Daniël Noteboom (26 February 1910 – 12 January 1932) was a Dutch chess player. He gained notice at the 1930 Chess Olympiad at Hamburg, scoring 11½/15, including a win against Salo Flohr. Chess biography Noteboom was born in Noordwijk. He learned to play chess at the age of 12, and at 14 won a local tournament in Noordwijk. At the age of 15 he was admitted to the Leiden Chess Society, following a special dispensation from the secretary of the club – at the time chess clubs were generally reserved for adult men with social standing. In the next few years he won the championship of the club three times. After playing at Hastings 1931/2, he soon died of pneumonia in London at age 21, ending a brief but promising chess career. Legacy A chess opening variation related to the Semi-Slav Defence to the Queen's Gambit is the Noteboom Variation: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 dxc4, with a common continuation being 5.a4 Bb4 6.e3 b5 7.Bd2 a5 8.axb5 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 cxb5 10.b3 Bb7. It is also known as the Abrahams Defence after the late English master Gerald Abrahams. References Further reading British Chess Magazine, 1932, p. 66, p. 125 British Chess Magazine, 1933, p. 113 External links Chessmetrics player profile Geschiedenis Noteboomtoernooi at www.lsg-leiden.nl 1910 births 1932 deaths Deaths from pneumonia in England Dutch chess players People from Noordwijk Chess theoreticians Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century chess players