Frits Roessel (born 5 February 1937) is a Dutch chess player.

Frits Roessel
CountryNetherlands
Born (1937-02-05) 5 February 1937 (age 87)

Biography

edit

From the late 1950s to the mid-1960s, Frits Roessel was one of the leading new generation chess players in the Netherlands. In 1953, in Copenhagen he played in 2nd World Junior Chess Championship and ranked in 11th place (3rd in Final B).[1] In 1955, Frits Roessel won 1st Dutch Open Chess Championship.[2]

Frits Roessel played for Netherlands in the Chess Olympiad:[3]

Frits Roessel played for Netherlands in the European Team Chess Championship preliminaries:[4]

  • In 1965, at fourth board in the 3rd European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+2, =0, -0).

Frits Roessel played for Netherlands in the World Student Team Chess Championships:[5]

  • In 1955, at second board in the 2nd World Student Team Chess Championship in Lyon (+4, =2, -3),
  • In 1958, at first board in the 5th World Student Team Chess Championship in Varna (+5, =1, -4),
  • In 1961, at second board in the 8th World Student Team Chess Championship in Helsinki (+4, =7, -1),
  • In 1963, at third board in the 10th World Student Team Chess Championship in Budva (+5, =5, -2).

Frits Roessel played for Netherlands in the Clare Benedict Chess Cup:[6]

  • In 1957, at fourth board in the 4th Clare Benedict Chess Cup in Bern (+3, =1, -1) and won team silver medal,
  • In 1961, at second board in the 8th Clare Benedict Chess Cup in Neuhausen (+1, =3, -1).

References

edit
  1. ^ "OlimpBase :: 2nd World Junior Chess Championship, Copenhagen 1953". www.olimpbase.org.
  2. ^ Open Kampioen van Nederland | Schaakbond
  3. ^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Frits Roessel". www.olimpbase.org.
  4. ^ "OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship (preliminaries) :: Fritz Roessel". www.olimpbase.org.
  5. ^ "OlimpBase :: World Student Team Chess Championship :: Fritz Roessel". www.olimpbase.org.
  6. ^ "OlimpBase :: Clare Benedict Chess Cup :: Fritz Roessel". www.olimpbase.org.
edit