Frederik (Freek) Antonius Spinhoven

Frederik (Freek) Antonius Spinhoven (Netherlands, 7.11.1908 - 23.5.1989)

Very strong chess player, chess composer of endgame studies and editor

Frederik Antonius Spinhoven was born 1908 in Dordrecht.
He worked as a bank clerk from 1926 until 1973, specialized in foreign bonds.
In the 1930`s, he was one of the strongest chess players in the Netherlands.
The newspaper column of Schelfhout aroused his interest in studies. 
He was more than twenty years endgame study editor of Schakend Nederland.
 
(Source: Endgame study composing in the Netherlands and Flanders by Jan Van Reek and Henk Van Donk).

Source: Website ARVES

Others: 5 endgame studies composed by Spinhoven are selected on Website ARVES

ON Website chessgames.com are some interesting chess games played by Spinhoven.

Spinhoven played against Capablanca (He won!) and also against Euwe.