van den Bosch, Johannes




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1925  246  2302 (71) 5
1926  235  2311 (63) 0
1927  227  2321 (51) 6
1928  226  2329 (38) 31
1929  197  2349 (34) 27
1930  206  2346 (31) 48
1931  152  2370 (35) 20
1932  144  2373 (38) 20
1933  135  2380 (42) 9
1934  138  2381 (40) 20
1935  117  2395 (43) 3
1936  105  2405 (36) 33
1937  117  2395 (46) 0
1938  137  2385 (44) 11
1939  166  2366 (42) 18
1940  180  2358 (49) 3
1941  190  2346 (51) 12
1942  168  2343 (61) 0
1943  164  2340 (68) 0
1944  178  2337 (71) 0
1945  194  2334 (72) 0
1946  205  2331 (71) 7
1947  212  2320 (78) 2

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: van den Bosch, Johannes Hendrik Otto  
Born: 12 Apr. 1906
Died: 12 Nov. 1994
 
Notes:
De Jong gives date of death as 12-11-1994; the Hilversum Chess Society, Wikipedia and chessgames.com give date of death as 15-11-1994. Philip Jurgens confirms this latter date from the MyHeritage genealogy site.
 
References
Books
   De Jong, Max Euwe 1, page 200
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 340
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 407
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 376
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 363
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1947-1950, page 482
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 48, 439
   Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 394
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 36
   Woodger, Reuben Fine, page 348
Web
   Hut, Johan.  [Hoofdstuk 10 – Graaf van den Bosch]
   [Johannes van den Bosch]
   [Johannes van den Bosch (chess player)]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

van den Bosch, J.H.O. - Loman, R.J. 1927         (f)     4   -   2
Wertheim, J.H. - van den Bosch, J.H.O. 1928         (f)     2   -   0
van den Bosch, J.H.O. - Wertheim, W.F. 1929         (f)     3   -   2
Rubinstein, A.K. - van den Bosch, J.H.O. 1930         (f)     3   -   0
Maroczy, G.J. - van den Bosch, J.H.O. 1930         (f)     1.5   -   1.5
Fontein, G.S. - van den Bosch, J.H.O. 1930         (f)     3   -   2
Fick, L.J.J.M. - van den Bosch, J.H.O. 1930         (f)     3   -   1
Flohr, S.M. - van den Bosch, J.H.O. 1932         (f)     6   -   2
Spielmann, R. - van den Bosch, J.H.O. 1934         (f)     2   -   2
Euwe, M. - van den Bosch, J.H.O. 1934         (f)     6   -   0
Landau, S. (1) - van den Bosch, J.H.O. 1934         (f)     5   -   5
Spielmann, R. - van den Bosch, J.H.O. 1936         (f)     5   -   5

Tournament data

Groningen 1925     Groningen Tournament     4  /  5
The Hague 1928 (1)     Discendo Discimus Winter Tournament - Section 1     10.5  /  15
The Hague 1928 (3)     2nd Olympiad     1  /  2
The Hague 1928 (4)     3rd Keus Cup Tournament     4  /  5
Zwolle 1928     Zwolle Tournament     5.5  /  7
Amsterdam 1929     8th Netherlands Championship     6.5  /  9
Budapest 1929 (1)     Budapest Tournament     4.5  /  13
The Hague 1930 (1)     Keusbeker Tournament     4.5  /  6
Amsterdam 1930 (1)     Amsterdam Tournament     1.5  /  5
Hamburg 1930 (2)     3rd Olympiad     10  /  17
The Hague 1930 (2)     Discendo Discimus Tournament     2.5  /  5
Amsterdam 1931 (2)     Amsterdam Tournament - Group 2     1.5  /  3
Prague 1931 (5)     4th Olympiad     10.5  /  17
Cambridge 1932 (1)     Cambridge Easter Congress - Premier Tournament     4.5  /  7
The Hague 1932     5th Keus Cup Tournament     1.5  /  5
The Hague and Leiden 1933     9th Netherlands Championship     7  /  9
Soestdijk 1935 (2)     Soestdijk Tournament - Section 2     2.5  /  3
Amsterdam 1936 (1)     Amsterdam Tournament     5.5  /  7
Bad Nauheim 1936     Bad Nauheim Tournament     2  /  9
Amsterdam and The Hague and Rotterdam 1936     Amsterdam-Hague-Rotterdam Tournament     3.5  /  7
Amsterdam 1938 (2)     11th Netherlands Championship     7.5  /  11
Amsterdam 1939 (2)     12th Netherlands Championship, Challenger's Selection     6  /  9
The Hague 1939     Holland - Great Britain Match    
  van den Bosch, J.H.O. - Milner-Barry, P.S.     1.5 - 0.5    
Amsterdam 1939 (3)     VVGA Tournament     3  /  7
Delft 1940     Delft Tournament     1.5  /  3
Baarn 1941 (1)     Baarn-Soest Masters Tournament     3.5  /  7
Leeuwarden 1941 (1)     Dutch Chess Association Congress - Masters Tournament     3  /  5
Leiden 1946 (3)     14th Netherlands Championship - Semi-Finals, Group 3     5  /  7
Amsterdam 1947 (1)     Netherlands - Great Britain Match    
  van den Bosch, J.H.O. - Milner-Barry, P.S.     1 - 1    

Player information updated: 11 Jun. 2026