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title: "4 Hans Ree Quotes - Famous Columnist (Last Ruy Lopez)"
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# Hans Ree

(1944)   Columnist   Kingdom of the Netherlands

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Hans Ree is a columnist from the Kingdom of the Netherlands, best known for *Last Ruy Lopez*.

## Quick Facts About Hans Ree

Born September 15, 1944

Nationality Kingdom of the Netherlands

Profession Columnist

Notable works Last Ruy Lopez

## About Hans Ree

Hans Ree is a Dutch chess grandmaster and writer. He is a chess columnist for NRC Handelsblad, and contributes to the chess magazines New In Chess and ChessCafe.com. His earlier publications include Een blinde reus, Rode dagen en zwarte dagen and Schaakstukjes.

##  Quotes by Hans Ree

> [Play out a boring game to the end and funny things can happen; Fischer knew it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-ree/play-out-a-boring-game-to-the-end-and-funny-things-can-happen-fischer/)

Hans Ree

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/555/hans-ree-71382_boring_play-out-a-boring-game-to-the-end-and-fu_537098.png)

> [Chess is beautiful enough to waste your life for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-ree/chess-is-beautiful-enough-to-waste-your-life-for/)

Hans Ree

[Beautiful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae5/hans-ree-71382_beautiful_chess-is-beautiful-enough-to-waste-your_827202.png)

> [Being a friend of Fischer obviously is no undivided pleasure, though being Fischer seems sadder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-ree/being-a-friend-of-fischer-obviously-is-no-undivided-pleasure-though/)

Hans Ree

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/769/hans-ree-71382_fischer_being-a-friend-of-fischer-obviously-is-n_2793530.png)

> [When you have a World Champion in your smartphone, the myth of the superior brainpower of human chess champions has lost its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-ree/when-you-have-a-world-champion-in-your-smartphone-the-myth-of-the/)

Hans Ree

[Champion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/champion/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8b/hans-ree-71382_champion_when-you-have-a-world-champion-in-your-s_2794316.png)

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