 He was the first unofficial Dutch Champion when shared he shared first place with Benjamin Willem Blijdenstein (A. H. van Blijdenstein in other sources) and won a play-off game against him at The Hague 1873.He shared first with A. de Lelie at Amsterdam 1874 (NED-ch) but lost a play-off game to him, and again won at Rotterdam 1875 (NED-ch).On 18 June 1877, he married Eliza Goldsmid in London and then moved to France.