Willem Jan Mühring (17 August 1913 – 17 January 1997) was a Dutch

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International Master (IM) (1951). __TOC__

Biography

Willem Mühring was one of the pioneers in the implementation of IBM computers in Netherlands public administration. Also Willem Mühring was a well-known tournament chess player and international chess master (1951). He learnt the game at the age of fifteen. In 1932, Willem Mühring won the

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City Chess Championship. In 1947, in

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he ranked 2nd in an International Chess Tournament before

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. After Second World War he successfully played in

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: * 1947/1948 shared 2nd - 3rd place; * 1948/1949 ranked 3rd place. In 1955, in

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he shared 1st in International Chess Tournament before Max Euwe. Willem Mühring played for Netherlands in the

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: * In 1956, at fourth board in the 12th Chess Olympiad in

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(+3, =10, -4). Willem Mühring played for Netherlands in the unofficial Chess Olympiad: * In 1936, at sixth board in the

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(+4, =9, -4). Willem Mühring played for Netherlands in the

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preliminaries: * In 1957, at sixth board in the 1st European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+0, =2, -0). Willem Mühring played for Netherlands in the Clare Benedict Chess Cup: * In 1953, at fifth board in the 1st Clare Benedict Chess Cup in

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(+3, =2, -0) and won team and individual gold medals.

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