van den Bosch, Johannes




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1925  247  2297 (71) 5
1926  238  2306 (63) 0
1927  229  2315 (51) 6
1928  227  2323 (38) 31
1929  197  2344 (34) 27
1930  207  2341 (31) 48
1931  152  2365 (35) 20
1932  145  2368 (38) 20
1933  134  2374 (42) 9
1934  139  2376 (40) 20
1935  118  2390 (43) 3
1936  106  2400 (36) 33
1937  117  2390 (46) 0
1938  138  2380 (44) 11
1939  166  2361 (42) 18
1940  180  2352 (49) 3
1941  190  2341 (51) 12
1942  168  2338 (61) 0
1943  164  2335 (68) 0
1944  177  2332 (71) 0
1945  194  2329 (72) 0
1946  205  2326 (71) 7
1947  212  2315 (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