The Royal Dutch Chess Federation ( - 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.Eric van Breugel, "slim.nl Schaakchallenge op Corlaer college", Nijkerk Nieuws, 19 June 2014
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 Amerongen2020 - 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
Further reading Hans Ree et al. Nederland schaakt! KNSB 100 jaar. Baarn: Moussault, 1974. 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. . (Thesis, Catholic University of Brabant, 1999).
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