Jan Willem te Kolsté (11 September 1874, in Utrecht – 31 January 1936, in The Hague[1]) was a Dutch chess master.
Te Kolsté participated many times in unofficial and official Dutch championships, and won at Utrecht 1907.
[2] In other tournaments, he won at The Hague 1904, tied for 2nd-3rd at Amsterdam 1907, tied for 6-7th at Scheveningen 1913, shared 1st at The Hague 1917 and s' Hertogenbosch 1918, won at The Hague 1922, shared 1st at Amsterdam 1927, but came a distant last at Baden-Baden 1925 (Alexander Alekhine won),.
[3] He played for The Netherlands in 1st Chess Olympiad at London 1927.
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