Piet Kroon
| Piet Kroon | |
|---|---|
| Country | South Africa |
| Born | 26 February 1945 The Hague, Netherlands |
| Died | 2021 |
Piet Kroon (26 February 1945 - 2021[1]) was a South African chess player, three-times South African Chess Championship winner (1965, 1969, 1975).
Biography
[edit]In the 1960s and 1970s Piet Kroon was one of South Africa's leading chess players. He participated many times in South African Chess Championship and three times won this tournament: in 1965, 1969 and 1975 (shared with Charles de Villiers).
Piet Kroon played for South Africa in the Chess Olympiads:[2]
- In 1966, at second board in the 17th Chess Olympiad in Havana (+7, =2, -3),
- In 1968, at second board in the 18th Chess Olympiad in Lugano (+3, =4, -6),
- In 1974, at second board in the 21st Chess Olympiad in Nice (+2, =1, -3).
References
[edit]- ^ MARK RUBERY CHESS - PressReader
- ^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Piet Kroon". www.olimpbase.org.
External links
[edit]- Piet Kroon rating card at FIDE
- Piet Kroon player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Piet Kroon chess games at 365Chess.com
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