What is Joop Fernhout?
{{Infobox chess player |name = Joop Fernhout |image = |caption = |birthname = Johannes Fernhout |country = [[Netherlands]] |birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|06|27|df=yes}} |birth_place = [[Gorinchem]], Netherlands |death_date = {{Death date and age|1995|10|9|1920|06|27|df=yes}} |death_place = |title = |worldchampion = |rating = |peakrating = |peakranking = |FideID = }} '''Johannes “Joop” Fernhout''' (27 June 1920 - 9 October 1995) was a Dutch [[chess]] player and chess composer. ==Biography== During [[World War II]], Fernhout worked at [[Statistics Netherlands]]. He was also a resistance member during the war. Fernhout became Master of Law in 1945 and moved for work to the Dutch Indies. During his business career there he was among others president of AVROS, an agricultural producers organization with 250,000 employees in [[North Sumatra]].<ref name=arves>{{cite web |title= Selection out of 22 studies composed by Johannes (Joop) Fernhout|url= https://www.arves.org/arves/index.php/en/halloffame/789-fernhout-johannes-1920-1995 |website=arves.org |access-date=5 July 2022}}</ref> Fernhout became in 1948 chess champion of [[Batavia]] and [[West Java]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010898142:mpeg21:a0061 |title=Mr. J. Fernhout schaakkampioen Batavia De derde vrouwen wereldspelen. Het programma|work=[[Het dagblad]]|via=[[Delpher]]|date=9 June 1948|access-date=5 July 2022|language=nl}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011209982:mpeg21:a0075 |title=Titanen-match|work=[[De vrije pers]]|via=[[Delpher]]|date=15 November 1948|access-date=5 July 2022|language=nl}}</ref> Fernhout moved back to the Netherlands in 1958, where he was among others chairman of the [[Kamer van Koophandel]] (the Dutch Chamber of Commerce) in [[The Hague]].<ref name=arves /> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fernhout, Joop}} [[Category:1920 births]] [[Category:1995 deaths]] [[Category:Dutch chess players]]