Hans Ree

Author of The human comedy of chess : a grandmaster's chronicles

About the Author

Grandmaster Hans Ree (1944) is a four-time Dutch champion, and represented his country from 1966 through 1994 in every chess Olympiad. From 2001-2007, he was the wearer of the "Euwe Ring," an award for outstanding service to Dutch chess. He writes about chess in NRC Handelsblad, New in Chess show more magazine, and on the American website russell-enterprises.com. Internationally he is considered to be one of the best chess writers of his era. show less

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The human comedy of chess : a grandmaster's chronicles (1999) 40 copies, 2 reviews

My Chess (2010) 26 copies, 1 review

Nederland schaakt! : KNSB 100 jaar 11 copies

Een man merkt nooit iets : columns (1985) 10 copies

Een blinde reus : columns (1989) 9 copies

In den eersten stoot pat (1988) 8 copies

God is niet koppig (2002) 7 copies

Holland verlicht (1998) 6 copies, 1 review

Wat een kracht! Wat een gratie! : schaakverhalen (1986) 5 copies

Schitterend schaak (1997) 4 copies

Rode dagen en zwarte dagen (1993) 3 copies

Over Bergen over tid : en historisk reise i luften 3 copies

Schaakstukjes (1993) 2 copies

In Als Hij Uit Is 1 copy

Chess Cafe : Dutch Treat 1 copy

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Uren met Karel van het Reve : liber amicorum (1991) — Contributor — 14 copies

De vreugdeloze wetenschap waarom nieuwe inzichten vaak weerstand wekken (2004) — Contributor — 13 copies

Sport : de 141 beste Nederlandse en Vlaamse sportverhalen van 1945 tot nu (2007) — Contributor — 6 copies

Tuin in de branding : verhalen, liedjes en verzen uit Nieuw Vredelust (2007) — Contributor — 4 copies

Zomerse verhalen (1992) — Contributor — 4 copies

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Canonical name: Ree, Hans
Other names: Рее, Ханс
Birthdate: 1944-11-15
Gender: male
Occupations: chess grandmaster
columnist
Organizations: NRC Handelsblad
Awards and honors: International Grandmaster (1980)
Nationality: Netherlands
Birthplace: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Associated Place (for map): Amsterdam, Netherlands

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4 reviews

thorold 2,629 reviews

Holland verlicht by Hans Ree

Collection of columns written for NRC Handelsblad in the late nineties, mostly not about chess. Often a bit whimsical, but quite entertaining. Ree's formal discipline is a bit oppressive: there are precisely 50 columns in the book, and each one is precisely three pages long. There's probably a difference of less than fifty words between the longest and the shortest.

Apr 23, 2013

BooksForDinner 985 reviews

My Chess by Hans Ree