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Fenny Heemskerk
Fenny Heemskerk
	Heemskerk in 1968
Country	Netherlands
Born	December 3, 1919; Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died	June 8, 2007 (aged 87); Amersfoort, Netherlands
Title	Woman Grandmaster (1978)
Peak rating	2050 (January 1975)

Fenny Heemskerk (3 December 1919 in Amsterdam^[1] – 8 June 2007 in Amersfoort) was a Dutch chess player.

Biography

She won the female Dutch Chess Championship ten times (1937, 1939, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958 and 1961). Heemskerk won a match against Catharina Roodzant 4.5 : 0.5 in 1937, and lost a match to Sonja Graf 0 : 4 in 1939 in Amsterdam.

She took eighth place in Women's World Chess Championship at Moscow 1950 (Lyudmila Rudenko won),^[2] tied for second/third in Candidates Tournament at Moscow 1952 (Elisabeth Bykova won),^[3] took ninth place in Candidates Tournament at Moscow 1955 (Olga Rubtsova won),^[4] tied for 15–16th in Candidates Tournament at Vrnjacka Banja 1961 (Nona Gaprindashvili won).^[5]

She played in the 1st Women's Chess Olympiad at Emmen 1957 – but had to withdraw after only two days upon learning her father had died.^[6] In 1989, at the age of 70 she participated in the Moscow GMA qualifiers alongside strong male Grandmasters.^[7]

Heemskerk was awarded the Woman International Master (WIM) title in 1950, and the Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title in 1977.^[1] She was invested as a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.

In January 1940 Heemskerk married FIDE Master Willem Koomen^[8] and soon gave birth to a daughter. The marriage broke up in 1944.^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 167, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
^ "World Chess Championship (women) : 1949–50 Title Tournament". Mark-weeks.com. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
^ "World Chess Championship (women) : 1952 Candidates Tournament". Mark-weeks.com. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
^ "World Chess Championship (women) : 1955 Candidates Tournament". Mark-weeks.com. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
^ "World Chess Championship (women) : 1961 Candidates Tournament". Mark-weeks.com. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
^ "Je Maintiendrai - Chess.com". Blog.chess.com. 15 June 2007. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
^ https://www.365chess.com/tournaments/GMA_op_1989/21564 ^{[bare URL]}
^ "Huwelijk Nederlands schaakkampioene". Tijdschrift van den Koninklijken Nederlandschen Schaakbond. 47 (1): 30. January 1940.
^ Hageman, Esther (27 June 2007) Fenny Heemskerk 1919–2007. trouw.nl

External links

Fenny Heemskerk player profile and games at Chessgames.com

[Gaige-1] Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 167, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6

[2] "World Chess Championship (women) : 1949–50 Title Tournament". Mark-weeks.com. Retrieved 2011-12-20.

[3] "World Chess Championship (women) : 1952 Candidates Tournament". Mark-weeks.com. Retrieved 2011-12-20.

[4] "World Chess Championship (women) : 1955 Candidates Tournament". Mark-weeks.com. Retrieved 2011-12-20.

[5] "World Chess Championship (women) : 1961 Candidates Tournament". Mark-weeks.com. Retrieved 2011-12-20.

[6] "Je Maintiendrai - Chess.com". Blog.chess.com. 15 June 2007. Retrieved 2011-12-20.

[7] ttps://www.365chess.com/tournaments/GMA_op_1989/21564 ^{[bare URL]}

[8] "Huwelijk Nederlands schaakkampioene". Tijdschrift van den Koninklijken Nederlandschen Schaakbond. 47 (1): 30. January 1940.

[9] Hageman, Esther (27 June 2007) Fenny Heemskerk 1919–2007. trouw.nl

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