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Jan Hein Donner (Johannes Hendrikus (Hein) Donner) was born on 6 July, 1927 in The Hague, Netherlands, is a Dutch chess grandmaster (1927–1988). Discover Jan Hein Donner's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 61 years old?
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Johannes Hendrikus (Hein) Donner |
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61 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Cancer |
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6 July 1927 |
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6 July |
| Birthplace |
The Hague, Netherlands |
| Date of death |
27 November, 1988 |
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The Netherlands
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Jan Hein Donner Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Jan Hein Donner worth at the age of 61 years old? Jan Hein Donner’s income source is mostly from being a successful grandmaster. He is from The Netherlands. We have estimated Jan Hein Donner's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Johannes Hendrikus (Hein) Donner (July 6, 1927 – November 27, 1988) was a Dutch chess grandmaster and writer.
He played for the Netherlands in the Chess Olympiads 11 times (1950–1954, 1958–1962, 1968, 1972–1978).
He was the uncle of the former Dutch Minister of Social Affairs and Employment, Piet Hein Donner.
Donner was born in The Hague and won the Dutch Championship in 1954, 1957, and 1958.
He took part in the Internacional Chess Tournament (1956), Donner came third, behind Larsen and Darga.
FIDE, the World Chess Federation, awarded him the GM title in 1959.
On August 24, 1983, Donner suffered a stroke, which he wrote happened "just in time, because when you are 56 you do not play chess as well as you did when you were 26".
After surviving the stroke, he went to live in Vreugdehof, which he described as "a kind of nursing-home".
He was unable to walk, but had learned to type with one finger, and wrote for NRC Handelsblad and Schaaknieuws.
The character Onno Quist in the novel (and film) The Discovery of Heaven by Harry Mulisch is based on Donner.
Donner was also a chess columnist and writer.
He was famous for his outspoken and often outrageous columns about subjects such as women, politics, and fellow Dutch grandmaster Lodewijk Prins, whom Donner claimed "cannot tell a knight from a bishop".
In 1987, the book De Koning ("The King") was published, which contained 162 of his chess columns, all but the last written between 1950 and 1983, collected by Tim Krabbé and Max Pam.
Also in 1987, Donner received the Henriёtte Roland-Holst Prize, one of the Netherlands' most prestigious literary awards, for Na mijn dood geschreven ("Written after my death"), a selection from the mini-columns he had written for NRC Handelsblad.
On November 27, 1988, Donner died of a gastric hemorrhage.
He is buried at Zorgvlied cemetery.
An abridged edition had previously appeared in English in the 1990s.
"In round one of the Olympiad China won a famous victory over Iceland. Amongst the casualties was Grandmaster Sigurjonsson who lost to Qi Jung Xuan. Coming upon Sigurjonsson, ... Donner had attempted to console him with the following unfortunate choice of words: 'Tell me, Grandmaster, how can a Western European Grandmaster lose to a Chinaman?' In round eight, the Chinese played Holland. And the unlucky Donner got an answer to his question..."
Donner considered the following games to be his two best:
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 0-0 6.Nf3 d5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.a3 cxd4 9.exd4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Be7 11.Re1 a6 12.Ba2 b5 13.d5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Qxd5 Bb7 16.Qh5 g6 17.Qh6 Nd4 18.Ng5 Bxg5 19.Bxg5 Qb6 20.Rad1 Rac8 21.Re7 Qd6 22.Kh1 Qc6 23.Rxb7 Nf5 24.Bd5 Qc2 25.Rc1 Qe2 26.Bxf7+ Kh8 27.Bf6+
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.0-0 a6 8.d5 Na5 9.Nd2 c5 10.Qc2 Rb8 11.b3 b5 12.cxb5 axb5 13.Bb2 b4 14.Nd1 Ba6 15.Re1 Bh6 16.e4 Bxd2 17.Qxd2 c4 18.e5 Ne8 19.Qd4 c3 20.Nxc3 bxc3 21.Bxc3 f6 22.Qa7 Nxb3 23.axb3 Ra8 24.Ba5 Rxa7 25.Bxd8 fxe5 26.f4 Ng7 27.Bb6 Raa8 28.fxe5 Nf5 29.exd6 exd6 30.Bf2 Rfb8 31.g4 Nh6 32.Re7 Nxg4 33.Bd4 Rb4 34.Rg7+ Kf8 35.Rxh7 Bb7 36.Rf1+ Ke8 37.Bg7 Rd8 38.Rf8+ Kd7 39.Bf6+ 1–0
In 2006, New in Chess published an English translation of the complete De Koning, entitled The King: Chess Pieces.
