Directory:Govert Westerveld

This page represents a simple personal Directory listing that is used for MyWikiBiz's auto-create feature. To create your own listing, you can either copy & paste (by clicking on the edit tab) the wikitext to your own personal Directory page, or use the auto-create feature to set up personal, commercial and other Directory listings. Note that all Directory listings require proper legal names - User names/pages provide anonymity if that's what is desired.

Govert Westerveld
II International Congress Moriscos, Ojós 2015
Residence	Blanca, Murcia, Spain
Born	1947-05-23 Monnickendam, Holland
Known for	I'm known for my historical research on Chess, Draughts, La Celestina and the Moriscos
Contact	Facebook
Reference	Latitude: 38°10′41.02″N Longitude: 1°22′11.4″W

Govert Westerveld (born May 23, 1947) is a Dutch writer, hispanist, independent researcher, chess, alquerque-12 and draughts historian based in Murcia, Spain. He is also an official chronicler of Blanca, Murcia and a corresponding member of Real Academia Alfonso X el Sabio. He has published over 80 books on history of chess, draughts, alquerque-12, La Celestina, and Spanish history.

Early Life and Education

Westerveld was born, in 1947, in Monnickendam, Netherlands. In 1963, he defeated Ton Sijbrands, an international draughts player and became Dutch Youth Champion and was qualified for Senior National Championship in the Netherlands. In 1965 he was ranked no.3 in Noord Holland for the Provincial Senior Championship.

Westerveld received his diploma in agriculture and business administration (1964-1984) through distance education from the high schools and universities in the Netherlands and USA. He also received a diploma in International Marketing from the University of Murcia. He received his doctorate degree in 1996 from Columbia Southern University.

Historical Research

From 1986 to 1992, Westerveld wrote many articles on the origin of the game of draughts for the Dutch magazine Het Nieuwe Damspel. In 1990 he published Revista Internacional de Damas which was recognized by the World Draughts Federations as an official representation of Spanish draughts. In 1992 he published his first book on the game of checkers in Spain followed by five more. In 1994, Westerveld published his works on the influence of the Queen Isabella I of Castile on the game of draughts and chess, explaining the fact that the modern chess game and draughts game was a Spanish invention. In 1998, he was appointed as a history member of the Federación Española de Ajedrez, the governing body of chess in Spain. Since 2005 Westerveld is one of the two official historians of the Federation Mondiale de Jeu de Dames.

In January 2002, he was appointed unanimously as an official chronicler of Blanca, Murcia, along with Angel Rios Martinez, by the plenary of the municipality of Blanca. Currently their research focus on new publications on the history of Blanca. Later that year, in December 2002, Westerveld was elected as a corresponding member of the Real Academia Alfonso X el Sabio, taking into account the merits of knowledge and relation to the culture of the Region of Murcia.

In 2004, the Generalitat Valenciana recognized and published Westerveld's work La reina Isabel la Católica: su reflejo en la dama poderosa de valencia, cuna del ajedrez moderno y origen del juego de damas. The book explains the hypothesis of Isabella I of Castile and the documentary evidence found in Scachs d'amor, with revelations of significance national and global impacts.[13][14]

In September 2005, Westerveld was unanimously elected as a member of Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas. He is also a full member of the Asociación de Hispanistas del Benelux.

Photo Gallery

• 
• 

External links

• wannaspell.com Everybody's dragging (warning: addictive)
• Inside Market Research A pretty good blog
• Baby Name Wizard Name Voyager
• 1000 Paintings A brilliant artist

Share this page

<sharethis />