The researcher Govert Westerveld, (Monnickendam - Holland, 1947) was a former Dutch Youth Champion of Checkers (1963) and is one of the Official Historians of Blanca (Murcia, Spain). In 2002 he was appointed Fellow of the Real Academia of Alfonso X the Wise at Murcia. He is Hispanist by the International Association (AIH) and by the Asociación de Hispanistas del Benelux (AHBx). He is one of the Official Historians of the Federation Mondiale de Jeu de Dames (FMJD) and one of the Members of the Comité of Historians of the Spanish Chess Federation (FEDA).
