Hendrik Mesman

Hendrik (Henk) Gerard Antoon Mesman (* Antwerp, 1919 - † Netherlands 12.10.2006) 

Mesman was a former master in chess and endgame study composer of chess from Rotterdam.

Life

"He was taken prisoner of war in 1940 but escaped the same night!" (Source: Endgame study composing in the Netherlands and Flanders" by Jan Van Reek and Van Donk).

About his chess studies

His interest in the chess study started 1945, when he tried to solve an endgame study by Kok.

He started composing and won the Postma thematic tourney in 1946.

Mesman`s best studies are subtle chess miniatures"

Source: Endgame study composing in the Netherlands and Flanders" by Jan Van Reek and Van Donk

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