Nicolaas (Nico) Cortlever (14 June 1915, in

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– 5 April 1995) was a Dutch

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master. He tied for 7-8th at Rotterdam 1936 (10th NED-ch,

Salo Landau Salo (Salomon) Landau (1 April 1903, Bochnia, Galicia, Austria-Hungary – March 1944,Westerbork Cartotheek NIOD Amsterdam Grodziszcze, Świdnica County, Poland) was a Dutch chess player, who died in a Nazi concentration camp. Biography Early l ...

won); took 2nd at Amsterdam 1938 (11th NED-ch,

Max Euwe Machgielis "Max" Euwe (; May 20, 1901 – November 26, 1981) was a Dutch chess player, mathematician, author, and chess administrator. He was the fifth player to become World Chess Champion, a title he held from 1935 until 1937. He served as ...

won); won at the 2nd Hoogovens Beverwijk 1939 (''Quadrangular''); tied for 4-6th at Amsterdam I and 3rd-4th at Amsterdam II in 1939. During

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, he tied for 2nd-3rd at Beverwijk 1940 (''Quadrangular'', Euwe won); shared 1st with Landau and

Lodewijk Prins Lodewijk Prins (27 January 1913, Amsterdam – 11 November 1999) was a Dutch chess player and referee of chess competitions. Prins was awarded the International Master title in 1950, and was made an International Arbiter in 1960. In 1982 FI ...

at Leeuwarden 1940; took 2nd, behind

Arthur Wijnans Arthur Joseph Wijnans (21 July 1920 – 3 May 1945) was an Indonesia-born Dutch chess player, study composer and member of the Dutch resistance against the Germans in World War II. He took 3rd in Dutch Chess Championship in 1939, took 4th at ...

at Beverwijk 1941 (''Quadrangular''); tied for 14-15th at Munich 1941 (the 2nd ''Europaturnier'',

Gösta Stoltz Gösta Stoltz (May 9, 1904 – July 25, 1963) was a Swedish chess grandmaster. Biography Stoltz played a few matches with strong chess masters. In 1926, he lost to Mikhail Botvinnik (+0 –1 =1) at a team match Stockholm – Leningrad in S ...

won). After the war, he took 4th at Beverwijk 1946 (

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won); tied for 2nd-3rd at Zaandam 1946 ( László Szabó won); took 2nd at Beverwijk 1947 (

Theo van Scheltinga Tjeerd (Theo) Daniel van Scheltinga (6 March 1914, Amsterdam – 30 July 1994) was a Dutch chess player. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1950. Van Scheltinga was one of the leading Dutch players from 1936 to the late 1950s. ...

won); tied for 8-9th at Beverwijk 1948 (Prins won); took 4th at Beverwijk 1950 (

Jan Hein Donner Johannes Hendrikus (Hein) Donner (July 6, 1927 – November 27, 1988) was a Dutch chess grandmaster (GM) and writer. Donner was born in The Hague and won the Dutch Championship in 1954, 1957, and 1958. He took part in the Internacional Chess Tou ...

won). He took 4th at Amsterdam 1950 (15th NED-ch, Euwe won); tied for 7-9th at Enschede 1952 (16th NED-ch, Euwe won); tied for 9-10th at Beverwijk 1953 (

Nicolas Rossolimo Nicolas Rossolimo (russian: Николай Спиридонович Россоли́мо, translit=Nikolai Spiridonovich Rossolimo; February 28, 1910 – July 24, 1975) was a Russian Empire-born chess player. After acquiring Greek citizenship in 1 ...

won); tied for 2nd-3rd at Amsterdam 1954 (17th NED-ch, Donner won); took 2nd, behind Donner, at Amsterdam 1958 (19th NED-ch). Cortlever represented The Netherlands in

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s: *In 1936, at eighth board in

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in Munich (+4 –5 =9); *In 1939, at second board in

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in Buenos Aires (+3 –2 =11); *In 1950, at fourth board in

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in Dubrovnik (+6 –0 =5); *In 1952, at fourth board in

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in Helsinki (+6 –3 =4); *In 1954, at third board in

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in Amsterdam (+1 –3 =4). He won individual silver medal at Dubrovnik 1950.OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess
/ref> Cortlever was awarded the

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(IM) title in 1950.

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