Arthur Wijnans

{{Infobox chess player |name = Arthur Wijnans |image = Arthur Wijnans (1942).jpg |caption = Euwe (left) against Wijnans (1942) |birthname = Arthur Joseph Wijnans |country = Netherlands |birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|7|21|df=yes}} |birth_place = Padang, Indonesia |death_date = {{Death date and age|1945|5|3|1920|7|21|df=yes}} |death_place = Neustadt in Holstein, Germany |title = |worldchampion = |womensworldchampion = |peakrating = |FideID = }}

'''Arthur Joseph Wijnans''' (21 July 1920 – 3 May 1945) was an Indonesia-born Dutch chess player, study composer and member of the Dutch resistance against the Germans in World War II.

He took 3rd in Dutch Chess Championship in 1939, took 4th at Beverwijk 1940 (the 3rd Hoogovens, won by Max Euwe), won at Beverwijk 1941 (the 4th Hoogovens), and shared 2nd, after Arnold van den Hoek, at Beverwijk 1943 (the 6th Hoogovens).<ref>[http://www.tatasteelchess.com/history/statistics Statistics - Tata Steel Chess]</ref> At the end of World War II, he and other winner at Beverwijk, van den Hoek, were transferred to Germany. Wijnans went to Neuengamme concentration camp.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.endgame.nl/wijk.htm |title=All Beverwijk and Wijk aan Zee chess tournaments |publisher=Endgame.nl |date= |accessdate=2014-01-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131028165615/http://www.endgame.nl/wijk.htm |archivedate=2013-10-28 }}</ref> He was killed during the allied bombardment of the Cap Arcona on 3 May 1945.

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==External links== *[http://www.365chess.com/players/Arthur_J_Wijnans Arthur J Wijnans chess games - 365Chess.com] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20131028165615/http://www.endgame.nl/wijk.htm Jan van Reek: Chess in Beverwijk and Wijk aan Zee] (with photograph of Wijnans playing against Euwe) * [http://www.erelijst.nl/arthur-joseph--wijnans List NIOD] * [https://archive.today/20130827012348/http://www.weltkriegsopfer.de/Kriegsopfer-Arthur-Joseph-Wijnans_Soldaten_0_816003.html Wijnans & Cap Arcona]

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