Norman van Lennep, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetNorman van Lennep
Dutch chess player
Date of Birth: 20-Sep-1872
Date of Death: 29-Sep-1897
Profession: chess player
Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Norman van Lennep
- Norman Willem van Lennep (20 September 1872 – 29 September 1897) was a Dutch chess master. Born into a wealthy family in Amsterdam, grandson of the famous Dutch writer Jacob van Lennep, he dropped out of education early, and in 1893, at the age of 20, became a secretary of the Dutch Chess Federation and an editor of its magazine.
- In 1893 he drew two matches with Rudolf Loman (+2 –2 =0 and +1 –1 =1) and won a match against his grandnephew Arnold van Foreest (+3 –0 =2).
- He won at Leipzig 1894 (the 9th DSB Congress, Hauptturnier A) and took 5th at Rotterdam 1894 (Rudolf Loman won). In August 1895 Van Lennep went to England as a reserve entrant in the Hastings 1895 chess tournament, but was not allowed to play, so instead reported on the tournament for his magazine.
- It was then announced that he had decided to stay; from his letters it appears his father had disowned him unless he ceased his involvement in chess and found a steady job and a wife.He returned to the Netherlands, won at Amsterdam 1897 followed by L.D.
- Tresling, D.
- Bleijkmans and A.
- van Foreest, and killed himself, jumping into the North Sea from a ship at the age of 25.
Read more at Wikipedia