Piet Kroon

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Piet Kroon
Country South Africa
Born(1945-02-26)26 February 1945
The Hague, Netherlands
Died2021

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

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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]

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References

  1. MARK RUBERY CHESS - PressReader
  2. "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Piet Kroon". www.olimpbase.org.