{{Short description|Dutch chess player (1925–1994)}} {{Infobox chess player | name = Hendrika Timmer | image = Rie Timmer Hoogoven Schaaktoernooi dames, Bestanddeelnr 922-0474 (cropped).jpg | caption = | country = {{NED}} | birth_date = 1925 | birth_place= Ermelo, Netherlands | death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|2|10|1925}} | death_place = Apeldoorn, Netherlands | title = | peakrating = }}
'''Hendrika Timmer''' (6 October 1925 – 10 February 1994), also '''Hendrika Geertruida Timmer''' or '''Rie Timmer''', was a Dutch chess player. She was a two-time winner of the Dutch Women's Chess Championship (1971, 1972).
==Biography== From mid-1960s to mid-1970s, Hendrika Timmer was one of the leading Dutch women's chess players. She twice in a row won Dutch Women's Chess Championships (1971, 1972).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.schaakbond.nl/wedstrijdschaak/nationale-kampioenschappen/nk-algemeen/nk-algemeen/|title=Kampioenes van Nederland|publisher=|access-date=2018-02-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916171500/http://www.schaakbond.nl/wedstrijdschaak/nationale-kampioenschappen/nk-algemeen/nk-algemeen|archive-date=2016-09-16|url-status=dead}}</ref> Participant of many international chess tournaments. The best results have been achieved in the Beverwijk in 1960, when she took 3rd place, and Emmen in 1969, when she was in 2nd place.
Timmer played for Netherlands in the Women's Chess Olympiads:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playersw/smw0mwig.html|title=OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Hendrika Timmer|first=Wojciech|last=Bartelski|website=www.olimpbase.org}}</ref> * In 1963, at first reserve board in the 2nd Chess Olympiad (women) in Split (+5, =3, -1) and won the individual gold medal, * In 1966, at second board in the 3rd Chess Olympiad (women) in Oberhausen (+4, =2, -2) and won the individual silver medal, * In 1969, at second board in the 4th Chess Olympiad (women) in Lublin (+6, =2, -4), * In 1972, at first board in the 5th Chess Olympiad (women) in Skopje (+5, =1, -3).
Timmer grew up in Ermelo and permanently returned to her home town when her parents were aging. On 7 February 1994, Timmer suffered a heart attack during a chess match in Apeldoorn. She died in a hospital there three days later.<ref>Sape Westra, [http://www.vsgermelo.nl/vsg_bulletin/bulletin_2012_12.pdf Rie Timmer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160902005722/http://vsgermelo.nl/vsg_bulletin/bulletin_2012_12.pdf |date=2016-09-02 }}, Veluws Schaakgenootschap bulletin, December 2012 (in Dutch)</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{chessgames player|id=85953}} *[https://www.365chess.com/players/Rie_Timmer Hendrika Timmer] chess games at 365Chess.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Timmer, Hendrika}} Category:1925 births Category:1994 deaths Category:Dutch female chess players Category:Chess Olympiad competitors Category:People from Ermelo, Netherlands Category:20th-century Dutch chess players Category:20th-century Dutch sportswomen Category:Sportspeople from Gelderland