Piet Kroon (26 February 1945 - 2021[1]) was a South African chess player, three-times South African Chess Championship winner (1965, 1969, 1975).
Piet Kroon | |
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Country | South Africa |
Born | (1945-02-26)26 February 1945 The Hague, Netherlands |
Died | 2021 |
In the 1960s and 1970s Piet Kroon was one of South Africa's leading chess players. He participated many times in South African Chess Championship and three times won this tournament: in 1965, 1969 and 1975 (shared with Charles de Villiers).
Piet Kroon played for South Africa in the Chess Olympiads:[2]
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