Bert van der Meulen

I used to play chess with Egbert regularly. At the chessboard in the office, at department conferences and even online. Our games were always very even, which is why I think we both always stayed motivated for the next game. In memory of Egbert I would like to share a game where Egbert smartly outplayed me with an intelligent exchange of two rooks for queen plus pawn. https://lichess1.org/game/export/gif/drEsX0ec.gif 1. Nf3 h6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Be6 4. O-O Qd7 5. c3 Bh3 6. d4 Bxg2 7. Kxg2 Nc6 8. Qa4 e6 9. Be3 a6 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Qc2 Nf6 12. b4 Be7 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 O-O 15. Rfa1 Nb8 16. Ne5 Qc8 17. Nb3 c6 18. Bf4 Nfd7 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Qd3 g5 21. Bd2 Nb8 22. e4 f5 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Qe2 Bd6 25. h4 Qe8 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Qg4 Qg6 28. Rh1 Nd7 29. Qh3 Kg7 30. Rxa6 Rxa6 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Rh7+ Qxh7 33. Qxh7+ Ke8 34. Qg6+ Kd8 35. Qxe6 Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2 c5 37. Bxg5+ Kc7 38. Bf4 1-0 Thank you for all good games Egbert!

Våra varmaste tankar till er alla i denna stund!

Dear Janet, Peter and Mark, great memories of Egbert were shared at the funeral, thank you for the live stream, thereby being able to attend the service. He will always stay in my memory with a smile. Warm regards, Mirjam

A farewell to a brilliant statistician, who helped millions of patients with innovative medicine. You often read academic ideas about new treatments, Egbert helped to take these ideas from academia to the patients.