George Salto Fontein


George Schelto Fontein was a Dutch chess master.
Fontein was born in Harlingen, Friesland, as the son of Willem Adriaan Constantijn Fontein and Teetje Harmens. At the beginning of his career, he took 3rd at Leiden 1909. Then, he tied for 2nd-4th in interrupted Mannheim 1914 chess tournament. During World War I, he tied for 3rd-4th at Scheveningen 1915, tied for 5-6th at Amsterdam 1916, shared 1st with Gerard Oskam at Scheveningen 1917, won at The Hague 1917/18, and tied for 3-4th at Scheveningen 1918.
After the war, he took 2nd at Scheveningen 1919, tied for 2nd-3rd at Scheveningen 1920, shared 1st at The Hague 1920, tied for 1st-2nd at Scheveningen 1922, won at The Hague 1923, tied for 7-10th at Amsterdam 1924, won at The Hague 1925, and shared 1st with Rudolf Loman at The Hague 1930.
He won a match against Johannes van den Bosch at The Hague 1930. He tied for 10-12th at Amsterdam 1938, tied for 4-6th at Amsterdam 1939, took 6th at Amsterdan 1939, took 2nd at Baarn 1939, and won at The Hague 1940. After World War II, he took 2nd at Leiden 1946, and tied for 5-8th at Baarn.
He played in several friendly matches: The Netherlands – Great Britain in 1914, Berlin – Scheveningen in 1920, The Netherlands – The Foreigners at Scheveningen 1923, The Hague – Hastings in 1923, The Netherlands – Belgium in 1927, The Netherlands – England in 1937, England – Netherlands in 1938, The Netherlands – England in 1939, The Netherlands – England in 1947.