Anton (Teun) Balemans

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Birth Date:
18.12.1951
Death date:
03.04.2019
Length of life:
67
Days since birth:
26917
Years since birth:
73
Days since death:
2339
Years since death:
6
Categories:
Chess player
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Anton (Teun) Balemans (The Netherlands, * Tuesday, 18.12.1951 -  † Wednesday, 03.04.2019).

Philosopher, strong chess player, chess composer of chess studies (60) and author  

He had lived most of his life in Eindhoven, finished gymnasium alpha, studied some time and became a freelance and parttime journalist. His other interests, such as literature, get in the way of a professional career. In his youth, he was a strong over the board player, and became known as a first team player for Eindhoven with a rating of circa 2300 elo. When he was about twenty - one his interest shifted to endgame study composing. His chess studies show great analytical strength.   (Info taken from: "Endgame study composing in the Netherlands and Flanders" by Jan van Reek and Henk van Donk).

Endgame studies in Internet                                                                                                                                                      On the Dutch Website ARVES (arves.org) are selected 16 chess studies composed by him.

Source: arves.org

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