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Amsterdam's Schaak en Go winkel het Paard Passes the Torch

When a player passes in go it's an indication that the game is over. In Peter Zandveld's case, he's just marking the beginning of a new era for Schaak en Go winkel het Paard, the Amsterdam games shop specializing in go, chess, bridge, backgammon, puzzles and other games. 

Zandveld (right) started the shop -- whose name translates as "Chess and Go Shop Keima" nearly 30 years ago with Marianne Diederen and Marieke Diederen, Marianne's eldest daughter, will carry it on. Zandveld and Diederen built Schaak en Go winkel het Paard into "one of the largest game and thinking sport stores in the world," the company wrote in an email earlier this month. "Peter's knowledge and expertise of go books has been of immeasurable value to the world of go. It is not an exaggeration to say that without him there would not be as many great go books available." Zandveld has decided that he wants to spend more time with his family, his job at the RIVM, the EGCC board and his huge stamp collection. "Maybe he will even have time to play some serious go," het Paard's email added. "I hope to help Peter decide to attend  the US Go Congress in 2017," Marianne Diederen told the E-Journal.