alexander münninghoff (13 april 1944 – 28 april 2020) was a polish-born dutch journalist and chess player. from 1974 to 2007, he worked for the "haagsche courant". münninghoff wrote among others many articles and books about chess sport. he was born in poznan, poland. in 1983 he won the and in 2015 he won the for his book "de stamhouder".