Rudolf Loman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rudolf Loman

Dutch chess player

Date of Birth: 14-Oct-1861

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 05-Nov-1932

Profession: organist, chess player

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Rudolf Loman (14 October 1861 – 5 November 1932) was a Dutch chess master.
Son of Abraham Dirk Loman. Born in Amsterdam, Loman had been living in London for a number of years.
He played chess for money against rich Englishmen, like his Dutch pupil Jacques Davidson.
Loman had returned to the Netherlands, and later, in 1912, he would become Dutch champion (the 2nd official NED-ch in Delft).He won several unofficial Dutch championships: at Rotterdam 1888, The Hague 1890, Utrecht 1891, Groningen 1893 (jointly), Rotterdam 1894, and Utrecht 1897.In matches he drew with Paul Saladin Leonhardt (+4 -4 =2) at London 1904, lost to Johannes Esser (+0 -3 =1) in 1913 (the 3rd NED-ch, play-off), and lost to Edgar Colle (+1 -2 =2) at London 1922.
He died in The Hague.