Adrianus Dingeman (Adriaan) de Groot (Santpoort,[1] 26 October 1914 – Schiermonnikoog, 14 August 2006) was a Dutch chess master and psychologist, who conducted some of the most famous chess experiments of all time in the 1940s-60. In 1946 he wrote his thesis Het denken van den schaker,[2] which in 1965 was translated into English and published as Thought and choice in chess. De Groot played for the Netherlands in the Chess Olympiads of 1937 and 1939.[3] In 1973 he became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.[4]
- ^ In the municipality of Velsen, according to some sources.
- ^ Adriaan de Groot at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Adriaan de Groot". OlimpBase. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- ^ "Adriaan Dingeman de Groot (1914 - 2006)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 27 July 2015.