Dirk van Foreest
Jhr. 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.
By profession, van Foreest was a medical doctor, and Max Euwe once said he could have been World Champion if he had dedicated himself fully to chess.
