Dirk van Foreest

{{short description|Dutch chess player (1862–1956)}}

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{{family name hatnote|van Foreest|Foreest|lang=Dutch}}

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|name = Dirk van Foreest

|image = DirkVanForeest.jpg

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|country = Netherlands

|birth_date = 3 May 1862

|birth_place = Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands

|death_date = {{Death-date and age|24 February 1956|3 May 1862}}

|death_place = Oosthuizen, Netherlands

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{{lang|nl|Jonkheer}} Dirk van Foreest (3 May 1862 – 24 February 1956) was a Dutch chess master.[http://www.schaakclubutrecht.nl/histdirkforeest.html Dirk van Foreest] The elder brother of Arnold van Foreest, he thrice won Dutch Championship (in 1885, 1886, and 1887).https://web.archive.org/web/20091028082835/http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/7378/amster.htm Amsterdam and Chess He also took fifth place in 1884 and took second place, behind Rudolf Loman, in 1888.[http://www.chessmetrics.com Welcome to the Chessmetrics site]{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060414132700/http://www.chessmetrics.com/ |date=14 April 2006 }} He is the great-great-granduncle of Jorden van Foreest, who won the Dutch Championship in 2016.{{cite web|url =https://chess24.com/en/read/news/17-year-old-van-foreest-wins-dutch-title|title = 17-year-old Van Foreest wins Dutch title|first =Colin|last = McGourty|publisher =Chess24|date =30 August 2016}}

By profession, van Foreest was a medical doctor,[https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2015/08/28/een-wonderlijk-gronings-schaakgezin-1530070-a157074 Een wonderlijk Gronings schaakgezin] and Max Euwe once said he could have been World Champion if he had dedicated himself fully to chess.[https://www.volkskrant.nl/sport/jonkheer-van-17-zet-dynastie-met-schaaktitel-voort~a4366092/ Jonkheer van 17 zet dynastie met schaaktitel voort]