Piet Kroon Explained

Piet Kroon
Country:	South Africa
Birth Date:	26 February 1945
Birth Place:	The Hague, Netherlands
Death Date:	2021
Fideid:	14300036

Piet Kroon (26 February 1945 - 2021^[1]) was a South African chess player, three-times South African Chess Championship winner (1965, 1969, 1975).

Biography

In the 1960s and 1970s Piet Kroon was one of South Africa's leading chess players. He participated many times in South African Chess Championship and three times won this tournament: in 1965, 1969 and 1975 (shared with Charles de Villiers).

Piet Kroon played for South Africa in the Chess Olympiads:^[2]

• In 1966, at second board in the 17th Chess Olympiad in Havana (+7, =2, -3),
• In 1968, at second board in the 18th Chess Olympiad in Lugano (+3, =4, -6),
• In 1974, at second board in the 21st Chess Olympiad in Nice (+2, =1, -3).

Notes and References

1. https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/the-mercury-south-africa/20210630/281749862332796 MARK RUBERY CHESS - PressReader
2. Web site: OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Piet Kroon. www.olimpbase.org.