− | '''Govert Westerveld'' (born May 23, 1947) is a Dutch [[writer]], [[hispanist]],<ref name="DIRECTORIO DE SOCIOS 2016 ASOCIACIÓN INTERNACIONAL DE HISPANISTAS">{{cite news||title="DDIRECTORIO DE SOCIOS 2016 ASOCIACIÓN INTERNACIONAL DE HISPANISTAS" |url=http://asociacioninternacionaldehispanistas.org/images/stories/directoriosocios.pdf|accessdate=2016-11-19}}</ref> | + | '''Govert Westerveld'' (born May 23, 1947) is a Dutch [[writer]], [[hispanist]],<ref name="DIRECTORIO DE SOCIOS 2016 ASOCIACIÓN INTERNACIONAL DE HISPANISTAS">{{cite news||title="DDIRECTORIO DE SOCIOS 2016 ASOCIACIÓN INTERNACIONAL DE HISPANISTAS" |url=http://asociacioninternacionaldehispanistas.org/images/stories/directoriosocios.pdf|accessdate=2016-11-19}}</ref> [[independent researcher]], [[chess]] and [[draughts historian]] based in [[Murcia, Spain]]. He is also an official [[chronicler]] of [[Blanca, Murcia]] and a [[corresponding member]] of Real Academia Alfonso X el Sabio. He has published over 80 books on history of chess, draughts and Spanish history. |