George Schelto Fontein Explained

George Schelto Fontein (11 July 1890 – 29 November 1963)[1] was a Dutch chess master.

Fontein was born in Harlingen, Friesland, as the son of Willem Adriaan Constantijn Fontein and Teetje Harmens.[2] At the beginning of his career, he took 3rd at Leiden 1909 (the 1st official Netherlands Chess Championship won by Adolf Georg Olland). Then, he tied for 2nd-4th in interrupted Mannheim 1914 chess tournament (Hauptturnier C). During World War I, he tied for 3rd-4th at Scheveningen 1915, tied for 5-6th at Amsterdam 1916, shared 1st with Gerard Oskam at Scheveningen 1917, won at The Hague 1917/18, and tied for 3-4th at Scheveningen 1918.[3] After the war, he took 2nd at Scheveningen 1919, tied for 2nd-3rd at Scheveningen 1920 (the 4th Silver Queen Cup, Max Euwe won), shared 1st at The Hague 1920, tied for 1st-2nd at Scheveningen 1922 (the 6th Silver Cup), won at The Hague 1923, tied for 7-10th at Amsterdam 1924 (the 6th NED-ch), won at The Hague 1925, and shared 1st with Rudolf Loman at The Hague 1930.[4]

He won a match against Johannes van den Bosch (3–2) at The Hague 1930.[5] He tied for 10-12th at Amsterdam 1938 (the 11th NED-ch[6]),[7] tied for 4-6th at Amsterdam (KNSB) 1939, took 6th at Amsterdam (VARA) 1939, took 2nd at Baarn (II Quadrangular) 1939,[8] and won at The Hague (Keusbeker) 1940.[9] After World War II, he took 2nd at Leiden (A) 1946,[10] and tied for 5-8th at Baarn (Section 2, Savielly Tartakower won).[11]

He played in several friendly matches: The Netherlands – Great Britain in 1914, Berlin – Scheveningen (radiomatch) in 1920, The Netherlands – The Foreigners at Scheveningen 1923, The Hague – Hastings in 1923, The Netherlands – Belgium in 1927, The Netherlands – England in 1937, England – Netherlands in 1938, The Netherlands – England in 1939, The Netherlands – England in 1947.[12]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=22229 George Schelto Fontein
  2. https://www.wiewaswie.nl/personen-zoeken/zoeken/document/a2apersonid/672453470/srcid/15233171/oid/30 Birth registration of George Schelto Fontein
  3. Web site: Archived copy . 2007-07-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070704030849/http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf . 2007-07-04 . Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01
  4. http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/ Roger Paige's Chess Site
  5. http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/PlayerProfile.asp?Params=199510SSSSS3S038934000000141000000000009210100 Chessmetrics Player Profile: George Salto Fontein
  6. http://www.endgame.nl/dchamps.htm Dutch chess champions
  7. http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables9.htm Roger Paige's Chess Site - 1938
  8. http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables10.htm Roger Paige's Chess Site - 1939
  9. http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables11.htm Roger Paige's Chess Site - 1940
  10. http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/Tables%2017.htm Roger Paige's Chess Site - 1946
  11. http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/Tables%2018.htm Roger Paige's Chess Site - 1947
  12. http://www.olimpbase.org/index.html?http%3A%2F%2Fwww.olimpbase.org%2Fother%2Ffriendlies.html OlimpBase :: Friendly matches