Full name Arthur Joseph Wijnans Country Netherlands | Name Arthur Wijnans Role Chess Player | |
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Born July 21, 1920
Padang, Indonesia ( 1920-07-21 ) Died May 3, 1945, Neustadt in Holstein, Germany | ||
Arthur Joseph Wijnans (21 July 1920 in Padang, Indonesia – 3 May 1945, in Neustadt in Holstein) was a Dutch chess player, study composer and member of the Dutch resistance against the Germans in World War II.
He took 3rd in Dutch Chess Championship in 1939, took 4th at Beverwijk 1940 (the 3rd Hoogovens, won by Max Euwe), won at Beverwijk 1941 (the 4th Hoogovens), and shared 2nd, after Arnold van den Hoek, at Beverwijk 1943 (the 6th Hoogovens). At the end of World War II, he and other winner at Beverwijk, van den Hoek, were transferred to Germany. Wijnans went to Neuengamme concentration camp. He was killed during the allied bombardment of the Cap Arcona on 3 May 1945.
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