . In 1947 he won the Dutch championship together with Max Euwe , but was defeated by the ex-world champion in the subsequent playoff with 2.5: 5.5 (+0 = 5 −3). In the same year he won an important international tournament in Beverwijk . In 1950 he became an international master . In 1950 and 1952 he was again runner-up in the Netherlands. In 1960 he was divided second to fifth at the zone tournament in Budapest , in the subsequent trick fights for the interzonal tournament places he was eliminated. From 1937 to 1954 he represented the Netherlands in the national team at five chess Olympiads , and he also took part with the Dutch national team at the 1936 unofficial Chess Olympiad in Munich .

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personal data
SURNAME	Scheltinga, Theo van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Scheltinga, Tjeerd Daniel van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch chess player
DATE OF BIRTH	March 6, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH	Amsterdam
DATE OF DEATH	July 30, 1994
Place of death	Beverwijk