The International Chess Committee of the Deaf, with deep sorrow, reports that, after illness at the age of 86, Mr. Gerrit Westerveld died. We express our condolences to relatives and friends
Gerrit Westerveld was born on august 6th, 1931 in Dinxperlo, a small town literally sharing the border with the German town of Süderwick. His parents ran a bakery in town for many, many years. At age 3, he survived meningitis, which cost him his hearing. He was educated at the Guyot School for the […]
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