Jan Hein Donner
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Johannes Hendrikus "Jan Hein" Donner (July 6, 1927 – November 27, 1988) was a Dutch chess grandmaster and writer. Donner was born in The Hague and won the Dutch Championship three times: 1954, 1957, and 1958. He earned the GM title in 1959.
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“I love all positions. Give me a difficult positional game, I will play it. Give me a bad position, I will defend it. Openings, endgames, complicated positions, dull draws, I love them and I will do my very best. But totally won positions, I cannot stand them.” — Hein Donner
Trivia
The character Onno Quist in the novel (and film) The Discovery of Heaven by Harry Mulisch is based on Hein Donner.External link
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