Govert Westerveld

Govert Westerveld (1947) was a former Dutch Youth Champion of Checkers (1963) after having beaten Ton Sijbrands, who was the World Champion in 1972. His stay in Blanca (Murcia-Spain) dates back to 1969. He has been one of the official historians in Blanca since 2002. In 2002 he was appointed Fellow of the Real Academia of Alfonso X the Wise at Murcia for his scholarship of the Murcia Culture. Three years later, he was admitted as Hispanist by the International Association (AIH) and by the Asociación de Hispanistas del Benelux (AHBx). He is one of the Official Historians of the Federation Mondiale de Jeu de Dames (FMJD) and one of the Members of the Comité of Historians of the Spanish Chess Federation (FEDA).