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.
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 | – | 1875 | Frederik van Hogendorp | |
| 1876 | – | 1889 | J.G.C.A. de Vogel | |
| 1889 | – | 1893 | C. van Olst | |
| 1893 | – | 1896 | Dirk van Foreest | |
| 1896 | – | 1897 | H.J. den Hertog | |
| 1897 | – | 1906 | A. van Rhijn | |
| 1906 | – | 1906 | H.J. den Hertog | |
| 1906 | – | 1907 | Arnold van Foreest | |
| 1907 | – | 1908 | A. van Rhijn | |
| 1908 | – | 1909 | J.F. Esser | |
| 1909 | – | 1910 | Ch. Enschedé | |
| 1910 | – | 1912 | W. Peekema | |
| 1912 | – | 1913 | H. Gouwentak | |
| 1913 | – | 1919 | J.J.R. Moquette | |
| 1919 | – | 1920 | J.J. Belinfante | |
| 1920 | – | 1921 | J. van der Kolk | |
| 1921 | – | 1922 | H. Strick van Linschoten | |
| 1922 | – | 1922 | M. Levenbach | |
| 1923 | – | 1928 | Alexander Rueb | |
| 1929 | – | 1932 | G.C.A. Oskam | |
| 1932 | – | 1938 | B.J. van Trotsenburg | |
| 1938 | – | 1943 | G.W.J. Zittersteyn | |
| 1943 | – | 1945 | Max Euwe | |
| 1945 | – | 1948 | G.W.J. Zittersteyn | |
| 1948 | – | 1957 | Henk van Steenis | |
| 1957 | – | 1959 | A.G. de Blécourt | |
| 1959 | – | 1965 | Henk van Steenis | |
| 1965 | – | 1969 | F. Goudsmit | |
| 1969 | – | 1970 | H.G. Drechsel | |
| 1970 | – | 1974 | J.W. Ruth | |
| 1974 | – | 1989 | Henk Wille | |
| 1989 | – | 1992 | Hans Pont | |
| 1992 | – | 1994 | Dick Tommel | |
| 1995 | – | 2003 | Herman Hamers | |
| 2003 | – | 2004 | Ernst M. Enschedé | |
| 2005 | – | 2006 | Joop Roozeboom | |
| 2006 | – | 2007 | Sytze Faber | |
| 2007 | – | 2016 | Eddy Schuyer | |
| 2016 | - | 2020 | Marleen van Amerongen | |
| 2020 | - | present | Bianca 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
- ^ 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)