{{Short description|Governing body of chess in the Netherlands}} {{More citations needed|date=December 2014}} [[File:Persconferentie in Amsterdam van KNSB t.g.v. 100-jarig bestaan KNSB v.l.n.r. me, Bestanddeelnr 927-1326.jpg|thumb|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''' ({{langx|nl|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.<ref>Eric van Breugel, [http://nijkerk.nieuws.nl/nieuws/20140619/slimnl-Schaakchallenge-op-Corlaer-college "slim.nl Schaakchallenge op Corlaer college"], ''Nijkerk Nieuws'', 19 June 2014 {{in lang|nl}}</ref>
== 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 (1843-1889)|Frederik van Hogendorp]] |----- | 1876 ||–|| 1889 || || J.G.C.A. de Vogel |----- | 1889 ||–|| 1893 || || C. van Olst |----- | 1893 ||–|| 1896 || || [[Dirk van Foreest (1862-1956)|Dirk van Foreest]] |----- | 1896 ||–|| 1897 || || H.J. den Hertog |----- | 1897 ||–|| 1906 || || A. van Rhijn |----- | 1906 ||–|| 1906 || || H.J. den Hertog |----- | 1906 ||–|| 1907 || || [[Arnold Engelinus van Foreest|Arnold van Foreest]] |----- | 1907 ||–|| 1908 || || A. van Rhijn |----- | 1908 ||–|| 1909 || || [[Johannes Esser|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== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== * Hans Ree et al. ''Nederland schaakt! KNSB 100 jaar''. Baarn: Moussault, 1974. {{ISBN|9022610977}} {{in lang|nl}} * 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 lang|nl}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.schaakbond.nl/}}
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