Royal Dutch Chess Federation

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 (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.

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.

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)

External links

• Official website