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
1873–1875Frederik van Hogendorp
1876–1889J.G.C.A. de Vogel
1889–1893C. van Olst
1893–1896Dirk van Foreest
1896–1897H.J. den Hertog
1897–1906A. van Rhijn
1906–1906H.J. den Hertog
1906–1907Arnold van Foreest
1907–1908A. van Rhijn
1908–1909J.F. Esser
1909–1910Ch. Enschedé
1910–1912W. Peekema
1912–1913H. Gouwentak
1913–1919J.J.R. Moquette
1919–1920J.J. Belinfante
1920–1921J. van der Kolk
1921–1922H. Strick van Linschoten
1922–1922M. Levenbach
1923–1928Alexander Rueb
1929–1932G.C.A. Oskam
1932–1938B.J. van Trotsenburg
1938–1943G.W.J. Zittersteyn
1943–1945Max Euwe
1945–1948G.W.J. Zittersteyn
1948–1957Henk van Steenis
1957–1959A.G. de Blécourt
1959–1965Henk van Steenis
1965–1969F. Goudsmit
1969–1970H.G. Drechsel
1970–1974J.W. Ruth
1974–1989Henk Wille
1989–1992Hans Pont
1992–1994Dick Tommel
1995–2003Herman Hamers
2003–2004Ernst M. Enschedé
2005–2006Joop Roozeboom
2006–2007Sytze Faber
2007–2016Eddy 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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