Gerrit van Doesburgh

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Doesburgh, not Doesburgh.

Gerrit Roelof Diederik van Doesburgh (26 October 1900 – 24 April 1966) was a Dutch chess player, Dutch Chess Championship silver medalist (1936).

Gerrit van Doesburgh
Country	Netherlands
Born	(1900-10-26)26 October 1900
Died	24 April 1966(1966-04-24) (aged 65)

Biography

In the 1930s Gerrit van Doesburgh was one of the leading Dutch chess players. In 1936, in Rotterdam he ranked 2nd in Dutch Chess Championship behind winner Salo Landau.

Gerrit van Doesburgh played for Netherlands in the Chess Olympiad:^[1]

• In 1931, at reserve board in the 4th Chess Olympiad in Prague (+0, =0, -5).

Gerrit van Doesburgh played for Netherlands in the unofficial Chess Olympiad:^[2]

• In 1936, at first board in the 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad in Munich (+1, =4, -13).