Jacques Davidson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jacques Davidson

Dutch chess player

Date of Birth: 14-Nov-1890

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 13-Jan-1969

Profession: chess player

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Jacques Davidson

  • Jacques Davidson (14 November 1890, in Amsterdam – 13 January 1969, in Amsterdam) was a Dutch chess master. Before World War I, he had lived in London for a number of years.
  • Jacques had played with his father for a stake, he had won, and though he was not paid, the idea had occurred to him that it could be profitable to play chess against wealthy Englishmen.
  • He learned how to proceed from another Dutchman, Rudolf Loman.
  • In the 1920s, Davidson would finish second in the Dutch championship twice, behind Max Euwe.In 1911, he won a match against Edward Sergeant (2,5 : 0,5) in London.
  • He tied for 3rd-5th at Tunbridge Wells 1911 (Frederick Yates won); took 15th at Cologne 1911 (Moishe Lowtzky won); tied for 2nd-3rd at London 1912 (Harold Godfrey Cole won); took 6th at London 1912 (George Alan Thomas won); tied for 4-7th at London 1913 (Edward Lasker won).He took 2nd at Nijmegen 1921 (Euwe won); took 8th at The Hague 1921 (Alexander Alekhine won); took 16th at Scheveningen 1923 (10+10, Paul Johner and Rudolf Spielmann won); took twice 2nd, behind Euwe, in Amsterdam (1923, 1924).
  • Davidson won at Amsterdam 1925 (Quadrangular); took 16th at Semmering 1926 (Spielmann won); took 8th at Spa 1926 (Friedrich Sämisch and Thomas won); took 2nd at Utrecht 1927 (Quadrangular, Euwe won); shared 1st with Hartingsvelt at Amsterdam 1927; tied for 5-6th at Amsterdam 1929 (Euwe won).He played several matches; drew with Richard Teichmann at Berlin 1922, and lost to Euwe (1924, 1927) and Spielmann (1932, 1933), all in Amsterdam.

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