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April 2007

In memoriam René van der Heijden

René in his family circle
René in his family circle

In memoriam

René van der Heijden

(August 29, 1951 – April 6, 2007)

René van der Heijden, a founding member of the KWA and a passionate collector of chess books, has passed away much too young. In his struggle against cancer he was playing a losing game. We wish that his partner Tia van der Let together with her children Gwendoline, Natalie and Angelique may summon courage and strength to endure and to overcome this severe loss.

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Egbert Meissenburg's 70th birthday

An initiative of our member Siegfried Schönle on the occasion of Egbert Meissenburg's 70th birthday - here his circular (in German) and his article at the DSB site "Egbert Meissenburg zu Ehren".