# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dirk-van-foreest
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:19:02.562Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dirk-van-foreest"
name: "Dirk van Foreest"
slug: "dirk-van-foreest"
description: "Jonkheer Dirk van Foreest was a Dutch chess master. The elder brother of Arnold van Foreest, he thrice won Dutch Championship. He also took fifth place in 1884 and took second place, behind Rudolf Loman, in 1888. He is the great-great-granduncle of Jorden van Foreest, who won the Dutch Championship in 2016."
tagline: "Dutch chess player (1862–1956)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DirkVanForeest.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1862-05-03"
deathDate: "1956-02-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             7.272727272727272
  historical:           6.339057333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ван Форест, Дирк"
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    title: "ديرك ڤان فوريست"
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    title: "Dirk van Foreest"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_van_Foreest"
    title: "Dirk van Foreest"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_van_Foreest"
    title: "Dirk van Foreest"
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  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%A7_%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9F_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%98"
    title: "דירק ואן פורייסט"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_van_Foreest_(1862-1956)"
    title: "Dirk van Foreest (1862-1956)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump