Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam was born on January 11, 1957, studied English Literature and General Literature at University of Groningen. In 1985 he joined New In Chess, the renowned magazine that is read in 116 countries and promotes chess and itself with the slogan "ENJOY THE BEST GAME. EVER."
In the course of his career ten Geuzendam has visited countless top-level events and has conducted a huge number of interviews with grandmasters and prominent figures in the chess world. A selection of these interviews appear in his books "Finding Bobby Fischer" (1994) and "The Day Kasparov Quit" (2006).
Ten Geuzendam also wrote a number of other books about chess and published regular chess columns for the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad and the Dutch weekly Vrij Nederland. Between 2007 and 2013, he also worked as one of the editors of the Dutch chess literary magazine Matten, alongside Allard Hoogland and Rob van Vuure.
At the 1990 Chess Olympiad in Novi Sad and the 1992 Chess Olympiad in Manila ten Geuzendam was the team captain for the Dutch team. He also worked as tournament organiser and commentator.
