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Adriaan de Groot
Dutch chess player and psychologist (1914-2006).
Life and work
The story behind the role.
Dutch chess player and psychologist (1914-2006).
Adrianus Dingeman (Adriaan) de Groot (Santpoort, 26 October 1914 – Schiermonnikoog, 14 August 2006) was a Dutch chess master and psychologist, who conducted some of the most famous chess experiments of all time in the 1940s-60. In 1946 he wrote his thesis Het denken van den schaker, which in 1965 was translated into English and published as Thought and choice in chess. De Groot played for the Netherlands in the Chess Olympiads of 1937 and 1939. In 1973 he became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Achievements and distinctions
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Dutch chess player and psychologist (1914-2006).
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Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
Career and education
Employers and institutions
University of Groningen · University of Amsterdam · University of Amsterdam · University of Amsterdam · University of Amsterdam · University of Amsterdam · University of Amsterdam · University of Amsterdam · University of Amsterdam
Memberships
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Education
University of Amsterdam
Fields of work
psychology
Major competitions and events
7th Chess Olympiad · 8th Chess Olympiad · 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad
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