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Joop van Oosterom was born on 12 December, 1937 in Hilversum, North Holland, Netherlands, is a Dutch billionaire and chess player (1937–2016). Discover Joop van Oosterom'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 78 years old?

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Age 78 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 12 December, 1937
Birthday 12 December
Birthplace Hilversum, North Holland, Netherlands
Date of death 22 October, 2016
Died Place Monaco
Nationality North

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1937

Joop van Oosterom (12 December 1937 – 22 October 2016) was a Dutch billionaire, chess and billiards sponsor, and twice correspondence chess world champion.

His fortune, made with the Volmac Software Group, was estimated by Dutch financial magazine Quote at €1.1 billion at the time of his death.

1992

From 1992 to 2011 he staged the annual Melody Amber chess tournament in Monaco, where world-class Grandmasters played rapid and blindfold games.

It is named after his first daughter Melody Amber.

1993

Van Oosterom was a strong correspondence chess player, but suffered a severe brain haemorrhage in 1993.

1994

His other daughter was the eponym to the Crystal Kelly Cup, an invitational tournament for three-cushion carom billiards, which has been held between 1994 and 2011 mostly in Monte Carlo and Nice.

2005

Nevertheless, he concluded the world correspondence chess championship successfully and became the 18th World Champion in Correspondence Chess in 2005.

This achievement, however, has been criticized, as at the time of the championship van Oosterom had hired the strong grandmaster Jeroen Piket as his personal secretary.

Earlier, van Oosterom had had two Dutch International Masters on his payroll whose job was to analyse his correspondence games.

Chess author Tim Krabbé wrote: "The Turk was operated by William Schlumberger, Mephisto was operated by Isidore Gunsberg, Ajeeb was operated by Harry Pillsbury and Joop van Oosterom is operated by Jeroen Piket."

2008

Van Oosterom also won the 21st World Championship Final in Correspondence Chess in 2008.

2017

In February 2017 it was announced that van Oosterom had died in October 2016.

No cause of death was announced and it is not clear why it was kept secret.