Gert Ligterink

{{short description|Dutch chess player}}

{{Infobox chess player

|name = Gert Ligterink

|image = IBM-schaaktoernooi in Amsterdam, Ligterink in aktie, Bestanddeelnr 928-6831.jpg

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|country = Netherlands

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|11|17}}

|birth_place = Oldekerk, Netherlands

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|title = International Master (1977)

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|rating =

|peakrating = 2470 (January 1986)

|FideID = 1000179

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Gert Ligterink (born 17 November 1949 in Oldekerk) is a Dutch chess player. He was awarded the International Master title in 1977 and won the Dutch Chess Championship in 1979.{{cite web|url=http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=23103|title=The chess games of Gert Ligterink|publisher=ChessGames.com|accessdate=17 February 2014}} He played for the Netherlands in the Chess Olympiads of 1976 (individual bronze medal), 1978, 1980 and 1982{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/players/bvxtt15f.html|title=Men's Chess Olympiads: Gert Ligterink|last=Bartelski|first=Wojciech|publisher=OlimpBase|accessdate=17 February 2014}} and in the European Team Chess Championship of 1983 (individual silver medal).{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playerse/bvxtt15f.html|title=European Men's Team Chess Championship: Gert Ligterink|last=Bartelski|first=Wojciech|publisher=OlimpBase|accessdate=17 February 2014}}

Ligterink wrote the chess column for Tata Steel Chess from 2003 to 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.tatasteelchess.com/news/column|title=Gert Ligterink's column archive|publisher=Tata Steel Chess|accessdate=17 February 2014}}