Johan van Hulst
JUST IN FROM MARK CROWTHER OF ENGLAND. 107 year old(!!) Johan von Hulst/ultimate survivor and legendary chess player/organizer who was honored worldwide for personally saving the lives of hundreds of Jewish World War II children via slicky-tricky anti-Nazi moves … has died at age 107 in Holland. Mr. Hulst was the last living on camera witness amidst the 1935 A. Alekhine-M. Euwe world title match … ALSO JUST IN … BERLIN, GERMANY … FACING A MILLION DOLLAR LOSING TIE BREAK DEBACLE today … USA CHESS GREAT FABIANO CARUANA FIERCELY SEIZED IT ALL … WITH A WILD WEST WIN OVER TRAGIC (6 LOSSES) l. LEVON ARONIAN … in the MILLION DOLLAR WORLD TITLE CANDIDATES qualifier in Berlin. Mr Caruana is still not safe — must win his final round game TO BE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN OF A WORLD TITLE MATCH VERsUS WORLD CHAMPION CARLSEN OF NORWAY … ONE HALF POINT BEHIND WITH CRUSHING TIE BREAK ADVANTAGE ARE: S.MAMEYARDOV AND S. KARJAKIN. A million dollar three player round tomorrow. Mr. Caruana must play Russian speed chess demon A. GRISCHUK for all the gold … RESULTS AFTER ROUND 13: CARUANA 8 /13 … / Mamedyarov, Karjakin 7.5 … 8 players ##############
— Jude Acers