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Piet Kroon

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Piet Kroon
CountrySouth Africa
Born(1945-02-26)26 February 1945
The Hague, Netherlands
Died2021

Piet Kroon (26 February 1945 - 2021[1]) was a South African chess player, three-times South African Chess Championship winner (1965, 1969, 1975).

Biography

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In the 1960s and 1970s Piet Kroon was one of South Africa's leading chess players. He participated many times in South African Chess Championship and three times won this tournament: in 1965, 1969 and 1975 (shared with Charles de Villiers).

Piet Kroon played for South Africa in the Chess Olympiads:[2]

References

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  1. ^ MARK RUBERY CHESS - PressReader
  2. ^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Piet Kroon". www.olimpbase.org.
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