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Harold van der Heijden is a Dutch composer of chess endgame studies. He was born in Veghel The Netherlands on December 18 1960. By profession after finishing his PhD in 2009 he is head of the Research and Development department of a veterinary institute.His collection of endgame studies is probably the largest collection in the world (counting over 82000 studies as of February 2014). This collection is helpful for judges in anticipation checking.