The Royal Dutch Chess Federation ( nl, Koninklijke Nederlandse Schaakbond - ''KNSB'') is the national organization for
chess
Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...
in the
Netherlands
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. It is affiliated with the
World Chess Federation
The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE ( Fédération Internationale des Échecs), is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national c ...
. 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 The Dutch Chess Championship was officially established in 1909, although unofficial champions stretch back to the 1870s.
Early years
:
Official championships
The official championship was established in 1909 as a biennial, twelve-player, round-ro ...
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
Dutch chess players
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Jan Hein Donner
Johannes Hendrikus (Hein) Donner (July 6, 1927 – November 27, 1988) was a Dutch chess grandmaster (GM) and writer. Donner was born in The Hague and won the Dutch Championship in 1954, 1957, and 1958. He took part in the Internacional Chess Tou ...
*
Max Euwe
Machgielis "Max" Euwe (; May 20, 1901 – November 26, 1981) was a Dutch chess player, mathematician, author, and chess administrator. He was the fifth player to become World Chess Champion, a title he held from 1935 until 1937. He served as ...
, 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
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Jan Timman
Jan Timman (born 14 December 1951) is a Dutch chess grandmaster who was one of the world's leading chess players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. At the peak of his career, he was considered to be the best non-Soviet player and was known a ...
, 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).
External links
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1873 establishments in the Netherlands
Sports organizations established in 1873
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1873 in chess
Organisations based in the Netherlands with royal patronage