Jonkheer Dirk van Foreest (3 May 1862 – 24 February 1956) was a Dutch chess master.

[1] The elder brother of Arnold van Foreest, he thrice won Dutch Championship (in 1885, 1886, and 1887).

[3] He is the great-great-granduncle of Jorden van Foreest, who won the Dutch Championship in 2016.

[4] By profession, van Foreest was a medical doctor,[5] and Max Euwe once said he could have been World Champion if he had dedicated himself fully to chess.

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