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Dec 01, 1921 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands Died on 14 Jan 1945 (aged 23)
Dutch chess player
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About Arnold Van Den Hoek
- Arnold (Arnoldus) Johannes van den Hoek (1 December 1921, Amsterdam – 14 January 1945, Watenstedt, suburb of Braunschweig) was a Dutch chess master. In August 1942, v.d.
- Hoek, Adriaan de Groot and Nicolaas Cortlever tied for first place in the qualifier of Dutch Chess Championship in Leeuwarden.
- He won the playoff, and next lost a match for the title to Max Euwe (2 : 8) at The Hague 1942.
- In January 1943, he won the Beverwijk Hoogovenstoernooi.
- Later that year he was deported to do forced labour in a German defence plant.
- He was killed there in an allied bombardment on 14 January 1945.
