Harold van der Heijden
- January 10, 2024
- Chess Composer
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Harold van der Heijden |
| Occupation | Chess Composer |
| Date Of Birth | Dec 18, 1960(1960-12-18) |
| Age | 64 |
| Birthplace | Veghel |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Birth City | North Brabant |
| Horoscope | Aquarius |
Harold van der Heijden Biography
| Name | Harold van der Heijden |
| Birthday | Dec 18 |
| Birth Year | 1960 |
| Place Of Birth | Veghel |
| Home Town | North Brabant |
| Birth Country | Netherlands |
| Birth Sign | Aquarius |
Harold van der Heijden is one of the most popular and richest Chess Composer who was born on December 18, 1960 in Veghel, North Brabant, Netherlands. Harold van der Heijden is a Dutch composer of chess endgame studies. He was born in Veghel, The Netherlands, on 18 December 1960. By profession, after finishing his PhD in 2009, he is head of the Research and Development laboratory of a veterinary institute.
His collection of endgame studies is probably the largest collection in the world (counting over 83,000 studies as of September 2014). This collection is helpful for judges in anticipation checking. He was consulted by judges of many tourneys and also organized and/or judged several endgame study tourneys himself. In 2001 he was awarded by the Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions (PCCC) the title of International Judge for Chess Composition for endgame studies and in 2012 the FM title for chess composition.
Harold van der Heijden Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Chess Composer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Harold van der Heijden is one of the richest Chess Composer from Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Harold van der Heijden 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was editor (1989) and later chief editor (1993) of the magazine EBUR of the Dutch endgame circle ARVES. EBUR merged in 2007 with the famous international endgame study magazine EG founded by John Roycroft in 1965. He was also editor of this magazine since 1991 and took over chief editorship from John Roycroft with the merger of the magazines.
He published well over 130 of his own studies. With his 101 studies participating in tourneys, he won 28 prizes, 31 honourable mentions and 17 commendations (as of September 2014). He was appointed by the Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions (PCCC) as Section Director of the FIDE Album for the endgame study section starting with the 1998-2000 Album until the 2007-2009 Album.
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Nana Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Netherlands. Harold van der Heijden celebrates birthday on December 18 of every year.