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Handmade Chess Figures
Jan de Jong was in Wijk aan Zee to show and sell his handmade chess figures. Interested? You can contact him via email.
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Frits Agterdenbos
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who is
 ChessVista’s founder and owner Frits Agterdenbos (1960) lives in Heemstede, not far from Amsterdam (The Netherlands). He was one of the leading chess photographers in the eighties. From 1979–1991 his pictures appeared in several magazins, including New in Chess, Schakend Nederland, Inside Chess, BCM, Chess, Europe Echecs and Schach. In 1984 his Dutch book “64 Schaakportretten” (in English “64 Chess Portraits”) was published. In 1991 he “retired” as a chess photographer to finish his studies and in 1997 he received a diploma as an insurance mathematician (actuary). Since 1998 he has been a self-employed, working under the company name “Acturix”, which is his actuarial consultancy firm.
In 2005 he picked up his old passion, becoming again a chess photographer, and publications show he still knows how to handle his camera. Now he combines his insurance job and chess photography. You will find his photos on Chessbase.com, Schaakbond.nl, Schaaklog.nl, and in Chess Chronicle and many more websites and magazines. You can contact him under f.agterdenbos@chessvista.com.
One of the first covers made by Frits Agterdenbos: Schakend Nederland 3/80
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