Royal Dutch Chess Federation

The Royal Dutch Chess Federation (Dutch: Koninklijke Nederlandse Schaakbond - KNSB) is the national organization for chess in the Netherlands. It is affiliated with the World Chess Federation. Its headquarters are in Haarlem. The current president is Bianca de Jong-Muhren.

Press conference in Amsterdam on the occasion of KNSB's 100th anniversary; from left to right with booklet Mr. Ruth (chairman KNSB), Hartoch, Langweg, Euwe and Ree.

The Royal Dutch Chess Federation was founded in 1873 and is one of the country's oldest sports federations. It organizes a Dutch Chess Championship and initiatives such as a Chess Challenge in secondary schools.[1]

Administration

Current officers of the Royal Dutch Chess Federation are:

  • president: Marleen van Amerongen
  • secretary: Arthur Rongen
  • treasurer: Michiel Bosnan

The board also includes representatives of the ten regional organizations subordinate to the federation. Mark van der Werf directs the head office.

Presidents

18731875Frederik van Hogendorp
18761889J.G.C.A. de Vogel
18891893C. van Olst
18931896Dirk van Foreest
18961897H.J. den Hertog
18971906A. van Rhijn
19061906H.J. den Hertog
19061907Arnold van Foreest
19071908A. van Rhijn
19081909J.F. Esser
19091910Ch. Enschedé
19101912W. Peekema
19121913H. Gouwentak
19131919J.J.R. Moquette
19191920J.J. Belinfante
19201921J. van der Kolk
19211922H. Strick van Linschoten
19221922M. Levenbach
19231928Alexander Rueb
19291932G.C.A. Oskam
19321938B.J. van Trotsenburg
19381943G.W.J. Zittersteyn
19431945Max Euwe
19451948G.W.J. Zittersteyn
19481957Henk van Steenis
19571959A.G. de Blécourt
19591965Henk van Steenis
19651969F. Goudsmit
19691970H.G. Drechsel
19701974J.W. Ruth
19741989Henk Wille
19891992Hans Pont
19921994Dick Tommel
19952003Herman Hamers
20032004Ernst M. Enschedé
20052006Joop Roozeboom
20062007Sytze Faber
20072016Eddy Schuyer
2016-2020Marleen van Amerongen
2020-presentBianca de Jong-Muhren

Dutch chess players

  • Jan Hein Donner
  • Max Euwe, president of the Royal Dutch Federation (1943-1945) and president of the World Chess Federation (1970-1977), world champion
  • Dick Tommel, president of the Royal Dutch Chess Federation
  • Jan Timman, a Dutch chess Grandmaster who was one of the world's leading players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s.

References

  1. Eric van Breugel, "slim.nl Schaakchallenge op Corlaer college", Nijkerk Nieuws, 19 June 2014 (in Dutch)

Further reading

  • Hans Ree et al. Nederland schaakt! KNSB 100 jaar. Baarn: Moussault, 1974. ISBN 9022610977 (in Dutch)
  • Hans Scholten. 'Het loopt ongenadiglijk mat'. Het schaakleven in Nederland in de negentiende eeuw. De sociaal-culturele achtergrond van het ontstaan van schaakverenigingen. Bilthoven: Scholten, 1999. ISBN 90-6663-044-2. (Thesis, Catholic University of Brabant, 1999). (in Dutch)
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