Haije Kramer (24 November 1917, Leeuwarden – 11 July 2004) was a Dutch chess master and theoretician. He began his chess career during World War II. He took 4th at Baarn 1940 (''Quadrangular'', Salo Landau won), took 3rd at The Hague 1940 (

George Salto Fontein George Schelto Fontein (11 July 1890 – 29 November 1963) was a Dutch chess master. Fontein was born in Harlingen, Friesland, as the son of Willem Adriaan Constantijn Fontein and Teetje Harmens. At the beginning of his career, he took 3rd at Lei ...

won), took 4th at Leeuwarden 1940 (

Nicolaas Cortlever Nicolaas (Nico) Cortlever (14 June 1915, in Amsterdam – 5 April 1995) was a Dutch chess master. He tied for 7-8th at Rotterdam 1936 (10th Dutch Chess Championship, NED-ch, Salo Landau won); took 2nd at Amsterdam 1938 (11th NED-ch, Max Euwe won) ...

, S. Landau and Lodewijk Prins won), and took 5th at Baarn 1941 ( Max Euwe won). Kramer lost two matches to Euwe 3–5 in 1940 and 1–7 in 1941. He played in Dutch Chess Championship at Leeuwarden 1942. After the war, he took 3rd in the

Hoogovens tournament The Tata Steel Chess Tournament is an annual chess tournament held in January in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. It was called the Hoogovens Tournament from its creation in 1938 until the sponsor Koninklijke Hoogovens merged with British Stee ...

at Beverwijk 1946 (

Alberic O'Kelly de Galway Alberic (french: Albéric; german: Alberich; nl, Alberik, lat, Albericus) is a name closely related to Aubrey. People with the name: People with the mononym *Alberic I, Count of Dammartin (died after 1162) *Alberic II, Count of Dammartin (died ...

won), won at Leiden 1946 (C-tournament), tied for 6–8th at Zaandam 1946 (M. Euwe won), tied for 2nd–3rd with George Alan Thomas, behind C. Vlagsma, at Baarn 1947, shared 1st at Leeuwarden 1947, took 2nd, behind L. Prins, at Nijmegen 1948, won at Vimperk 1949, tied for 3rd-4t at Beverwijk 1951 ( Hermann Pilnik won). He twice participated in zonal tournaments; took 11th at Bad Pyrmont 1951 ( Svetozar Gligorić won) and took 8th at Munich 1954 ( Wolfgang Unzicker won). Kramer represented the Netherlands in

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seven times from 1950–1962, and won individual bronze medal at Munich 1958. He is a co-author of ''Losbladige Schaakberichten'' and ''Het middenspel'' ("The Middle Game", The Hague 1952) with M. Euwe. Awarded the

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title in 1954 and the International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster title in 1984.

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