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4 unusual facts about Joop van Oosterom


Arno Nickel

In March 2007 Arno Nickel beat ICCF World Champion Joop van Oosterom in their correspondence game from 21st WC Final.

Chess title

Because these events can last a long time, they may overlap: for instance, in February 2005 Joop van Oosterom was declared winner of the eighteenth Championship (which began in June 2003), though the winner of the seventeenth Championship (which began in March 2002) had not yet been determined.

Ivar Bern

The slowness of conventional postcards in the seventeenth championship led to the winner of the eighteenth World Championship, Joop van Oosterom being announced before Bern's victory in the seventeenth.

Joop van Oosterom

His other daughter was the eponym to the Crystal Kelly Cup, a three-cushion tournament, which has been held between 1994 and 2011 mostly in Monte Carlo and Nice.



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