Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk

Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk
Herman van Riemsdijk, Queenstown, New Zealand 2006
Full name Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk
Country Brazil
Born (1948-08-26) 26 August 1948
Tiel, Netherlands
Title International Master (1978)
Peak rating 2460 (July 1991)

Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk (born August 26, 1948 Tiel, Gelderland, the Netherlands) is a Brazilian chess player.

Born in Holland he arrived in Brazil on 16 June 1958. He was Brazilian Champion in 1970, 1973, and 1988, and Pan American Champion in 1977. He was awarded the International Master title in 1978 and he is also an International Arbiter. He played 11 times for Brazil in the Chess Olympiads (1972–1974, 1978–1984, 1988–1994, 1998).[1]

He has written articles for several chess publications, and with Belgian chess player Willem Diederik Hajenius he co-authored the book Final Countdown, a treatise on pawn endings. He has also been a second to Brazilian junior players, and has played as widely as New Zealand (where a brother lives) and Australia. His fluency in several languages helps.

In 2018 he was appointed captain/coach of the New Zealand women's team for the 43rd Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Men's Chess Olympiads: Herman Claudius Van Riemsdijk". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  2. ↑ New Zealand Chess Federation, Batumi Olympiad 2018 updates


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