Arnold van den Hoek

Arnold (Arnoldus) Johannes van den Hoek (1 December 1921, Amsterdam – 14 January 1945, Watenstedt, suburb of Braunschweig) was a Dutch chess master.

Hoek, Adriaan de Groot and Nicolaas Cortlever tied for first place in the qualifier of Dutch Chess Championship in Leeuwarden.

He won the playoff, and next lost a match for the title to Max Euwe (2 : 8) at The Hague 1942.

[2] Later that year he was deported to do forced labour in a German defence plant.

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