Jonkheer Dirk van Foreest was a Dutch chess master. The elder brother of Arnold van Foreest, he thrice won Dutch Championship. He also took fifth place in 1884 and took second place, behind Rudolf Loman, in 1888. He is the great-great-granduncle of Jorden van Foreest, who won the Dutch Championship in 2016.
- Occupation
- chess player, physician
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Born
- May 3, 1862
- Died
- February 24, 1956
